Archive for May, 2007

Reciprocal Links Still Count! Imagine That

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Matt Cutts said this, or Matt Cutts said that, I heard it so many times I tend to just ignore it. Granted, Matt is in a position to know more about how a search engine works than just about anyone else, and he does cavort a bit with SEO sorts from time to time, [...]

The Rainy Season has begun

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

In most of The Philippines there are two seasons, The Hot Season, and The Rainy Seaon. In North-Western Philippines there are often three distinct seasons; Winter from December through February which has dry, cool weather, Summer from March through May with dry, hot weather, and the Rainy Season from June through November marked by thunderstorms [...]

Living and Loving It in The Philippines

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Sometimes I wonder how I could have gotten so lucky, with all the
screwed up things I did when I was younger. Life could not be better.
I have my whole wife’s family living in my 6-bedroom house here.
Since I figured I would end up supporting her family anyway, why not
just do it up front, get a [...]

Filipino Inferiority Complex

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Much of the problem with The Philippines is one of history and geographics (I mean the lay of the land). As an archipelago of 7000 islands, the country was never unified prior to the Spanish arriving some 500 years ago. Before then, there was constant wars between island chiefdoms. Thus, there is no unified natural [...]

Philippine Beauty Pageant — Hiyas Mindanao

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

My Philippines SEO company, Sticky Media Solutions, Inc., is sponsoring the Hiyas Mindanao Filipina Beauty Pageant. Basically, we are providing Sigma Beta Sorority of The Philippines with a free website and hosting.

The lighting was not the best. The swimsuit competition was supposed to begin at 5:00 PM, but some delays caused it not [...]

Jerry Falwell, burn in Hell!

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She’s gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let’s open up and sing and ring the bells [...]

Complaint Dismissed

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

A complaint was filed against me in The Philippines for “Grave Threats” and for “Concealing Deadly Weapon”. The Complaint was filed with the Office of The City Prosecutor, in Cagayan de Oro City, I.S. No. 2007-362 (Grave Threats) and I.S. No. 2007-363. The complaint itself was pretty insane, and the case was dismissed [...]

Five Indented Listings at Google

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

I have never seen five indented results at Goolge before.

The top indented return is a Supplemental Result as is the fourth one.  I must guess Google was just trying to fill the page.

Typical Philippine Public Utility Pole

Monday, May 14th, 2007

A pole that looks like this is a common site in Cagayan de Oro and other cities in The Philippines.

I’ve linked the image above to a 1600 x 1200 pixel version of it.  Click the image to see the detail.

2007 Philippine mid-term Elections

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

The voting is on Monday, May 14, 2007.  There are almost 46,000 candidates vying for nearly 18,000 political positions in congress and in local governments.
A nation-wide gun-ban has been in effect since January 14, 2007, which was imposed by the CommElect (The Commission on Elections), and it ends on June 14, 2007, a month after [...]