What is with this Hello World? A lot of people are probably wondering why a fresh WordPress install always comes with the familiar Hello World! post. For the non-techies, non-programmers and ...
It is already the middle of March 2020. Almost a quarter of the year has already gone by. Not too long ago we were just celebrating the new year. Like it was only a few days ago. How fast time flies. Really. No matter how many times I say that, it still leaves me with...
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Is it just me, or is the Reopen Closed Tab functionality that the Google Chrome browser once had among its plethora of features already gone? In case you are not familiar or not following what feature this is I am talking about, it is that option when right clicking on any open tab that lets...
Someone once Googled – “When is the best time of the day to visit Shilin Market?” – only to realize later on that it is a `night market`. That was me. When I was doing my research on the popular local attractions of Taipei, Taiwan. I have always heard my former work colleagues in Singapore...
Adventures in Taipei, Taiwan – This was way back in October of 2019. It was already late in the afternoon. Perhaps around 5:30PM-ish as I recall. We were already running a bit late from our supposed scheduled trip to the Taiwan National Palace Museum on that day. Yes, just a bit. That’s Filipino standard for...
Well, I installed Viber for the Linux desktop today. Yet again. I remember installing it not so long ago only to end up uninstalling it straight away because the application window looked disproportionately huge on my Ubuntu 16.04. The issue is still present now. Describing it, below are a few of what I noticed when...
… on the first day of our trip, right after getting off the Airport MRT. … and then I found it again. 15 mins later. Not on my seat on the train where I thought I dropped it. Not on the floor of the platform where it might have slipped off my left jacket pocket....
So I wrote a review about this place on Google Maps that people would know what I thought about it, my experiences, and how I truly felt. It was a mixed feeling overall. I did not feel happy or sad about that place in the end. Disappointing is more like it. I mean, in the...
Yeah, whut?! I have noticed this for a while ever since I setup this site a few weeks ago. While I uploaded everything by hand through good old `scp` at first, it really didn’t occur to me then that there was something weird going on. I didn’t bother with it so much then. All that...
What can I say? It was one hell of an ending. Expected something else, but I can’t complain so much. They had to tie loose ends. Then there are those with contracts that were about to expire. Overall I am pretty satisfied with the movie despite all that drama. The exciting action sequences were all...
First encountered this bug in 2017. It is almost 2 years now and they still have not gotten to fix it. Well, somebody actually said they already have a fix for it but have not committed it yet since according to them, and I quote: “We’ve had a fix for this in review for a...
Ever since I started reading books, learning about and seeing pictures of places from all around the world, and watching these sites on TV or the Internet, I have always had this burning desire to travel there myself, to set foot on these lands and witness it with my own eyes. This was my DREAM....
An egg hunt is a game during which decorated eggs or Easter eggs are hidden for children to find. Real hard-boiled eggs, which are typically dyed or painted, artificial eggs made of plastic filled with chocolate or candies, or foil-wrapped egg-shaped chocolates of various sizes are hidden in various places. The game is often played...
Not really fond of those Android brands from China that are flooding the market right now. Name your pick. I mean, I know a lot of people are getting these phones. What with the features they come loaded with such as bigger screens, modern cameras for the photo-minded, fingerprint scanners, while all that plus more...
So I was having dinner the other night at this fine dining place. It was actually a treat to me for somebody who “owed” me, and somehow I got to choose the restaurant. Nothing posh or fancy though. There was a budget cap! We happened to be really close by Ayala Triangle that time thus...
Well, Chinese New Year at that. But, nonetheless, “Xīn Nián Kuài Lè!“, as the literal translation would be. The more common greeting, they say, is “Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái“. Which means “wishing you prosperity”. And this year, according to the Chinese calendar, would be that of the Pig. Took me only another new year celebration...
It all begins with an impression. One that is captured through accurate electronic eyes. Every property, every faint detail of contrast and hue, of black and white, every sensation that depicts how light is reflected and perceived, is brought to an almost tangible state. Then stored with precision into countless tiny bits of digitized form....
