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YouTube - Hot Sex SFW? Maybe. Real hot, too. / humor video

Mobile 2.0 IS NOT Web 2.0 at MobHappy 'The poorer a region is - both technologically and economically, the greater the impact mobile phones have on society.' / web mobile

In the news this evening: a battallion of Philippine marines hole up in their Fort Bonifacio headquarters to protest the relief of their commandant. Meanwhile, in Malacañang, presidential chief of staff Mike Defensor urges media not to "provide exposure" to the dissidents in what's brewing to be a standoff in Fort Bonifacio. Hello? Hey, Mike, there's such a thing as press freedom -- specifically, the right against prior restraint. Or is even that not allowed anymore during the de-facto martial law, er, "state of emergency"?

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I'm playing with a Garmin GPS tracker I borrowed from work. Well, it's not entirely play because I'm also getting points of interest to be uploaded to the Philippine AgriInfo Map project I'm toying with. Although a bit worn and old, the device is very easy to use. I've gathered a few waypoints, mostly road crossings and bridges for now. Later, I'll add in establishments such as hospitals, gas stations, malls, among others. I used MapBuilder to initially plot the points in Google Maps . This is in preparation for an XML-based scheme that I will use for the AgriInfo Map. It's not much, but it's a start, so here it is . I'm also thinking of using the GPS to calibrate some of the waypoints Migs Paraz has gathered during his Google Maps Christmas trip using his Smart LBS project. I'll reserve that for a later trip.

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TCP/IP Ports Extensive list of ports used by various services / network reference internet NASA - 'Borg' Computer Collective Designs NASA Space Antenna Each satellite will be equipped with a strange-looking, computer-designed space antenna. Although they resemble bent paperclips, the antennas are highly efficient, according to scientists. / space science Pluck: RSS for Consumers Concise yet detailed RSS intro. / feeds rss PhilRice Central Experiment Station GPS base station / pfi geocoding mapping maps

Remember Johnny Mnemonic, and how Reeves mangled it? Brace yourself, because he's doing Philip K. Dick's cyberpunk book , A Scanner Darkly (screenplay and direction by Richard Linklater ( Dazed and confused , Before Sunrise )). Here's a preview trailer: Reminds me of a recent thread on PLUG-Misc . I haven't read the book, but I do hope they do cyberpunk right this time. Film renditions of PKD's work have been okay so far: Blade Runner , Minority Report and Paycheck were cool flicks. Wished they'd do more SF movies. The sneak peek looks promising, though -- it has that gritty, drug-induced feel to it.

The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her to the flies. - Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451

X-rated flora - a photoset on Flickr Racy... / photography flickr Fitts' Law It seems intuitive that movement time would be affected by the distance moved and the precision demanded by the size of the target to which one is moving. Fitts discovered that movement time was a logarithmic function of distance when target size was held / usability design infoDev: Site Content: Open Source Software - Perspectives For Development Prepared by The Dravis Group for the World Bank's infoDev Symposium. Some points: (a) interest in open source is likely to grow; (b) OSS offers a more democratic alternative to monolithic (monopolistic?) single-vendor efforts; (c) OSS issues transcend tec / ict4d opensource

What I did on Valentine's Day... . Originally uploaded by Nex Ninek . From a Flickr photoset. View the rest of the photoset .

William Gibson: Johnny Mnemonic If they think you're crude, go technical; if they think you're technical, go crude. I'm a very technical boy. So I decided to get as crude as possible. / scifi

LuisTeodoro.com » Blog Archive » A Pinoy of better caliber 'Oversimplifying complex issues is also the occupational hazard of the exile.' / pinoy essays media Ctrl+Alt+Del - Tragically l337 l337 rul3z! / fun geek

VSIS ConfTool: Open Source Conference and Event Management System Software The VSIS Conftool is a Web-based online system that supports all phases of scientific conferences, workshops and seminars. It was developed to make the management of a conference easier and more time-saving. / opensource Yahoo! Developer Network: Graded Browser Support 'Graded Browser Support provides an inclusive definition of support and a framework for taming the ever-expanding world of browsers and frontend technologies.' / ui design web Solar-powered net cafe In Cabilao Island, Bohol, Philippines. / ict4d internet tech Category | Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle Elmore Leonard on writing. My favorite: 'If it sounds like writing, rewrite it.' / essays writing Big in Japan: Web 2.0 Toolbox Big in Japan is an integrated toolkit for prosumer bloggers. Say your own social media projects are taking off, but you're overwhelmed with the mechanics ...

Elmore Leonard ("Be Cool", "Get Shorty", "Outtasight", among others) has written a New York Times essay on his 10 rules on writing . "Being a good author is a disappearing act," he says. The rules are not for those who love the sound of their own voices, but for those who want to "show rather than tell what's taking place in the story." Now, I don't pretend to be a writer -- and even if I was, I'm sure not a good one -- but Leonard's tips, like his writing, are easy enough to understand and follow. And what is "hoopteddoodle", you ask? Let Steinbeck tell you .

SurveyMonkey.com - Powerful tool for creating web surveys. Online survey software made easy! Intelligent survey software for serious primates of all species. / web pfi work Emily Chang - The Agile Web Design Manifesto, An Introduction - Design the system not the surface - Design as evolutionary and user-driven - There is no page, only pathways - Rapid and iterative over final - Simplicity over complexity - Collaborative and open design / design web What's Up? - an indispensable tool for the global newsjunkie Flash-based news mashup / rss news media maps flash Business Mirror - Rice info just a text away INFORMATION about rice may now be accessed through texting via mobile phone. When asking for information on rice, just type "palay," a designated keyword and send it to 700RICE, or 7007423, then presto! Experts will give the desired information within 24 / agriculture pfi news

Attention Developers: FeedFlare Open API FeedBurner releases the API and documentation for FeedFlare, a feature that allows publishers to "build interactivity into the content they create." / feeds programming priceless.com - Film Festival - Now Showing 'Priceless' videos. I lurve "Home" and MacGyver. via Teknolohiya / video fun The Korea Times : Korea Plans to Build 'Mobile Paradise' 'South Korea plans to construct a "mobile paradise," a special district next year, where people will be able to enjoy a seamless service from the world's latest wireless technologies.' / news wireless wifi tech

Today in Pinoy Tech Blog , I've posted about a speculation that Google will be doing mail hosting for domains . Cool, but the p-word raises eyebrows. Now, Google is always speculation-material (Google Linux comes to mind), but they've also been known for creating innovations that somehow change the way people use the web.

Via Boing Boing : At the recent KinnerNet 2005 [Israeli version of Foo Camp ], [co-founder Yossi] Vardi and his pals Shimon Schocken and Ami Ben-Basat demonstrated that snails can be faster at data delivery than both ADSL and pigeons. Called SNAP ( SNAil-based data transfer Protocol ), the system uses "biological carriers, and, for the first time, taking advantages of the unique merits of the wheel for data transfer." Test results showed that SNAP (at 37,000 kbps) is significantly faster than ADSL (1,500 kbps) and WiFly TCP (Transmission by Carrier Pigeons, also known as "IP over Avian Carrier") (2,270 kbps), which has a glaring limitation of not being able to "fly through Windows". A distinct disadvantage of SNAP is the risk of DOS (denial-of-service), "most notably in France, (where) culinary habits may pose a risk -- French users will have to choose whether they want to be served data-ex-cargo or an escargot."

LEGO Technic Difference Engine Babbage Difference Engine done in Lego. Complete with details. / math hardware geek toys cool fun Vint Cerf on "Network Neutrality" Before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 'Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success.' / internet

Here's an expansion of my previous post on the ICT caravan . Incidentally, I've blogged about it in our very aptly named " PFI Blog ". (Heh. We'll think of a sexier name, promise.) The Caravan, which will run from March to April, will feature the following: Cyber farm forum (multisite videoconferencing) Rice science and technology updates Agricultural videos Introduction to computers and the internet Pinoy Farmers’ Internet Enrolment in the Open Academy's Virtual Classroom Text messaging for farming tips Experts online Rice Knowledge Bank Other important agricultural websites Online trading and real-time price watch of agricultural products Knowledge products for sale Maps and directories Last-mile connectivity solutions Open source software More details in the website .

The 'Butterfly' would love this: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim will be performing in Here Lies Love - A Song Cycle , which "presents Imelda Marcos meditating on events in her life, from her childhood spent in poverty and her rise to power to her ultimate departure from the palace." Ultimately the performance will be set in clubs. Told from the point of view of the players in this remarkable story, Here Lies Love will trace the rise and eventual fall of this astounding political figure using music, staging, and multimedia backup. via Boing Boing .

The Nyxem Email Virus: Analysis and Inferences - CAIDA : ANALYSIS : security : blackworm / graphics security internet famfamfam.com: Silk Icons Cute little critters. / web ui tools icons graphics design art Make Plone Fast! Speed-up strategies for Plone, including caching, authentication and traversal, and network performance. / plone cms opensource linux

Very busy with the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture . We are organizing an "ICT caravan", a road tour of sorts that will span the archipelago (naks!), to spread ICT and IT-based agriculture knowledge to extension workers. This will happen in March. The caravan will have five legs: Ilocos region, Southern Tagalog, Bicol region, Northern Mindanao, and Davao provinces. Five buses from the DOST SEI (their Mobile ICT classroom ) will be equipped with internet connection -- either through WeRoam or via WiFi in nearby internet cafes -- and travel to different municipalities where one-day training on basic computer skills will be held. We're currently looking for sponsors -- we're eyeing local government agencies and telcos -- to cover part of the costs. The Pinoy Farmers Internet will feature a day-to-day journal of the caravan. We will be assigning bloggers per team so they can post images and thoughts on the web. We will be teaching extension workers to blog, too, ...

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The Uber-Review: Mini Statements Mini Desk Talk about a 'mobile office'. / fun

Google position in HR caucus 'By launching Google.cn and making a major ongoing investment in people, infrastructure, and innovation within China, we intend to provide the greatest access to the greatest amount of information to the greatest number of Chinese Internet users. At the s / politics search internet google china censorship Paper-folding 'origami' Video. (via BoingBoing) / home howto diy fun L'ART ET LA MANIERE DE PLIER UN TEE - ALL TRIBES HOT STUFFS Video: Paper-folding machine out of cardboard. (via BoingBoing) / home howto diy fun

A List Apart: Articles: In Search of the Holy Grail 'Three columns. One fixed-width sidebar for your navigation, another for, say, your Google Ads or your Flickr photos—and, as in a fancy truffle, a liquid center for the real substance. Its wide applicability in this golden age of blogging, along with it / design css Spell with flickr coredump Grabs images from Flickr and uses them to spell what is typed in. / cool flickr Map Builder::Build Your Own Google or Yahoo Maps. Share and Explore. Click on the map. Build your own map. Grab source code. Rinse. / google geocoding mapping maps Essential Resources for Google Maps - lifehack.org The bestest mashups in the planet! / google geocoding mapping maps

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BBC NEWS | Technology | China blocking Google 2 Sep 2002 news story: "China appears to have blocked access to the popular search engine, Google." / news google china Empirical Analysis of Internet Filtering in China '(T)he Chinese government maintains an active interest in preventing users from viewing certain web content, both sexually explicit and non-sexually explicit; (2) that it has managed to configure overlapping nationwide systems to effectively -- if at time...' / china internet censorship politics Copper - Step-by-Step How a comic is made. via BoingBoing / comics art howto

With the post below, I'm signalling my move to a new (Wordpressed) Coredump . I'll be switching feeds to the new site, so apologies in advance if there will be a bit of RSS flooding. (Then again, I've been testing the new feed courtesy of Feedburner.com, and it's holding up pretty well.) I'm not leaving Blogger behind. I've opened this account in May 2003 (way before it was acquired by Google), but it's not just for sentimental reasons that I'll be maintaining this. My new host (through the kindness of Ramil Sagum ) is also temporary, as I'm setting my sights on having my own domain (budget and time willing). (Tells you something about impermanence. ;)) This site will remain as a launchpad to new homes. Think of this as my rallying point: for all my travails and travels on the web, eventually, I'll come back here. So, move on, folks. Say goodbye to Blogspotted Coredump (but do visit once in a while), and give a "hoy!" to Coredump, rem...

Joining the fray in the Google China censorship (soon-to-be?) debacle. I'd like to put things in perspective, so a chronology is in order: 24 January 2005. Google agrees to censor sites that are objectionable to the Chinese government, puts up a Chinese domain, Google.cn. Google draws the ire of the community for its "Great (fire)wall of China" compromise, resulting in protests . Two days later, the search giant issues a policy statement , saying that "filtering search results clearly compromised (its) mission, (but) failing to offer search at all is far more severe." Several articles have cropped up to test how extensive Google.cn filtering (read: censorship) is done. In the span of two days, all focus is on China (that is, Google in China). Or maybe not . There are also contrarian views and begrudging respect that, at least, Google is being transparent about what it intends to do with its Chinese domain. Well, here's my take, FWIW. We have to face t...