Save the best for last!
Today is the last day of submission of entries for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009 writing project. The goal of this project is to recognize blogs that are gradually gaining readership and influence.
Here’s my list in no particular order. (drumroll)
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Some people think I’m too serious, but I’m not. 
Nobody nobody but you!
For almost a week, the song Nobody by Wonder Girls has been stuck in my head. I keep on watching Nobody videos but this is my favorite so far.
Some people think I’m too serious, but I’m not. Hahaha!
I am officially enjoying Google Map Maker now.
Google Map Maker is Google’s crowd-sourcing tool to gather geographical information and turn them to maps. Google Map Maker was launched in the Philippines October of last year. Due to the positive response to the product, Google deployed Map Maker data in the Philippines to Google Maps.
I always loved the idea of crowd-sourcing (like Wikipedia, Yahoo! Answers, etc). There are other similar online tools out there such as OpenStreetMap and Wikimapia. My only problem with OpenStreetMap is that their default editor doesn’t have satellite imagery which makes it hard to point areas of interest or identify location of roads unless you have GPS. Wikimapia, though, uses Google’s imagery but their moderation scheme is not good at all. I find it very prone to vandals. Continue reading “Enjoying Google Map Maker” »
UP Diliman’s Chancellor Sergio Cao announced early this morning that classes in UP Diliman are suspended due to the tropical storm Isang. All offices in the campus shall maintain a skeletal force. Employees living outside the campus are excused from work.
Strong rains and winds have been conquering Metro Manila since last night. As of 5am today, no public storm signal was raised in Metro Manila.
TRIVIA: Tropical Storm Isang is internationally known as Molave, a native Filipino tree and a UP Diliman Dorm.
Anyway, I merged the storm track of PAGASA and Integrated Multi-Agency Tropical Cyclone Forecast and this is what I got:
PAGASA’s projections aren’t bad anyway. I’ve always questioned their credibility, and that’s bad of me. Here are the original maps:
The cool blogger of this blog will soon have interplanetary presence! He’ll have his name not only on Earth, but on Mars, too.
On 2011, my name will be sent to Mars thru NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Rover. Along with my name are thousands and possibly millions of other names. Martians will now have the chance to decipher Earthling names.
Do you want your name on Mars? Send your name to Mars now before time runs out.
I saw this image from the Internet around two days ago. I still can’t get over it up to now.
Good night.
Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3 preregistration is now open!
The Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3 is obviously the third blow of the annual Mindanao Bloggers Summit.
The first Mindanao Bloggers Summit was held at Davao City last 2007 hosted by The Usual Suspects. The second summit was held last year on my hometown, General Santos City hosted by Soccsksargen Bloggers. This year’s summit will be held on no less than Cagayan de Oro City to be hosted by CDOBloggers.
I’m really looking forward to this annual event. I hope that it will fall on the semestral break of the revised school calendar so that I can fly to Mindanao in time for the event. I can’t afford to miss it!
So far, I have attended the two summits and even had the chance to have a super informal shout-out on one of them.
Mindanao Bloggers, see you there!
University of the Philippines College Admission Test or the UPCAT is just a month away (August 1 to 2, 2009). I believe most, if not all, test takers have started preparing for the big day. Some have harnessed the power of the Internet to look for UPCAT tips. As a response, here’s a compilation of high-quality UPCAT related articles and tips.
There we go, a compilation of good UPCAT tips from different websites.
If you have questions regarding the exam, feel free to comment on this blog entry. I’ll try my best to respond to it as fast as possible.
Everytime I boot Ubuntu, I have to mount all the partitions I need to get them up and running. But seriously, I find it annoying. Here’s a workaround that worked for me.
Identify the partition you want to automount. Mount that specific partition and open its content using File Browser. Keep in mind it’s mount point, the ones found on the location bar.
Open System Monitor (System -> Administration -> System Monitor). Go to the File Systems tab and find the corresponding Device of the mount point. The format would be something like /dev/sd[a-z][1-9].
Unmount the device by going to Places -> Computer. Right click the partition and click Unmount Volume.
Now, open terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal). Navigate to /dev/disk/by-id by typing this command:
cd /dev/disk/by-id.
Get the list of files and directories on the path by typing ls. Find your appropriate device. If it’s /dev/sda3, it should end with something like -part3. Copy the file name and paste it somewhere else such as a text-editor. Continue reading “Mount a partition in Ubuntu automatically at startup” »