‘The last stand’

Hey folks, so many of you have been asking yourself why Ultimate-Guitar.Com is still online, while most guitar tablature websites have been shut down by MPA during the past 6 months, including mxtabs, guitartabs.cc, guitartabs.com, taborama.com and mysongbook? The time has come for Ultimate-Guitar.Com to get an MPA letter as well. Surely, that was not [...]

Eric Johnson galore

Ah Via Musicom. That guitar album continues to enchant me. It was one of the perfect guitar albums that I’ve heard. Cliffs of Dover, Trademark, and other songs make this album a classic. Eric Johnson came into the scene when most rock guitar players were into shredding. What he brought in, however, was perfection. (It [...]

Korean guitar power

Wow, this is an impressive cover of Eric Johnson’s Manhattan, a jazzy, free-feeling guitar piece. I just love how Johnson blends jazz and rock guitar to create this masterpiece. Now, I’m pressured to really learn this song

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He’re’s the Eric Johnson playing the original version live.

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Bye bye guitar tabs

There are legal actions being taken against websites that are publishing guitar tablatures or Tabs. As this online column pointed out recently, guitar websites posting tabs are under attack.
For those who are not familiar with tabs, we guitar players learn our songs using tabs. They are like sheet musics. But the big difference here is [...]

Want a snack?

snack (snăk) N. A hurried or light meal. Food eaten between meals.
I was browsing through Craiglist, and I found this interesting snack. No, not that kind of snack you eat while watching TV. I mean the snack that you can take away while you’re stuck in traffic. The snack that you can listen to, watch, [...]

Going away

I will be going away for a while to pursue “higher education.” This means this blog will be silent for a while, except if I can sneak out of class and blog about my latest discoveries/adventures. Am I wasting my time seeking education at at time when the world is fast moving? Yes, I will [...]

Xbox 360 modification comes to Greenhills

Enough said. Go check out the report of Alex Villafania at INQ7.net Infotech.

When is an SMS promo considered spam?

When you receive the same message despite opting out, that’s one. This is a recent event involving Citibank. Apparently, the bank was sending an SMS promo to all its credit card holders. Some subscribers were amused.
Read the rest of the story at INQ7.net Infotech.

‘Hands off our cell phones,’ consumer group tells Arroyo

Here’s an old issue being revived. Apparently, one government official is proposing an all-out-war on cellphone thieves. The plan: ask everyone to register their SIM cards and cellphones. Yes that’s good. But one consumer group doubts government’s motive. Excerpt:
A local consumer group rejected President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s plan to require mandatory registration of handsets and SIM [...]

Community e-center helps track down Filipina in Lebanon

Here’s an example of how technology can help people. INQ7.net reporter Alex Villafania found this interesting story, which tells that technology does matter even to people who don’t understand and use them.
You often read technology stories that are far removed from the people. You’re bombarded with news of new gadgets, sexy computers, and powerful mobile [...]