I just noticed today that my main blog Budget Travel Philippines got its much deserved PageRank after almost four months of waiting since it got a PR0 (from the old Tutubi Patrol blog) for no apparent reason (the time when a lot of blogs got punished due to paid links)
My main blog PR got PR4, the old pagerank of Tutubi Patrol before the PR slash. PR of this blog was reduced to PR3 from the previous PR4.
No more complaints. Even if Budget Travel Asia has a PR0, there's no noticeable loss in traffic, in fact, referrals from Google increased making the theory that the PR has nothing to do with SERP (search engine results pages)
Now i'm seeing the increase in my earnings :P
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Chess Grandmasters of the Philippines (GM)
I used to be a chess addict. In fact, i even studied the game with lots of theories and openings in an old illustrated book and a one time dreamed of being a grandmaster.
That never materialized though as we all know :P
Q: How many chess grandmasters does the Philippines have?
A: 13
here's a list of Filipino GMs for your appreciation:
Wesley So, at 14 years old, is currently the world's youngest grandmaster and highest ranked Filipino GM
Eugene Torre - Asia's first grandmaster (1974) and friend of the late great Robert "Bobby" Fischer
Rosendo Balinas (deceased) the 2nd Filipino grandmaster 1976
Rogelio Antonio 1993
Nelson Mariano 2004
Mark Paragua 2005
Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor 2000
Darwin Laylo 2007
Wesley So 2007
Jayson Gonzales 2008
John Paul Gomez 2008
Joseph Sanchez
Rogelio Barcenilla
Ronald Dableo 2009 (though he needs to increase his 2417 Fide Elo rating points to 2500 to be officially announced as one)
No information yet on current ELO ratings. PLease leave a comment if I missed anyone or wrong information as i'm already sleepy :P
Updated: August 30, 2009
That never materialized though as we all know :P
Q: How many chess grandmasters does the Philippines have?
A: 13
here's a list of Filipino GMs for your appreciation:
Wesley So, at 14 years old, is currently the world's youngest grandmaster and highest ranked Filipino GM
Eugene Torre - Asia's first grandmaster (1974) and friend of the late great Robert "Bobby" Fischer
Rosendo Balinas (deceased) the 2nd Filipino grandmaster 1976
Rogelio Antonio 1993
Nelson Mariano 2004
Mark Paragua 2005
Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor 2000
Darwin Laylo 2007
Wesley So 2007
Jayson Gonzales 2008
John Paul Gomez 2008
Joseph Sanchez
Rogelio Barcenilla
Ronald Dableo 2009 (though he needs to increase his 2417 Fide Elo rating points to 2500 to be officially announced as one)
No information yet on current ELO ratings. PLease leave a comment if I missed anyone or wrong information as i'm already sleepy :P
Updated: August 30, 2009
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Free Movie Passes at MyCinema Greenbelt Makati
Gone were the days when I'm always updated on the latest Hollywood movies and occasional art films (e.g. Cineuropa and Eiga Sai) due to my friends' "addiction" to such flicks. Nowadays, I don't have time to watch movies, not even tv, except a few I ripped into my iPod for occasional viewing. I don't buy pirated DVDs like most people do.
The good part of being in the IT sector, particularly in the information security field, lots of vendors selling so many solutions call/visit me in the office asking for some time to discuss if I have some reuirements that they can fulfill. Numerous seminars and invitations I get from them to lure people like me to attend the events, most attendees were noticeably only after the raffle prizes and freebies.
Quite new, not totally new, is the marketing gimmick of some vendors to bundle free movie showings with their seminars to encourage target audience to attend since I noticed most events at hotels have very low attendance. Another free move showing is there with Iron Man bannered by a security solutions vendor to lure us information security officers out of our "bat caves." I've lost count of the movies I saw for free at myCinema but the free movies with free food and freebies besides the thrill of sometimes winning raffle prizes are too good to ignore.
The only thing that's making me think again is that I've attended so many seminars and yet I've never bought a single solution from the sponsors. Not my fault, I just don't have a business need for them but I was able to refer people in my network to them.
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just in case you don't know how to get to Greenbelt in Makati, it's just walking distance from MRT Ayala station or ride the bus on EDSA with signboard LRT/Ayala then alight at Glorietta/Rustans. Ask around for directions so you won't get lost.
The good part of being in the IT sector, particularly in the information security field, lots of vendors selling so many solutions call/visit me in the office asking for some time to discuss if I have some reuirements that they can fulfill. Numerous seminars and invitations I get from them to lure people like me to attend the events, most attendees were noticeably only after the raffle prizes and freebies.
Quite new, not totally new, is the marketing gimmick of some vendors to bundle free movie showings with their seminars to encourage target audience to attend since I noticed most events at hotels have very low attendance. Another free move showing is there with Iron Man bannered by a security solutions vendor to lure us information security officers out of our "bat caves." I've lost count of the movies I saw for free at myCinema but the free movies with free food and freebies besides the thrill of sometimes winning raffle prizes are too good to ignore.
The only thing that's making me think again is that I've attended so many seminars and yet I've never bought a single solution from the sponsors. Not my fault, I just don't have a business need for them but I was able to refer people in my network to them.
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just in case you don't know how to get to Greenbelt in Makati, it's just walking distance from MRT Ayala station or ride the bus on EDSA with signboard LRT/Ayala then alight at Glorietta/Rustans. Ask around for directions so you won't get lost.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Windows Delayed Write Failed Error USB Drive
My external hard drive nowadays always gets that annoying "windows - delayed write failed" error after working for a while. When I plug it in to the USB port of my laptop computer, it takes a while for the indicator light to turn green, it's always amber or red indicating trouble.
I checked drivers of USB and my Windows setup but found none. Checking further, I replaced the USB cable and it's been working well after that.
If this did not do the trick, try opening up the hard disk enclosure and see of the hard disk is securely attached to the encloscure pin contacts. I've seen hard disks disconnected from the circuitry after dropping the hard disk.
I thought I'm losing my still quite new drive also acting as my backup drives of pictures, important files and other pdf documents.
I checked drivers of USB and my Windows setup but found none. Checking further, I replaced the USB cable and it's been working well after that.
If this did not do the trick, try opening up the hard disk enclosure and see of the hard disk is securely attached to the encloscure pin contacts. I've seen hard disks disconnected from the circuitry after dropping the hard disk.
I thought I'm losing my still quite new drive also acting as my backup drives of pictures, important files and other pdf documents.
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