I just thought it’s about time to introduce a fresh look to our home. I was getting sick of the old look:
The new look is derived the magazine-style wordpress theme from The Masterplan called The Morning After. Continue reading Sporting a New Look
Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines did it once again in his fight against Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico yesterday.
The fight was decided, though, in a unanimous decision after 12 rounds of boxing action, against speculations or projections of a four to six rounds knock-out in favor of Pacquiao.
Everytime there’s a Pacquiao match, the world of every Filipino appears to stop from revolving, just in order to catch the developments in the match. Commentators and politicians alike talk about the fate of the Filipino people are on his (Pacquiao’s) shoulders.
I wonder, it could really be so burdensome for him to be assigned with such task. What if Pacquiao failed, or if he fails in the future? Does that mean the Philippines will crumble as well?
Anyone up for the challenge to play the devil’s advocate? 🙂
Creating a wordpress theme from scratch. Okay, let’s start from scratch. We have to make sure it is SEO friendly!
The month is still quite young, so I hope this isn’t yet too late. For our free wallpaper for the month of October featuring deuts.net photography, we have:
I particularly liked this photo I took during the Closing Ceremonies of the Doha 2006 Asian Games. I liked how the different colors effects produced by the lights swarming around the fields during the presentation.
I created three different wallpapers for different aspect ratios to suit your monitor’s aspect ratio. The download links below lead to flickr.
| Resolution | Aspect Ratio | Download Link |
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| 1600×1200 | 4:3 | Download |
| 1280×1024 | 5:4 | Download |
| 1280×800 | 8:5 | Download |
Better be safe than sorry. It is always imperative to stay safe. This is a wild world. It’s always a jungle out there.
So everytime you open your gates to the world wide web, be safe, stay protected, use firefox. On top of that, there are a variety of addons/plugins available you can customize your firefox browser with to help you with a better browsing experience.
Bill Gates owns Microsoft, Microsoft owns the Internet Explorer browser. Read the 13 good reasons to switch from internet explorer to firefox. For me, though, the internet explorer being non-compliant with the latest web standards (especially as regards CSS) is one good enough reason to switch.
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A beautiful view of Iloilo City at night. Who would have thought this is Iloilo? Click image to view flickr page. |
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Hinay hinay lang – according to the title. A picture of a fully loaded passenger tricycle in Dumangas, Iloilo. |
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The UP Pep Squad is the champion in the 2007 UAAP Cheerdancing Competition. More pictures are available at Mimi & Karl’s post. |
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Viswanathan Anand takes the lead, together with Boris Gelfand, after 6 rounds at the World Championship in Mexico. My bet against Val this time is for the defending champion Vladimir Kramnik while he goes for Anand. The match is a double round robin, anyway, so still a long way to go! |
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Kari Post, a wildlife photographer, explains why he switched from Nikon digital camera and gear to Canon. What could be the compelling reasons to do so? Read here. |
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I wish I was there during this Kalesa Festival in Manila. It would have been a great opportunity taking shots of those colorful kalesas. Watch the GMA News video about the event. |
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The world’s tallest man meets the world’s shortest man. Their height difference: 5ft and 5 inches. Read the story. |
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There’s a new Coca Cola endorser. He’s no other than the kid on the block, Mr. Norman Sale! |
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Psychodids has beautiful photos from the neighboring town, Guimbal Plaza. I wish I could do the same for Tigbauan. I think I need the same fisheye lens, though…:) |
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Edwin shares his experience on how he lost around PhP30,000 from investing in Mutual Funds. |
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To Marky, he loves basketball more than he loves photography. Yet, when it comes to sports photography, I think he still needs to learn more from his master….hehe |
This was my first try at sports photography. I needed a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. However, the venue was at the Philippine Navy Gymnasium in Fort Bonifacio, whose only source of light was from the windows, which could also serve as a harsh background when framing directly towards them.
Because of the limited amount of light entering the gymnasium, I bumped up the ISO to 1600, and set the camera mode to shutter priority (Tv). I noticed that a shutter speed of 1/250 of a second is not enough to freeze the hard packed action, so I increased it a third increment to 1/320 sec. Then I tried positioning myself on a higher ground while avoiding shooting directly against the windows.
A lot of my pictures were underexposed, so I just adjusted them in photoshop, which contributed more (ISO 1600, remember?) in a lot of noise in the pictures.
Visit my flickr photo set to view more pictures.
I should have posted this on the 1st of September. Nevertheless, better late than never.
Deuts.net offers you free wallpaper download featuring the deuts.net photography. For the September 2007, we have the photo I took of a boat in Corniche last May. Click on the image to view the larger image. Then, right-click on the image, save image/picture as on your local disk, then you know what to do.
This wallpaper was created using Big Huge Labs’ wallpaper maker and features a September 2007 calendar. It fits well in a 1280 x 800 screen resolution. You might want to adjust it if you’re using a different screen resolution (e.g., 1024×768 or 800×600).
This entry serves as a testament at how lousy Qatar Telecom (Qtel) service is. In case you ever wonder how they are able to survive in this country (Qatar), it’s what you call monopoly. They are the sole provider of telecom and internet services in this place.
One of the most convenient form of paying your bills in Qtel is through phone using a credit card. However, to think of the fact that you’re already paying and they’re collecting money from you, you actually needs to wait at least 30 minutes on the phone before anyone picks it up to process your payment.
The lady in the recorded messages keeps on saying:
Please continue to hold and your call will be attended to shortly.
or….
Remember, while abroad, you may still be able to reach us at 974 438 0000. Your call is important to us, please continue to hold.
and…
Your call is important to us, please hold the line and your call will be attended to shortly.
You see, I really wonder how important someone’s call to them really is when they let one wait for more than 30 minutes. If this happens to someone paying his bills, what if you just want to inquire or needs technical support? Wait a little longer!
I guess they have a different meaning for the word “shortly“. Let’s go check out the Qtel dictionary!
Aha!
Shortly (shortlee) – in the near future; after you’ve cooked your food or wash the dishes, have done with your laundry
Whatdyathink?
While abroad, you can still reach them. Yeah, maybe after one hour of holding the line while you accumulate those overseas telephone bills!
Now, tell me, can PLDT or Globe or Smart or Bayantel beat that?
I’m looking forward to someday someone will introduce competition against Qtel. No, I’m not looking forward. I realized, I don’t care anymore! hehehe
