Apple just announced some new hardware: the Macbook Air. I want one!
It’s probably high time I replace the one I’ve been using for a couple of years now. I’ve tried the 13-inch Macbooks but what really peeks my interest is the the 11-inch version of the Macbook Air. It can’t possibly have a normal sized keyboard now, can it?
Affording it though is another story. Buying anything that cost five figures just can’t sit well with my financial conscience.
If you’ve heard or read about the iPhone and the iPod Touch the past couple of months, then you probably came across Apple’s statement that the mentioned devices were supposed to have “built-in” restrictions. These included being “locked” to the official cellular network, AT&T, for the iPhone or not being able to add events on the iPod Touch’s calendar on the device itself.I won’t go into details because I don’t exactly get them myself. I find it amusing how people go through all the stress and details just to get around a constraint.
I mean, what’s with our society and the idea of being unlocked?
Sigh. “Maikling Kuwento” is getting a lot of hits again. Pasukan na naman ng mga bata. Maybe I should stop blaming just the students, and blame the school as well for not providing adequate resources for their school requirements; thus, forcing students to do their research on the most accessible and convenient pool of information – the Internet. But then, it’s a different matter when the student’s objective is merely to copy-paste materials from the internet and pass it as their own. That’s plain plagiarism. Which is punishable by law by the way.
I digress.
Thank goodness Multiply is temporarily unavailable right now so I’m writing an entry for my WordPress.
So I’ve been posting on Multiply more often the past few days, uhm, months actually. Mostly involving less serious stuff. The two main difference there is that, 1) I can upload pictures and music, which I can share with my contacts, and 2) I am connected with people I know personally (which can either be good or bad, depending on what I write.)
Initially, Multiply-ing was a fun and carefree online activity. It didn’t really think about how shallow or trivial the content of my entries were since I knew who were reading them. And their not the judgmental type.
That was until more people joined in Multiply. I think Friendster was practically abandoned for the newer and hipper online community being built through Multiply. People started adding each other, even though it was clear that they have no intention or interest in what each other was putting in their own sites. Another contacts rat race. Phft.
Maybe I’m just being selfish. But the thing is, I’m beginning to get more conscious who’s actually reading my entries or browsing over my photos or listening to my mp3s. Instead of being a carefree online blogger, I’m starting to be a careless one. Which means, I have to be constantly wary before clicking the “post” button.
At any rate, I realize that if I want (or need) to keep both Multiply and WordPress, I would have to do a balancing act. I’ll see how I fare in the coming months. And besides, it’s fun being anonymous on WordPress. 🙂
Apple has just launched iPhone. I want one. I think it’s going to be decent upgrade from my Nokia 3310.
Here’s an interesting news from CNN.
After much debate at conference in Prague, astronomers have declared that Pluto is no longer a planet, cutting down the “planets” of the solar system from nine to eight. From now on, it will fall under the “dwarf planet” category.
Much-maligned Pluto doesn’t make the grade under the new rules for a planet: “a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a … nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.”
Pluto is automatically disqualified because its oblong orbit overlaps with Neptune’s. [CNN]
Nice. This is man trying to play god. We don’t get to create planets, but at least we get to label, promote, and demote them.
Pero, maapaektuhan kaya ang aking mga horoscopes?
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First of all, I am humbled by the responses of the some bloggers in this blog entry about the Isreal-Hezbollah war. Thank you for sharing your insights and knowledge in my little blog.
I realize now that my initial concern – like the rising prices of gas – is so trivial compared to our recent comments and their writers. As a Filipino who so distant from the actual war, my concerns are often limited to those that have direct and immediate effects on the Philippines. As a country though, I think our main concern is the safety of our people – the OFWs or the overseas Filipino workers – in both Israel and Lebanon. Thus, in this news report, our country is not taking any sides, a contrary position taken in the previous US-lead wars.
I believe though that there’s only one position: stop the war. What Israel, and the US, as well, are saying here is that a cease-fire will only happen if the “conditions are right.” Huh? A conditional cease-fire? That is just brutal.
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My dsl internet connection is now officially up and running. Happy-happy day. : )
This is a special day.
I’m using a MacBook Pro! Yes, they are the Mac laptops powered by Intel Core Duo chips! It claims that they’re 4x faster than their predecessors. Cool huh? However, I just found out that even though they’re using Intel chips, you can’t still use programs that you normally use for PC. Intel is not equal to PC.
Oh well. I guess I won’t be buying this baby anytime soon.
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In this news item, Cong. Joseph Santiago noticed that the cost of Internet is going down. (How very observant of this fine gentleman!) Anyway, this a clear sign that more and more people are seeing the need to be connected to the Net. Although schools and other institutions are still the traditional venues for learning, the Internet has been countlessly dubbed as your virtual classroom. Having affordable access to the Internet is about having affordable access to information – whether good or bad, mindless or important.
I’d like to think that this is also a sign of progress for our country. (Yes, people, there’s still hope for us.) Now, not only well-off people can afford to know; but the rest of us as well. And with the mushroom-like growth of Internet cafe around the Metro, it’s information at every neighborhood, any time.
I just hope that quality service is not compromised by the lower cost.
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