Archives for the ‘Tips and Trivias’ Category

The Most Controversial Album Cover!

By Elizar • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: The Beatles, Tips and Trivias

Stumbled upon a site that enumerates the top 10 most controversial album of all time! And guess what? The Beatles is still in it! :)
Here’s their winning album cover (also knows as the ‘Butcher’ cover):

The Australian photographer who shoot this photo was Robert Whitaker. Capitol Records wanted to released an album exclusively for the […]



Sesame Street Trivia: Bert’s Brother Bart

By Elizar • Dec 13th, 2007 • Category: Facts and Trivias, Humour / Funny, Tips and Trivias

It’s has been literally years (if not a decade or two) since I last saw an episode of The Sesame Street. I am proud to say that I grew up with Big Bird, The Count, Cookie monster, Grover, Ernie and Bert and the rest of the sesame street gang!
I think I learned my ABC with […]



Fascinating Computer Trivias

By Elizar • Nov 18th, 2007 • Category: Tips and Trivias

I still have a hangover from the personality and trivia quiz from yesterday’s post that I decided to get some more trivias for everyone to enjoy.
The following information was taken from one of Yahoo Answers‘ section. So credit goes to them not mine. :)
Here it goes, check you’re computer trivia knowledge….
Did You Know That….



Laptop Buying Tips :: Pick a Laptop Processor

By Elizar • Aug 29th, 2007 • Category: IT, Tips and Trivias

Found this little article from Ebay while looking (just looking) for a $500 laptop that can complete with a $1,200 laptop - HP Pavillion DV2550SE. Hope this helps someone out there.
AMD and Intel make several processors typically found in laptops. Some optimize laptop battery life while others concentrate on performance. Mobile processors, indicated by […]



2,000 Job Openings Philippines

By Elizar • Jul 5th, 2007 • Category: Adventure, Places and Location, Tips and Trivias

Every time I watch the news (Unang Bugso ng Unang Balita), there’s always bad news. Killings, accidents, fire, corruption and many more. But yesterday, I finally heard the good news I’ve been waiting for to benefit the Filipino people!
Metro Manila Development Authority has announced that they have some 2,000 open position for a contractual jobs! […]



List Your Blog in the Top Blog Directories

By Elizar • May 25th, 2007 • Category: Cool Sites, Tips and Trivias

Hello there fellow bloggers! Another way of promoting your blogs is to include it in a Blog directories! Pero kung isasama nyo sya, better do it in the top site of Alexa… (nadala ko sa Alexa Train eh.. hehehe)
Below you will find the top 15 Blog Directories, ordered according to their Alexa rank. Also […]



Size Doesn’t Matter

By Elizar • Feb 6th, 2007 • Category: Tips and Trivias

RMS Queen Mary was one of the world’s largest ocean liners in December 1942, but that didn’t impress Mother Nature. As the ship steamed off the coast of Scotland during a gale, an enormous freak wave struck her broadside and sent her listing fully 52 degrees. The wave may have been 28 meters high; it […]



“John Doe” = “Juan dela Cruz” ba?

By Elizar • Jan 27th, 2007 • Category: Ang Pinoy, Cool Sites, Facts and Trivias, Places and Location, Tips and Trivias

“John Doe” in other countries, or should I say “Juan dela Cruz” ng ibang mga bansa, hehehe:
Australia: Fred Nurk
Austria: Hans Meier
Belgium: Jan Janssen
Chile: Juan Pérez
Colombia: Fulano de Tal
Croatia: Ivan Horvat
Czech Republic: Jan Novák
Estonia: Jaan Tamm
France: Jean Dupont
Guatemala: Juan Pérez
India: Ashok Kumar
Italy: Mario Rossi
Latvia: Janis Berzini?š
Lithuania: Vardenis Pavardenis
Malta: Joe Borg
New Zealand: Joe Bloggs
Philippines: Juan dela Cruz
Poland: […]



Stop “Stop A” on Sun Sparc Keyboards

By Elizar • Jan 20th, 2007 • Category: IT, Tips and Trivias, To Be Sorted

How do we disable the Stop+A keyboard combination (or abort sequence) for a Sun sparc server/workstation? Read on to find out…
But first, why would we want to do that?
The Stop - A key combination for sparc will send a BREAK signal to the processor and will stop what ever the server is doing. The screen […]