<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><!-- generator="b2evolution/3.3.3" --><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:creativeCommons="http://backend.userland.com/creativeCommonsRssModule" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0">
	<channel>
		<title>Snow World</title>
		<link>http://laibcoms.com/blog/</link>
		
		<description>News and Opinions about the world around you and me.</description>
		<language>en-PH</language>
		<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
		<admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://b2evolution.net/?v=3.3.3" />
		<ttl>60</ttl>
				<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/laibcoms" /><feedburner:info uri="laibcoms" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:emailServiceId>laibcoms</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif">Subscribe with My Yahoo!</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/subext.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.newsgator.com/images/ngsub1.gif">Subscribe with NewsGator</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://feeds.my.aol.com/add.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/favorites.my.aol.com/webmaster/ffclient/webroot/locale/en-US/images/myAOLButtonSmall.gif">Subscribe with My AOL</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://feeds.feedburner.com/laibcoms" src="http://www.bloglines.com/images/sub_modern11.gif">Subscribe with Bloglines</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.netvibes.com/subscribe.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.netvibes.com/img/add2netvibes.gif">Subscribe with Netvibes</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif">Subscribe with Google</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.aspx?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.pageflakes.com/ImageFile.ashx?instanceId=Static_4&amp;fileName=ATP_blu_91x17.gif">Subscribe with Pageflakes</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.plusmo.com/add?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://plusmo.com/res/graphics/fbplusmo.gif">Subscribe with Plusmo</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/hp/AddRSS.aspx?http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://img.tfd.com/hp/addToTheFreeDictionary.gif">Subscribe with The Free Dictionary</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.bitty.com/manual/?contenttype=rssfeed&amp;contentvalue=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.bitty.com/img/bittychicklet_91x17.gif">Subscribe with Bitty Browser</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.newsalloy.com/?rss=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.newsalloy.com/subrss3.gif">Subscribe with NewsAlloy</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.live.com/?add=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1piYkpqHC_35nIp1gLE68-wvzLZO8iXl_JMledmJQXP-XTBOLfmQv4zhj4MhcWEJh_GtoBIiAl1Mjh-ndp9k47If7hTaFno0mxW9_i3p_5qQw">Subscribe with Live.com</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://mix.excite.eu/add?feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://image.excite.co.uk/mix/addtomix.gif">Subscribe with Excite MIX</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.yourminis.com/subscribe.aspx?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.yourminis.com/images/addtoyourminisbadge.gif">Subscribe with Yourminis.com</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://download.attensa.com/app/get_attensa.html?feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.attensa.com/blogs/attensa/WindowsLiveWriter/BadgeredintoBadges_10C02/attensa_feed_button5.gif">Subscribe with Attensa for Outlook</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.webwag.com/wwgthis.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.webwag.com/images/wwgthis.gif">Subscribe with Webwag</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://hub.netomat.net/account/account.autoSubscribe.jspa?urls=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.netomat.net/blogger/images/icon_netomat_feedbutton.gif">Subscribe with netomat Hub</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.podcastready.com/oneclick_bookmark.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.podcastready.com/images/podcastready_button.gif">Subscribe with Podcast Ready</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.flurry.com/pushRssFeed.do?r=fb&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.flurry.com/images/flurry_rss_logo2.gif">Subscribe with Flurry</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.wikio.com/subscribe?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.wikio.com/shared/img/add2wikio.gif">Subscribe with Wikio</feedburner:feedFlare><feedburner:feedFlare href="http://www.dailyrotation.com/index.php?feed=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Flaibcoms" src="http://www.dailyrotation.com/rss-dr2.gif">Subscribe with Daily Rotation</feedburner:feedFlare><item>
			<title>(Update) Chikka v5 Now Available</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/7A_pu5jE6vA/chikka-v5-now-available</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:34:39 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">274@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chikka&lt;/b&gt; the Filipino-owned web2sms service (one of the pioneer in the industry) launched today Chikka v5 - both for the web and desktop versions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/THUzhedHySI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/--y0yhhx-pk/s400/Chikka-v5-01.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chikka v5&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cool, new look after like 2 years or so of seeing v4, don&amp;#8217;t you agree?  But an important feature is missing.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Chikka v4 has this one feature that I wrote an article about, which is still sitting on my desktop, that was the coolest Chikka ever implemented - the Chikka+&lt;abbr title="Instant Messenger"&gt;IM&lt;/abbr&gt; integration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So what &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; it?  If you are familiar with &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/tag/xmpp"&gt;XMPP/Jabber&lt;/a&gt; transports, that is basically it.  For those not familiar, it is a way to attach your &lt;i&gt;Yahoo! Messenger&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Windows Live Messenger&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;AOL Instant Messenger&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;ICQ&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Gtalk/Gmail Chat&lt;/i&gt; under one account.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since I already have an XMPP account (thanks to the great and free service offered by &lt;a href="http://process-one.net"&gt;ProcessOne&lt;/a&gt; called &lt;a href="http://talkr.im"&gt;Talkr.im&lt;/a&gt;), instead of logging all my other IMs, I logged-in my XMPP account via the Gtalk/Gmail option of Chikka web.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gtalk/Gmail is based on XMPP/Jabber, theoretically then it should be possible to use any other XMPP account.  That seems to be the case.  This allowed me to enable web2sms for all my Instant Messenger accounts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/THU3g6qETsI/AAAAAAAAAPg/u4G7QFEdaKM/s400/Chikka-v5-02.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chikka web v5&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Through Chikka&amp;#8217;s web2sms-if-you-are-offline, People can send me messages in any of my IM accounts without me giving them my mobile number or Chikka account (which is in this format: &lt;a href="mailto:your-mobile-number@chikka.im)"&gt;your-mobile-number@chikka.im)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With version 5, this is no longer possible.  The option to login to your other IM accounts is no longer available, it was removed if we compare v5 to the previous version of Chikka web.  A sad thing to see when we&amp;#8217;re supposed to celebrate because of the update.  (I do not even think it v5 deserves to be called an update - strictly speaking.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The next time Chikka enters maintenance mode, I will no longer be able to re-login my XMPP account via my Chikka account.  It means that my contacts will now see me &amp;#8220;offline&amp;#8221; if I&amp;#8217;m not connected to cyberspace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I guess there&amp;#8217;s no need to post this article of mine I wrote for Chikka+IM integration &lt;img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt="&amp;#58;&amp;#40;" class="middle" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To Chikka, I hope you put this feature back, it was very useful.  Maybe you should include the feature to your desktop client too &lt;img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt="&amp;#59;&amp;#41;" class="middle" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update (2010-08-29):&lt;/b&gt; The good folks from Chikka replied to my email I sent them before I wrote this blog post.  If we want to use the Chikka v4 web interface (with the XMPP/Jabber transport feature), just go to: &lt;a href="http://old.chikka.com"&gt;old.chikka.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I hope this stays permanent until we see this feature re-introduced in the newer version.  Thank you very much Chikka, now I don&amp;#8217;t have to worry.  What&amp;#8217;s a ₱2.50 reply back if I can keep in-touch with my IM friends and business contacts around the world?  &lt;b&gt;Nothing&lt;/b&gt;.  That&amp;#8217;s why if this features disappears forever, it&amp;#8217;s a big loss.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Again thank you very much.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/chikka-v5-now-available"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Chikka</b> the Filipino-owned web2sms service (one of the pioneer in the industry) launched today Chikka v5 - both for the web and desktop versions.</p>

<div class="center"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/THUzhedHySI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/--y0yhhx-pk/s400/Chikka-v5-01.png" alt="" /><br />Chikka v5</div>
<p><br /><br />
Cool, new look after like 2 years or so of seeing v4, don&#8217;t you agree?  But an important feature is missing.</p>



<p>Chikka v4 has this one feature that I wrote an article about, which is still sitting on my desktop, that was the coolest Chikka ever implemented - the Chikka+<abbr title="Instant Messenger">IM</abbr> integration.</p>

<p>So what <i>was</i> it?  If you are familiar with <a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/tag/xmpp">XMPP/Jabber</a> transports, that is basically it.  For those not familiar, it is a way to attach your <i>Yahoo! Messenger</i>, <i>Windows Live Messenger</i>, <i>AOL Instant Messenger</i>, <i>ICQ</i>, and <i>Gtalk/Gmail Chat</i> under one account.</p>

<p>Since I already have an XMPP account (thanks to the great and free service offered by <a href="http://process-one.net">ProcessOne</a> called <a href="http://talkr.im">Talkr.im</a>), instead of logging all my other IMs, I logged-in my XMPP account via the Gtalk/Gmail option of Chikka web.</p>

<p>Gtalk/Gmail is based on XMPP/Jabber, theoretically then it should be possible to use any other XMPP account.  That seems to be the case.  This allowed me to enable web2sms for all my Instant Messenger accounts.</p>

<div class="center"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/THU3g6qETsI/AAAAAAAAAPg/u4G7QFEdaKM/s400/Chikka-v5-02.png" alt="" /><br />Chikka web v5</div>
<p><br /><br />
Through Chikka&#8217;s web2sms-if-you-are-offline, People can send me messages in any of my IM accounts without me giving them my mobile number or Chikka account (which is in this format: <a href="http://laibcoms.commailto:your-mobile-number@chikka.im)">your-mobile-number@chikka.im)</a>.</p>

<p>With version 5, this is no longer possible.  The option to login to your other IM accounts is no longer available, it was removed if we compare v5 to the previous version of Chikka web.  A sad thing to see when we&#8217;re supposed to celebrate because of the update.  (I do not even think it v5 deserves to be called an update - strictly speaking.)</p>

<p>The next time Chikka enters maintenance mode, I will no longer be able to re-login my XMPP account via my Chikka account.  It means that my contacts will now see me &#8220;offline&#8221; if I&#8217;m not connected to cyberspace.</p>

<p>I guess there&#8217;s no need to post this article of mine I wrote for Chikka+IM integration <img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt="&#58;&#40;" class="middle" /></p>

<p>To Chikka, I hope you put this feature back, it was very useful.  Maybe you should include the feature to your desktop client too <img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt="&#59;&#41;" class="middle" /></p>

<p><b>Update (2010-08-29):</b> The good folks from Chikka replied to my email I sent them before I wrote this blog post.  If we want to use the Chikka v4 web interface (with the XMPP/Jabber transport feature), just go to: <a href="http://old.chikka.com">old.chikka.com</a>.</p>

<p>I hope this stays permanent until we see this feature re-introduced in the newer version.  Thank you very much Chikka, now I don&#8217;t have to worry.  What&#8217;s a ₱2.50 reply back if I can keep in-touch with my IM friends and business contacts around the world?  <b>Nothing</b>.  That&#8217;s why if this features disappears forever, it&#8217;s a big loss.</p>

<p>Again thank you very much.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/chikka-v5-now-available">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1UuGGA0tMU4nyggxUNJ7vKCfuv4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1UuGGA0tMU4nyggxUNJ7vKCfuv4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1UuGGA0tMU4nyggxUNJ7vKCfuv4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1UuGGA0tMU4nyggxUNJ7vKCfuv4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/7A_pu5jE6vA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/chikka-v5-now-available#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=274</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/chikka-v5-now-available</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Philippines Quirino Grandstand Hostage Drama - What was wrong?</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/l1Ef9_8s74Q/philippines-quirino-grandstand-hostage-drama-what-was-wrong</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:23:14 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">273@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Things I noticed that was &amp;#8220;not-right&amp;#8221; during the hostage situation in Quirino Grandstand, Manila, Philippines.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/THJ1tUdnXVI/AAAAAAAAAPI/tIEvGBIzhC0/s800/Screenshot-2.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Lack of crowd control - they could have deployed more police to do crowd-control&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Lack of news blackout - why is it that some hostage taking situations in the past there was a news blackout?  Why not this one?&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Why arrest the brother of the hostage taker?  Any hostage taker will more likely go berserk after that.  They could have kept him in the area, &amp;#8220;publicly", instead of taking him away from the scene.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Why did it took too long to decide it is time to use tear gas?  If I was one of the hostage there, I will choose to face the tear gas than get killed without seeing any proof that they really want to rescue us.  Risk?  Isn&amp;#8217;t a hostage situation a risk already?  Care to explain why?&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Lack of gas masks.  Sorry but it was funny to see and hear the report that the policemen were rushing outside of the bus because of the effect of the tear gas.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;When there are rebellions, the government is full force against them.  A hostage situation of this degree, they do not have all the tools with them?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Well, feel free to add to the list.  Epic fail.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finally but the most important thing of all, thank God there are more survivors than.. you-know-what.  Even after the shameful handling of the situation, some applause goes to the men who put themselves in front of this danger.  If there was someone to blame, if there was someone at fault, it was not the individuals involved in the assault/rescue but the system - the whole of it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/philippines-quirino-grandstand-hostage-drama-what-was-wrong"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Things I noticed that was &#8220;not-right&#8221; during the hostage situation in Quirino Grandstand, Manila, Philippines.</p>

<div class="center"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/THJ1tUdnXVI/AAAAAAAAAPI/tIEvGBIzhC0/s800/Screenshot-2.png" alt="" /></div>



<ul>
	<li>Lack of crowd control - they could have deployed more police to do crowd-control</li>
	<li>Lack of news blackout - why is it that some hostage taking situations in the past there was a news blackout?  Why not this one?</li>
	<li>Why arrest the brother of the hostage taker?  Any hostage taker will more likely go berserk after that.  They could have kept him in the area, &#8220;publicly", instead of taking him away from the scene.</li>
	<li>Why did it took too long to decide it is time to use tear gas?  If I was one of the hostage there, I will choose to face the tear gas than get killed without seeing any proof that they really want to rescue us.  Risk?  Isn&#8217;t a hostage situation a risk already?  Care to explain why?</li>
	<li>Lack of gas masks.  Sorry but it was funny to see and hear the report that the policemen were rushing outside of the bus because of the effect of the tear gas.</li>
	<li>When there are rebellions, the government is full force against them.  A hostage situation of this degree, they do not have all the tools with them?</li>
</ul>

<p>Well, feel free to add to the list.  Epic fail.</p>

<p>Finally but the most important thing of all, thank God there are more survivors than.. you-know-what.  Even after the shameful handling of the situation, some applause goes to the men who put themselves in front of this danger.  If there was someone to blame, if there was someone at fault, it was not the individuals involved in the assault/rescue but the system - the whole of it.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/philippines-quirino-grandstand-hostage-drama-what-was-wrong">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cyF_Ga0oCHkgjtNlUlzhvWcUdf4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cyF_Ga0oCHkgjtNlUlzhvWcUdf4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cyF_Ga0oCHkgjtNlUlzhvWcUdf4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cyF_Ga0oCHkgjtNlUlzhvWcUdf4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/l1Ef9_8s74Q" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/philippines-quirino-grandstand-hostage-drama-what-was-wrong#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=273</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/philippines-quirino-grandstand-hostage-drama-what-was-wrong</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>The Great Move</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/zai1oiyUOVA/the-great-move</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:33:48 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">272@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;The great move to a great blog/&lt;abbr title="Content Management System"&gt;CMS&lt;/abbr&gt; platform has finally arrived.  Snow World blog and &lt;a href="http://gameshogun.ws"&gt;gameshogun&lt;/a&gt;&amp;trade; will, in the next week or so, be running on &lt;a href="http://quamplures.net" target="_blank"&gt;Quam Plures&lt;/a&gt;.  And the front page of &amp;#8220;Snow World&amp;#8221; (this site) will be updated too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As part of this great move to a great CMS platform, two of the four websites of our Church will soon be powered by Quam Plures.  Yey!  The &lt;a href="http://jctgbtg.org"&gt;main JCTGBTG&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://friendsagain.org"&gt;Friends Again&lt;/a&gt; websites will be the first, you could say, &amp;#8220;client-based&amp;#8221; deployment of Quam Plures from me.  All is going well on my localhost.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if things continue to be good, I may be able to deploy four QP powered websites!  (Or maybe 5 even..)  That&amp;#8217;s it for now.  I have more news but I&amp;#8217;ll share those later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/the-great-move"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The great move to a great blog/<abbr title="Content Management System">CMS</abbr> platform has finally arrived.  Snow World blog and <a href="http://gameshogun.ws">gameshogun</a>&trade; will, in the next week or so, be running on <a href="http://quamplures.net" target="_blank">Quam Plures</a>.  And the front page of &#8220;Snow World&#8221; (this site) will be updated too.</p>

<p>As part of this great move to a great CMS platform, two of the four websites of our Church will soon be powered by Quam Plures.  Yey!  The <a href="http://jctgbtg.org">main JCTGBTG</a> and <a href="http://friendsagain.org">Friends Again</a> websites will be the first, you could say, &#8220;client-based&#8221; deployment of Quam Plures from me.  All is going well on my localhost.</p>

<p>And if things continue to be good, I may be able to deploy four QP powered websites!  (Or maybe 5 even..)  That&#8217;s it for now.  I have more news but I&#8217;ll share those later.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/the-great-move">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jtIUAjHXtcFg9VppcFCraV8I0Ac/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jtIUAjHXtcFg9VppcFCraV8I0Ac/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jtIUAjHXtcFg9VppcFCraV8I0Ac/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jtIUAjHXtcFg9VppcFCraV8I0Ac/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/zai1oiyUOVA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/the-great-move#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=272</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/the-great-move</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Back and Catching-Up</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/NhKmuthxXRA/back-and-catching-up</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:22:38 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">271@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Internet access at home is now back after a painful month of &amp;#8220;no-net&amp;#8221; period.  Right now I am doing an overnighter to catch-up with a lot of stuff from upgrading software I use to getting back my pace on reading my Google Reader as well as news via microblog and social network services.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That includes, of course, all the projects that were delayed (and wasn&amp;#8217;t supposed to be).  All my target dates were pushed back and now I have to do things much faster than normal (normal for me is fast) so I can shorten my ToDo list and get back on track.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh well&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/back-and-catching-up"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Internet access at home is now back after a painful month of &#8220;no-net&#8221; period.  Right now I am doing an overnighter to catch-up with a lot of stuff from upgrading software I use to getting back my pace on reading my Google Reader as well as news via microblog and social network services.</p>

<p>That includes, of course, all the projects that were delayed (and wasn&#8217;t supposed to be).  All my target dates were pushed back and now I have to do things much faster than normal (normal for me is fast) so I can shorten my ToDo list and get back on track.</p>

<p>Oh well&#8230;</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/back-and-catching-up">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M7JJdm7i22YthIhhnfi7Jskcw0k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M7JJdm7i22YthIhhnfi7Jskcw0k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M7JJdm7i22YthIhhnfi7Jskcw0k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M7JJdm7i22YthIhhnfi7Jskcw0k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/NhKmuthxXRA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/back-and-catching-up#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=271</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/back-and-catching-up</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Comment Changes</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/_75Kpr-woqs/comment-changes</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:22:10 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">270@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Snow World website and blog is using Disqus for our comment system needs.  The reason for this is mainly to make it easy to combat spam as they have a better system of doing it, and it is also easier to manage the comments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are no problems with b2evolution&amp;#8217;s anti-spam system, in fact I have not seen a strong built-in anti-spam system like b2evolution&amp;#8217;s - and that is without using Akismet yet!  However, as I mentioned Disqus still has a better system and that&amp;#8217;s the way to go.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Of course there are other reasons for using Disqus like the defragmentation of comments across the web and removing the load off from our servers - comments, especially with rampant automated and human spamming, do cause server load.  With human spamming mentioned, there is only one effective and obvious way of combating such activities - forcing login to users when posting comments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With that, from hereon forward, before your comment can be posted the Disqus system will ask you to login.  You can use &lt;a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank"&gt;Disqus&lt;/a&gt; (with confirmed email address), &lt;a href="http://openid.net" target="_blank"&gt;OpenID&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://facebook.com" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook, or &lt;a href="http://pulse.yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/a&gt; to login.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that spams will be gone bye-bye.  When a highly-paid human spammer is your enemy, they surely will take the time to register, re-register, and re-register new accounts just so they can spam your blog or website.  But at least we can now make their lives harder and ours easier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once we ban the accounts they used, they have to create a new one to be able to post again.  And in fact, we have seen a huge drop of human spammers on this site.  We can already say that it is a victory.&lt;/p&gt;

Thank you very much for your understanding for the need to login before your comments are posted.  Human spammers/spamming has to be controlled sooner or later.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(Digg.com feed claim code: dc230d1caf204fd891ac8d41827ef8b )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/comment-changes"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Snow World website and blog is using Disqus for our comment system needs.  The reason for this is mainly to make it easy to combat spam as they have a better system of doing it, and it is also easier to manage the comments.</p>

<p>There are no problems with b2evolution&#8217;s anti-spam system, in fact I have not seen a strong built-in anti-spam system like b2evolution&#8217;s - and that is without using Akismet yet!  However, as I mentioned Disqus still has a better system and that&#8217;s the way to go.</p>



<p>Of course there are other reasons for using Disqus like the defragmentation of comments across the web and removing the load off from our servers - comments, especially with rampant automated and human spamming, do cause server load.  With human spamming mentioned, there is only one effective and obvious way of combating such activities - forcing login to users when posting comments.</p>

<p>With that, from hereon forward, before your comment can be posted the Disqus system will ask you to login.  You can use <a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">Disqus</a> (with confirmed email address), <a href="http://openid.net" target="_blank">OpenID</a>, <a href="http://facebook.com" target="_blank">Facebook, or <a href="http://pulse.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo!</a> to login.</p>

<p>This does not mean that spams will be gone bye-bye.  When a highly-paid human spammer is your enemy, they surely will take the time to register, re-register, and re-register new accounts just so they can spam your blog or website.  But at least we can now make their lives harder and ours easier.</p>

<p>Once we ban the accounts they used, they have to create a new one to be able to post again.  And in fact, we have seen a huge drop of human spammers on this site.  We can already say that it is a victory.</p>

Thank you very much for your understanding for the need to login before your comments are posted.  Human spammers/spamming has to be controlled sooner or later.</a><p></p>

<p>(Digg.com feed claim code: dc230d1caf204fd891ac8d41827ef8b )</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/comment-changes">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YnzE2508NIOt6D_PMTMfGbEacWU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YnzE2508NIOt6D_PMTMfGbEacWU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YnzE2508NIOt6D_PMTMfGbEacWU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YnzE2508NIOt6D_PMTMfGbEacWU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/_75Kpr-woqs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/comment-changes#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=270</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/comment-changes</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>5 Solutions to MRT-3 Rush Hour Sardines-Packed Trains</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/l3dHzC1hWII/five-solutions-to-blue-line-rush-hour-sardines-packed-trains</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">269@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.filipinaathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mrt-3-222x300.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Dear President Noynoy Aquino and Vice-President Jojo Binay, as the new President and Vice-President of the Republic of the Philippines respectively, I, JC John Sese Cuneta, on behalf of the other patrons of the &lt;b&gt;Blue Line&lt;/b&gt; railway system (formerly &lt;i&gt;MRT-3&lt;/i&gt;) am submitting to you ideas on how to ease the worst-than-sardines-packed rush hour problem plaguing the Blue Line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here is the current situation:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Rush hour.  You ride the &lt;b&gt;Blue Line&lt;/b&gt; railway system (formerly known as &lt;i&gt;MRT-3&lt;/i&gt;).  You are at the North bound platform, second station.  The platform is jam-packed already.  It is 5:00 in the afternoon, the sky is still bright.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The train arrives, as we Filipinos call it, it is &lt;i&gt;sardines-packed&lt;/i&gt;.  You failed to board the first train.  The second train arrives, sardines-packed again.  Fail.  The third, the fourth, and by this time everyone on the platform are pushing everybody out of the way just to board an already sardines-packed train.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;They pushed you and you realized you only have two options - [1] ask for a refund and go cool yourself somewhere near and try again a few hours later; or [2] start pushing people as well.  You chose the second option, you waited for four trains you told yourself that it will be such a waste of time and effort not to join the pushing frenzy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fifth train, sixth train, and finally success shined on you on the seventh train but not without getting yourself closer to death because of the pushing frenzy.  You are now inside a North bound train.  A worst-than-sardines-packed North bound train.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Familiar?  Should be for those who rides the Blue Line (f. MRT-3) during rush hour.  But the Blue Line administration seems to be blind and deaf of the situation even though they have plenty of eyes - human and technological - at every station.  I can&amp;#8217;t help but say here that they care only about earning more or getting back their investments faster.  Why?  There are ideas that they can implement and they still have not done so!&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;h3&gt;Idea #1: Add a new car to every train&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Add new cars!  All the Blue Line stations were built with an allowance for one (or two?) new car.  Check it yourself, there is enough space at the end of a train when it stops at any Blue Line station.  During rush hour that additional car will help in moving people faster and getting people out of the stations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of course, this will mean:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Additional electricity consumption&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Additional maintenance&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Lesser car reserves, which could mean&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The need to buy more new cars (or parts), which could end up&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;As a price hike for everyone&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But with the number of people commuting via the Blue Line railway system during rush hour, from my perspective it is already justified.  Do we have to wait when the number of people goes up to something the stations can not handle anymore?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, this will not solve the sardines-packed issue but it will lessen or shorten the time period when the trains are worst-than-sardines-packed.  Our main objective here is to ease out the sardines-packed situation.  Spread the passengers, get them off the stations and get them to their dropping-off stations quickly.  The less people waiting, the shorter the worst-than-sardines-packed trains rush hour will be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License --&gt; &lt;div class="cc_license"&gt;&lt;a rel="cc:license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ph/" title="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Except where otherwise noted, this content is&lt;br /&gt;licensed under a &lt;a rel="cc:license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ph/" title="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike"&gt;Creative Commons License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- /Creative Commons License --&gt;
&lt;!--
&lt;rdf:RDF xmlns="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"&gt;
&lt;Work rdf:about="http://laibcoms.com/blog/five-solutions-to-blue-line-rush-hour-sardines-packed-trains"&gt;
  &lt;dc:title&gt;5 Solutions to MRT-3 Rush Hour Sardines-Packed Trains&lt;/dc:title&gt;
  &lt;dc:creator&gt;&lt;Agent&gt;
    &lt;dc:title&gt;JC John Sese Cuneta (User ID#2 at http://laibcoms.com/blog/)&lt;/dc:title&gt;
  &lt;/Agent&gt;&lt;/dc:creator&gt;
  &lt;dc:rights&gt;&lt;Agent&gt;
    &lt;dc:title&gt;JC John Sese Cuneta (User ID#2 at http://laibcoms.com/blog/)&lt;/dc:title&gt;
  &lt;/Agent&gt;&lt;/dc:rights&gt;
  &lt;dc:date&gt;2010-07-09 13:29:44&lt;/dc:date&gt;
  &lt;license rdf:resource="by-sa/3.0/ph/" /&gt;
&lt;/Work&gt;
&lt;License rdf:about="by-sa/3.0/ph/"&gt;
  &lt;permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction" /&gt;
  &lt;permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution" /&gt;
  &lt;permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks" /&gt;
  &lt;requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice" /&gt;
  &lt;requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution" /&gt;
  &lt;requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/ShareAlike" /&gt;
&lt;/License&gt;
&lt;/rdf:RDF&gt;
--&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;{continue to the next page}&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/five-solutions-to-blue-line-rush-hour-sardines-packed-trains"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><img src="http://www.filipinaathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mrt-3-222x300.jpg" alt="" /></div><p> Dear President Noynoy Aquino and Vice-President Jojo Binay, as the new President and Vice-President of the Republic of the Philippines respectively, I, JC John Sese Cuneta, on behalf of the other patrons of the <b>Blue Line</b> railway system (formerly <i>MRT-3</i>) am submitting to you ideas on how to ease the worst-than-sardines-packed rush hour problem plaguing the Blue Line.</p>

<p>Here is the current situation:</p>
<hr />
<p><br /><br />
Rush hour.  You ride the <b>Blue Line</b> railway system (formerly known as <i>MRT-3</i>).  You are at the North bound platform, second station.  The platform is jam-packed already.  It is 5:00 in the afternoon, the sky is still bright.</p>

<p>The train arrives, as we Filipinos call it, it is <i>sardines-packed</i>.  You failed to board the first train.  The second train arrives, sardines-packed again.  Fail.  The third, the fourth, and by this time everyone on the platform are pushing everybody out of the way just to board an already sardines-packed train.</p>



<p>They pushed you and you realized you only have two options - [1] ask for a refund and go cool yourself somewhere near and try again a few hours later; or [2] start pushing people as well.  You chose the second option, you waited for four trains you told yourself that it will be such a waste of time and effort not to join the pushing frenzy.</p>

<p>Fifth train, sixth train, and finally success shined on you on the seventh train but not without getting yourself closer to death because of the pushing frenzy.  You are now inside a North bound train.  A worst-than-sardines-packed North bound train.</p>

<hr />
<p><br /><br />
Familiar?  Should be for those who rides the Blue Line (f. MRT-3) during rush hour.  But the Blue Line administration seems to be blind and deaf of the situation even though they have plenty of eyes - human and technological - at every station.  I can&#8217;t help but say here that they care only about earning more or getting back their investments faster.  Why?  There are ideas that they can implement and they still have not done so!</p>


<h3>Idea #1: Add a new car to every train</h3>
<p>Add new cars!  All the Blue Line stations were built with an allowance for one (or two?) new car.  Check it yourself, there is enough space at the end of a train when it stops at any Blue Line station.  During rush hour that additional car will help in moving people faster and getting people out of the stations.</p>

<p>Of course, this will mean:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Additional electricity consumption</li>
	<li>Additional maintenance</li>
	<li>Lesser car reserves, which could mean</li>
	<li>The need to buy more new cars (or parts), which could end up</li>
	<li>As a price hike for everyone</li>
</ul>

<p>But with the number of people commuting via the Blue Line railway system during rush hour, from my perspective it is already justified.  Do we have to wait when the number of people goes up to something the stations can not handle anymore?</p>

<p>Yes, this will not solve the sardines-packed issue but it will lessen or shorten the time period when the trains are worst-than-sardines-packed.  Our main objective here is to ease out the sardines-packed situation.  Spread the passengers, get them off the stations and get them to their dropping-off stations quickly.  The less people waiting, the shorter the worst-than-sardines-packed trains rush hour will be.</p>

<!-- Creative Commons License --> <div class="cc_license"><a rel="cc:license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ph/" title="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike"><img src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike" /></a>Except where otherwise noted, this content is<br />licensed under a <a rel="cc:license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ph/" title="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike">Creative Commons License</a>.</div> <!-- /Creative Commons License -->
<!--
<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<Work rdf:about="http://laibcoms.com/blog/five-solutions-to-blue-line-rush-hour-sardines-packed-trains">
  <dc:title>5 Solutions to MRT-3 Rush Hour Sardines-Packed Trains</dc:title>
  <dc:creator><Agent>
    <dc:title>JC John Sese Cuneta (User ID#2 at http://laibcoms.com/blog/)</dc:title>
  </Agent></dc:creator>
  <dc:rights><Agent>
    <dc:title>JC John Sese Cuneta (User ID#2 at http://laibcoms.com/blog/)</dc:title>
  </Agent></dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2010-07-09 13:29:44</dc:date>
  <license rdf:resource="by-sa/3.0/ph/" />
</Work>
<License rdf:about="by-sa/3.0/ph/">
  <permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction" />
  <permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution" />
  <permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks" />
  <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice" />
  <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution" />
  <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/ShareAlike" />
</License>
</rdf:RDF>
-->

<p><br /><br />
<b>{continue to the next page}</b></p>
<div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/five-solutions-to-blue-line-rush-hour-sardines-packed-trains">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFyaEIONEOC79s9L2SxO-bqv8Lg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFyaEIONEOC79s9L2SxO-bqv8Lg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFyaEIONEOC79s9L2SxO-bqv8Lg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XFyaEIONEOC79s9L2SxO-bqv8Lg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/l3dHzC1hWII" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/five-solutions-to-blue-line-rush-hour-sardines-packed-trains#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=269</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/five-solutions-to-blue-line-rush-hour-sardines-packed-trains</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>How-To: Transfer Your Music Data From Last.fm to Libre.fm</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/HFq98BY_ZPg/how-to-transfer-your-music-data-from-last-fm-to-libre-fm</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:51:10 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">268@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDF_z4WZkuI/AAAAAAAAADg/sBfNk7P-1Cs/s800/scrobbling_graphic.png" alt="" /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If you are a &lt;b&gt;Libre.fm&lt;/b&gt; user already (if not go sign-up at &lt;a href="http://alpha.libre.fm" target="_blank"&gt;alpha.libre.fm&lt;/a&gt;) then you may want to transfer your scrobbled tracks from &lt;b&gt;Last.fm&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A special note: this applies to Debian/Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux OS only.  However, if you know how to run python scripts in Windows or Mac then theoretically it should be possible to do the steps below.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s begin.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;ol&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;a href="http://bugs.libre.fm/wiki/LastToLibre" target="_blank"&gt;LastToLibre page&lt;/a&gt; and download the following Python scripts: &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;lastexport.py&lt;/code&gt;; &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;libreimport.py&lt;/code&gt;; &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;scrobble.py&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Go to the folder where you saved the three files you downloaded&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Make the files executable by typing these commands in the terminal: &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;chmod +x lastexport.py&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;chmod +x libreimport.py&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Type: &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;./lastexport.py --user YOUR_LastFM_USERNAME&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Wait for it to finish exporting your Last.fm data&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Type: &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;./libreimport.py YOUR_LibreFM_USERNAME exported_tracks.txt&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;When the script asks you for your Libre.fm password, just type it and press enter to start importing your data&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You&amp;#8217;re done!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDF8i6yeQtI/AAAAAAAAADY/gyuW0yW1krs/s800/lastfm-to-librefm-01.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDF8i6yeQtI/AAAAAAAAADY/gyuW0yW1krs/s400/lastfm-to-librefm-01.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Take note, if the script encounter errors or Last.fm terminated your connection, the script will terminate.  To continue from where the script stopped, simply type this command:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code class="codespan"&gt;./lastexport.py -u YOUR_LastFM_USERNAME --page XXX&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Replace XXX with the page number the script last exported.  So, if you see in the terminal that it stopped at page 666 of 1200, then you should type: &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;./lastexport.py -u YOUR_LastFM_USERNAME --page 666&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Simple enough?  Good!  Now go start transferring your Last.fm data to Libre.fm!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For more information and other commands, visit the official &lt;a href="http://bugs.libre.fm/wiki/LastToLibre" target="_blank"&gt;LastToLibre page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License --&gt; &lt;div class="cc_license"&gt;&lt;a rel="cc:license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ph/" title="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Except where otherwise noted, this content is&lt;br /&gt;licensed under a &lt;a rel="cc:license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ph/" title="Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike"&gt;Creative Commons License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- /Creative Commons License --&gt;
&lt;!--
&lt;rdf:RDF xmlns="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"&gt;
&lt;Work rdf:about="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/how-to-transfer-your-music-data-from-last-fm-to-libre-fm"&gt;
  &lt;dc:title&gt;How-To: Transfer Your Music Data From Last.fm to Libre.fm&lt;/dc:title&gt;
  &lt;dc:creator&gt;&lt;Agent&gt;
    &lt;dc:title&gt;JC John Sese Cuneta (User ID#2 at http://laibcoms.com/blog/)&lt;/dc:title&gt;
  &lt;/Agent&gt;&lt;/dc:creator&gt;
  &lt;dc:rights&gt;&lt;Agent&gt;
    &lt;dc:title&gt;JC John Sese Cuneta (User ID#2 at http://laibcoms.com/blog/)&lt;/dc:title&gt;
  &lt;/Agent&gt;&lt;/dc:rights&gt;
  &lt;dc:date&gt;2010-07-05 15:51:10&lt;/dc:date&gt;
  &lt;license rdf:resource="by-sa/3.0/ph/" /&gt;
&lt;/Work&gt;
&lt;License rdf:about="by-sa/3.0/ph/"&gt;
  &lt;permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction" /&gt;
  &lt;permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution" /&gt;
  &lt;permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks" /&gt;
  &lt;requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice" /&gt;
  &lt;requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution" /&gt;
  &lt;requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/ShareAlike" /&gt;
&lt;/License&gt;
&lt;/rdf:RDF&gt;
--&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/how-to-transfer-your-music-data-from-last-fm-to-libre-fm"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="center">
<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDF_z4WZkuI/AAAAAAAAADg/sBfNk7P-1Cs/s800/scrobbling_graphic.png" alt="" />
</div>
<p><br /><br />
If you are a <b>Libre.fm</b> user already (if not go sign-up at <a href="http://alpha.libre.fm" target="_blank">alpha.libre.fm</a>) then you may want to transfer your scrobbled tracks from <b>Last.fm</b>.</p>

<p>A special note: this applies to Debian/Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux OS only.  However, if you know how to run python scripts in Windows or Mac then theoretically it should be possible to do the steps below.</p>

<p>Let&#8217;s begin.</p>



<ol>
	<li>Go to <a href="http://bugs.libre.fm/wiki/LastToLibre" target="_blank">LastToLibre page</a> and download the following Python scripts: <code class="codespan">lastexport.py</code>; <code class="codespan">libreimport.py</code>; <code class="codespan">scrobble.py</code></li>
	<li>Go to the folder where you saved the three files you downloaded</li>
	<li>Make the files executable by typing these commands in the terminal: <code class="codespan">chmod +x lastexport.py</code> and <code class="codespan">chmod +x libreimport.py</code></li>
	<li>Type: <code class="codespan">./lastexport.py --user YOUR_LastFM_USERNAME</code></li>
	<li>Wait for it to finish exporting your Last.fm data</li>
	<li>Type: <code class="codespan">./libreimport.py YOUR_LibreFM_USERNAME exported_tracks.txt</code></li>
	<li>When the script asks you for your Libre.fm password, just type it and press enter to start importing your data</li>
</ol>
<p><br /><br />
You&#8217;re done!</p>

<div class="center">
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDF8i6yeQtI/AAAAAAAAADY/gyuW0yW1krs/s800/lastfm-to-librefm-01.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDF8i6yeQtI/AAAAAAAAADY/gyuW0yW1krs/s400/lastfm-to-librefm-01.png" alt="" /></a>
</div>
<p><br /><br />
Take note, if the script encounter errors or Last.fm terminated your connection, the script will terminate.  To continue from where the script stopped, simply type this command:</p>

<p><code class="codespan">./lastexport.py -u YOUR_LastFM_USERNAME --page XXX</code></p>

<p>Replace XXX with the page number the script last exported.  So, if you see in the terminal that it stopped at page 666 of 1200, then you should type: <code class="codespan">./lastexport.py -u YOUR_LastFM_USERNAME --page 666</code>.</p>

<p>Simple enough?  Good!  Now go start transferring your Last.fm data to Libre.fm!</p>

<hr />

<p>For more information and other commands, visit the official <a href="http://bugs.libre.fm/wiki/LastToLibre" target="_blank">LastToLibre page</a>.</p>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/how-to-transfer-your-music-data-from-last-fm-to-libre-fm">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kq_SRQm9uGzwIEzT0iL0SZPp3rw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kq_SRQm9uGzwIEzT0iL0SZPp3rw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kq_SRQm9uGzwIEzT0iL0SZPp3rw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kq_SRQm9uGzwIEzT0iL0SZPp3rw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/HFq98BY_ZPg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/how-to-transfer-your-music-data-from-last-fm-to-libre-fm#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=268</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/how-to-transfer-your-music-data-from-last-fm-to-libre-fm</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Post Your Rhythmbox Music to Libre.fm and Last.fm</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/bW4k2xXriBg/post-your-playing-music-to-libre-fm-and-last-fm-using-rhythmbox</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:35:12 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">267@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFs-pJOShI/AAAAAAAAADI/jxihM-akPfA/s288/librefm-logo.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Yesterday I was reading the instructions on how to enable scrobbling to Libre.fm using Rhythmbox.  But before I show you how, allow me to introduce you to Libre.fm first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;What is &lt;i&gt;Libre.fm&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Libre.fm in short simple words is &amp;#8220;freedom music".  &lt;i&gt;Libre&lt;/i&gt; meaning &lt;i&gt;freedom&lt;/i&gt; and &amp;#8220;.fm&amp;#8221; being &amp;#8220;music".  But it does not end there!  Libre.fm actively supports the creation of music by independent artists and only plays music that has been licensed freely (again, by &amp;#8220;freely&amp;#8221; it means &amp;#8220;freedom&amp;#8221; / &amp;#8220;libre&amp;#8221; licenses).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By using libre.fm, you are guaranteed that you own your own listening data.  Everything you put into Libre.fm is yours, no one else owns it, do whatever you want to your own data. Every song found on Libre.fm was made by musicians who want you to share their music!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Privacy policy?  Libre.fm does not log any IP addresses.  Best of all, the code behind Libre.fm is a Free/Libre Open-Source Software (FLOSS).  Download the source, run it on your own server, start your own similar service - you have the freedom to do so without any fear or worry of violating anyone&amp;#8217;s Intellectual Property rights.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cool?  Let&amp;#8217;s begin scrobbling to Libre.fm then!&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;This is very simple, all you have to do is add the &lt;i&gt;scrobblefree&lt;/i&gt; PPA to your Debian or Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux OS.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Open a terminal&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Type: &lt;code class="codespan"&gt;sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsalveti/scrobblefree&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;i&gt;System -&gt; Administration -&gt; Synaptic Package Manager&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Click on the &lt;i&gt;Reload&lt;/i&gt; button&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Install the &lt;i&gt;scrobblefree&lt;/i&gt; package&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Open Rhythmbox&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;i&gt;Edit -&gt; Plugins&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;div class="center"&gt;
			&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjR8fwFI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Cz--vNpIoe8/s800/librefm-rhytmbox-02.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjR8fwFI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Cz--vNpIoe8/s400/librefm-rhytmbox-02.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Enable the &lt;i&gt;scrobblefree&lt;/i&gt; plugin&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Click the &amp;#8220;User&amp;#8221; box (see screenshot below) and type your username and press the Enter/Return key&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;div class="center"&gt;
			&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjDVlAxI/AAAAAAAAAC4/SNLirqGh0SE/s800/librefm-rhytmbox-01.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;A window will pop-up asking you for your password&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;div class="center"&gt;
			&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjbaV6_I/AAAAAAAAADA/ro6NwCwf6iI/s800/librefm-rhytmbox-03.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#8217;re done!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now everytime you play a new song in Rhythmbox, it will send your playing music to Libre.fm.  You can check out my profile here: &lt;a href="http://alpha.libre.fm/user/laibcoms" target="_blank"&gt;alpha.libre.fm/user/laibcoms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://alpha.libre.fm/user/laibcoms" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFuu1zB7PI/AAAAAAAAADQ/KG8rUuj-1aU/s400/librefm-01.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more info, visit the official &lt;a href="http://bugs.libre.fm/wiki/Rhythmbox_scrobble_free_plugin" target="_blank"&gt;instruction page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/post-your-playing-music-to-libre-fm-and-last-fm-using-rhythmbox"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFs-pJOShI/AAAAAAAAADI/jxihM-akPfA/s288/librefm-logo.png" alt="" /></div><p> Yesterday I was reading the instructions on how to enable scrobbling to Libre.fm using Rhythmbox.  But before I show you how, allow me to introduce you to Libre.fm first.<br />
<br /><br /></p>
<h4>What is <i>Libre.fm</i>?</h4>
<p>Libre.fm in short simple words is &#8220;freedom music".  <i>Libre</i> meaning <i>freedom</i> and &#8220;.fm&#8221; being &#8220;music".  But it does not end there!  Libre.fm actively supports the creation of music by independent artists and only plays music that has been licensed freely (again, by &#8220;freely&#8221; it means &#8220;freedom&#8221; / &#8220;libre&#8221; licenses).</p>

<p>By using libre.fm, you are guaranteed that you own your own listening data.  Everything you put into Libre.fm is yours, no one else owns it, do whatever you want to your own data. Every song found on Libre.fm was made by musicians who want you to share their music!</p>

<p>Privacy policy?  Libre.fm does not log any IP addresses.  Best of all, the code behind Libre.fm is a Free/Libre Open-Source Software (FLOSS).  Download the source, run it on your own server, start your own similar service - you have the freedom to do so without any fear or worry of violating anyone&#8217;s Intellectual Property rights.</p>

<p>Cool?  Let&#8217;s begin scrobbling to Libre.fm then!</p>



<p>This is very simple, all you have to do is add the <i>scrobblefree</i> PPA to your Debian or Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux OS.</p>

<ol>
	<li>Open a terminal</li>
	<li>Type: <code class="codespan">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsalveti/scrobblefree</code></li>
	<li>Go to <i>System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager</i></li>
	<li>Click on the <i>Reload</i> button</li>
	<li>Install the <i>scrobblefree</i> package</li>
	<li>Open Rhythmbox</li>
	<li>Go to <i>Edit -> Plugins</i><br />
		<div class="center">
			<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjR8fwFI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Cz--vNpIoe8/s800/librefm-rhytmbox-02.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjR8fwFI/AAAAAAAAAC8/Cz--vNpIoe8/s400/librefm-rhytmbox-02.png" alt="" /></a><br />
		</div>
	</li>
	<li>Enable the <i>scrobblefree</i> plugin</li>
	<li>Click the &#8220;User&#8221; box (see screenshot below) and type your username and press the Enter/Return key<br />
		<div class="center">
			<img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjDVlAxI/AAAAAAAAAC4/SNLirqGh0SE/s800/librefm-rhytmbox-01.png" alt="" /><br />
		</div>
	</li>
	<li>A window will pop-up asking you for your password<br />
		<div class="center">
			<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFpjbaV6_I/AAAAAAAAADA/ro6NwCwf6iI/s800/librefm-rhytmbox-03.png" alt="" /><br />
		</div>
	</li>
</ol>

<p>You&#8217;re done!</p>

<p>Now everytime you play a new song in Rhythmbox, it will send your playing music to Libre.fm.  You can check out my profile here: <a href="http://alpha.libre.fm/user/laibcoms" target="_blank">alpha.libre.fm/user/laibcoms</a>.</p>

<div class="center">
<a href="http://alpha.libre.fm/user/laibcoms" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TDFuu1zB7PI/AAAAAAAAADQ/KG8rUuj-1aU/s400/librefm-01.png" alt="" /></a>
</div>
<p><br /></p>
<hr />
<p>For more info, visit the official <a href="http://bugs.libre.fm/wiki/Rhythmbox_scrobble_free_plugin" target="_blank">instruction page</a>.</p>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/post-your-playing-music-to-libre-fm-and-last-fm-using-rhythmbox">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLZXeYKeW90oPH752vxf1xX3zh0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLZXeYKeW90oPH752vxf1xX3zh0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLZXeYKeW90oPH752vxf1xX3zh0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLZXeYKeW90oPH752vxf1xX3zh0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/bW4k2xXriBg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/post-your-playing-music-to-libre-fm-and-last-fm-using-rhythmbox#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=267</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/post-your-playing-music-to-libre-fm-and-last-fm-using-rhythmbox</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Lyrics: Faith Enough by Carman</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/hWb_yuvJbkc/lyrics-faith-enough-by-carman</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">266@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Lyric of &lt;i&gt;Faith Enough&lt;/i&gt; by Carman from the album &lt;i&gt;Heart Of A Champion&lt;/i&gt; (Disc2).  Based on the actual song flow (not the official way it was written in the album).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;object width="500" height="405"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGYYnCra9qc&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGYYnCra9qc&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;I wanna tell you&lt;br /&gt;
How you can go the extra mile&lt;br /&gt;
Coming so far by faith it&amp;#8217;s time&lt;br /&gt;
To cross the finish line with style&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t say it can&amp;#8217;t be done (aahah)&lt;br /&gt;
You can do anything with God&lt;br /&gt;
There by your side&lt;br /&gt;
You&amp;#8217;re gonna fly &lt;br /&gt;
If you believe tonight&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chorus:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Storm down the doors, tomorrow is yours&lt;br /&gt;
(Say it) &amp;#8216;long as you have faith enough&lt;br /&gt;
Pray through the night, you&amp;#8217;ll be alright&lt;br /&gt;
(Say it) &amp;#8216;long as you have faith enough&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bridge:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Enough, enough, enough, enough&lt;br /&gt;
(Say it) &amp;#8216;long as you have have faith&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now through your window&lt;br /&gt;
You only see darkness through the night&lt;br /&gt;
And you may wonder&lt;br /&gt;
When will I clearly see the light&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now don&amp;#8217;t say it can&amp;#8217;t be done (aahah)&lt;br /&gt;
You can do anything with God&lt;br /&gt;
Now picture the view&lt;br /&gt;
Everything new&lt;br /&gt;
If you believe tonight&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(repeat chorus)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;(repeat bridge)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t say it can&amp;#8217;t be done&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#8216;cause you can do anything with God&lt;br /&gt;
There by your side&lt;br /&gt;
You&amp;#8217;re gonna fly&lt;br /&gt;
If you believe&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(repeat chorus)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Storm down the doors&lt;br /&gt;
(Say it) &amp;#8216;long as you have faith enough&lt;br /&gt;
Pray through the night&lt;br /&gt;
(Say it) &amp;#8216;long as you have faith&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Storm down the doors&lt;br /&gt;
(Say it) &amp;#8216;long as you have faith enough&lt;br /&gt;
Pray through the night&lt;br /&gt;
(Say it) &amp;#8216;long as you have faith enough&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;(repeat to fade)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/lyrics-faith-enough-by-carman"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lyric of <i>Faith Enough</i> by Carman from the album <i>Heart Of A Champion</i> (Disc2).  Based on the actual song flow (not the official way it was written in the album).</p>

<div class="center">
<object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGYYnCra9qc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGYYnCra9qc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>
</div>
<p><br /></p>


<p>I wanna tell you<br />
How you can go the extra mile<br />
Coming so far by faith it&#8217;s time<br />
To cross the finish line with style</p>

<p>Don&#8217;t say it can&#8217;t be done (aahah)<br />
You can do anything with God<br />
There by your side<br />
You&#8217;re gonna fly <br />
If you believe tonight</p>

<p><i>Chorus:</i><br />
Storm down the doors, tomorrow is yours<br />
(Say it) &#8216;long as you have faith enough<br />
Pray through the night, you&#8217;ll be alright<br />
(Say it) &#8216;long as you have faith enough</p>

<p><i>Bridge:</i><br />
Enough, enough, enough, enough<br />
(Say it) &#8216;long as you have have faith</p>

<p>Now through your window<br />
You only see darkness through the night<br />
And you may wonder<br />
When will I clearly see the light</p>

<p>Now don&#8217;t say it can&#8217;t be done (aahah)<br />
You can do anything with God<br />
Now picture the view<br />
Everything new<br />
If you believe tonight</p>

<p><i>(repeat chorus)</i><br />
<i>(repeat bridge)</i></p>

<p>Don&#8217;t say it can&#8217;t be done<br />
&#8216;cause you can do anything with God<br />
There by your side<br />
You&#8217;re gonna fly<br />
If you believe</p>

<p><i>(repeat chorus)</i></p>

<p>Storm down the doors<br />
(Say it) &#8216;long as you have faith enough<br />
Pray through the night<br />
(Say it) &#8216;long as you have faith</p>

<p>Storm down the doors<br />
(Say it) &#8216;long as you have faith enough<br />
Pray through the night<br />
(Say it) &#8216;long as you have faith enough<br />
<i>(repeat to fade)</i></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/lyrics-faith-enough-by-carman">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ysN2ZH7X9dqcS5fK21gxhvD-0Yk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ysN2ZH7X9dqcS5fK21gxhvD-0Yk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ysN2ZH7X9dqcS5fK21gxhvD-0Yk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ysN2ZH7X9dqcS5fK21gxhvD-0Yk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/hWb_yuvJbkc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/lyrics-faith-enough-by-carman#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=266</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/lyrics-faith-enough-by-carman</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Enable Rhythmbox to Send Music Playing to Psi IM</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/yfN2GB5II1A/enable-rhythmbox-to-send-music-playing-to-psi-im</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:17:23 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">265@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;I am a fan of sending my &amp;#8220;Now Listening&amp;#8221; updates to my Instant Messenger networks.  I went back to using &lt;i&gt;Psi+&lt;/i&gt; &lt;abbr title="Instant Messenger"&gt;IM&lt;/abbr&gt; - an XMPP/Jabber client - a few days ago and Rhythmbox lacks Psi-IM support.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I fired up my browser and started searching, it is as simple as installing a deb file for Debian-based GNU/Linux Operating Systems.  Let me show you where and how.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;There is only one site where I found the plugin needed for Rhythmbox, it is a Russian site so it wasn&amp;#8217;t easy to find it.  However, since I am using a bleeding-edge Psi-IM which is &lt;b&gt;Psi+&lt;/b&gt; (Psi Plus or Psi-dev), I found where I can get the plugin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href="http://sites.google.com/site/thesomeprojects/main-1/zagruzki" target="_blank"&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; and search for &amp;#8220;Rhythmbox".  You are going to see this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrQpLOpI/AAAAAAAAACc/27nAZA8JM0I/s800/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-01.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrQpLOpI/AAAAAAAAACc/27nAZA8JM0I/s400/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-01.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Download &amp;#8220;rb-tunetopsi-plugin_0.1-1_all.deb&amp;#8221; by clicking the link &amp;#8220;Загрузить&amp;#8221; just below it.  Run the deb file and then fire up your Rhythmbox music player.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once your Rhythmbox music player is up and running, go to Edit &gt; Plugins.  Simply scroll down until you see &amp;#8220;Tune To Psi&amp;#8221; and enable it by checking the checkbox on its left.  See the screenshot below:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrpVmacI/AAAAAAAAACg/OgdxU6wWNeg/s800/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-02.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrpVmacI/AAAAAAAAACg/OgdxU6wWNeg/s400/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-02.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#8217;re done!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now everytime you play a song using Rhythmbox, it will send an update to Psi-IM or Psi+.  If the client of your IM contacts support the open standard protocols &lt;a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0118.html" target="_blank"&gt;XEP-0118: User Tune&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html" target="_blank"&gt;XEP-0163: Personal Eventing Protocol&lt;/a&gt; then they will see the music that you are currently listening to, as shown in this screenshot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrryQcFTI/AAAAAAAAACk/eR9Sv_ZW3Z8/s800/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-03.png" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrryQcFTI/AAAAAAAAACk/eR9Sv_ZW3Z8/s400/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-03.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/enable-rhythmbox-to-send-music-playing-to-psi-im"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a fan of sending my &#8220;Now Listening&#8221; updates to my Instant Messenger networks.  I went back to using <i>Psi+</i> <abbr title="Instant Messenger">IM</abbr> - an XMPP/Jabber client - a few days ago and Rhythmbox lacks Psi-IM support.</p>

<p>I fired up my browser and started searching, it is as simple as installing a deb file for Debian-based GNU/Linux Operating Systems.  Let me show you where and how.</p>



<p>There is only one site where I found the plugin needed for Rhythmbox, it is a Russian site so it wasn&#8217;t easy to find it.  However, since I am using a bleeding-edge Psi-IM which is <b>Psi+</b> (Psi Plus or Psi-dev), I found where I can get the plugin.</p>

<p>Visit <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/thesomeprojects/main-1/zagruzki" target="_blank">this site</a> and search for &#8220;Rhythmbox".  You are going to see this:</p>

<div class="center">
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrQpLOpI/AAAAAAAAACc/27nAZA8JM0I/s800/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-01.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrQpLOpI/AAAAAAAAACc/27nAZA8JM0I/s400/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-01.png" alt="" /></a>
</div>

<p>Download &#8220;rb-tunetopsi-plugin_0.1-1_all.deb&#8221; by clicking the link &#8220;Загрузить&#8221; just below it.  Run the deb file and then fire up your Rhythmbox music player.</p>

<p>Once your Rhythmbox music player is up and running, go to Edit > Plugins.  Simply scroll down until you see &#8220;Tune To Psi&#8221; and enable it by checking the checkbox on its left.  See the screenshot below:</p>

<div class="center">
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrpVmacI/AAAAAAAAACg/OgdxU6wWNeg/s800/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-02.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrrpVmacI/AAAAAAAAACg/OgdxU6wWNeg/s400/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-02.png" alt="" /></a>
</div>

<p>You&#8217;re done!</p>

<p>Now everytime you play a song using Rhythmbox, it will send an update to Psi-IM or Psi+.  If the client of your IM contacts support the open standard protocols <a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0118.html" target="_blank">XEP-0118: User Tune</a> and <a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html" target="_blank">XEP-0163: Personal Eventing Protocol</a> then they will see the music that you are currently listening to, as shown in this screenshot.</p>

<div class="center">
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrryQcFTI/AAAAAAAAACk/eR9Sv_ZW3Z8/s800/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-03.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TCvrryQcFTI/AAAAAAAAACk/eR9Sv_ZW3Z8/s400/Rhythmbox_to_Psi-03.png" alt="" /></a>
</div>

<p>Enjoy!</p>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/enable-rhythmbox-to-send-music-playing-to-psi-im">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUPNfd-e24d7T1UlN7SToKhKilI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUPNfd-e24d7T1UlN7SToKhKilI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUPNfd-e24d7T1UlN7SToKhKilI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bUPNfd-e24d7T1UlN7SToKhKilI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/yfN2GB5II1A" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/enable-rhythmbox-to-send-music-playing-to-psi-im#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=265</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/enable-rhythmbox-to-send-music-playing-to-psi-im</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Conquering Yahoo's Internal Linking Maze...</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/NRWCzKWsTqg/conquering-yahoo-s-internal-linking-maze</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:09:50 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">262@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TAnYFB_XkqI/AAAAAAAAACE/WroYKcVgvk8/s144/yahoo-logo.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Hah, it is crazy clicking links in Yahoo! Profiles.  Every Yahoo link leads somewhere else and then you follow another link from that other page and leads you to a new one.  Since there is no way to go back to where you&amp;#8217;ve been before, you&amp;#8217;ll get lost easily.  It is a maze.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It took me hours to figure out what works and what doesn&amp;#8217;t with their supposedly &amp;#8220;new&amp;#8221; Yahoo! Profile service (which includes following their links from here to there and never back).  So to save you from pulling your hair out or kicking your AVR or punching your monitor (or prevent you from realizing that Yahoo should probably have sold itself to Google so their engineers and web developers can fix this mess), I am sharing with you what little I found.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;First of it all, interconnection between different Yahoo! services is good but not great.  One setting that works in another will not work in another.  One setting here conflicts there.  It&amp;#8217;s a PITA (if you don&amp;#8217;t know what that means, search Google &lt;img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt="&amp;#58;&amp;#112;" class="middle" /&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#8217;s why I said it is crazy.  One word: fragmented.  Two words: Integration failure.  &amp;#8217;nuff said.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So here&amp;#8217;s what I figured out:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your Yahoo! Profiles link relies on your Yahoo! Mail &amp;#8220;main account&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;extra mail address&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;But the above only applies to usernames with or without underscores.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If your main account is something like &amp;#8220;im.handsome&amp;#8221; and your &amp;#8220;extra mail address&amp;#8221; is &amp;#8220;imhandsome", it will not work in Yahoo! Profiles (you&amp;#8217;re better off creating another account so you can create another profile for that other variation of your username).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;But if it is &amp;#8220;im_handsome&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;imhandsome&amp;#8221; it will work just fine and lead you to the same profile account.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;See the problem now?  Next&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;There is no way to know your Yahoo! Profiles human-readable link.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If you want to know it, start with your default/main username; then try your &amp;#8220;extra mail address&amp;#8221; username".&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;But if you share the same username with someone else, the first one to create a Yahoo! account (not necessarily activating their Yahoo! Profiles) with that username owns it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How&amp;#8217;s that possible?  Yahoo! offers @yahoo.com; @ymail.com; and @rocketmail.com.  Username in all three are independent of each other, just how it is with Microsoft&amp;#8217;s @msn.com; @hotmail.com; and @live.com.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;So what&amp;#8217;s your human-readable Yahoo! Profiles link if someone beat you in the race?  I do not know.  Seriously there is no way to find out as of this writing.  I tried it, been patient enough to test this and that, but nadda, nothing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How about the new Yahoo! &amp;#8220;Alias"?  I do not know as well.  I tried entering any aliases there and their system keeps telling me it is not available.  I&amp;#8217;ll give it a try another day and see.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So going by Yahoo&amp;#8217;s not-so-old TV commercial&amp;#8230;  &lt;i&gt;get a life&amp;#8230; &lt;b&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PS&lt;br /&gt;
To Yahoo! International, give Yahoo! Philippines an access and I&amp;#8217;m sure they will fix it.  Aseans (f. South-East Asians) are attentive to such details.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/conquering-yahoo-s-internal-linking-maze"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tG11xBRpOKo/TAnYFB_XkqI/AAAAAAAAACE/WroYKcVgvk8/s144/yahoo-logo.jpg" alt="" /></div><p> Hah, it is crazy clicking links in Yahoo! Profiles.  Every Yahoo link leads somewhere else and then you follow another link from that other page and leads you to a new one.  Since there is no way to go back to where you&#8217;ve been before, you&#8217;ll get lost easily.  It is a maze.</p>

<p>It took me hours to figure out what works and what doesn&#8217;t with their supposedly &#8220;new&#8221; Yahoo! Profile service (which includes following their links from here to there and never back).  So to save you from pulling your hair out or kicking your AVR or punching your monitor (or prevent you from realizing that Yahoo should probably have sold itself to Google so their engineers and web developers can fix this mess), I am sharing with you what little I found.</p>



<p>First of it all, interconnection between different Yahoo! services is good but not great.  One setting that works in another will not work in another.  One setting here conflicts there.  It&#8217;s a PITA (if you don&#8217;t know what that means, search Google <img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt="&#58;&#112;" class="middle" /> )</p>

<p>That&#8217;s why I said it is crazy.  One word: fragmented.  Two words: Integration failure.  &#8217;nuff said.</p>

<p>So here&#8217;s what I figured out:</p>
<ul>
<li>Your Yahoo! Profiles link relies on your Yahoo! Mail &#8220;main account&#8221; and &#8220;extra mail address&#8221;</li>
<li>But the above only applies to usernames with or without underscores.</li>
<li>If your main account is something like &#8220;im.handsome&#8221; and your &#8220;extra mail address&#8221; is &#8220;imhandsome", it will not work in Yahoo! Profiles (you&#8217;re better off creating another account so you can create another profile for that other variation of your username).</li>
<li>But if it is &#8220;im_handsome&#8221; and &#8220;imhandsome&#8221; it will work just fine and lead you to the same profile account.</li>
</ul>

<p>See the problem now?  Next&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>There is no way to know your Yahoo! Profiles human-readable link.</li>
<li>If you want to know it, start with your default/main username; then try your &#8220;extra mail address&#8221; username".</li>
<li>But if you share the same username with someone else, the first one to create a Yahoo! account (not necessarily activating their Yahoo! Profiles) with that username owns it.</li>
<li>How&#8217;s that possible?  Yahoo! offers @yahoo.com; @ymail.com; and @rocketmail.com.  Username in all three are independent of each other, just how it is with Microsoft&#8217;s @msn.com; @hotmail.com; and @live.com.</li>
<li>So what&#8217;s your human-readable Yahoo! Profiles link if someone beat you in the race?  I do not know.  Seriously there is no way to find out as of this writing.  I tried it, been patient enough to test this and that, but nadda, nothing.</li>
</ul>

<p>How about the new Yahoo! &#8220;Alias"?  I do not know as well.  I tried entering any aliases there and their system keeps telling me it is not available.  I&#8217;ll give it a try another day and see.</p>

<p>So going by Yahoo&#8217;s not-so-old TV commercial&#8230;  <i>get a life&#8230; <b>Yahoo!</b></i></p>

<p>PS<br />
To Yahoo! International, give Yahoo! Philippines an access and I&#8217;m sure they will fix it.  Aseans (f. South-East Asians) are attentive to such details.</p>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/conquering-yahoo-s-internal-linking-maze">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3d1BVVF1-z_TutFp1XmF3BFXf1M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3d1BVVF1-z_TutFp1XmF3BFXf1M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3d1BVVF1-z_TutFp1XmF3BFXf1M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3d1BVVF1-z_TutFp1XmF3BFXf1M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/NRWCzKWsTqg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/conquering-yahoo-s-internal-linking-maze#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=262</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/conquering-yahoo-s-internal-linking-maze</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>The EDSA-Quezon Avenue Attempted Suicide Situation</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/03_VfCQ7plI/the-edsa-quezon-avenue-attempted-suicide-situation</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 05:44:13 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">261@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6esJURmeI/AAAAAAAAHYo/zeas-8xsGrA/s800/IMG_3430.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6esJURmeI/AAAAAAAAHYo/zeas-8xsGrA/s400/IMG_3430.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While I was on my way back home after attending a Thursday service, I passed-by an on-going suicide attempt situation.  A guy was on top of the tallest billboard at the corner of Quezon Avenue and EDSA.  When I arrived at the scene, the situation already lasted an hour or two.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Rescuers from the local government of Quezon City were already at the scene.  Some of them were also at the top already trying to get near the suicidal man while the negotiators talks to him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6iXScPRnI/AAAAAAAAHZ4/T7zTIIUSUuM/s800/IMG_3480.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6iXScPRnI/AAAAAAAAHZ4/T7zTIIUSUuM/s400/IMG_3480.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since I am not part of the media (I don&amp;#8217;t have a &amp;#8220;Press/Media&amp;#8221; ID), I am restricted to where the most of the &lt;i&gt;ususeros&lt;/i&gt; are.  One guy I was talking to (or interviewing since I kept on asking him questions) said that he will not jump no matter what.  In his view, the guy is only trying to get the attention of somebody and he&amp;#8217;s guessing it&amp;#8217;s the government.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I walked around, took photos, and I can&amp;#8217;t believe what I saw.  The suicide situation turned into a live drama.  There were people sitting, taking photos, calling their friends telling them what&amp;#8217;s happening, and some were eating too!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6jLyQJ4PI/AAAAAAAAHaI/G4ka3HCM1dU/s800/IMG_3542.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6jLyQJ4PI/AAAAAAAAHaI/G4ka3HCM1dU/s400/IMG_3542.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But what distressed me most was that there are people shouting that he should jump now or go to jail.  And every time the guy positions himself or act like he&amp;#8217;s ready to jump, the people are turning their heads away - they can&amp;#8217;t take to watch him jump and kill himself!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6g_c7901I/AAAAAAAAHZY/oI7NIeSDV6A/s800/IMG_3459.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6g_c7901I/AAAAAAAAHZY/oI7NIeSDV6A/s400/IMG_3459.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe they were just sarcastic or sadistic but I&amp;#8217;m sarcastic and sadistic myself and those thoughts never crossed my mind.  The guy needs help, he got a problem, he need someone to talk to, someone who will listen, someone who will understand him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#8217;s where the negotiation attempt went to being a little irritating.  One of the suicidal man&amp;#8217;s relative (his sister or wife) was up on the longest fireman&amp;#8217;s ladder I&amp;#8217;ve ever seen.  She&amp;#8217;s talking to her brother or husband (sorry I missed this info) and all of what I heard from her during most of her time there was &amp;#8220;maawa ka sa amin", &amp;#8220;maawa ka &amp;#8216;kin", &amp;#8220;bumababa ka na dyan".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nice way of convincing someone thinking of committing suicide to come down.  I was praying that time to the Lord Jesus Christ to give her wisdom.  In a few minutes, she finally started &lt;i&gt;talking&lt;/i&gt;, that&amp;#8217;s when they got a breakthrough (at least from my perspective).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6m5_ZKqKI/AAAAAAAAHa8/-jdzxVM0Vgk/s800/IMG_3584.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;igm src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6m5_ZKqKI/AAAAAAAAHa8/-jdzxVM0Vgk/s400/IMG_3584.JPG" alt=""&gt;&lt;/igm&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;, the guy went down and joined his sister/wife.  They were then lowered to the ground and escorted by the police to an ambulance.  I thanked the Lord Jesus for a peaceful and successful solution to this crisis, that was the first thing I did after I arrived, to pray and give the man and the rescuers the wisdom they need to solve this.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I later talked to one of the rescuers and according to him, the man was trying to get the attention of the local government of Quezon City to ask them for help.  As the story goes, his brother was killed in front of him, stabbed to death so now the only way to get the attention of the authorities is to commit suicide - or at least pretend to commit suicide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6oKC3dldI/AAAAAAAAHbc/tDcsi5752mM/s800/IMG_3607.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6oKC3dldI/AAAAAAAAHbc/tDcsi5752mM/s400/IMG_3607.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#8217;ll have to wait for the news tomorrow for the complete details and the actual reason behind all these.  After 5 hours, the situation was solved.  All thanks are due to our Creator up above, then next kudos to the negotiators and the rescuers who themselves risked their lives by getting up there to save a man&amp;#8217;s life.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My friends, we can not compare a human life, a human soul, to anything in this world, not even the whole planet or the whole universe.  Let&amp;#8217;s value that.  Suicide or hostage, we pray, have faith, and hope for the best.  If we&amp;#8217;re part of the rescue team, or we&amp;#8217;re the relatives, we &lt;b&gt;talk&lt;/b&gt; to them and &lt;b&gt;listen&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6qjoooC0I/AAAAAAAAHcE/qc7zZVRiyLM/s800/IMG_3635.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6qjoooC0I/AAAAAAAAHcE/qc7zZVRiyLM/s400/IMG_3635.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#8217;t about any live show or drama.  This isn&amp;#8217;t about ending a crisis the fastest that we can.  If it will take time, even days, then so be it.  What is important is no life will be wasted (or at least no more lives will be wasted if it&amp;#8217;s a hostage situation).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Definitely, it isn&amp;#8217;t a laughing matter nor time to be sarcastic and sadistic.  Let&amp;#8217;s be human.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have faith!  God Bless to all of you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;amp;captions=1&amp;amp;noautoplay=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;amp;feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Flaibcoms%2Falbumid%2F5475987744112051953%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/the-edsa-quezon-avenue-attempted-suicide-situation"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6esJURmeI/AAAAAAAAHYo/zeas-8xsGrA/s800/IMG_3430.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6esJURmeI/AAAAAAAAHYo/zeas-8xsGrA/s400/IMG_3430.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<p>While I was on my way back home after attending a Thursday service, I passed-by an on-going suicide attempt situation.  A guy was on top of the tallest billboard at the corner of Quezon Avenue and EDSA.  When I arrived at the scene, the situation already lasted an hour or two.</p>



<p>Rescuers from the local government of Quezon City were already at the scene.  Some of them were also at the top already trying to get near the suicidal man while the negotiators talks to him.</p>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6iXScPRnI/AAAAAAAAHZ4/T7zTIIUSUuM/s800/IMG_3480.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6iXScPRnI/AAAAAAAAHZ4/T7zTIIUSUuM/s400/IMG_3480.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<p>Since I am not part of the media (I don&#8217;t have a &#8220;Press/Media&#8221; ID), I am restricted to where the most of the <i>ususeros</i> are.  One guy I was talking to (or interviewing since I kept on asking him questions) said that he will not jump no matter what.  In his view, the guy is only trying to get the attention of somebody and he&#8217;s guessing it&#8217;s the government.</p>

<p>I walked around, took photos, and I can&#8217;t believe what I saw.  The suicide situation turned into a live drama.  There were people sitting, taking photos, calling their friends telling them what&#8217;s happening, and some were eating too!</p>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6jLyQJ4PI/AAAAAAAAHaI/G4ka3HCM1dU/s800/IMG_3542.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6jLyQJ4PI/AAAAAAAAHaI/G4ka3HCM1dU/s400/IMG_3542.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<p>But what distressed me most was that there are people shouting that he should jump now or go to jail.  And every time the guy positions himself or act like he&#8217;s ready to jump, the people are turning their heads away - they can&#8217;t take to watch him jump and kill himself!</p>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6g_c7901I/AAAAAAAAHZY/oI7NIeSDV6A/s800/IMG_3459.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6g_c7901I/AAAAAAAAHZY/oI7NIeSDV6A/s400/IMG_3459.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<p>Maybe they were just sarcastic or sadistic but I&#8217;m sarcastic and sadistic myself and those thoughts never crossed my mind.  The guy needs help, he got a problem, he need someone to talk to, someone who will listen, someone who will understand him.</p>

<p>That&#8217;s where the negotiation attempt went to being a little irritating.  One of the suicidal man&#8217;s relative (his sister or wife) was up on the longest fireman&#8217;s ladder I&#8217;ve ever seen.  She&#8217;s talking to her brother or husband (sorry I missed this info) and all of what I heard from her during most of her time there was &#8220;maawa ka sa amin", &#8220;maawa ka &#8216;kin", &#8220;bumababa ka na dyan".</p>

<p>Nice way of convincing someone thinking of committing suicide to come down.  I was praying that time to the Lord Jesus Christ to give her wisdom.  In a few minutes, she finally started <i>talking</i>, that&#8217;s when they got a breakthrough (at least from my perspective).</p>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6m5_ZKqKI/AAAAAAAAHa8/-jdzxVM0Vgk/s800/IMG_3584.JPG" target="_blank"><igm src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6m5_ZKqKI/AAAAAAAAHa8/-jdzxVM0Vgk/s400/IMG_3584.JPG" alt=""></igm></a></div><p>, the guy went down and joined his sister/wife.  They were then lowered to the ground and escorted by the police to an ambulance.  I thanked the Lord Jesus for a peaceful and successful solution to this crisis, that was the first thing I did after I arrived, to pray and give the man and the rescuers the wisdom they need to solve this.</p>

<p>I later talked to one of the rescuers and according to him, the man was trying to get the attention of the local government of Quezon City to ask them for help.  As the story goes, his brother was killed in front of him, stabbed to death so now the only way to get the attention of the authorities is to commit suicide - or at least pretend to commit suicide.</p>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6oKC3dldI/AAAAAAAAHbc/tDcsi5752mM/s800/IMG_3607.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6oKC3dldI/AAAAAAAAHbc/tDcsi5752mM/s400/IMG_3607.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<p>We&#8217;ll have to wait for the news tomorrow for the complete details and the actual reason behind all these.  After 5 hours, the situation was solved.  All thanks are due to our Creator up above, then next kudos to the negotiators and the rescuers who themselves risked their lives by getting up there to save a man&#8217;s life.</p>

<p>My friends, we can not compare a human life, a human soul, to anything in this world, not even the whole planet or the whole universe.  Let&#8217;s value that.  Suicide or hostage, we pray, have faith, and hope for the best.  If we&#8217;re part of the rescue team, or we&#8217;re the relatives, we <b>talk</b> to them and <b>listen</b>.</p>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6qjoooC0I/AAAAAAAAHcE/qc7zZVRiyLM/s800/IMG_3635.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_noHIKWUWuGU/S_6qjoooC0I/AAAAAAAAHcE/qc7zZVRiyLM/s400/IMG_3635.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<p>This isn&#8217;t about any live show or drama.  This isn&#8217;t about ending a crisis the fastest that we can.  If it will take time, even days, then so be it.  What is important is no life will be wasted (or at least no more lives will be wasted if it&#8217;s a hostage situation).</p>

<p>Definitely, it isn&#8217;t a laughing matter nor time to be sarcastic and sadistic.  Let&#8217;s be human.</p>

<p>Have faith!  God Bless to all of you.</p>

<div class="center"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;captions=1&amp;noautoplay=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Flaibcoms%2Falbumid%2F5475987744112051953%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/the-edsa-quezon-avenue-attempted-suicide-situation">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lPFdrrZ_94v-4nbAQWS0j9U7x1E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lPFdrrZ_94v-4nbAQWS0j9U7x1E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lPFdrrZ_94v-4nbAQWS0j9U7x1E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lPFdrrZ_94v-4nbAQWS0j9U7x1E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/03_VfCQ7plI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/the-edsa-quezon-avenue-attempted-suicide-situation#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=261</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/the-edsa-quezon-avenue-attempted-suicide-situation</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Talk to Your Twitter Friends via Instant Messenger</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/Gp1QQ_xC4UY/talk-to-your-twitter-friends-via-instant-messenger</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 21:28:21 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">187@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;You can now talk to your Twitter friends by using your favorite &lt;b&gt;federated&lt;/b&gt; ("Facebook not included&amp;#8221; because it is not federated) XMPP/Jabber network.  Thanks to the service created by &lt;b&gt;Treegger&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Chat like with your Twitter friends like you would with &lt;b&gt;Yahoo! Messenger&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;Windows Live Messenger&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;AOL Instant Messenger&lt;/b&gt;.  It is a matter of adding your account to your favorite XMPP/Jabber client like so: yourTwitterAccount@twitter.  Example, &amp;#8220;jcsesecuneta@twitter".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then you have to connect to: &lt;b&gt;xmpp.treegger.com&lt;/b&gt; using port &lt;b&gt;5223&lt;/b&gt;.  You have to choose &amp;#8220;Allow plaintext authentication&amp;#8221; and &amp;#8220;SSL/TLS (old style)&amp;#8221; for it to work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is a proof of technology made freely available by Treegger.  Their system is just a bridge to allow anyone to communicate bidirectionally, from Twitter to XMPP/Jabber and XMPP/Jabber to Twitter.  Nothing gets saved on Treegger&amp;#8217;s servers.  When you send a message to your Twitter friends, it is sent as a &amp;#8220;DM&amp;#8221; thus it is private.  You of course have to follow your friend first so he will show up on your XMPP friends list.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Go try it out.  Configuration settings are available from their website for various XMPP/Jabber clients: &lt;a href="http://www.treegger.com/instant-messaging.php"&gt;Treegger IM&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if at this time you still do not have your own XMPP/Jabber account, you better get one now.  I highly recommend ProcessOne&amp;#8217;s free ejabberd service &lt;a href="http://talkr.im"&gt;Talkr.IM&lt;/a&gt;.  It is the most complete free XMPP/Jabber service you will ever find on the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://www.imessengr.com/2010/05/treegger-im-chat-directly-with-you.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+messengers+%28iMessengr.com%29&amp;amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"&gt;Treegger IM - Chat Directly With You Twitter Friends Using XMPP Client&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/talk-to-your-twitter-friends-via-instant-messenger"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can now talk to your Twitter friends by using your favorite <b>federated</b> ("Facebook not included&#8221; because it is not federated) XMPP/Jabber network.  Thanks to the service created by <b>Treegger</b>.</p>



<p>Chat like with your Twitter friends like you would with <b>Yahoo! Messenger</b> or <b>Windows Live Messenger</b> or <b>AOL Instant Messenger</b>.  It is a matter of adding your account to your favorite XMPP/Jabber client like so: yourTwitterAccount@twitter.  Example, &#8220;jcsesecuneta@twitter".</p>

<p>Then you have to connect to: <b>xmpp.treegger.com</b> using port <b>5223</b>.  You have to choose &#8220;Allow plaintext authentication&#8221; and &#8220;SSL/TLS (old style)&#8221; for it to work.</p>

<p>This is a proof of technology made freely available by Treegger.  Their system is just a bridge to allow anyone to communicate bidirectionally, from Twitter to XMPP/Jabber and XMPP/Jabber to Twitter.  Nothing gets saved on Treegger&#8217;s servers.  When you send a message to your Twitter friends, it is sent as a &#8220;DM&#8221; thus it is private.  You of course have to follow your friend first so he will show up on your XMPP friends list.</p>

<p>Go try it out.  Configuration settings are available from their website for various XMPP/Jabber clients: <a href="http://www.treegger.com/instant-messaging.php">Treegger IM</a>.</p>

<p>And if at this time you still do not have your own XMPP/Jabber account, you better get one now.  I highly recommend ProcessOne&#8217;s free ejabberd service <a href="http://talkr.im">Talkr.IM</a>.  It is the most complete free XMPP/Jabber service you will ever find on the Internet.</p>

<p>(via: <a href="http://www.imessengr.com/2010/05/treegger-im-chat-directly-with-you.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+messengers+%28iMessengr.com%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader">Treegger IM - Chat Directly With You Twitter Friends Using XMPP Client</a>)</p>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/talk-to-your-twitter-friends-via-instant-messenger">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jvY5dXeefZPAc6qzq2XNrOZv5g0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jvY5dXeefZPAc6qzq2XNrOZv5g0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jvY5dXeefZPAc6qzq2XNrOZv5g0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jvY5dXeefZPAc6qzq2XNrOZv5g0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/Gp1QQ_xC4UY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/talk-to-your-twitter-friends-via-instant-messenger#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=187</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/talk-to-your-twitter-friends-via-instant-messenger</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Jollibee Social Media and Glee Exposure</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/wukNhjk07Fg/jollibee-social-media-and-glee-exposure</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:57:25 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">181@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/S_OhrduBVWI/AAAAAAAAEAE/PjRKtxRForw/s288/Jollibeelogo.gif" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Jollibee Foods Corporation&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;abbr title="Philippine Stock Exchange"&gt;PSE&lt;/abbr&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.pse.com.ph/html/MarketInformation/stockinfo.jsp?securitySymbol=JFC" target="_blank"&gt;JFC&lt;/a&gt;) is a fast-food restaurant that started out with one brand: &lt;i&gt;Jollibee&lt;/i&gt;.  Later, they acquired (in alphabetical order) &lt;i&gt;Chowking&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Delifrance&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Greenwich Pizza&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Manong Pepe Karinderia&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Red Ribbon&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Their restaurant acquisitions did not stop there.  Overseas, Jollibee bought out the Chinese Taipei &lt;i&gt;Chun Shui Tang&lt;/i&gt; tea house, and &lt;i&gt;Lao Dong&lt;/i&gt; restaurant, and the Chinese fast-food chain restaurants &lt;i&gt;Hongzhuangyuan&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Yonghe Dawang&lt;/i&gt;.  Today, they are embracing the Internet and social media space.  As of this writing, &amp;#8220;Jollibee&amp;#8221; is trending on Twitter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="clear"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;


&lt;p&gt;For a reason, Jollibee was captured by the camera in the background in the latest episode of the hit TV series &lt;i&gt;Glee&lt;/i&gt;.  Filipino fans of Glee did not miss it, one-by-one, they went online and tweeted about it.  But according to Jollibee via &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/inquirerdotnet/status/14280485083" target="_blank"&gt;Inquirer.net&amp;#8217;s Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, it was not intentional on Jollibee&amp;#8217;s part to show up on Glee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/S_OjNmB8OfI/AAAAAAAAEAQ/ftni478AKNA/s400/jollibee-thedailytribute.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo from: &lt;a href="http://www.thedailytribute.com/jollibee-seen-in-glee/"&gt;The Daily Tribute&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Still, this helped &lt;abbr title="Jollibee Foods Corporation"&gt;JFC&lt;/abbr&gt; in the social media space and their international marketing efforts.  I think this is a good time to share with you the &lt;b&gt;official&lt;/b&gt; Twitter and Facebook accounts of JFC&amp;#8217;s restaurants.  (as of Wednesday, 19th of May 2010)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;JFC (corporate account): &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ilovejollibee" target="_blank"&gt;@ilovejollibee&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jollibee-Foods-Corporation/17584448021" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Jollibee: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/iwantjollibee" target="_blank"&gt;@iwantjollibee&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-want-Jollibee-Jollibee-On-Line-Delivery/103269829710908" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Chowking: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ilovechowking" target="_blank"&gt;@ilovechowking&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chowking-Online-Delivery/109290362430144" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Delifrance: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ilovedelifrance" target="_blank"&gt;@ilovedelifrance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Greenwich Pizza: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/greenwichpizza" target="_blank"&gt;@greenwichpizza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Red Ribbon: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/iwantredribbon" target="_blank"&gt;@iwantredribbon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Did I mention that their online delivery system will allow us to cross-order from their different brands via any of their brand-specific online delivery websites?  You can read more about it from Janette Toral&amp;#8217;s announcement: &lt;a href="http://philippineinternetreview.blogspot.com/2010/03/chowking-jollibee-greenwich-red-ribbon.html" target="_blank"&gt;Chowking, Jollibee, Greenwich, Red Ribbon to Launch Integrated E-Commerce Fast Food Chain Site and Delivery Service&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Keep it up Jollibee!  And once again I am going to repeat myself: go tap &lt;a href="http://foursquare.com"&gt;foursquare&lt;/a&gt;!!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/TA-o3FpzLrI/AAAAAAAAEG0/nmCUGMKBST4/s800/105560125.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/TA-o3FpzLrI/AAAAAAAAEG0/nmCUGMKBST4/s400/105560125.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
阮金红 / Nguyễn Kim Hồng (aka Elly Tran Ha, Elly Kim Hong) eating at Jollibee
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other related reads:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com/2010/05/tv-jollibee-fast-food-appears-in-glee.html" target="_blank"&gt;TV: Jollibee fast food appears in GLEE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.thedailytribute.com/jollibee-seen-in-glee/" target="_blank"&gt;Jollibee Seen In Glee!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/jollibee-social-media-and-glee-exposure"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="floatleft" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/S_OhrduBVWI/AAAAAAAAEAE/PjRKtxRForw/s288/Jollibeelogo.gif" alt="" /></div><p> <b>Jollibee Foods Corporation</b> (<abbr title="Philippine Stock Exchange">PSE</abbr>: <a href="http://www.pse.com.ph/html/MarketInformation/stockinfo.jsp?securitySymbol=JFC" target="_blank">JFC</a>) is a fast-food restaurant that started out with one brand: <i>Jollibee</i>.  Later, they acquired (in alphabetical order) <i>Chowking</i>, <i>Delifrance</i>, <i>Greenwich Pizza</i>, <i>Manong Pepe Karinderia</i>, and <i>Red Ribbon</i>.</p>

<p>Their restaurant acquisitions did not stop there.  Overseas, Jollibee bought out the Chinese Taipei <i>Chun Shui Tang</i> tea house, and <i>Lao Dong</i> restaurant, and the Chinese fast-food chain restaurants <i>Hongzhuangyuan</i>, and <i>Yonghe Dawang</i>.  Today, they are embracing the Internet and social media space.  As of this writing, &#8220;Jollibee&#8221; is trending on Twitter.</p>
<div class="clear"></div>


<p>For a reason, Jollibee was captured by the camera in the background in the latest episode of the hit TV series <i>Glee</i>.  Filipino fans of Glee did not miss it, one-by-one, they went online and tweeted about it.  But according to Jollibee via <a href="http://twitter.com/inquirerdotnet/status/14280485083" target="_blank">Inquirer.net&#8217;s Twitter</a>, it was not intentional on Jollibee&#8217;s part to show up on Glee.</p>

<div class="center"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/S_OjNmB8OfI/AAAAAAAAEAQ/ftni478AKNA/s400/jollibee-thedailytribute.png" alt="" /><br />Photo from: <a href="http://www.thedailytribute.com/jollibee-seen-in-glee/">The Daily Tribute</a></div>
<p><br /><br />
Still, this helped <abbr title="Jollibee Foods Corporation">JFC</abbr> in the social media space and their international marketing efforts.  I think this is a good time to share with you the <b>official</b> Twitter and Facebook accounts of JFC&#8217;s restaurants.  (as of Wednesday, 19th of May 2010)</p>

<ul>
	<li>JFC (corporate account): <a href="http://twitter.com/ilovejollibee" target="_blank">@ilovejollibee</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jollibee-Foods-Corporation/17584448021" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li>
	<li>Jollibee: <a href="http://twitter.com/iwantjollibee" target="_blank">@iwantjollibee</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-want-Jollibee-Jollibee-On-Line-Delivery/103269829710908" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li>
	<li>Chowking: <a href="http://twitter.com/ilovechowking" target="_blank">@ilovechowking</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chowking-Online-Delivery/109290362430144" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li>
	<li>Delifrance: <a href="http://twitter.com/ilovedelifrance" target="_blank">@ilovedelifrance</a></li>
	<li>Greenwich Pizza: <a href="http://twitter.com/greenwichpizza" target="_blank">@greenwichpizza</a></li>
	<li>Red Ribbon: <a href="http://twitter.com/iwantredribbon" target="_blank">@iwantredribbon</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Did I mention that their online delivery system will allow us to cross-order from their different brands via any of their brand-specific online delivery websites?  You can read more about it from Janette Toral&#8217;s announcement: <a href="http://philippineinternetreview.blogspot.com/2010/03/chowking-jollibee-greenwich-red-ribbon.html" target="_blank">Chowking, Jollibee, Greenwich, Red Ribbon to Launch Integrated E-Commerce Fast Food Chain Site and Delivery Service</a>.</p>

<p>Keep it up Jollibee!  And once again I am going to repeat myself: go tap <a href="http://foursquare.com">foursquare</a>!!</p>

<div class="center">
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/TA-o3FpzLrI/AAAAAAAAEG0/nmCUGMKBST4/s800/105560125.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VilldZppQis/TA-o3FpzLrI/AAAAAAAAEG0/nmCUGMKBST4/s400/105560125.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
阮金红 / Nguyễn Kim Hồng (aka Elly Tran Ha, Elly Kim Hong) eating at Jollibee
</div>
<p><br /></p>
<hr />

<p>Other related reads:<br />
<a href="http://azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com/2010/05/tv-jollibee-fast-food-appears-in-glee.html" target="_blank">TV: Jollibee fast food appears in GLEE</a><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.thedailytribute.com/jollibee-seen-in-glee/" target="_blank">Jollibee Seen In Glee!</a></p>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/jollibee-social-media-and-glee-exposure">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1wSKF47nARYKA7EMIT1H5wF42nk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1wSKF47nARYKA7EMIT1H5wF42nk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1wSKF47nARYKA7EMIT1H5wF42nk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1wSKF47nARYKA7EMIT1H5wF42nk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/wukNhjk07Fg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/jollibee-social-media-and-glee-exposure#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=181</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/jollibee-social-media-and-glee-exposure</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Venus Occultation by the Moon</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/Si3bJejKPuE/venus-occultation-by-the-moon</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 16:40:52 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">179@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;div class="floatright" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CcmRn4fMI/AAAAAAAAALs/h79IbEF1GcY/s288/IMG_3362.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Yesterday, May 16, 2010, the only astronomical event this year involving a major planet was witnessed by everyone in the Philippines - the occultation of Venus by the Moon.  Or in &lt;i&gt;English&lt;/i&gt;, the eclipsing of Venus by the Moon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This event was particularly witnessed by the Asean Nations and as far as India.  The view here in the Philippines was great and memorable that even non-astronomers - who for the most part takes the evening sky for granted - were looking up in the sky and taking pictures of the Moon and Venus before and after the occultation.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;If I will take Sherlene&amp;#8217;s reaction as one of the possible reason why people are looking up in the sky, it was because the Moon and the Planet Venus looks like the &lt;i&gt;Islamic Crescent Moon and Star&lt;/i&gt;.  I agree, it does look like one!  Particularly the flag of the &lt;b&gt;Islamic Republic of Mauritania&lt;/b&gt;, a North African Nation!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_C4NffPjvI/AAAAAAAAAM4/2NB1UdU2rrQ/s400/Flag_of_Mauritania.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Flag of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;
&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CcmOTkxhI/AAAAAAAAALk/1F8VU17W0zc/s400/IMG_3356.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Venus occultation by the Moon
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It was an experience to remember for all the Filipinos and As&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;ans who witnessed the event.  Most of us takes the sky for granted, if you ask your friend to spot any planet, more likely than not they can not tell the difference between a star and a planet!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A special mention and congratulations goes to the &lt;b&gt;Astrocamp Observatory&lt;/b&gt; at &lt;b&gt;San Miguel By The Bay, Pasay City&lt;/b&gt; for introducing the Filipinos to astronomy.  They&amp;#8217;ve been there for one year already and yesterday&amp;#8217;s event was the first time I saw their observatory jam-packed not because of a popular astronomical event like solar eclipses rather because of an event that is usually only observed by astronomers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CeBdAahdI/AAAAAAAAAMc/JWnqGzJcEk8/s800/IMG_3381.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CeBdAahdI/AAAAAAAAAMc/JWnqGzJcEk8/s400/IMG_3381.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce2emxPbI/AAAAAAAAAMg/t4BBpiJXE44/s800/IMG_3382.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce2emxPbI/AAAAAAAAAMg/t4BBpiJXE44/s400/IMG_3382.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce3WK_ooI/AAAAAAAAAMk/uZ9eqMJxTng/s800/IMG_3384.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce3WK_ooI/AAAAAAAAAMk/uZ9eqMJxTng/s400/IMG_3384.JPG" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You should visit them.  If you use &lt;i&gt;Stellarium&lt;/i&gt; or &lt;i&gt;Celestia&lt;/i&gt; or any other astronomy application to view the sky, you are still missing a lot.  The experience, the feeling, the closeness of seeing these objects up in the sky directly (with the help of telescopes of course) instead of photos and applications is far different.  As far as the distance between Earth and the M31 Andromeda Galaxy, which is currently at 2.5 million lightyears.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(info: One lightyear is equal to 9.46 trillion kilometres / Julian year [One Julian year is equal to 365.25 days])&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;hr /&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Trivia:&lt;br /&gt;
Did you know that the word &amp;#8220;Moon&amp;#8221; is actually the name of Earth&amp;#8217;s natural satellite?  In 1665, it was extended to refer to the recently discovered natural satellites of other planets.  However, to avoid confusion, all these objects were given distinct names.  But non-astromers to this day still say, for example: &amp;#8220;Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars".  The correct is: &amp;#8220;Phobos and Deimos are the two (natural) satellites of Mars".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Because the &amp;#8220;extended&amp;#8221; meaning hasn&amp;#8217;t gone out of usage, &amp;#8220;Moon&amp;#8221; with a capital &amp;#8220;M&amp;#8221; refers exclusively to Earth&amp;#8217;s satellite, while &amp;#8220;moon(s)&amp;#8221; with a small letter &amp;#8220;m&amp;#8221; refers to a planet&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;natural satellite(s)".  And &amp;#8220;Luna&amp;#8221; is the Latin name, used commonly in fiction.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Update 2010-05-25: Thanks to &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/theskyabove"&gt;stellasgaze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for the mention on her blog &lt;a href="http://theskyabove22.wordpress.com"&gt;. . the sky above . .&lt;/a&gt;!  &lt;a href="http://theskyabove22.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/may-16-2010-lunar-occultation-of-venus/"&gt;May 16, 2010 Lunar Occultation of Venus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new --&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/venus-occultation-by-the-moon"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="floatright" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CcmRn4fMI/AAAAAAAAALs/h79IbEF1GcY/s288/IMG_3362.JPG" alt="" /></div><p> Yesterday, May 16, 2010, the only astronomical event this year involving a major planet was witnessed by everyone in the Philippines - the occultation of Venus by the Moon.  Or in <i>English</i>, the eclipsing of Venus by the Moon.</p>

<p>This event was particularly witnessed by the Asean Nations and as far as India.  The view here in the Philippines was great and memorable that even non-astronomers - who for the most part takes the evening sky for granted - were looking up in the sky and taking pictures of the Moon and Venus before and after the occultation.</p>



<p>If I will take Sherlene&#8217;s reaction as one of the possible reason why people are looking up in the sky, it was because the Moon and the Planet Venus looks like the <i>Islamic Crescent Moon and Star</i>.  I agree, it does look like one!  Particularly the flag of the <b>Islamic Republic of Mauritania</b>, a North African Nation!</p>

<div class="center">
<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_C4NffPjvI/AAAAAAAAAM4/2NB1UdU2rrQ/s400/Flag_of_Mauritania.png" alt="" /><br /><br />
Flag of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
</div>

<div class="center">
<img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CcmOTkxhI/AAAAAAAAALk/1F8VU17W0zc/s400/IMG_3356.JPG" alt="" /><br /><br />
Venus occultation by the Moon
</div>
<p><br /><br />
It was an experience to remember for all the Filipinos and As<b>e</b>ans who witnessed the event.  Most of us takes the sky for granted, if you ask your friend to spot any planet, more likely than not they can not tell the difference between a star and a planet!</p>

<p>A special mention and congratulations goes to the <b>Astrocamp Observatory</b> at <b>San Miguel By The Bay, Pasay City</b> for introducing the Filipinos to astronomy.  They&#8217;ve been there for one year already and yesterday&#8217;s event was the first time I saw their observatory jam-packed not because of a popular astronomical event like solar eclipses rather because of an event that is usually only observed by astronomers.</p>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CeBdAahdI/AAAAAAAAAMc/JWnqGzJcEk8/s800/IMG_3381.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_CeBdAahdI/AAAAAAAAAMc/JWnqGzJcEk8/s400/IMG_3381.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce2emxPbI/AAAAAAAAAMg/t4BBpiJXE44/s800/IMG_3382.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce2emxPbI/AAAAAAAAAMg/t4BBpiJXE44/s400/IMG_3382.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<div class="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce3WK_ooI/AAAAAAAAAMk/uZ9eqMJxTng/s800/IMG_3384.JPG" target="_blank"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S_Ce3WK_ooI/AAAAAAAAAMk/uZ9eqMJxTng/s400/IMG_3384.JPG" alt="" /></a></div>

<p>You should visit them.  If you use <i>Stellarium</i> or <i>Celestia</i> or any other astronomy application to view the sky, you are still missing a lot.  The experience, the feeling, the closeness of seeing these objects up in the sky directly (with the help of telescopes of course) instead of photos and applications is far different.  As far as the distance between Earth and the M31 Andromeda Galaxy, which is currently at 2.5 million lightyears.</p>

<p>(info: One lightyear is equal to 9.46 trillion kilometres / Julian year [One Julian year is equal to 365.25 days])</p>

<hr />

<p>Trivia:<br />
Did you know that the word &#8220;Moon&#8221; is actually the name of Earth&#8217;s natural satellite?  In 1665, it was extended to refer to the recently discovered natural satellites of other planets.  However, to avoid confusion, all these objects were given distinct names.  But non-astromers to this day still say, for example: &#8220;Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars".  The correct is: &#8220;Phobos and Deimos are the two (natural) satellites of Mars".</p>

<p>Because the &#8220;extended&#8221; meaning hasn&#8217;t gone out of usage, &#8220;Moon&#8221; with a capital &#8220;M&#8221; refers exclusively to Earth&#8217;s satellite, while &#8220;moon(s)&#8221; with a small letter &#8220;m&#8221; refers to a planet&#8217;s &#8220;natural satellite(s)".  And &#8220;Luna&#8221; is the Latin name, used commonly in fiction.</p>

<p>Update 2010-05-25: Thanks to <b><a href="http://twitter.com/theskyabove">stellasgaze</a></b> for the mention on her blog <a href="http://theskyabove22.wordpress.com">. . the sky above . .</a>!  <a href="http://theskyabove22.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/may-16-2010-lunar-occultation-of-venus/">May 16, 2010 Lunar Occultation of Venus</a>.</p>

<!-- Creative Commons License NEWSTYLE license:by-sa nation:3.0/ph display:new -->
<p><br /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/venus-occultation-by-the-moon">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FE4M5Del-U8FX6sY4bw7cFXmv98/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FE4M5Del-U8FX6sY4bw7cFXmv98/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FE4M5Del-U8FX6sY4bw7cFXmv98/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FE4M5Del-U8FX6sY4bw7cFXmv98/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/Si3bJejKPuE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/venus-occultation-by-the-moon#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=179</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/labox/venus-occultation-by-the-moon</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>Snow World supports #juanvote</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/bNahnF3SJoU/snow-world-supports-juanvote</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 02:02:32 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">176@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;This blog, &amp;#8220;Snow World&amp;#8221; is supporting the #juanvote network of responsible citizens and citizen-journalism.  From today until the 100th day of the new Philippine President, Vice-President, and the Congress (both Houses), we will cover election-related and post-election-related news.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S-VrMJIrceI/AAAAAAAAAI0/FGux1jb6FTI/s400/juanvoteheader.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, on the election day itself, May 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, all our posts will be posted at &lt;a href="http://gameshogun.ws"&gt;gameshogun&amp;trade;&lt;/a&gt; instead.  This is part of gameshogun&amp;#8217;s support of the #juanvote initiative.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you and let us all pray for a clean, honest, and successful automated election.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/snow-world-supports-juanvote"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This blog, &#8220;Snow World&#8221; is supporting the #juanvote network of responsible citizens and citizen-journalism.  From today until the 100th day of the new Philippine President, Vice-President, and the Congress (both Houses), we will cover election-related and post-election-related news.</p>

<div class="center"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EAC8kTwYbaY/S-VrMJIrceI/AAAAAAAAAI0/FGux1jb6FTI/s400/juanvoteheader.png" alt="" /></div>

<p>However, on the election day itself, May 10<sup>th</sup>, all our posts will be posted at <a href="http://gameshogun.ws">gameshogun&trade;</a> instead.  This is part of gameshogun&#8217;s support of the #juanvote initiative.</p>

<p>Thank you and let us all pray for a clean, honest, and successful automated election.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/snow-world-supports-juanvote">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GiKnzEpe6SpxCyUtUErNBQuH0g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GiKnzEpe6SpxCyUtUErNBQuH0g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GiKnzEpe6SpxCyUtUErNBQuH0g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3GiKnzEpe6SpxCyUtUErNBQuH0g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/bNahnF3SJoU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/snow-world-supports-juanvote#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=176</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/snow-world-supports-juanvote</feedburner:origLink></item>
				<item>
			<title>The Avengers: Cameos, Hints, Clues, and Teasers</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/laibcoms/~3/cGX0cI4qkgM/the-avengers-cameos-hints-clues-and-teasers</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 22:47:47 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>JC John Sese Cuneta</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">General</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">175@http://laibcoms.com/blog/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#8217;s face it, as Marvel fans we love the idea of cameos, hints, clues, and teasers being left here and there because it fires up our imagination and makes us wanting to see the next issue or movie release.  Why don&amp;#8217;t we talk about that then?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our scope: the Live-Action Movie &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Avengers&lt;/i&gt; universe&lt;/b&gt;.  These are (released as of this post) - &lt;b&gt;Iron Man&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Iron Man 2&lt;/b&gt;, and &lt;b&gt;The Incredible Hulk&lt;/b&gt;.  Of course already given are the cameos of Mr. Stan Lee, if he isn&amp;#8217;t present, then the movie is as good as &amp;#8220;non-canon&amp;#8221; in the Marvel &amp;#8220;movie&amp;#8221; multiverse.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;The obvious are: Nick Fury - I don&amp;#8217;t even consider his appearances as a cameo since he&amp;#8217;s an integral part of &lt;b&gt;The Avengers&lt;/b&gt; (movie) universe - he is the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.!  Of course he should be in every movie! &lt;img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt="&amp;#59;&amp;#41;" class="middle" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tony Stark at the conclusion of &lt;b&gt;The Incredible Hulk&lt;/b&gt; representing S.H.I.E.L.D. (yeah, the movie happened &lt;i&gt;after&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Iron Man 2: War Machine&lt;/b&gt;, read &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/the-avengers-ironman2-warmachine-introduction"&gt;The Avengers: IronMan2 WarMachine Introduction&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thor&amp;#8217;s Hammer teaser the after-credits scene from &lt;b&gt;Iron Man 2: War Machine&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Well that&amp;#8217;s all I know and saw.  Others have claimed they saw Captain America&amp;#8217;s shield in &lt;b&gt;Iron Man&lt;/b&gt;, his body in &lt;b&gt;The Incredible Hulk&lt;/b&gt;, and someone told me Loki was seen in &lt;b&gt;Iron Man 2: War Machine&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Did you catch anything or anyone else?  Or maybe you want to confirm if your hunch is correct?  Just post below and leave your own clues and hunches.  Please be clear and detailed (or leave a video link with that scene) so we can follow you &lt;img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt="&amp;#59;&amp;#41;" class="middle" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="item_footer"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/the-avengers-cameos-hints-clues-and-teasers"&gt;Original post&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/"&gt;Snow World&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s face it, as Marvel fans we love the idea of cameos, hints, clues, and teasers being left here and there because it fires up our imagination and makes us wanting to see the next issue or movie release.  Why don&#8217;t we talk about that then?</p>

<p>Our scope: the Live-Action Movie <b><i>The Avengers</i> universe</b>.  These are (released as of this post) - <b>Iron Man</b>, <b>Iron Man 2</b>, and <b>The Incredible Hulk</b>.  Of course already given are the cameos of Mr. Stan Lee, if he isn&#8217;t present, then the movie is as good as &#8220;non-canon&#8221; in the Marvel &#8220;movie&#8221; multiverse.</p>



<p>The obvious are: Nick Fury - I don&#8217;t even consider his appearances as a cameo since he&#8217;s an integral part of <b>The Avengers</b> (movie) universe - he is the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.!  Of course he should be in every movie! <img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt="&#59;&#41;" class="middle" /></p>

<p>Tony Stark at the conclusion of <b>The Incredible Hulk</b> representing S.H.I.E.L.D. (yeah, the movie happened <i>after</i> <b>Iron Man 2: War Machine</b>, read <a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/the-avengers-ironman2-warmachine-introduction">The Avengers: IronMan2 WarMachine Introduction</a>).</p>

<p>Thor&#8217;s Hammer teaser the after-credits scene from <b>Iron Man 2: War Machine</b>.</p>

<p>Well that&#8217;s all I know and saw.  Others have claimed they saw Captain America&#8217;s shield in <b>Iron Man</b>, his body in <b>The Incredible Hulk</b>, and someone told me Loki was seen in <b>Iron Man 2: War Machine</b>!</p>

<p>Did you catch anything or anyone else?  Or maybe you want to confirm if your hunch is correct?  Just post below and leave your own clues and hunches.  Please be clear and detailed (or leave a video link with that scene) so we can follow you <img src="http://laibcoms.com/blog/rsc/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt="&#59;&#41;" class="middle" /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/the-avengers-cameos-hints-clues-and-teasers">Original post</a> at <a href="http://laibcoms.asia/blog/">Snow World</a>.</small></p></div>
<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7KnmRoEUY19FUpVnZ-QssQLxb-4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7KnmRoEUY19FUpVnZ-QssQLxb-4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/>
<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7KnmRoEUY19FUpVnZ-QssQLxb-4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7KnmRoEUY19FUpVnZ-QssQLxb-4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/laibcoms/~4/cGX0cI4qkgM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
								<comments>http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/the-avengers-cameos-hints-clues-and-teasers#comments</comments>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao?tempskin=_rss2&amp;disp=comments&amp;p=175</wfw:commentRss>
		<feedburner:origLink>http://laibcoms.com/blog/xindao/the-avengers-cameos-hints-clues-and-teasers</feedburner:origLink></item>
			</channel>
</rss>
