Archive for Great Finds

Globe DSL’s 4 peso Speed Upgrade

I saw something interesting and pleasantly surprising flyer when I went outside this afternoon to ready today’s newspaper. There was this flyer of Globe sitting on the table. I don’t usually give attention to those flyers because I am already subscribed to their bundled 1 mbps plus landline priced at P 1295. What I noticed, however, was that at P 1299, you can get 2 mbps plus landline. A four peso difference for a higher speed!
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Missing Yahoo’s Second Sign-in verification

The reason I use Gmail as my main email account is security. Gmail allows a password-reset code to be sent to your mobile phone, just in case you would need a password reset. They also have security codes sent to your phone in case someone tries to access your account. They call it “2-step verification.” So unless the unauthorized accessor of the account has your phone, s/he would not be able to login. It’s sort of an RSA token code used to authenticate in VPN of big companies.
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The Web this week – Nov 28 – Dec 4

The following materials were things I found interesting in the Internet for this week from my news aggregators.
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Altis TRD Shirt

Even though I am not the type who customizes car for “porma” purposes, I’d like to have one of those TRD shirts. For the unfamiliar, TRD stands for Toyota Racing Development, which Wikipedia defines as the “in-house tuning shop for all Toyota, Lexus, and Scion cars.” I have decided to create my own, inspired by other shirts.
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DFA Passport Process

As I mentioned in my previous post, I made an appointment with the Consular Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs to be able to acquire a passport. Not that I planning to work abroad, but I would like to have it, just in case there’s an opportunity somewhere else.
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Sample LTO License Exam

While cleaning up and organizing my computer files this afternoon, I found a sample of the exam that you have to pass to get your license. I took my exam last March in LTO San Juan and the items in the following document are very similar with the actual exam.
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“Outsourced” HR is in the Philippines

Yes, I’m referring to the TV series in NBC shown every Thursday.
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Fast Internet at Google

Can you download a 4GB, HD movie in two minutes?
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Gone fishing

A way of looking beyond the cliche, “There are many fishes in the sea.”

Fishing has its ups and downs. You reach an unexplainable high after catching an “I think you’re the one” fish, and end up feeling low and exhausted when you both realize, “Hey, we got way much ahead of ourselves. Let’s both go back to the sea.” Exhausting I say.

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Waiting to see if heads roll in Manila

A newspaper columnist in Hong Kong slams the Philippine government in its hostage probe.
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