May 17th, 2008 at 6:30 am

Two Years Later

May 17, 2008 - Deuts.NET celebrates two years of online existence with a new look.

Two years, 396 posts, and 1,234 comments later, Deuts.NET has clearly reached a milestone. A time to reflect, a reason to celebrate, and a season to look forward to two more years and beyond.

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May 16th, 2008 at 10:49 am

Filipino Auditors in Inquirer News

Published today (May 16, 2008) in the Philippine Daily Inquirer an article by Ms. Edel Mary D. Vegamora, CIA, the CIA Country Coordinator-Philippines, the revised version of her earlier article (posted here), this one entitled, “Filipino Auditors on Top of the World”.

Excerpt follows:

There is more reason to rejoice as we have 217 more CIAs in the Philippines, the highest passing figure so far since the CIA examination was conducted in the Philippines. There was a deluge of examinees in November 2007, 496 to be exact, when The Institute of Internal Auditors Inc., International announced in January 8, 2007 that they would shift from paper to computer-based examinations beginning 2008.

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Into The Viewfinder
May 11th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

The Heron Refused to Fly

Honestly, I’m disappointed with the latest release of Ubuntu, the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS otherwise known as Hardy Heron.

I became quite excited when the final version was about to be released. As soon as it was available, I didn’t waste time and downloaded it at once. Installed the same over the previous version (v7.10, Gutsy Gibbon) in the extended partition.

However, much to my disappointment, my wireless network card didn’t work!

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Over at Tuxmachines, they feature the top five bantam Linux Distros that could definitely breathe life into your old machines, and even the not so old one, and how they actually fare against each other in terms of ease of use, looks, usefulness, stability and functionality, and laptop support. #
May 5th, 2008 at 11:26 pm

Victorious So in the Battle of GM’s

Even before the final round started, the current world’s youngest GM was already the sure winner. As promised, here’s the final standings and the gallery of pictures I took during the 11th and final round of the tournament.

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Top Photo Tips - Free Resource for Taking Great Images With Your Digital Camera. A free photo tips for photographers amateurs and advanced alike. A great resource indeed if you want to take your photography skills to the next level. It’s available in pdf format so you can take it with you even if you’re offline. You can print it if you wish so. Note that you don’t need a DSLR in order to relate to this document. A simple point-and-shoot camera will do. #
It’s good to know that there’s a Linux distro in the name of Bayanihan Linux. The Bayanihan project was initiated by the Open Source Group in Advanced Science and Technology Institute last October 2001. This was the first initiative of the group in Open Source Technology. Its goal was to provide the best alternative desktop solution to Filipinos. In details, it aims to provide a better hardware support, operation simplicity, speed, efficiency, stability and Windows portability. #
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm

A Short Photo Op with GM Wesley So

Me with GM Wesley So

I just grabbed this opportunity to have a photo taken with the future chess superstar who will hopefully someday join the ranks of super GM’s like Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, and Vladimir Kramnik. I know that it may yet be far from reality, but who knows, being the youngest grandmaster in the world of chess, Filipino Wesley So has still a long way to go.

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Just did an upgrade to Wordpress 2.5.1. Just had one issue with the Popularity Contest plugin, which was easily resolved through this fix. #1