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World’s Longest Telephoto Lens
Ever wonder what’s the largest lens is? According to this article, it’s the ZEISS Apo Sonnar T 4/1700, which was especially made for a rich customer from the middle east. The article can actually explain better.
Group Chat in Google Talk
I have always wondered how. Doing a Group Chat in Google Talk is doable, only it’s quite complicated. Way to go google talk!
Where in the World
I would like to start a meme of my own. I want to call it “Where in the World is this Place?” I’ll be featuring photos from deuts.net photography. Those of you who know the place or would like to make a guess may leave a comment below.
Here goes: I took this picture in a prohibited place to take pictures, which I guess only applies to DSLR but not to P&S and camera phones.
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Chess News
I remember posting it here regarding Chessbase as a Source of Chess News, but that it offers no rss/atom feed for its regular visitors.
I visited Chessbase today, and I noticed that feed icon at the far right side of the browser url bar of firefox. Yes, great news for chess fans. Now we can keep abreast of the latest chess news without visiting the site everyday.
Blogging from Kape Isla
Read about the Kape Isla from A Bugged Life. It’s a coffee shop across Market Market in Taguig that also offers free wifi to patrons.
Since I live near the area, I decided to give it (the coffee and the free wifi internet) a try. After all, it’s an NGO promoting the Philippine Coffee Industry. Continue reading Blogging from Kape Isla
Toss Coin
Now this is something to ponder upon. Did you know that in a Barangay Election, when there is a tie, the tie may be broken and the fate of the candidates be decided by a toss of a coin?
It’s in the law, according to Mr. James Jimenez, the spokesman for the Commission on Elections, in his wordpress blog. Continue reading Toss Coin
India’s Great Chess Hope
Viswanathan Anand, the Indian current world champion in chess, wonders why Indians do not usually excel in sports. I think I know why.
Despite their population, which I think is already next to China, India may not have really excelled in Sports. Well, that’s based on the notion that the bigger the population, the more talents (in terms of numbers). That has been the case even in Philippines setting wherein the NCR always excel because of the abudance of talents in a large population.
Even in the 15th Asian Games in Doha in December last year, India placed 7th, next to China, Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Iran. Well, Philippines is a different issue, out of the context of this article.
PICPA Qatar Chapter
Should I have been there, I could have been instrumental in putting up a website for the chapter, much better-looking than the PICPA Home website. LOL.
Lola in Trouble
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