Tag Archives: Out-of-Cycle

5
Feb

Technical problems

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I am aware that this site has been out of the radar from time-to-time since Saturday. Actually, there were intermittent outages last week, lasting from 30 minutes to an hour. But what had happened last weekend and yesterday was troublesome.

At home, I use Smart 3G as my Internet connection. This past weekend, I wasn’t able to access this site at all. As in, all I got from Firefox was “page reset” yada yada. I had confirmed with a friend that the site was inaccessible, but another friend had no problems viewing the site. Weird.

Then, yesterday. I was maintaining a deathwatch for Jose de Venecia’s speakership when I couldn’t access this site at 3PM (I was not using Smart 3G). Another friend sent me text message telling me that my site was goners. I went out of the office at quarter to six in the evening, and I still couldn’t access it. At the bus, via YM on mobile, I asked another friend to check it out. It was around 6:30 PM, and the site was still inaccessible.

At 8PM, at home, I couldn’t access the site using Smart 3G, but two of my friends using PLDT myDSL reported that they could access it.

Now, I can access it here at work. But we’ll see at around 3PM.

Now, may I ask for your help? When you attempt to access this site and seen nothing, please send an email to awb[at]awbholdings.com, detailing the time and day when you attempted to access this site. Please send an email for every failed attempt. I will document this situation and hopefully forward them to my Web host. I will appreciate it very much.

Yes, I had opened a support ticket last Sunday; as of this moment (9:24 AM, 2/5/2008), the ticket is unacted upon.

PS: Please visit my LiveJournal in case this site is goners.

23
Jan

Annoyance of the Week: Some people just don’t know how to Google

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The shoutout says it all.

22
Jan

Kitty Wars: A New Hell

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A not-so-long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, cuteness ruled the land. Led by the diabolical Empress Kitty, all people under her command and rule were required to have this tattooed on their right arms:

Those who did not have the tattoo were declared rebels. They opposed Kitty’s rule, and a major rebellion was underway. And thus began the adventure of the lifetime.

(Photo taken here.)

19
Jan

Paranoia, 2

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For those who still cannot accept the fact that EDSA 2 was actually a planned maneuver by Mike Arroyo and the gang, go Google for an article by Nick Joaquin for the Philippine Graphic dated March 5, 2001.

Anyway, paranoia brings the best worst in us. A paranoid person anticipates all the wrong things that could happen, plan carefully, and execute with precision. A good paranoid knows that she should not give her enemies a chance to mount an attack.

Around 6PM yesterday, I passed by EDSA Shrine on my way home. The bus took the Ortigas flyover, so my view was limited. I saw some police riot gear stacked at the Ortigas side walk of the Shrine. Some policemen were taking shelter – it was raining a bit. I saw around 20 policemen, but obviously there were more, most likely below the flyover or at the back of the shrine. I also saw a firetruck.

At the People Power monument in White Plains, I saw three police cars.

She is really prepared. There was an EDSA 2 commemoration event at La Salle Greenhills yesterday, and one of the activities was to light candles at the Shrine. They were blocked by the police, of course. EDSA 3 haunts her still.

17
Jan

Poll: Opposition’s standard bearer in 2010

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It is time for a new poll.

The opposition always brags about its deep bench of presidentiables. However, this is also its biggest problem. With so many presidentiables, all with big egos unwilling to give way to anyone, a scenario worst than 2004 is in the offing.

So who do you think should be the opposition’s standard bearer? Vote in this poll.

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If you have another person in mind who is not on the list, please leave a name at the comments. You may also want to explain your vote, the comments are open for that.

12
Jan

Makasarili

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Isang nakakalungkot na bagay ang aking natutunan sa isyu ng pagpataw ng buwis sa text messaging.

Dahil sa direktong apektado ang mga tao sa nasabing panukala, marami ang umalma at kumontra, at napilitang umatras ang rehimeng Arroyo.

Pero sa mga mas mabibigat at mas malalalim na isyu pero hindi direktong apektado ang karamihan sa atin, ni ha ni ho, wala. Ganoon na ba kalala ang ating pagiging makasarili?

31
Dec

The Yearend List

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I don’t feel like typing today, so I’d rather list down instead.

People/bloggers I met this year:

* Abe Olandres
* AJ Matela
* Benj Espina
* Bro. Vince Celeste
* CVJ
* Dhon Jason de Belen
* Dra. Tess Termulo
* Ederic Eder
* Ellen Tordesillas
* Ivan Harry
* Jeff Villafranca
* Jhay Rocas
* Jove Francisco
* Joyfulchicken and the Chicken Mafia gang
* Juned Sonido
* Mam Janette Toral
* Mam Noemi Dado
* Manolo Quezon
* Marcelle Fabie
* Nalen the Manilenya
* Ricky Refuerzo
* Sasha
* Schumey
* Shari the Misteryosa
* The Jester-in-Exile
* Victor Villanueva

(If I forgot you, say Holla at the comments.)

Events that I had attended:

* The Philippine Blog Awards 2007
* iBlog 3
* Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs Awarding
* iBlog mini: Blogging and the 2010 Elections
* The Filipina Writing Project awarding

Things I got this year:

* iPod Video 30Gb (won in the PBA 2007 raffle)
* Ganz Klar TV and DVD player (won at the company Christmas raffle)
* Sony Ericsson m600i and P1i
* MSI VR320 K2 laptop

Most memorable things this year:

* Nominated at the Philippine Blog Awards
* Finalist at the Philippine Blog Awards
* Winning that iPod
* Meeting new bloggers
* Pwning Fire Eyed Boy at karting, and totally being pwnd by others he he
* Getting into Twitter

Shame of the year:

* Malu Fernandez
* Benjamin Abalos Sr and the entire Comelec
* UP Sigma Rho fraternity
* Romulo Neri
* Juan Miguel Zubiri
* Email and comment spam
* Aggregators and scrapers
* The 2007 elections
* Gloria Arroyo
* Joseph Estrada
* San Miguel Foods and Jesus Arranza

Happy new year!

24
Dec

Another weird dream, 8

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I’d never had an action-packed dream as last night. It was like a movie, really.

In that dream, I was in the place where I grew up, the place I had lived in for almost 20 years. Outside, people were having the usual Christmas games. That building I grew up was quite near an estero. Then, I saw an airplane with three helicopter propellers (yeah, maybe I have been playing too much Final Fantasy games). It was an awesome sight, specially when it was dropping right at you. Yes, it was crashing; two of the propellers were not working. The pilot was wise enough to steer the plane into the estero. Only then did I realize that the estero was wider than it should be – wider than the widest expanse of the Pasig River.

Unfortunately, I forgot the other parts of the dream. I remember one more, but it was actually of the censored stuff. =P

Merry Christmas!

13
Dec

The Philippines’ future royal anthem

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If the current stab at Charter change succeeds and this republic becomes an absolute monarchy, may I suggest to have this as the royal anthem?

10
Dec

Annoyance of the Week: Is this illegal?

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What’s wrong with this picture?