16 Jan
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Money and Finance, Work and Career
Your job should make your life comfortable. I say this at the very beginning because even though the very essence of a job is to earn a living, some people actually have jobs which pay less than what they need. Are you scraping for a decent budget every paycheck but you can’t leave your job [...]
Before the day ends, I’d just like to wish Wikipedia (the one-stop resource for lazy students), a happy birthday. While everyone is still having problems with their dates (I know some who still end the dates with a “7″), this just made me realize the growth of Wikipedia as a resource and the time that [...]
15 Jan
Posted by Alex as Computers, Downloads, Windows Tips
If you’re a big fan of portable storage - USB flash disks, external hard drives, even your iPod - you know the annoyance brought about by having to eject them first from your OS before yanking off the USB plug. It’s a two-stroke process for Windows users (left clicking that icon in the system [...]
15 Jan
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Fitness and Health, Vacation and Travel
When someone is successful, it’s said that that person is going places. If you’re based in New York, but you have a business meeting in Tokyo next week, and a presentation in Berlin two days after, how do you cope with the long hours of flying?
Uh-oh. Could this be Toshiba’s move now that Sony’s Blu-ray has gained the upper hand? Sony just got a nice break in the hi-def format wars when Hollywood studios (like Warner Bros.) have gone Blu-ray exclusive. Toshiba now reacts by slashing up to 50% off the price of HD-DVD players. That means you can [...]
14 Jan
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web
I love TinyURL. While you don’t see me using them generated links here. I use them quite often in my other blogs. Posting links in Twitter is probably the most practical use I have for it save for the obvious trimming of thousand-character long URLs. But as a security cushion, wouldn’t you want to know [...]
What do women want? Career? Romance? Women come in many forms. Except for a select few, it is believed that motherhood is the essence of being a woman. To some though, motherhood is a difficult option simply because they can’t conceive a child.
Kids find happiness at the smallest of things: new toy, slides, balloons, and candy canes. You try your best to give your kids the best and it just breaks your heart to see them cry. Yes, being a parent includes all these: but at the end of each night the question you should ask yourself [...]
So you’re the only one who uses your computer at home and it annoys you to wait for that login prompt where you have to enter the password to your user’s account. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could just readily fire up Windows and start using it right away. You can just press [...]
13 Jan
Posted by Alex as Computers, Downloads, Windows Tips
I really haven’t gotten around checking new freeware for the past few months so oblige me as I sneak in a post or two. In all honesty, I could just go on and on featuring all sorts of freeware here but I usually go for the top-ranked ones. Call me prejudiced, but if it’s not [...]
People get sad for so many reasons; and sometimes, for no reason at all. It’s the nature of the human emotion to go through bouts of depression sometimes. But the problem is when you take these bouts for granted. We don’t recommend that you hastily go to a therapist, but you should nonetheless definitely treat [...]
You got so used to your high-calorie meals that you have reached the conclusion that oatmeal and wheat bread are just not worth it. With your body adopting a bigger dress size, you might want to think again. Low-fat does not mean tasteless and desiccated. If you can’t take oatmeal, you can always go for [...]
Until now, Microsoft just finds ways to f*ck up its ways of dealing with updates. While SP1 for Vista is just around the corner, Microsoft continues to provide users with updates to “prepare” Vista systems for SP1 - something that I don’t quite understand. Anyway, a couple of days ago, Microsoft released a few updates [...]
Don’t blame it all on your body. Not everyone can have perfectly long legs. Sometimes it’s a matter of wearing the right pants to bring out the best in your figure. Dressing up is a big deal, but if you’re not up for skirts then you should definitely master the art of choosing your perfect [...]
Cheese is probably one of the best things you can have in your kitchen. There’s just so many dishes you can do with them. However, the thing with cheese is that it’s quite tricky to keep. Some cheeses love to attract mold (while some really come with mold). Some are difficult to keep fresh. Here [...]