Archive for the 'Technology' Category



I have been playing a few casual games such as those made by Big Fish Games. I just discovered how addicting they are. A ‘regular’ game would have a tutorial round where they give basic and real-time instructions to learn how to play the game. These games are usually simpler than their full-cd or dvd [...]

I was reading a Japanese comic the other day. One character there was a plastic surgeon that could change people’s fate depending on the face they choose. Note that this is a sci-fi and partly comedic comic (Now, wasn’t that redundant!). A girl who went into the shop was suggested a brow lift to change [...]

While listening to the local radio on my way home, I heard that Nokia was officially recalling batteries. My dad own two Nokia phones, so I was listening to the reporter just to know how we can find out if our phones’ batteries have to be replaced. Good thing Nokia has a site that make [...]

I haven’t used a lot of flash disks on my PC for the simple reason that a lot of viruses and worms spread through this medium. To avoid being infected, always have an updated AV software running. If you’ve been infected, you can tell because your PC’s going to be a lot slower than it [...]

How do you ‘creatively’ explain and tell kids to turn off their mobile phones? Try telling them that their mobile phones emit sound waves and that it stops the speaker from transmitting the signal from a lapel mike to the speakers. That’s the gist of what the girl explaining sound waves.
For the record, a mobile [...]

In the news last week was OLPC and Intel bury the hatchet—for the children. It says that:

After years of squabbling, Intel and Nicholas Negroponte have agreed to put their differences behind them and join forces in bringing PCs to children around the world.
Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child project is bringing Intel on board as a [...]

I was having a late dinner with two of my classmates, they shall remain anonymous, for their safety and my own well-being, and henceforth shall be known as #1 and #2.
A little background: #1 is a gamer, but doesn’t look like one (depending on how she poses for the picture), owns her own company, and [...]