A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

Watching the news about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is just heartbreaking. Aside from the massive loss of life and property, order seems to have broken down in the areas where help is taking too long to reach it. I've always wanted to go to New Orleans since it's long been a subject of stories and song. What more, the first Filipino community in the United States was ...

Pinoise Pop 9, August 25-27, 2005 San Francisco

This is a test of the not-an-emergency broadcast system. Are we live? Do you hear this?

Google Talk anyone? Just trying out the features of the IM. Have to check out that call feature. ;) And if you're curious what Google's up to and how they're planning to spend the money from the sale of the secondary public offering (whether they'll buy or build), you only have to check this out.

According to the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, the top 5 universities in the world are: 1. Harvard University (Americas) 2. University Cambridge (Europe) 3. Stanford Univeristy (Americas) 4. University California - Berkeley (Americas) 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Americas) I think it's telling that not one Philippine university was mentioned. Not UP, not Ateneo, and not ...

I was 11 years old when Ninoy died. I was riding my BMX bike around the neighborhood that day. It was strangely empty. When I got home my aunt greeted me with "They shot Ninoy." Who? I asked but they remained quiet and glued to the TV. Week after week my aunts would bring home copies of the special edition of Mr & Ms. I remember ...

Some interesting finds: Gvisit A nifty little tool using the Google Maps API to show you where your web visitors are from. Best of all, it's free. Howie Severino's Sidetrip Blog Another Filipino broadcast journalist joining the blogging fray. "This blog will attempt to find relevance in the exotic and the commonplace, value the undervalued, and satisfy my personal curiosity about all things that have anything to do with being Filipino." If Bloggers Had ...