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The Corruption in EMS Philippines

2009-07-27T02:36:44+01:00

I lost my faith in the International Express Mail Service (EMS) in the Philippines. And lost a certain amount of faith in the country in the process. I had two packages sent from abroad to the Philippines, worth $17 each. Both were sent on the same day. One was delivered right at my doorstep, and was paid P35.00. The other package didn't arrive. Instead, I received a parcel notice from EMS, informing me that I need to pick up the package...

Now using (ugly) Toodledo ... Good riddance, (pretty) Remember the Milk

2009-05-31T09:29:34+01:00

It was not easy to say goodbye to Remember the Milk (http://rememberthemilk.com/). I've shelled out $25 for a Pro account (& I'm cheap when it comes to these things). I also got a ton of tasks already up & running in RTM. Since they conveniently didn't put an export feature, this has increased my reluctance to transfer to another task management system. Another reason for my hesitation is that Toodledo (http://www.toodledo.com/), my best alternative, has an ugly website. I love my websites...

Wufoo (Nice Website)

2009-01-26T12:00:00+01:00

Wufoo's (http://wufoo.com/) design is fun, creative, & original. The choice of bright colors goes very well with theme. Wufoo would probably benefit by standardizing its link colors and employing a more striking style for its headlines. Nice Websites (http://picasaweb.google.com/chette/NiceWebsites?feat=embedwebsite)

The shrinking road to cross platform computing

2009-01-27T12:00:00+01:00

They say that once you start using a Mac, you will never go back to Windows again. And I was a big enough of an idiot to believe it. So I prepared myself in the eventuality that I would become a fan boy, and converted all my data to work seamlessly with Apple's OS X. A Big Mistake But then it hit me that there are a lot of things that Apple just can't or wouldn't do, and I had to start...

Evernote - Ever not pretty

2009-01-24T06:59:29+01:00

Despite being one of the first users of the application, I still don't know if Evernote (http://www.evernote.com/) is an app that I could ever fall in love with. Evernote has everything I know I should be enthused about - it is cross platform, maximizes cloud technology, features automated syncing of notes across computers, etc. However, even after numerous user interface revamps, there is still something I find horribly wrong & ugly with Evernote. True, there there have been improvements over the...

My Favorite Things 2008

2009-01-05T09:54:25+01:00

The year 2008 was the year of gadgets productivity. How about yours? Jailbroken iPhone. (http://blog.iphone-dev.org/) Out of the box, the iPhone was merely an Internet device, I had to fight the urge to dip this overpriced brick in my Coke.After a month of agony, I got the courage to jailbreak it myself, and turned out to be the best decision I ever made. Look ma! I can upgrade the firmware! I can even forward text...

Give Live Sync a break

2009-01-03T11:20:12+01:00

We live in a world where it is not very fashionable to love a Microsoft product ... but I need to give credit where due: Microsoft Live Sync (http://sync.live.com) kicks ass, and wins over Dropbox (http://getdropbox.com/) by a landslide. Live Sync and Drop Box are free file sharing & syncing applications. You do this by creating a folder within your computer, putting files in it, and then inviting people would like to have a copy of that folder in their own...

Updating the firmware of the Nokia N96

2008-12-12T12:00:00+01:00

I finally solved the incessant hanging & mysterious rebooting of my Nokia N96 -- by updating the firmware. I knew it was something I should have done the moment I got this phone. Goes to show what my real priorities are (i.e., finding a theme). To update the firmware: 1. Go to Menu > Tools > Utilities > Device Manager 2. Go to Options > Check for updates 3. Install update It goes without saying that you need to backup your phone before you do...

Surviving Sim Lim

2008-12-06T22:54:04+01:00

SimpleBits (Nice Website)

2008-11-23T21:17:13+01:00

SimpleBits (http://www.simplebits.com/) has a refreshing color palette. It also has small details which makes it simply lovely: the little squares at the top of the page, the way it divides each article from another, & mouseovers on the images on the footer.