Cyberbaguioboy

This blog was inaccessible for the past days due to some technical problems. But it’s back
Anyway, been catching up on some reading. I recently picked up this book called “Good to Great” by Jim Collins, same co-author of the Built to Last.
This is an easy-to-read business book that is really based on empirical [...]

Another Filipino director Brillante “Dante” Mendoza has won the Best Director award at Cannes, Ruben Nepales reports at INQUIRER.net. Mendoza won Best Director for his film called “Kinatay.” This is his second entry in the prestigious awards.
Excerpt:
From a virtual unknown to world acclaim.
“Ako lang ang walang pangalan,” Brillante “Dante” Mendoza wrote in an e-mail a [...]

Information overload, that’s what you get with today’s RSS and social networking mashups. But recently I’ve found this nifty and intuitive RSS feed called Streamy. It’s interface is simple and organized. And it includes all the basic social networks you want to connect to (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Flickr). YouTube is not yet in the list [...]

While it doesn’t want to be called to a “Google Killer,” Wolfram/Alpha was unveiled recently to make Internet search more relevant. According to this report, Wolfram/Alpha is a more specific engine that searches facts or knowledge that we actually need, instead of just links to these facts–which Google does. In fact, it only limits its searches [...]

A study has shown that monkeys learn from mistakes.
An excerpt of the story posted on INQUIRER.net
CHICAGO–Monkeys are able to learn from their mistakes and will take risks to potentially win better rewards when playing games, a study published Thursday has found.
“This is the first evidence that monkeys, like people, have ‘would-have, could-have, should-have’ thoughts,” said [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve really done anything radical on my computer.
I was initially thinking of just getting a new wallpaper. But I was led to this freeware that gives your desktop a new look. So I found Bumptop. Just to give you an idea what it is, think of a 3D desktop. And [...]

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Let’s admit it. After his fight with Hatton, Manny Pacquiao is more popular now. Imagine posing with an ex-president of the United States. Read the rest of the story here.

Senator Kiko Pangilinan created this top 10 reasons why there is hope in the Philippines. Go read about it and see how people reacted to it. The last item is one reason why I’m still here.
10. We are a people who love to laugh, who love our families. We are a resilient people. We can draw [...]