Am trying out BackPack an online personal information manager, idea collaboration tool, blog.
The idea for this is to have different pages for various projects that you want to keep track of. Each page has it own set of to-do lists, notes. Plus you decide who can view a page.
All that’s missing is the kitchen sink and per-page rss feeds. But hopefully those will come shortly!
If you’re free on the 7th and happen to be in Manila, why not join the First Philippine Blog Summit. Nice to see that the blogging community in the Philippines has reached such proportions as to warrant having a summit.
From today’s Visayan Daily Star:
The picture of the main page shows policemen uprooting “suspected” marijuana plants.
Two thoughts come to mind:
(1) Why suspected marijuana plants? Will there be a retraction if the plants turn out to be ferns
(2) Wait a minute, were these plants growing AT the Bacolod City Police Office?
Jake is back, Terai will be here tomorrow and we’re watching Kingdom of Heaven
Can it get any better?
Aside from Enid Blyton, one of my favorite childhood treasures was Tintin, a series of comic books about a young reporter and various adventures he gets into with his friends.
First published in 1929, the series consists of 24 comics. I spent three collecting nearly all the books, my favorite being Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon.
What I loved about the comics was the adventures and the different cultures that Tintin got to experience. And who couldn’t help but love the bumbling Professor Calculus!
More Links:
The Tintin fanlisting
Comic cover wallpapers
Tintin Wikipedia
Geobloggers has come up with a way to map pictures
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Today is World Press Freedom Day and sad to say the Philippines is considered the “most murderous country for journalists. That is shocking considering how we’re a nation with a free press.
Since 1986, 52 journalists have been murdered and only 1 case has been successfully prosecuted. Reporters Without Borders reports that “A culture of impunity reigns, for which the highest government authorities are responsible”
I’ve always had this idea of the Philippines, in spite of its flaws, to be an open society where people can and are encouraged to express their opinions (unlike other countries) but then I remember this is also a country where perpretrators believe themselves (and in many cases are) to be above the law.
Further reading : Reporters without Borders Annual Report