I’m taking a little time off from blogging. Heck, might as well, my entries are getting more and more sparse. I’m a little uninspired right now but I do have a list of things in queue to blog about someday. I just need to sort some stuff out here at home and at work. Nothing serious, just regular, everyday stuff that’s piled up and need my attention. So toodaloo. See you in a bit.
Cousin Marco recently announced he’s got his art/portfolio sites up for viewing. He’s also put up a blog (naughty, naughty, Marc!). The top half of his head that serves as a graphic on his blog could very well be grafted on to any one of the bottom half of our (guy cousins’) faces. The hairline, forehead and bushy eyebrows are so typical of our branch of the family! Another cousin, Nate, as mentioned earlier, also has a blog. That makes three of us. But wait, there’re more. Tina over here has managed to keep her personal site alive over the years (it’s not being updated anymore though). Lolo Tom (my late grandpa’s brother) maintains the clan site (sorry, it’s password-protected). Lolo Tom gives an account of how their father emigrated to the Philippines in the late 1800s from the Fujian province of China and how he eventually settled in Naga City in Bicol.
The rest of the clan appear to be scattered all over the net.
This site details the “genealogy, history and origin” of my paternal grandmother’s side of the family, the Ursua family of Bicol. It’s amazing how the surname has been traced back to a certain Juan de Ursua who lived in the Basque Kingdom of Navarra in the 1300s.
Now my mom’s side is not so visible on the net but I know for sure that a secretive younger cousin of mine maintains a Xanga site that I’ve yet to discover.
I’m not sure if this is the longest blogging dryspell I’ve had but the new year sure started busy. On top of regular work, there’s a couple of projects I’m juggling. At home the wife decides to rearrange the rooms, displacing a whole bunch of stuff. We have to sift through mounds of junk out in the living/dining room, picking out which things to throw out, donate or keep. I trust everything will look neat and be in its proper place afterwards though.
Although it’s been a little anemic blog-wise lately, I have no shortage of web traffic. This blog post here has been attracting a lot of attention. It’s currently ranked no. 9 in Google search results!*
(*I suppose it no longer is. It virtually dropped off in top ranking. This keyword combination brings it up to the top though. But I’m sure it won’t last. Oh well.)
This one-handed keyboard spells relief for people such as me who need a break from two-handed typing. With this newfangled contraption my right hand can do all the typing, giving my sprained left hand a much needed rest. Even after my hand heals, the FrogPad would come in handy, especially when I carry the baby and code at the same time. For concept alone, I give it two thumbs up.
I suppose hell now is experiencing a prolonged ice age. Apple partners with Hewlett-Packard to produce HP-branded digital music players. Of all PC makers though, H-P I think is the most compatible with Apple. It has recently made a commitment to make products that are “sleek, not geek”. I’m actually impressed by their recent ad campaign. One of their commercials I particularly like is the digital photography one featuring The Cure’s “Pictures of You”. It was only a matter of time that a camera maker would use the song as a soundtrack for its commercials.
p.s. Mr. Bill Hewlett is an alumnus of my high school in San Francisco.