Here’s a great income opportunity for individuals or teams looking for work. I’m looking for dedicated, reliable people whom I can assign blogs on various topics that include (among others): real estate, insurance, health, beauty, entertainment, technology, and others.

I don’t need too much expertise in English, but what I need are people who are reliable, dependable and who can write well. Familiarity with WordPress and blogging will be an advantage.

You should be able to work reasonably fast, and with minimal supervision. You will not be required attendance at any office, as this is writing work, and you are only required to submit/upload works regularly. However, I will usually follow up on deadlines, whenever necessary.

How to apply: send …

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Last month I got so excited about the PLDT Wireless landine SIM that Jepoy sent me. I wanted to see for myself how “wireless landlines” fared. And what made PLDT Landline Plus attractive was that you can plug the SIM card into any GSM phone. No need to purchase a phone based on other technologies (i.e., CDMA).

However, my expectations were not met.

Signal was good. Registering for a monthly prepaid plan was simple enough. And voice quality is generally OK. My biggest gripe is the interconnection with other networks, namely BayanTel.

I know I’m considered to be a BayanTel loyalist, as I’ve often reviewed their services here, and I’ve been a BayanTel subscriber for more than ten years now. Our home landline …

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Since my work involves all things new media, my wife suggested I get a new laptop as a backup device for those times when I need power and mobility. Apart from the Mac Mini I use as my main work machine, my two-year old Compaq V2000, and the Asus Eee I carry around almost anywhere, I do certainly think I need another one.

We’ve been eyeing several brands and models previously. And this included the new Acer Gemstone series. From experience, I wasn’t too keen with Acer laptops, given some (perceived) quality issues. I thought this would be fixed with the Gemstone. But some colleagues who have been using Acer Gemstone laptops say otherwise.

So we’re left with other brands. …

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Inspired by a couple of posts by Jeremy Wagstaff (Power Thieves and Power to the Consumer) I thought of compiling a list of establishments in Metro Manila that freely let users plug in their electronic devices like mobile phones, laptops, ultraportables and other devices for charging.

I know that with battery technology and computing architecture these days, you should be able to squeeze out at least three hours of life from your laptop or ultraportable. But there are just those days when you need extra juice.

These establishments usually offer either paid or free WiFi access, whether it be in-house, part of a WiFi hotspot network, or have neighboring establishments that have wireless access.

Here are a few I know. I’ll …

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The in thing in the Philippine telco market today is the wireless landline service. It’s somehow a mix of mobile phone service and landline service: the focus is on voice calls, but the service is usually not limited within a home or office.

There are various reasons why the Philippines is called the texting capital of the world. For one, text messaging is cheaper than voice calls (at least in the country). Secondly, Filipinos are known not to be a bit on the shy side when it comes to communicating. So we would rather text than call because the impersonal nature of texting serves as a veil between the communicants—one doesn’t have to worry about emotions or reactions. And for …

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