Monthly Archives: February 2003

A Mournful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers passed away early this morning. My 6 year old loved watching his show when he was a toddler. Now my dilemma: how to break the news to him. Growing up, we had “Uncle Bob’s Lucky Seven Club,” roughly a Filipino equivalent of Mr. Fred Rogers’s show. [links via The Rowster and Blogs4God]
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Smells like the Sun

Because I now take public transportation regularly, I expose my poor self to the elements. The other day when my wife picked me up from the BART station, she said, “Amoy araw ka (you smell like the sun).” Now this doesn’t mean I smelled Tide-fresh. Rather it means I smelled like the outdoors. You know, [...]
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Public Transpo

This is my second day taking public transportation. My car broke down during before the Christmas holidays. I was driving my parents’ car for a while when they went to the Philippines. I had it for a month until they got back. Fortunately for us, my parents were playing travel tag with my wife’s parents. [...]
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Rediscovery of a Pinoy Web Classic

I was delighted to come across The Wily Filipino, formerly Tamad!, home of the classic “The Wit and Wisdom of Imelda Marcos”. I was introduced to Benito M. Vergara, Jr.‘s site a few years back through Ken Ilio’s comprehensive list of Filipino sites. I’m glad he’s kept the site alive after all these years — [...]
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Microsoft buys Virtual PC

Aaahh. More acquisition news this week. Personally, I use Virtual PC to open PC files on my Mac it otherwise can’t (AVIs, EXEs, etc.). The last time Microsoft bought a Mac-friendly company, it delayed the Mac version of its product. Halo was originally going to be released first on the Mac until Microsoft decided to [...]
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