A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

I’m at a place called vertigo (¿Dónde está?) Are we live? Is this mike on? Ten days late. Story of my life. Still a couple of more kinks to iron out and stuff to upload. You might find an odd link or image broken here or there. The Archives and the MT permalinks are definitely broken but I’m working on that now. I’ve tested this just on Firefox so I don’t ...

Time for an explanation. The site went offline last week because my domain wholesaler went belly-up. Yup, they went bankrupt. No email whatsoever about it. And so, when I tried renewing my domain name, they couldn't do it for me. I had to go to the new guys which bought parts of my original wholesaler's business and prove I'm the legit owner of the domain. It took some ...

Buh bye. For now.

Am I the only one who doesn't get American Idol? Sure William Hung was a hoot but hey I don't think he'll be relevant after 2 years. I mean great if he got a record deal but I'm definitely not buying his album. Si Andrew E. na lang. So what's the attraction? Watching amateurs, albeit talented (at least in the finals) amateurs singing covers? Watching their egos get ...

From MLQIII's most recent column (emphasis mine): "Our middle class, which more often than not, has worked for, and not inherited, what it has, and which has surmounted enough of the difficulties to appreciate that some things are possible, but too much remains difficult to achieve, is the bulwark of a modern nation. But it has been caught between the immovable, inflexible rock of corrupt governance and the hard ...

Tama ang sabi sa Gulong ng Palad minsan nasa ibabaw, minsan nasa ilalaim. Minsan ikaw ang rayos - hindi nga ikaw ang tumatanggap ng sampal sa daan, dala mo naman ang bigat ng gulong.

Investigators believe that cellphones might have been used to trigger the bombs during 3/11 in Madrid. There were also some arrests made using cellphones and tracking a prepaid card. If you recall, the Bali Bombing was also triggered by a mobile phone. According to investigators, they are looking at Al Qaeda ties there too. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I couldn't find a link online but I think I ...