Posted
on September 15, 2008, 2:53 am,
by RT Cunningham,
under
Society.
What would you define as government and public services in the Philippines? The obvious answer would be things like water and electricity. The not-so-obvious answer would include residential telephone services and other services that are necessary for the majority of the public (and sometimes a minority of the public). Services do not have to be government-run or government-owned in order to be considered public services.
What follows are a few my experiences and observations while residing in Olongapo City, Philippines.
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airlines,
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cable,
dial-up,
DSL,
electricity,
government,
mail,
noise,
power,
services,
transportation,
utilities,
water 20 Comments »
Posted
on September 1, 2008, 11:16 pm,
by RT Cunningham,
under
Technology.
There are a few ways to save money and make cheap calls to and from the Philippines. Using the long distance service provided by your regular residential telephone service may be convenient, but it isn't the cheapest route to take even if you manage to get a "preferred country" deal.
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Posted
on July 10, 2008, 11:40 pm,
by RT Cunningham,
under
Internet.
It seems everyone has their favorite analytics program or analytics service. After testing and using many of the most popular services, standalone programs and WordPress plugins, my favorite real time analytics program is Mint. The service that comes in second for me is Google Analytics because data retrieval is delayed.
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AdSense,
analytics,
forums,
Google,
JavaScript,
Mint,
noads,
plugins,
robots,
SERPS,
services,
Yahoo 11 Comments »
Posted
on July 9, 2008, 4:49 am,
by RT Cunningham,
under
Advertising.
A couple of days ago, amidst all of my other backend programming work, I provided a little assistance at TextAdMarket when things didn't work quite right. I did my initial review on May 31st ("TextAdMarket: A New Non-Contextual Advertising Service") and I've had plenty of time to evaluate the changes that have been put in place since then, as well as the overall service.
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Posted
on July 4, 2008, 6:12 am,
by RT Cunningham,
under
Internet.
For the uninitiated, please read about OpenID at the source. For a quick and dirty lowdown, all you need to know is that OpenID is a centralized password system which is supposed to be secure.
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Posted
on July 1, 2008, 6:00 am,
by RT Cunningham,
under
Miscellaneous.
Although I'll never get as bad as Howard Hughes, I have to emulate his lifestyle to a very small degree. I don't have the money he had and I'm not a hypochondriac like he was, but I'm probably just as crazy as he was.
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Posted
on June 23, 2008, 6:00 am,
by RT Cunningham,
under
Writing.
Unlike the mass media in the US, I will not participate in the deliberate dumbing down of America. I recently discovered, while checking this blog's results at the Website Grader and The Blog Readability Test, that the reading level needed to digest the contents of this blog is above the level most people in the US graduate from high school with.
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education,
English,
grammar,
language,
noads,
punctuation,
reading,
services,
spelling,
subscribers 33 Comments »
