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A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts
2007-06-04 20:23:00
It is well to remember that there arefive reasons for drinking:the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst,the excellence of the wine, or any other reason.flushed with success"Sleeping with the Enemy"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.The peanut-butter-and-banana sandwich is partof the whole Elvis mystique.He wasn't only the king, he was one of us.This genie can't be pushed back into the bottle.Friendship is a knot tied by angels' hands.This is the last hair in the tail of procrastination.Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the parkthan anybody since Babe Ruth.The lion and the calf will lay down together,but the calf won't get much sleep.The sleeping fox catches no poultry.Never under any circumstances take asleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and a violin;what else does a man need to be happy.If the shoe doesn't fit - acquit!Now for good ...
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Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus - Da Dailiy Donkey
2007-06-04 02:18:00
Da Daily Donkey award goes to Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus, who claimed that there were no shortages on the first day of school.So what the hell is this, Sec. Lapus? - click here - Just an interesting read?Up to 100 students had to cram into one classroom in an elementary school in Quezon City;dzEC radio reported that the Batasan Hills Elementary School had an average of 85 students per classroom, way over the 45 students-per-classroom ratio set by DepEd;a section in the Grade II classes even had as many as 100 students crammed into it, according to the dzEC report;classes had to be broken up into three shifts just to accommodate the students, most of whom came from poor families in the area;aside from the shortage in classrooms, up to six students had to share one textbook in the school (DepEd had claimed it is working on a ratio of one student per textbook).Lapus, you might as well quit. Claiming something that isn't true is covering up one's shortcomings. There ar ...
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More revelations on why Manny Pacquiao lost at the polls
2007-06-03 23:12:00
Remember Da Daily Donkey award for the campaigners of the People's Champ, Manny Pacquiao? Yes, it has been more than two weeks since the elections, but still, more revelations are coming to light. Here is an interesting read on it. And I kid you not!*much thanks to my friends, Richard Du and Sam Marcos,for tipping the AnitoKid on the info ...
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The Pacman, Manny Pacquiao, voted as 2006's Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America
2007-06-03 21:56:00
The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) voted the People's Champ, Manny Pacquiao, as its Fighter of the Year for 2006, and trainer Freddie Roach as the year?s top cornerman. Pacquiao will receive the Edward J. Neil Trophy as fighter of the year for going 3-0, including two knockout victories over Erik Morales in 2006. Manny is currently vacationing in Orlando, Florida, with wife Jinkee and sons Michael Stephen and Emmanuel Jr. Filipino boxing fans' first family will arrive in New York just in time for the 82nd BWAA awards at the Copacabana, in Manhattan, New York.According to Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum, Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera and Humberto Soto, Dominican Republic's Joan Guzman, and Venezuela's Edwin Valero are all set and ready to slug it out with the People's Champ. A decision on the Filipino pugilist's next fight will be known later this week in New York. Barrera, who lost an 11th-round knockout to the Pacman, is apparently putting a lot of pressure on Golden ...
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Win $100 in the AnitoKid Anniversary Review! Review for a linkback and cash prize!
2007-06-01 09:28:00
It's been more than 190 days of blogging fun for the AnitoKid, and he has been fortunate enough to have realized so many firsts and milestones in his newest passion. The most important of which is the fact that he has made new acquaintances, fellow bloggers, most of whom have become his friends in real life! Day after day, this blogging art continuously enriches the AnitoKid's life with newfound knowledge, music, laughter, and friendship. Indeed, he has been so blessed and sincerely believes that now is the time for some serious fun!As part of the A-Kid's 1st year Anniversary as a blogger (November 20, 2007), the AnitoKid is holding the "AnitoKid Anniversary Review" for linkback and cash prize! Inspired by the geniuses of John Chow and Ades, the idea of the AnitoKid Anniversary Review is:review the AnitoKid's blog and the AnitoKid will link to your review;there is no word limit - your review can be short or long; a blogger is free to state their likes and dislikes about the site; y ...
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Fart and farting: The science
2007-05-31 22:58:00
the farting George Bush dollfrom the web :)A psychological take on fart and farting*Vain: You love the smell of your own farts.*Amiable: You love the smell of other people's farts.*Proud: You think your farts are exceptionally fine. *Shy: You release silent farts and then blush.*Impudent: You boldly fart out loud and then laugh. *Unfortunate: You try really hard to fart, but you poop instead. *Scientific: You fart regularly but you're concerned about pollution. *Nervous: You stop in the middle of your fart.*Honest: You admit that you farted but offer good medical reasons.*Dishonest: You fart and then blame the dog. *Foolish: You suppress your farts for hours.*Thrifty: You always keep a couple of good farts in reserve.*Anti-Social: When the need arises, you excuse yourself from the roomand fart in private.*Strategic: You fart and then conceal it with loud coughing.*Sadistic: You fart in bed and then pull the cover up over your partner's head. *Intellectual: You can determine from the ...
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LiveScribe Smartpen - Jot down notes with audio notes!
2007-05-31 08:30:00
What if a plain sheet of paper became a computer screen?Turn your paper on!This is the future of pen and paper!The Livescribe Smartpen - The holy grail of pen-driven computingFrom Gizmodo:The pen can link audio recordings that you make as you jot written notes to the actual text you're writing.The pen does a number of other cool stuff, e.g., math and translation. All can later be indexed on a PC and played back on the computer. Or by clicking on the notepad. Thus, you can view search by keyword. Email your written & audio notes to your classmates or study group.Completely useful for bloggers, students, journalists, lawyers, etc. - people who take a lot of notes. This is one cool pen from LiveScribe! Indeed, it is connecting the paper world to the digital world. One can click on the paper, and the whole audio segment plays itself back. The pen will store an hour of audio - ideal for those blog notes. Now, you can listen to your class lecture by just tapping on your handwrit ...
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Philippine politics according to Political Pinoy
2007-05-31 02:04:00
An interesting read from Political Pinoy on Philippine politics,with emphasis on the real reason why so many fight it outto become a senator.Read on...."We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great onesto public office." ...
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Look what just surfaced at Microsoft! Surface computing via Surface!
2007-05-30 08:19:00
At the All Things Digital conference, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer will debut Microsoft Surface aka Project Milan, the first in a new category of surface computing products that recognizes physical objects, e.g., paintbrush, cellular phones, and credit cards, and allows hands-on, direct control of content, e.g., photographs, music and maps. This isn't just touch screen - it's multi-touch! Surface advances interaction with all forms of digital content via natural gestures, touch and physical objects, senses styli and objects, and connects and interacts with other devices utilizing RFID and other wireless protocols. Awesome!From CrunchGear:Direct interaction. Users can actually ?grab? digital information with their hands, interacting with content by touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.Multi-touch. Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger like a typical touch-screen, but up to dozens of items at once.M ...
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M&M's dark chocolates! A new favorite!
2007-05-29 03:57:00
Dark chocolate M&M's are now available!And as the world's number one fan of dark chocolatey goodness,I can't wait for their release in the motherland!So many to choose from, so little time, ma!dark chocolatepeanutmilk chocolatepeanut butteralmondmini'smega meltmega peanutbaking bitsmelts in your mouth, not in your handsDevilishly delicious. - And I kid you not! ...
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Manny Pacquiao's campaigners win Da Daily Donkey award
2007-05-27 18:25:00
Da Daily Donkey- to have the courage of one's conviction -Da Daily Donkey Award goes to the campaigners of the People's Champion, Manny Pacquiao, who "deserted him at the last minute" in his bid for South Cotabato?s first district congressional seat.From GMANews.TV's Pacquiao on poll knockout: My men deserted me:In an article by Manny Piñol posted Sunday on philboxing.com, the author bared Pacquiao had admitted the boxing superstar trusted too many people around him and did not know some of them would turn into Benedict Arnolds."They (campaigners) deserted me at the last minute," Piñol quoted Pacquiao as saying.Piñol, a former sports journalist, a boxing critic, and winner in the vice-gubernatorial post of North Cotabato, said: "Just as the elections neared, these DPOs (deep penetration operators) stabbed Manny in the back and ran off with his campaign funds leaving the campaign apparatus crumbling."Piñol said that Pacquiao's defeat in politics is welcome news to many boxing fans. ...
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The AdesClrPicker color picker - An interesting tool
2007-05-27 06:00:00
Saw this interesting read on Adesblog about a color picker called AdesClrPicker. Apparently, with the AdesClrPicker, one can capture colors the way they do using Photoshop, with one obvious difference - speed! The AdesClrPicker is one powerful and fast color picker application designed with Web Designers and Web Developers in mind. The software permits the capture of colors anywhere on screen via a single click of the mouse! That's right! Just one click! And get this, its Color Library feature allows the storage, changing, and conversion of colors. Now, that one cool feature!Wait! There's more! Users are given the option to access the last 10 captured colors, which can be displayed in a floating menu (this one is draggable, thus easy positioning). Wow! Here is the AdesClrPicker's full features for details.Oh, system requirements? Yeah, they are at a minimum: Windows PII and above and 128 MB memory above. Pretty neat, huh? ...
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