The Greatest (New Year’s) Resolution One Can Ever Make

My apologies to Dr. Mark H. Creech: “To live righteously before God is the greatest resolution anyone can ever make in life. Such a resolution begins with repentance of sin and turning to Christ for forgiveness.” And just because my name is Paul – I love how Dr. Creech quotes George Burger: “I will like […]

Dakila party at PETA

I’ll try to update my blogs more now that WordPress allows you to just cut & paste Instagram links into your blog. Here’s some photos from last night’s Dakila.ph’s ActiveVista HumanRights Film Festival 2012 closing ceremonies and awarding at the PETA-Phinma theater. View this post on Instagram with the lovely lovely @stephltan of @DakilaPH A […]

What do grad students in math do all day?

Also: http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/11/03/abc-proof-too-tough-even-for-mathematicians/o9bja4kwPuXhDeDb2Ana2K/story.html Answer by Yasha Berchenko-Kogan: A lot of math grad school is reading books and papers and trying to understand what's going on. The difficulty is that reading math is not like reading a mystery thriller, and it's not even like reading a history book or a New York Times article. The main issue […]

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photobooth (actually pose & print) time

Titin – the largest protein discovered – in reverse

“Sarah McCulloch has a post of the chemical name of Titin, the largest protein discovered, on her blog. Here’s the whole thing in reverse”

SmartNet for GSMA Challenge

SmartNet is an online platform giving users access to communicate with friends not only within the SmartNet network but also to other social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. It allows you to communicate to a broader network of friends! To download SmartNet (for Smart-Android users only):http://tinyurl.com/smartnetapp

The Little Black Coupon Book (think Enjoy meets Groupon)

So you went to MetroDeal and found out that all the coupons are SOLD OUT. No Worries, you can just go here and ORDER ONE – there’s an offer that saves you a few hundred pesos if you order it now – but hey! – if you like ordering coupons but can’t keep track of […]

Happy, happy 18th birthday Philippine Internet!

Read all about it in Jim Ayson’s The Night Benjie Tan hooked up the Philippines to the Internet. Here is an excerpt of Benjie Tan’s archived first Usenet post from a Philippine connection: Subject: The Philippines is In! As of March 29,1994 at 1:15 am Philippine time, unfortunately 2 days late due to slight technical difficulties, […]

Beach Jeté. More fun in the Philippines

Check out Jayvee Fernandez’s tutorial on how to create your own “More fun in the Philippines” meme. I did this using GIMP (it’s like Photoshop but it’s free!). To add text and change the opacity click on the links here and here.

Don Henricos’ Fun Run 2011 (for the benefit of Sagip Buhay) Results

3K (Male) 1. Mervin Guarte 9:05.48 2. Michael Bacong 9:06.68 3. Willie Rotich 9:07.70 3K (Female) 1. Luisa Raterta 15:39.30 2. Mary Grace Dela Torre 15:43.93 3. Lovely Gemeroy 15:51.37 5K (Male) 1. Alquin Bolivar 17:18.00 2. Jojit De Asis 18:20.60 3. Rami Lacson 18:58.79 5K (Female) 1. Irine Kipchumba 17:51:07 2. Nhe-Ann Barcena 17:58.00 […]

The Pageman in Kabul

Real Counter-terrorism is going where the TERRORISTS train and NOT just where they are launched to