Palm-podding… Pod-palming… Sunday May 21, 2006
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It's G-Day again (as in G for GEEK!). This time it's a joint meeting between the tappers (Palm users) and the click wheelers (Ipod users). The meeting of course is a mayhem of all sorts… well in a geek sort of way of course.
Wearing the whites were the Podders and those in blacks were the Palmers. Since I am a member of both groups (yeah… geek… so geek… rub it in!) and I can't find a zebra shirt to wear for that occasion, I wore blue instead. The meeting was held 4pm at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at Greenbelt 3. I arrived at 5 pm… Filipino time.
I arrived just in time for the Ques-tune game, a name-that-song game. I joined the group of some Mapalad oldies (meaning not newbies… and … uhmmm.. nevermind), it turns out we were too old for some new songs and we are too forgetful-old in guessing the titles of the old songs. They played some Polish Polka and German Love songs for us to guess the titles… kidding! Hey we did good in the OPM Oldies… ayt!
The joint meetings aim is to extend camaraderie with other tech user groups. We did it once with the Windows Mobile Users group (yup Palm and Windows Mobile users can co-exist in one place), and now with Ipod users community.
What's next? Hmm… we'll wait what is in store for the June meeting… but for now am interested in the GEEK IN THE PINK song of Jason Mraz. 
Meebo : A Place To Talk Wednesday May 17, 2006
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This has actually been around from sometime. It was only recently that I got to know this when I borrowed my sister's company laptop when my home desktop computer was in a comma. Having a need to talk immediately to some online friends, I immediately searched for YM (Yahoo Messenger). It turns out they aren't allowed to use it in their office, YM ports are blocked by their network.
Of course, there's a workaround and that's what Meebo is all about.
Meebo is an online IM service (I think its an AJAX-ian messenger to be exact) which allows you to emulate Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber/Gtalk and AIM/ICQ right on your browser (meaning passing messages on the regular port your browser is using (bypassing of course the usual IM ports that in most networks are blocked).
Smart Wifi… Now Smart Bro Sunday May 14, 2006
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What has become of Smart Wifi? You've guess it, it was renamed Smart Bro. Now 7x faster than dial up and I guess more improvements were made (I don't have the usual I-lost-my-connection-for-a-long-time-again episodes).
Although improved and rebranded there are still customers who still rants about their services.
Here is an article about Smart Bro.
Here is a blogsite created for Smart Wifi / Smart Bro customers.
Hallelujah! It’s Alive! Sunday May 14, 2006
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Wipppieeee!!! Finally Force is alive again (now I named him Force Phoenix)!
Despite the typhoon yesterday, I single handedly carried my CPU at the nearest PCX for diagnostics (yes… that is what those muscles are really meant for). Of course since I already have the idea that it would be a motherboard problem I braced myself for the price I have to pay to keep my Force alive.
After a few diagnostic tests, I was right, it was the main board and my power supply was causing the problem. Right that instant I bought a new MSI motherboard which is compatible with my old processor and memory modules and a new 350W power supply. I let the technician do the trouble of assembling my CPU, of course for a fee.
In less than 2 hours I shaved of exactly P4000 bucks… darn… I am poor again…
Anyways, I've spent literally the whole stormy saturday in my room, reinstalling my new system. I lost my windows My Document folder where most my picture albums are. I guess I just have to find my backup cd's to restore them. Thank god my MP3 collection is intact. I don't want to loose 2500++ collected songs.
Oh well at least It was worth it I guess. Some people can't leave without some things, and mine is my computer.
www.marcmgeronimo.com Wednesday May 10, 2006
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I woke up early this morning and saw this Yahoo! Ad on their site. I grabbed the opportunity of buying my own domain name (it is like having an address in the cyberspace). I bought my own domain name for a cheap price of $3 (Php 150) via credit card. Yehey! … I mean… Yahoo!
Now you can also access this blog thru http://www.marcmgeronimo.com
Hmmm… I need a free web hosting now… nuninu…
Last Night I Booted Ubuntu (Linux) Tuesday May 9, 2006
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I've tried countless times to fully utilize Ubuntu as my main OS at home, with Windows as a secondary boot choice, but what happened was it was the other way around. Most of my devices/hardware wouldn't integrate with linux (either there is no driver available or it has a very tricky configuration). For a guy whose only electric appliance in his room is an electric fan and his all around.. er!..over used… desktop PC (used for TV, AM/FM tuner, music box, audio/visual component etc. and other usual computer use), device integration is necessary or else i'll bore myself to death.
But that is not all the source of frustration, if you are gadget freak like me, you will have to go into a lot of trouble of integrating your gadget with linux (that is if ever you can integrate it at all!)… you know how working with linux goes… read lots of documentations, get lost, read documentations (again!), read forums, mess up with the system by trying to edit configuration files… then either you shout EUREKA! or start bangin' your computer.
Last night, I was forced to boot Ubuntu. Since last month, I was having trouble booting up Windows because of some motherboard problem with my 4 year old pc. Last night, I couldn't boot Windows no more. I am saving the weekends to fix it. For the mean time I'll content myself with Ubuntu… get my self used to basic GAIM than a fully featured Y!IM … use XMMS rather than ITunes … no TV for a while …
I'll get used to it… I have to…
Plogging via Smart GPRS Saturday May 6, 2006
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I've just finished setting up the configuration to connect my Palm Tungsten T3 to my SE K700i mobile phone to use GPRS (see my previous post regarding new rates imposed by Smart for their GPRS and 3G services). I'm using my Palm T3 in making this blog via the open source blogging software – Plogit.
With my Palm as a blogging tool and also as an internet connection device, I can now publish my blogs from almost anywhere! No need to use my desktop or finding Wifi hotspots when I am mobile.
Galing noh!
Smart GPRS and 3G Notice Friday May 5, 2006
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Got this message when I tried to use GPRS on my handset :
Notice:
Starting May 1, you can do unlimited browsing via Smart GPRS and Smart 3G for only P10 per 30 minutes, no more kilobyte charges. P10 charge starts when you brows sites outside of the Smart WAP site and is running time-based similar to internet cafes. This means you will only be charged P10 within the first 30 minutes regardless of how many times you log in. Additional P10 shall be charged for every 30 minutes thereafter or every fraction thereof. Browsing within the Smart WAP site is free of charge. Content download rates still apply.
I am still trying to analyze whether this is a good news or a bad news for someone who uses GPRS quite frequently. In the old charging system, it would take you 40Kb of bytage to be charged the amount of P10. In the new system, even if you use more than 40Kb or less you still have to pay P10 as long as you use the connection for 30 minutes. Quite interesting! Makes me wanna activate my Verichat in my Palm T3 to do some YM chatting when I'm not at home or at work.
I'll see how this new charging system for GPRS and 3G goes.
Right back at yah!
FREE Online Computer Books! Tuesday April 25, 2006
Posted by Maco in Interesting, Tech Bytes.3 comments
I found this in Digg.com. If you are the ones like me who doesn't believe in buying computer books coz they are easily outdated by new versions (all I really want to say is "for cheapskates like me!"), try these online computer books (some are PDF downloadables) for your reference… here is the direct link to TechToolBlog.
Who’s Reading My Blog? Wednesday April 19, 2006
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What I love about WordPress is that continually adds more plug-ins and features for WordPress bloggers use for free. Two features I love viewing are the Blog Stats and the recently added Feed Stats.
So who's reading my blog?
My Blog Stats actually shows the number of times my page was accessed during the day and the access history for the last 30 days. It also shows from what url my link was clicked. From the snapshot above my page was clicked from two blogs sites, one from my friend Cherry (sakuramindspeak.blogspot.com) and from my Australian friend Eden (completetosh.blogspot.com).
How are they accessing my blog?
Since there are many ways of accessing blogs (examples are browsers and RSS aggregators), the Feed Stat of WordPress shows these statistics. The contents of the page are self explanatory. =)
I am using Flock browser btw.
