A New Year Wrap Up
A wrap up of what I have been busy this past year and what I am trying to achieve. A few advances in technology that I am grabbing and I am using. We should stop slacking and saying “I can’t do it” since we can all do it.
Category: General
Site news and updates
Coder is Going to Offcon
Coder is attending OffCon today. OffCon is one of the largest gatherings of Filipino Freelancers, entrepreneur and enthusiast. This is also a chance to meet up some of my PayPal friends.
DJ Paradise Resort First Impression
There is a hidden place in Malolos called DJ Paradise Resort, a small spot of land along Mc Arthur Highway. It is just 40 mins away from the busy streets of Cubao, Quezon City.
Budget Shopping Using Zalora
Zalora is one of the major players in online shopping with specialty in the clothing and garments department. Unlike its competitors that act as a drop shipper, Zalora produce and deliver the items that they are selling.
Goodbye Chikka
Goodbye Chikka, the free SMS application via web and via app is now bidding it’s farewell, Chikka have been up for almost 2 decades and have partnered with Globe, Sun and Smart. It was acquired a few years ago by PLDT under Voyager.
It is a wild guess that Chikka is no longer profitable due to the massive switch of people from mobile text and call into instant messaging over the internet.
Globe GoUnli No Capping Plans is Back
Globe have resurrected their no capping packages with the latest Globe GoUnli No Capping Plans. Users can now say goodbye to capped and slowed down connections.
The plans are for fixed line broadband and comes with free Globe Telecom phone lines for FREE with unlimited calls to TM and Globe for 24 months.
Kwago Thermal Drone
A Filipino made “Search and Rescue” drone specialized for night operations was built by talented Filipino men and a finalist with the United Arab Emirates Drones for a Good Awards. The project code named “Kwago” is an app controlled drone equipped with a thermal imaging camera for heat signature readings from the ground, a pattern recognition software, auto take-off and landing AI (on case of collision), working sonar sensors and ads-b system, a fully packed search drone.
The project was patterned on how owls (Kwago) travels in pitch black with their sonars, adjusting the altitude or even velocity if needed to avoid collisions. This is a very neat feature specially the increase in risk with drones colliding with different aircraft. The sonar sensors enable Kwago to “see” these aircraft and in return enables the later to see the drone on their radar.
Server Upgrade [Update]
[UPDATE]
The server have been restarted, partition adjusted and boosted with 1GB more of RAM. This will be the last server restart unless we need to change hardware. Sorry for the delays it caused.
Server is now faster than before with 25GB extra space for cache from the partition adjustment.
Facebook Reactions Roll Out in the Philippines
Go beyond the thumbs up, the widely tested Facebook Reactions are now being rolled out in the Philippines.
Google Chrome Ending Support for Windows XP, Vista and OS X 10.8
Marc Pawliger, Director of Engineering and Early Notifier, announces that Google Chrome will no longer support a few operating system which was officially declared to be at the end of development by their mother companies.
Google Chrome is closing its door to Windows XP, Windows Vista and OS X 10.8 at the end of the year. Windows XP and Windows Vista was no longer actively supported by Microsoft on exception to Windows XP for business being used by ATM Machines. Mac OS 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 will no longer be supported by Apple starting April 2016.
