Archive for the 'Today in History' Category
Splish, Splosh, Splash ‘em Sunday
5 June 24th, 2007Just Up, Learning, Life, Musings, Tidbits, Today in History.
Today is the Feast of St. John the Baptist. In the priest’s homily, he metioned that it was the only feast that can be celebrated on a Sunday. He gave a short explanation why, but it didn’t register at that time. The following is copied off Catholic Encyclopedia, I had to do some research to [...]
One Laptop per Child vs. Classmate
0 May 22nd, 2007Alternatives, Future, Kids, Learning, Life, Media, Techie, Technology, Tidbits, Today in History.
Nicholas Negroponte has been championing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Organization for several years now (Nov 2005) and has yet to produce a real $100 laptop. Its current cost is at $180 since it has to scale up production to really achieve that cost. Now, another player has come out, Intel. As a chip [...]
Yesterday, Mom and I went to suffer for suffrage. It was a hot day, but since the our assigned pools were just around the corner, we managed to finish in less than 20 minutes. Amazingly this time, my inky finger has lasted for at least 24 hours. Try as I might, I’ve tried to buff [...]
A Long Overdue Post - Part I
6 April 19th, 2007Easter, Experiments, Holy Week, Just Up, Learning, Life, Media, Musings, School, Today in History, University of Asia and the Pacific.
I’m experimenting with Flickr. It now has a plugin for wordpress. I’ve also been promising some friends that I’d be posting some of our old photos. Before I forget, note that I took the pictures for most of these shots (90%+). Also, these pictures are not perfect as the digicams back in those days were [...]
Just got back from Bisita Iglesia. Visited six churches in the Pasig City area and one in San Juan, Greenhills–I lost track of the names and sequence of churches we went to, but I will ask one friend who was with us and who was navigator for the trip. It was almost the full moon [...]
John Paul II (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland - April 2, 2005, Vatican City)
I was made aware of this amazing man in 1995, when he came here for World Youth Day. At that time, I was not a practicing Catholic. I was in a protestant high school, but I would always insist that I am [...]

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