Cyberbaguioboy

I too had trouble saying it but you can head over to the site and find out what it is.
And, oh, by the way, this blog has been suffering hiccups. I still don’t know the exact reasons, but it appears that the database is being upgraded. Right now, it looks fine. Hope it stays that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

That’s a video interview by INQUIRER multimedia reporter Izah Morales.
You can also read her interesting story that features a young man pushing makeshift “trolleys” as a way to make ends meet. They use train tracks as platforms to transport people from one place to another.
A snippet from the story:
“Minsan may nabangga ng tren at namatay. [...]

I read this story today and wondered why people still go to malls despite today’s inflation rates and dubious eVAT charges? Anecdotal evidence points to several reasons. One of them is that people go there to cool. Due to lack of public parks to mill around, they would rather go to malls and stay there [...]

Picked this up from Vox Populi:
Apart from the congested traffic during the daily rush hours, a normal sight along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City would be the colorful tricycles that quickly traverse down the streets against monstrous trucks, missing nearby vehicles by mere inches.
But the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has banned tricycles from the [...]

They are and I promise. But you have to be very descriptive and precise in language to avoid boring your readers.
Roy Peter Clark of Poynter Institute show us how. Excerpt:
As I lug my writing tools around the country, I find that one tool, over and over again, produces the most angst.
It turns out everyone is [...]

Maybe you’ve seen this already. Gmail is now allowing users to print e-mail messages for free. You only need to click that Gmail Paper button, wait for 2 days, and Gmail will deliver  neatly packaged copies of your email to you. Hmmm…
It is still in beta stages, so it is not clear if this service [...]

I read this from Sylvia Mayuga’s breaking story on Global Nation (Thanks JV). It features Sheila Coronel, formerly of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, looking at the dangers faced by today’s journalists in different countries. Below is an introduction from Frontline World’s video report titled “Requiem”:
At a time when fair and accurate news coverage [...]