I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
Read moreI have finally updated the TimThumb.php (actually, the file I have was named thumb.php) after my hosting provider sent me a warning message regarding the vulnerability found on Timthumb.php. The problem was first discovered by Mark Maunder after his blog was hacked. The timthumb.php file is a script commonly used…
Read moreToday, Facebook activated the new sharing and profile controls. The new sharing feature comes with an interface right at the status bar. Before, if one has to tag a friend in the status bar, the “@” symbol has be typed first to convert the name of the friend into a…
Read moreEven with just the prospect of having a huge world-class arena that can accommodate big international events excites me. Now, it seems that SM will make everything happen with the construction of the SM Mall of Asia Arena aka SM Arena. According to some details I found online, the state-of-the-art…
Read moreHow would a common (read: living simply in a far-flung town) Filipino view a Balikbayan who has been away from the country for quite sometime? I have been in and out of the Philippines many times. Most of those times, the travels were short — like those few days in…
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The easiest way to touch the clouds, literally, is to go gliding. Gliding is less scary than skydiving. While the latter may seem to harness the power of adrenaline due to a quick drop, the former is better in providing a worthwhile flying experience in a much longer time. The…
Read moreI just brushed aside the warnings about the list of “Unauthorized sites” on my Adsense account. Doing nothing, like leaving those sites in your list, does not hurt at all. But lately, message after message from Google kept appearing on the Adsense homepage, telling me I may be losing some…
Read moreI was tempted to produce a map showing Facebook users in the United States by States after seeing someone posted a map of the world in terms of Twitter users. Here are my results based on the Facebook Usage Statistics for August 31, 2010.
Read moreShocked? No. I expected Friendster to evolve. But I never thought it could become a game site. Friendster.com, the social networking site that used to be so popular in the Philippines, failed to catch up with the popularity of Facebook and eventually saw its defeat.
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