EdZee's Net Logs

Again, Is I-Café An ISP? (1)

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I had previous articles on the subject of what is an Internet service provider (ISP) and on the question of whether an internet café (i-café) is an ISP or not. I was again confronted with the question when I had a meeting last week with the officers of the Criminal Investigation ... [more]

Recent Posts

Making The Digital Plan Works (1)

9/03/11 •

Remember the Philippine Digital Strategy for 2011 to 2016 (PDS 2011-16) which was announced by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) just a few days before it was downgraded and renamed as Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO)? Well, it seems it will not shelved after all. The newly-named ... [more]

Riding A Tricycle In Our City (3)

9/01/11 •

How much is the ride in a tricycle in your area? Here in Marikina City, we pay PhP16.00 minimum for a one-kilometer ride from a tricycle terminal to any place in their designated route. As soon as you come aboard a tricycle on queue in a terminal, the driver will immediately ... [more]

Analyzing My Popular Posts (Comments Off)

8/30/11 •

Bloggers are advised to show a list of their most popular posts to readers and I decided to do so lately. At the bottom right of all the pages here in my blog, I installed the WordPress Popular Posts widget that parses the data on my WordPress.com Stats plugin. Due to ... [more]

Blogging With A Hackintosh PC (Comments Off)

8/28/11 •

Yes, I am now using a Hackintosh PC for my personal computing and blogging activity. It actually is a pre-owned IBM ThinkPad X60s ultraportable notebook installed with legally obtained retail version of Mac OS X version. 10.6.7 (Snow Leopard) operating system. The unit was recently handed down to me by one ... [more]

Surfing With Smart ALWAYS ON (Comments Off)

8/26/11 •

Nowadays, my regular job in the mornings of Mondays through Fridays is be with our only ‘apo’ in going to her Kindergarten school. From 8:30 AM till 11:00 AM of those days, I have to kill time at her school’s campus while she attends her classes. Most of the time, I ... [more]

Increasing Access From Homes (1)

8/24/11 •

In my immediate past article about having cheap broadband in our country, I made mention about the recent results of the 3rd Yahoo-Nielsen Net Index Survey where it was revealed that a shift from shared to private access is fast shaping up in the Philippines. Worded another way, the study showed ... [more]