Archive for July, 2008
This is just a quick post which reflects some of my silly thoughts as a person. Yeah I can be silly at times. Christian Bale (Batman, The Dark Knight) was arrested on charges of assault before the premiere night of The Dark Knight in London, England. I have blogged about this last night in my [...]
July 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Personal Thoughts | 5 Comments
My wife and I were discussing Nursing trends and issues last night and one of the topics we dealt with was the oversupply of nurses in the Philippines. The discussion was prompted by her batchmates in college comlaining about the difficulty of finding job opportunities for nurses or nursing graduates. This was no longer a [...]
July 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Nursing Research | 22 Comments
I was actually thinking of giving away custom t-shirts this Christmas to friends in the blogosphere as part of my celebration of the Holiday Season. As I’ve written before, this is one of the small businesses I own and operate here in Ilocos Norte – custom t-shirt printing. I admit though that this year is [...]
July 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Business | 2 Comments
After discussing in brief what to expect in WordPress 2.6 in the article “WordPress 2.6 Stable Release: Will you Upgrade?” and some of the immediate problems encountered just after upgrading to WordPress 2.6 in relation to image alignment, here comes a possible fix to this error in WordPress programming. Yes, the developers of WordPress should [...]
July 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Blogging, WordPress | 23 Comments
Knowing that the Philippines is frequently visited by typhoons (or cyclones), it is advisable to know the common diseases and health conditions that can be acquired or developed during rainy days. The rainy season in the Philippines is one period where many Filipinos get sick. Usually, these illnesses are water-borne.
July 19th, 2008 | Posted in Environment | 7 Comments
Personally, I hate the judiciary system of the Philippines. I’ve seen (and had some experiences) legal cases in different levels and was not happy about the results. Some could say money talks big time in the court rooms. Sorry to lawyers and judges who might be reading this article but I hate lawsuits. They are [...]
July 18th, 2008 | Posted in Society | 8 Comments
After the wrath of Typhoon Frank, which ravaged the Visayas regions last month, Typhoon Helen hit my home province, Ilocos Norte. Typhoon Helen was not as strong as Typhoon Frank but it still affected everybody’s lives. Too bad, the Philippines is situated in a typhoon belt so Filipinos like this blogger should expect more typhoons [...]
July 18th, 2008 | Posted in Personal Thoughts | 8 Comments
After testing the WordPress 2.6 Beta 3 release, which caused problems with my TinyMCE, here comes WordPress 2.6 stable release ready for download. If you are still using either one of the Beta releases of WordPress 2.6 (Beta 1, Beta 2 or Beta 3), read these test results.
July 16th, 2008 | Posted in Blogging, WordPress | 12 Comments
If you are a heavy cell phone (or cellphone) user, you might want to curb your addiction to cell phones especially if you’re using it mainly for calling and texting is only secondary. Cell phone use is inevitable in modern societies, I admit. We use them everyday to call the office, our loved ones, our [...]
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Nursing Research | 14 Comments
if you are looking for the Ms. Universe 2008 winners and results, here is the link. My internet connection was down the whole day and I failed to update my sites as soon as possible -> Ms. Universe 2008 winners (including some pictures)
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in Contests | No Comments
Here is a good topic for Nursing research. This is just a recommendation and the study does not apply to everyone and may not be conducted everywhere due to some constraints. One of the Nursing researches I have handled in Ilocos Norte is on homosexuality. A group of undergraduate students asked me for a good [...]
July 11th, 2008 | Posted in Nursing Research | 9 Comments
Back in high school and college, one my most beloved talents was writing scripts for stageplays, be it drama or comedy. For whatever reason, I took up mathematics as my major then focused on programming and research later. Even at this point in life, I don’t know my real role. All the world’s a stage [...]
July 11th, 2008 | Posted in Society | No Comments