Trying Out Globe Visibility Prepaid

February 18, 2009 · Posted in Blogging · Comment 

Wow! This is what they call broadband speed? Took me ages to load this site. Oh well, hope the signal gets better somewhere else. It must be my location.  Incidentally, if you’re interested to get a prepaid broadband on the go under Globe, they’ve reduced the price of the kit to P1895 from the previous P2500. If you’re curious to know the download and upload speed of Globe Visibility Prepaid, here’s what I got from Speedtest.net. Read more

How Popular Are You in Twitter?

February 17, 2009 · Posted in Blogging · 1 Comment 

Check out Twitterholic, an online tool for knowing your Twitter rank vis-a-vis worldwide users and users within your region. Twitterholic robots culls stats from your Twitter account timeline and ranks your Twitter account based on your Friends, Followers, and Updates. my Twitter account -> @aczafra was ranked number 19 among 633 Twitter users in Manila, Philippines. Read more

New Age School Librarian

February 17, 2009 · Posted in Library and Information Science · Comment 

It’s very seldom that a librarian gets featured in a major US daily, so I might as well highlight this NYT article. Meet Stephanie Rosalia, a school librarian at Public School 225, a combined elementary and middle school in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Read more

The MSI PR400x-BK2+ Laptop

February 15, 2009 · Posted in Gadgets · 55 Comments 

Having handed down my old Acer Aspire Notebook to Lean (my incoming freshman son), I needed to find a replacement for it quickly. It took me one week to decide on what to get. I almost succumb to the temptation of the white MacBook, but the practical side of me took over, and up to the last minute, I decided to go for a notebook PC instead – the MSI PR400x-BK2. Read more

Dirt Cheap Digicam from Genius – G-Shot D500

February 9, 2009 · Posted in Gadgets · Comment 

Wow! A 5MP digital camera for Php 3,695? The Genius G-Shot D500 is definitely a steal. Should have bought it instead of the Kodak digicam I bought for my kid. The G-Shot D500 captures video at 640 x 480 too. Read the PR after the jump. Read more

Google Book Search on your iPhone, Lovely!

February 9, 2009 · Posted in Library and Information Science, iPhone Mania · Comment 

What’s next, the Library of Congress Collection?

Google Book Search Goes Mobile Read more

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