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New Blog Ready… About to Hit “POST” then… BLACKOUT…. FUUUUUUUUUUU

Vince — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:12:21 +0000

When In Manila imagine being in the middle of an important article that you need to post right away, but right as you add your finishing touches and are about to click that “POST” button… POOF! BLACKOUT! (or as the locals call it: BROWNOUT!) – True story.

If you’re a blogger, social media geek, or just a simple online junkie who loves updating your Facebook or Twitter accounts, then you need to get consistent, fast and reliable internet connection wherever you go!

It’s a different kind of world today where every second could have devastating drawbacks and life changing results. These could be in the form of personal things or business related news from the new world wide web! For WhenInManila.com, we need to know the big stories in and around the metro when they happen, as they happen! So we need to be connected as we go on our daily routines.

Thankfully, we carry around our backup internet stick wherever we are! From our own experience, the Sun Broadband Internet has been the most reliable internet broadband stick in the Metro Manila area. We’ve used it a few times wile out of town, and it just depends where you go and if they have coverage there. Fortunately, Sun Broadband is already available in major cities nationwide! So again, we highly recommend it.

Sun Broadband Put to a Test

When in Manila, we tested Sun broadband at home. Clearly the coverage Sun has in Manila is amazingly vast and fast.

We didn’t expect to get more than 1Mbps speed but hey, it went more than that!

We were able to work on emails, watch youtube videos, and of course, we were able to stalk our favorite Facebook friends and Twitter celebs…. even if the electricity was out!

Loading and using it is pretty easy too even for a noob like me!

I also did a speed test via speedtest.net and here’s the video to show the result:

So there you go, you can Get Consistent, Fast, Reliable Internet Connection with Sun Broadband!

When In Manila, stay connected and find your fun wherever you go!

Most Affordable Way to Stay Connected 24/7: Sun BlackBerry plan 999

Vince — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:53:40 +0000

I’m not sure about you, but in today’s fast paced world, it seems more and more obvious that to stay in-the-know, you need to be connected 24/7!

I swear that just being away from the internet for just a few hours and I’m already feeling out of the loop. From world news, trends, funny memes to just updates between friends, you need to be able to connect with them even when on the fly.

This is especially true for both your personal and professional lives as well. There are many jobs out there that need you to know exactly what’s going in this ever so changing world.

Now, it’s more affordable than ever to stay in touch with the rest of the world!

Enter the Sun BlackBerry Package Plan 999!

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With this, you’ll get unlimited BlackBerry Services, unlimited mobile internet and unlimited call and text to the Sun network.

Emails, Facebook, Twitter, BBM and Instant Messaging (Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk, etc) and so much more of your favorite sites all available at your fingertips for just 999!

You also get faster internet browsing care of the advance data compression technology that comes with your Data Plan, meaning you can surf the web faster than on most other devices.

For a quick minute, let’s just imagine how your world would be if you aren’t connected 24/7.

You may have never heard of Chris Lao:

You may have never know all the coolest trending memes:

You may not have heard the newest and coolest songs:

You may not get the funniest Tweets:

And you may be too late before you get to fix the mess your mom made on Facebook:

In short, When In Manila, get connected! Check out the Sun Blackberry 999 Plan today!

More info on http://www.suncellular.com.ph/postpaid_blackberry_plans.php

Most Affordable Way to Stay Connected 24/7: Sun BlackBerry plan 999 w/ FREE BlackBerry Phones

Berocca Breakfast to Keep the Brain Sharp and Witty

Vince — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:25:17 +0000

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but what they don’t say is what should be part of this ever so important first meal.

I myself need to be quick on my wits and ready for whatever the day throws me. Being a radio dj / writer / host / blogger… I tend to have all sorts of important meetings and events I need to be at all day long. Bouncing around from one venue to another while trying to stay sharp and focused can be a very tricky thing to do!

I’m looking for vitamins that will help me survive my long hectic days, to be in the fast lane and out of the rat race.

Finally, a friend introduced me to Berocca! It’s like instant fuel. Furthermore, I found out that most Berocca users are CEOs, so if you want to outwit them and place yourself within their ranks, you have to have their secret – Berocca!

Berocca is like instant fuel for the mind! In today’s world, it’s those sharp minds who have the big paying positions and sit at the CEO desk!

And I did my own research, Berocca is a clinically proven combination of B vitamins and essential nutrients with a unique synergy of B vitamins (helps release the energy from the food we eat), vitamin C (colds buster) and essential minerals like calcium, magnesium and zinc (which are definitely needed by the body).

Anyway, Berocca comes in a very unique format: All I had to do was drop the tablets into a glass of water and I was ready to go on with the rest of my day with an extra boost of healthy stuff!

I liked taking mine early in the morning right before work to get my head in the game. Try it out for yourself!

Best of all, you can get the complete info on how exactly Berocca helps you perform better and why it gives you a boost by checking out their website here – http://www.berocca.com

Shake it off and Step Up: Motivational Story from a Donkey

Vince — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:12:09 +0000

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hate – Forgive
2. Free your mind from worries – Most never happen
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have
4. Give more
5. Expect less from people but more from yourself

You have two choices… smile and close this page, or pass this along to someone else to share the lesson .

Shake it off and Step Up: Motivational Story from a Donkey

How to Get the New Facebook Timeline and Two Column Homepage Walk Through Instructions

Vince — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:01:22 +0000

Ok, so if you’re one of the early adaptors or if you’re just cool like that… then you may have heard of the possible new Facebook look!

If you weren’t too busy bitching about the new Facebook look, widgets, gadgets and features, then you may have found that there is an even newer one coming our way! One that will unite the entire web under one glorious Facebook!

Welcome to the new Facebook Timeline with the new Facebook Two 2 Column Homepage look!

Want to get this new Facebook Timeline homepage for yourself? Then follow these 10 easy breezy steps!

1. Log in to your Facebook account then go to this link – https://developers.facebook.com/apps – it may ask for your password so go ahead and enter that.

2. You’ll see this page below: Click on Allow

3. On the next page, click on “Create new app”

4. Name it. You can go ahead and name this whatever you want, along with matching whatever namespace you’d like. It really doesn’t matter. Then click on the checkbox “I agree to the platform privacy policy.” And then click Continue, pass the security check by filling in the Captcha.

5. Confirm that you are not a robot and you’l get to this page. Click on “Open Graph”

6. On the next screen, entitled “Get Started with Open Graph” — fill it up with anything you want (it doesn’t matter again) in those spaces under the heading “start by defining one action than one object for your app.” Click Get Started.

7. For the next two screens, do nothing except click on “Save Changes and Next.”

8. You’ll see the screen below. Wait for about 5 minutes…. go watch a video on YouTube or something to give it some time to fix up your profile. Then come back and head over to your regular Facebook homepage (in layman’s terms you can just type in http://Facebook.com and go to your own profile page)

9. You’ll see this new box on top of your original Facebook profile page. This means you aren’t as big of a disappointment that your father may have though you to be…. (kidding). SUCCESS! Click on “Get It Now” – which is also something I recommend you try to do in real life (kidding again)

10. And VOILA! You’re now a Facebook early adapter! You’ll see the page below with your new timeline. It’s not fully functional yet but it should soon be able to take you back all the way to the day you started Facebook! Adding that very emotional attachment you so need to never leave Facebook again!

11. Now work on this page and add your new “Facebook Cover Picture” by clocking on that “Add a Cover” button. This new “Cover Picture” which will be the first thing people see when they come to your page and should look something like this below:

Hope that helped!

Enjoy your new Facebook two column cover picture home page!

How to Get the New Facebook Timeline and Two Column Homepage Walk Through Instructions

Five 5 New Rules to Remember in Life

Vince — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:49:33 +0000

Five 5 New Rules to Remember in Life:

1. Money cannot buy happiness but it’s more comfortable to cry in a BMW than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy but remember the bastard’s name.

3. Help someone when they are in trouble and they will remember you when they’re in trouble again.

4. Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them.

5. Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk.

The Man Bath versus The Woman Bath

Vince — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:47:42 +0000

It is a historic and monumental debate, I mean argument, between couples. The bathroom that is. What belongs in it, what goes where, and when. We created this infographic to help explain the differences in bathroom etiquette between the sexes.

The Man Bath versus The Woman Bath

Drug Addict Profiles: Common Stereotypes on How to Spot a Drug User

Vince — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:28:46 +0000

Drug abuse, chemical dependency and addictive behavior spare no one and are spread throughout society. They don’t respect age, profession, race, religion, or physical attributes. Rehab-Programs.org has put together this informational graphic as a stereotypical example of the extremes. Addicts come in all shapes and sizes and shouldn’t be limited to the views expressed in this document”

Drug Addict Profiles: Common Stereotypes on How to Spot a Drug User

Counterfeit Industry: The High Cost of Counterfeiting

Vince — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:15:59 +0000

Counterfeiting is a major industry, with a network of about 600 billion dollars worth of fake stuff getting churned out every year. What’s more, it grows about 30% annually. Two thirds of all counterfeit goods come from China, and in 2008 there were over 4 million possibly counterfeit listings on eBay alone! Squeezing real goods out of the marketplace and adjusting (lowering) what people are willing to pay for them is another detrimental effect of counterfeit goods. They also cost the people making the genuine articles jobs. It’s estimated that US workers lost 750,000 jobs in one year due to counterfeiting. 100,000 of those jobs were in LA county alone, and 25,000 in Detroit. The false goods from one facility can fill up 16 miles of train cars.

Counterfeit Industry: The High Cost of Counterfeiting

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Geeks: The Richest Geeks in the World

Vince — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:15:17 +0000

It used to be that the world was run by the guys with big personalities, great looks, and a good golf swing. That said, the Internet has changed all that, thanks to a little (OK big) thing called ecommerce. The world of ecommerce has become a wonderland of success for the geeks and nerds of our time. Now it matters far less whether or not you can stay under par, and matters more if you can create a great online shopping solution, master the language of web code, and keep your site running once all the traffic starts pouring in. So, geek or nerd, how do you identify? If you don’t view yourself as one or the other, you might be missing out on the Holy Grail of financial opportunity!

To prove our point, we created this infographic that profiles some of the top geeks and nerds in the world of ecommerce. From Jeff Bezos to Natalie Massenet, these intelligent gurus are making bank – with billions in net worth and a minimum of millions in yearly revenues to their online stores. Check out this rundown of uber-geek power!

Infographic: The Age of the Ecommerce Geek

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Geeks: The Richest Geeks in the World

The Geeks

Jeff Bezos – CEO of Amazon.com (duh). His net worth almost twenty billion dollars. One notable thing about this eccentric billionaire is that when he was younger he rigged up an electric alarm to keep his brothers and sisters out of his room. Then, a la Dexter, he turned his parents’ garage into a laboratory. His love of experimentation hasn’t waned. In 2004 he “launched” a new company called “Blue Origin.” The goal: human space flight from a private company. Take that, Sir Richard.

Jack Ma – Founder of Alibaba. Alibaba, for those of you who don’t know, is one of the biggest internet groups in China (which has, you know, a few people). The company’s crazy internet success may be fueled in part by Ma’s combative upbringing. For starters, he suffered from stunted growth as a child. To make matters worse, his family was ostracized for siding with counter-revolutionary forces during China’s cultural revolution. This meant he got into a lot of fights. This probably turned him into the scrappy ecommerce geek that he is today with a net worth of close to 2 billion dollars.

Pierre Morad Omidyar – Founder and chairman of eBay. So yeah, there’s this little auction site (you’ve probably never heard of it) but it’s called eBay. So, more than 15 years ago, Pierre had a long weekend off and was feeling bored. Like most power ecommerce geeks, he hates having time on his hands, so he said: “I know, I’ll write the original code for an auction house that will eventually revolutionize online buying and selling.” So a case of diet Dr Pepper later (not confirmed) he emerged from his basement and launched the site “Auction Web.” Fast forward to today: almost 7 billion dollar net worth. Boom. Just like that.

Kevin Ryan – Fashion ecommerce geek and founder of Gilt Groupe. Got a taste for the finer things in life? Then you want to know all about Kevin Ryan, founder of Gilt Groupe (you can tell it’s fancy because it’s got an extra “e” on the end!). He scored a BA from Yale in ’85, then got an MBA from INSEAD (which is totally in France!) five years later. Gilt Groupe was founded in 2007 and has raised nearly 80 million dollars in financing at time of writing. Kevin’s geek power is so awesome that by the time you finish reading this, he’ll probably have raised even more money.

Reed Hastings – Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix. Many geeks love math. Reed loved math so much that he majored at math at Bowdoin college where he won the department’s Smyth Prize and Hammond Prize. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in 1983 and has spent the intervening years trying to improve the educational system. In 2010 he earned 5.5 million dollars in compensation.

Patrick M. Byrne – CEO of Overstock.com. Mr. Byrne (“Byrne-ing Man” to his friends – also NOT confirmed) might just be the most educated individual on our list. Despite being way more than normal, he somehow earned a certificate from “Beijing Normal University” alongside his BA in Chinese studies, which he got from a little school called Dartmouth. He decided that they looked lonely on his wall, so he scooped up a masters from Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar. Then to finish off his (current) accomplishments, he got a PhD in Philosophy from Stanford (which I think was his fallback school). Byrne has founded 19 schools internationally, most of which he built by hand with bricks he bakes himself (fictional!). So how much does all that learning get you per year? Byrne takes home only $171,300, probably because he’s worked out that it’s the exact amount that he needs to be happy and provide for all his needs (PhD in Philosophy, remember?).

Tony Hsieh – CEO of Zappos. Geeks know all about treating people with kindness and respect, usually because most of us didn’t get a lot of that from our peers growing up. Rather than being mean to people when we are in control, many geeks decide to try to make the world a better place. Tony’s contribution to the happiness of the world was to create an ecommerce business where every customer service decision was geared DIRECTLY towards making every customer as happy as possible (when buying shoes, anyway). Fellow ecommerce geek Jeff Bezos loved this so much that in 2009 he called up Tony and was like: “I’d like to place an order.” and Tony said: “Okay, what would you like to order?” and Jeff said: “Your whole company.” and Tony, wanting to deliver an awesome customer service experience, quoted Jeff a number. Amazon acquired Zappos for 1.2 billion dollars. Tony then went on to write a book calledDelivering Happiness, all about his entrepreneurial experiences. It spent almost 7 months on the best seller list.

Natalie Massenet – Executive Chairman (Chair-WOMAN!) of Net-a-Porter.com. Let’s face it: geeks and girls don’t always get along. But what about girls who are themselves geeks? Well Natalie is an ecommerce geek who is also a woman and who is also shrewd when it comes to business. Starting off as a fashion editor at Women’s Wear Daily in 1993, the left that job to start her own business: Net-a-Porter. Seventeen years later she sold her shares for fifty million British Pounds (which is like, a lot in American money!). Even without her shares, she stayed on as Executive Chair and will probably put all that money she raised back into her own company to make it even more awesome – because that’s how she rolls. Her site, by the way, gets about 2 million logins every weekend and each person’s average spend is 500 British Pounds (translation: a LOT).