Tag Archives: Pinoy

Girl Scout Cookies

Posted on January 29, 2005 by danieldyl

It’s Girl Scout Cookie season. We’ve already ordered a batch of cookies from my co-worker and from an old neighbor visiting the area. Of course, they were selling them for their daughters. This article calls the whole enterprise “stressful.”…  Read more

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Digital Pinay

Posted on January 20, 2005 by danieldyl

A whole lot of brouhaha is buzzing in pinoy online circles over a “glorified beauty pageant” being organized by the Philippine Computer Society.

When I saw the subject line “The Search for Digital Pinay 2005 is on!” in…  Read more

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Double-Take at the Tonys

Posted on June 7, 2004 by danieldyl

I caught the tail-end of an energetic number by the cast of Wonderful Town at the Tony Awards on TV last night. At center stage was Donna Murphy, whose animated performance reminded me of Elizabeth Ramsey,…  Read more

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MoBloggin’ with an Old PDA

Posted on May 5, 2004 by danieldyl

Pinoy programmer Mike Manzano* updates his blog almost entirely from an ancient PDA, the Apple Newton. See how he does it in this Wired article.

*any relation, Rick?

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Banana Republican

Posted on April 27, 2004 by danieldyl

I may have found Robert Tagorda‘s female counterpart. Rachel Jurado is a Filipina, a Catholic, and a (gasp) Republican. She’s a dean’s lister at George Dubya U. in D.C. and is taking Early Modern European Studies. She’s…  Read more

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