Category: Tech Talk

Miscellany of questions and information tidbits on day-to-day interaction with technology

Maria Ressa’s obsession with Facebook is like that of a jilted lover over her ex

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 benign0 21 Comments

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa just can’t stop once she gets started about Facebook. Indeed, she got started on Facebook way back when she threw a massive embrace around the gargantuan social media platform in the early days when she pitched her organisation as a “social news network”. Like many media organisations at the time, Rappler…

Media, Tech Talk

Not a Crackdown, Only Enforcement..

October 19, 2018 joeld 11 Comments

So the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is caught off guard regarding the repercussions of the enforcement of rules for modified vehicles. They do not have any implementing guidelines whatsoever. The LTO has now earned the ire and the hatred of most of the 4×4 community. To me it’s a simple solution. Other countries already have their…

Government, Lifestyle, Tech Talk

Article on self-important Rappler anti-fake-news “soldiers” published by @NYTimesWorld

October 10, 2018 benign0 4 Comments

You gotta hand it to the circlejerk relationship Rappler manages to cling on to with the New York Times. This recent article, Soldiers in Facebook’s War on Fake News Are Feeling Overrun makes like CEO Maria Ressa’s Rapplerettes are on a mission from God. The tone of the piece goes beyond drama into the realm…

Media, Tech Talk

Upgrades, anyone?

September 24, 2018 joeld 36 Comments

As I type this on my old T420 laptop, annoyed about how its performance has greatly diminished with age, I have my iPhone 6s plugged into it charging for the 2nd time today, also annoyed at how its battery capacity has greatly decreased over the last three years. I am convinced that I will need…

How I Learned To Cope With The Death of The iPod Nano

July 3, 2018 Gogs 10 Comments

I have always been a iPod Nano fanatic. Which already makes me a rare breed. The problem with being a rare breed is by definition you are under represented in the marketplace. If you are under represented then your wants don’t tend to be addressed. Your cell phone is not only your phone…

Tech Talk, Technology

Mathematical proof that the Ateneo “AMDG” slogan contributes ZERO to God’s glory

June 29, 2018 benign0 13 Comments

In school, most Ateneans will have acquired the habit of writing the acronym “AMDG” at the top of their exam papers or any important schoolwork and then affixing a cross on top of it. AMDG stands for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, Latin for the presumptuous phrase “for the greater glory of God”. This practice has…

Education, Religion, Tech Talk

Facebook users should be left to decide what is fake and what is authentic

April 17, 2018 benign0 14 Comments

When Rappler CEO Maria Ressa announced what was supposed to be a momentous “partnering” of her “social news network” and Vera Files with social media giant Facebook to “fact check” Filipinos’ social media activities, she was probably expecting to be lauded as a “hero” in the world’s “fight” against disinformation. Instead, the opposite has happened….

Society, Tech Talk

Rappler “fact checking” partnership with Facebook is turning into a FIASCO

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 benign0 5 Comments

No matter what they do, the Opposition led by the Liberal Party cannot wash the yellow stain off their Yellowtard brand. Despite many rallies organised and many “reminders” to “wear white” in those rallies, the Opposition will, in the eyes of the majority of Filipinos, remain as Yellow as day-old piss. Branding, after all, is…

Media, Tech Talk