State of the Blogging Nation

I've been bloghopping the last few days which I haven't done in years. It's amazing to see the current state of blogs these days compared to when I started blogging in 1998.

For one, I'm not the lone sawi blogger anymore. There are far more people these days who are blogging about their lovelife, or shall I say the lack there of. Personally, I've said everything that I could ever say about my situation so it's definitely a breath of fresh air to read other people's words instead. Parang nakaharap lang ako sa salamin kapag binabasa ko ang mga posts nila. HaHa!

It's also amazing the quality of pictures that people put on their pages. Amateur photography at its finest! Technology nga naman! Gone are the days that bloggers have to scan their pictures because of film cameras! Okay, I just aged myself right there.

But there seems to be this fad currently (just like blog rings, moving icons, MIDIs, and flickR badges through the years): bloggers avoiding posting pictures of themselves on their blogs. That's unheard of in my realm especially with Pen and Raissa since you can practically trace their family tree by using all the pictures they have on their site. HeHe! In this age of Faceb00k, hindi ko naiintindihan kung bakit may mga tao pang hindi makakapal ang mga mukha at hindi naglalantad ng mga pictures nila. ;P

So how have I changed as a blogger through the years? Hmmm... I don't really know. The experiences have changed, hence the topics have been different as well. There are more distractions these days so there's less time to sit and write about more thought-provoking entries (naks!) than I used to. But I'm definitely thankful that I know a small group of people who I've managed to hang out with not only on their website, but in real life too (in Pinas even!)...and have gotten to know their families...and their single, male relatives. HaHa!

I wonder what the next ten years will bring. Note to self: si Piolo sana...kahit his likeness lang, puwede na. ;P

Lady in Red

It's been a little less than three years since I gave birth. I'm happy to announce that Papa and I have a new addition to the family. Meet Red:



It's the most adorable thing since...well, since Kulay. It's so small! The story behind this is that when I was walking around the neighborhood last summer, my pants kept falling down because Kulay was so heavy (remember, he's an iPod Color, waaaay before the iPods went on a diet). Hence, it was time for a new baby. Kulay will be used during travel and in the office while Red will be used during exercise. What's even nicer is I got a sweet deal on this: $48 including s/h. How sweet it is to be loved by you, Red.

The Buck Stops Here

The biggest frustration at work: I can't change our college's web site to make it "better".
The biggest frustration at being a newly elected Board of Director: I can't change our organization's web site to make it "better".

I guess this only means one thing: I need to pour out all my frustrations and finally redesign my personal web site. There's the new year's resolution!

Totally CSSed Out

While many people are preparing for Thanksgiving by pulling out recipes and cooking, I am doing something else: learning CSS (Quick, how do you say "geek" en espanol?) I'm spending all day tomorrow at work to attend a Dreamweaver Level 1 class (and Level 2 will be two Saturdays from tomorrow).

My goal is that by Thanksgiving, this page will be all CSSed-out. May all those night classes of XHTML, CSS, and Dreamweaver pay off soon...so I can freelance on the side. HaHa!

Techie

It's really true: I got a new cellphone!

For those who have been ashamed to be around me with my borrowed Nokia 3310 in the last year, I'm sure you're all rejoicing right now. HaHa!

I now have a phone that has Bluetooth, camera, MP3 ringtones, and actually saves my outgoing messages. But who am I kidding? I'm just happy that it has a colored screen! HaHa!

I guess the family tree is now complete:

• Papa the Powerbook laptop
  
• Kulay the iPod Color MP3 player
  
• Silver the Casio Exilim Z55 digital camera
  
• MotoMina the Motorola L6 cellphone

(Yes, I'm such a geek for naming my technos3xual gadgets. And shame on me for being materialistic.)

Data vs. Music

I swear you learn something new everyday. I was reading the Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 help topics earlier and found a wealth of information! No wonder someone took the time to write them and include them with my computer! Wow!

So apparently there's a huge difference between a Data CD-R and a Music CD-R. If you record music on a Data CD-R, it will not play on a regular cd player/stereo. No wonder Justin won't sing in my bedroom! I've been wondering why that was so! I also found out the difference between WAV, MP3, and WMA files. Ooh la la.

The bad news to all of this is that I have 100 blank Data CD-Rs and no Music CD-Rs. Note to self: find out first what you need then get it, instead of the other way around. Note to self #2: the same should be applied when looking for a man. *cough*

The Library Is My Friend

My most visited website in the past week has been my library's web catalog. I've said before that after I graduate, I'll re-discover the things that I've put off in the last four years, which includes "reading for fun." I've finished two books in the last three days and I'm loving it (I think that sentence is in the running for the geekiest thing I have said in the past year!). Anyway, I also discovered that the public libraries "are down with it." I never knew they had contemporary stuff until today. I just borrowed "You've Got Mail" and Aaliyah's last two albums from the library. Who needs Kazaa when you have a library card! (If you read between the lines, you would find out that this effort is simply to save me some money for the Philippines 2003 trip. HeHe.)