by Alex | Sep 19, 2024 | Technology
The other night, the Meralco transformer on our street went kaput. It caused power fluctuations and low voltage for a few minutes and an all-out outage eventually. We were partly spared from a total brownout since we had some power banks, rechargeable fans, and lights...
by Alex | Mar 22, 2024 | Business, Internet, Lifestyle, Technology
I was checking up on a bunch of things tucked away in our storage spaces. Even in proper storage, you can’t be sure if they’d hold up no thanks to the heat and humidity. Somewhere underneath old boxes, I chanced upon the kid’s foldable stroller. We...
by Alex | Aug 6, 2020 | Education, Internet, Lifestyle, Technology
We bit the bullet and enrolled The Kid to preschool. She’s starting school next week. Partly, there’s that parental fear that she will be left behind if she doesn’t enroll this year. Partly, we’re just looking for new activities for her to do....
by Alex | Jan 11, 2019 | Gaming, Sports, Technology
Weight loss has always seemed to be a Sisyphean task for me. We have a family history of obesity so darn genetics for giving me the fat gene. And having been obese in my younger years, my fat cells just want to swell up whenever I succeed in getting trim. My constant...
by Alex | Sep 20, 2016 | Business, Technology
Ah… The IT department where the verisimilitude of the IT Crowd hits home so well. Just read Tales from Tech Support on Reddit. But the inverse also applies. Howe many of us has been screwed over by bad IT departments. I’ve been with startups and small...
by Alex | Jan 6, 2015 | Life, Lifestyle, Technology
Adulthood does bring a lot of change into people. Either you mellow out and start appreciating life a bit more or you become ornery and be the mean bastard yelling at kids to get off the lawn. I think I’m more of the latter. Given my temperament, I was hoping...
