I’m happy to announce that my online store https://winwin.blog where you can purchase #AtinTo merch is FINALLY completely operational. The two main hurdles I had to overcome was a.) Applying for and Setting up the Online payment gateways and b.) Setting up local competitive shipping rates.As of last week I have completed testing and can …
My online store WinWin.blog is FINALLY completely operational Read More »
In the domains I bought with GoDaddy.com, ‘auto-renew’ billing is ON by default. I turn that off for some domains whose projects may still be pending or don’t push through. Recently however they’ve removed the easier to understand auto renew ON or OFF with ‘Cancel Renewal’, which can obviously mislead people into believing they might …
I’m very happy to announce the launch of my latest client https://newsbytes.ph* ! I met Exec. Editor Melvin Calimag decades ago when I was still writing for Inq and he for Manila Bulletin I think, and we covered countless events together. Melvin knew I designed and hosted websites and approached me way back Feb 2020 …
After a recent reformat I had been looking for a cheap way to save a Windows 10 System Image so that I wouldn’t have to start from scratch when reformatting. I already had a Toshiba 200gb portable drive but after many years of use it had started to become unreliable, oddly only working on my …
Ask any web developer if they update their own site often and you’ll be met with sighs of frustration. Of course I’m going to say ‘I was too busy’ or that ‘Taking care of clients is more important!’ which is true but let’s face it, I neglected my own site and it surely doesn’t reflect …
Background: The FPIP.com website was 5 years old and they wanted a refresh. The First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) manages a large area in the CALABARZON (Cavite Laguna Batangas Rizal Quezon) region an hour south of Manila. It is the home of 139 manufacturers in 34 categories ranging from heavy machinery, automobile, aerospace, food production …
I’m very happy to announce my latest project, the migration and restoration of Littlearchers.com. Little Archers Learning Center is a school with branches at Paranaque, Makati and MOA Pasay (Facebook page here). It’s owned by my friend Noni Odulio who I met when he would very graciously invite me to play basketball with his regular …
Here is an article re the 2000 ‘I Love You’ virus and its author Onel de Guzman from Pandacan Manila. He was only a student at the time and is now 44yo working as a phone tech. The bug is estimated to have caused US$5.5–8.7 billion in damages worldwide and had cost US$15 billion to …
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So it’s official, after 34 weeks my gig as Technical Consultant with TIEZA has come to an end, no doubt helped by government austerity measures particularly in relation to tourism. A few days ago I received a copy of my final contract. It is not hard to explain how I feel. I feel nothing but …
Introduction: This assumes everything is normal and we wouldn’t have to implement this during a pandemic. I wrote this a while back when I was working for a government client who could actually have implemented the social engineering part of this. Later on I worked for another government client that gave me the experience to …
