What is Holding You Back From Blogging? That’s the question that Gary Jones is asking everyone on Mr. John Chow’s blog. I even did the ‘I will post in my blog daily for 20 days straight’ commitment. But instead of writing it down, I put it in my computer desktop and my phone’s Today screen wallpaper.

The very first time I blog (didn’t even know it was called blogging then, and no idea about Wordpress!), just like most of us, was to record the stuff that happens to our life. Main thing that influence me to blog is the stuff that happens in my life - my family, my friends, work etc.. heck, even the billboard commercial I saw on the street while commuting, I wrote about it.

Anyway, I sometimes post 2 to 4 entries a day. So what’s holding me back? Or should I say, what’s the reason that will cause me to stop blogging?

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Website sharing time!

I found this website while looking for some really cool rock band poster for my future InnerChild Band Rehearsal Studio. Instead of giving me links or pictures/posters of local Pinoy bands (which is very super hard to find by the way), this site allows me to create my own customized poster!

How does it work? Here’s how…

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I am so loving this PortableApp! I can’t believe I’m bringing all my apps with me!

Whether I’m at home or at the office, or even in some internet cafe in some mall, I can read my subscribed RSS feed (I use thunderbird btw), use firefox and use GIMP if ever I need to edit a picture to be placed on a blog. I tell you, not all PC I use have Photoshop in it. Portable Gimp really comes in handy.

Haven’t really explored everything else yet or installed every application (cause there’s a lot!). I did try, as I mentioned, Thunderbird, Firefox, and Gimp. There’s also Nvu (an web page editor, much like Dreamweaver or Frontpage) and a plan to install the compact version of Apache, Mysql, PHP collectively as XAMP.

Having all these apps, I feel like there’s a mobile server on my pocket.

I love my XDA II very much. I love it so much, I have no plans of buying a new PDA/Phone in the near future (dahil wala akong pambili). :-)

Bought this phone from Vic Del Rosario (nope, not the big boss of Viva, but a big boss in GMA 7) 2 or 3 years ago. My first fascination with Microsoft powered phone goes back to my NEC Components day, when people from Smart Philippines offered us a promotional plan with a free SmartPhone (tanager) for Plan 500. Since then, 6 years later, I still carry the plan and have replace the unit 3 times.

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Though GPhone is not the official name, but rumors are flying everywhere on the internet that Google could be getting into the cellphone biz.According to Wall Street Journal, that big search company that has made billions of dollars in Web advertising, will extend all it’s services in a mobile phone. Google is talking to all wireless operators, cellphone manufacturers (report say it could be LG Electronics in South Korea) and software developers in bringing this vision into a reality.

There is already a prototype of this Google phone and those who had seen it says it’s not comparable to the iPhone but it is more like a sliding keyboard Nokia phone.

This is going to be one super phone! Why you say? Coz it’s free!

Oh yes baby!

Google will also be giving free subscriptions to consumers by bundling ads with its search engine, Web browser apps and Gmail. I wonder if Smart and Globe will agree.

What a very unfriendly title post for search engine.. :-) Here are some useful dictionary sites that you may find useful while surfing the wide wide wide net.

Whenever I peruse blogs to look for something interesting, I always them to check out on some words. Hmmm… I think I should it too when creating post. :-)

Here they are, cool sites for a fast reference english stuff…

onelook.com - many links to other dictionary sites

thefreedictionary - a complete portal. word of the day, news, pronounciation

http://www.goenglish.com/ - collection of idioms

http://www.synonym.com - quick search on synonmy… of course may antonym din.. :D

Engrish? Good luck! :-)

Though I am sure everyone in the blog world knows already about Kontera and what Kontera is, I’m still going to talk about it for the sake of new comers like me. I’m pretty exited of sharing this one out, so please if you don’t know it yet. Let’s talk about Kontera. Read on…

What is Kontera?

Kontera is a great form of contextual advertising. It’s another way of earning money online. It’s something like Google Adsense, we get paid by Pay Per Click.

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I just got a new domain registered at Marvin’s Web. This is my 3rd for Marvin’s Web and 4th domain in all. My first ever domain was (now defunct) Razile.com way back 2002 (?). Razile’s my name spelled backward. Mamatay man ako, I did not get the idea from Airfagev.com (it’s Master Rey Vegafria’s site for Windows Mobile phones).

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An online store that pays you for the things you buy! Imagine buying Pure Collection and getting 5% back on the money you spent? Have you ever heard of such a thing? That would be great wouldn’t it?

Here’s the good news for you, there is a shopping site where members can earn cashback to do their usual online shopping. Cash Back To You is one of the most established shopping sites in the UK since 2001. They even have Home Shopping Sale where they have tons of special offer for online shoppers! For example, they have offerings from Apple Store where they can get 1.25% cashback, or at HMV, the well known music store for music lovers, offering up to 3% cashback.

This is truly a great site for regular online shoppers!

It’s officially July 27, 2007 here in the Philippines! I’m writing this around 12:41am. I just finished registering a new domain name!

Anyway, I just want to greet my fellow SysAdmin all over the world … Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day! This day is being celebrated every last friday of July!
You might be asking, “What?!” (or an extreme case, Wadafah is a “System Administration Appreciation Day?” or even “What the heck is a System Administrator?!”)

Well, let me tell you…

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I have several ebooks and printouts and bookmarks and other tutorial on creating dynamic web pages using Mysql and PHP. They are all on my iPod storage, some on my XDA storage and some on my PC. And that’s all they’re doing, take up space. While me, I do nothing. Read it for a while then nothing.

And where does it brought me? Nowhere but a messed up blog theme that I couldn’t even troubleshoot.

Read the rest of my grunts here… A Day In A Life

If you’re into luxury or sports car, here’s another freeby for those internet savvy people! :-) Supercar wallpapers are available for download on Vcars. Of course you can go and search somewhere else but when you go about looking for good super car screensavers and wallpapers, you won’t find many of a good quality.

Check out our 10 super car wallpapers and screensavers of fantastic quality!

While you on their site, you might as well check out the latest Motoring News. It is from this site that i found out that the Formula 1 champion, Michael Schumacher will unveil the newest Ferrari series cars this coming September!
Also, Vcars are a Used Cars shop. So if you are looking for a second hand car and has a tight budget but wants the best value, you can also check out their Used Cars section. Which by the way is also their homepage.