Size of image 1024px wide, default setting is Media-specific size - medium 550px wide. Photo taken at Pitt St Mall in Sydney, 28 October. … [Read more...]
Image to test Postie’s default settings
By November 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
This is an image sent from my mobile phone to test Postie's default image settings in relation to displaying an image with lightbox effect - after installing and activating Simple Lightbox to produce the lightbox effect. I am setting an image sized 1024px wide. My Media setting is medium sized 475px. … [Read more...]
Curious what ATBP stands for?
By October 2, 2011 Leave a Comment
If you're wondering what ATBP stands for, it is an acronym or abbreviation of "At Iba Pa" ~ the Filipino language equivalent of English "and others" or "etcetera". I thought I let our non-Filipino readers know. Under ATBP, we have posts classified under a commonly-known category like "Asides" or other similar posts with subjects ranging from photography to friends, at iba pa. On photography: Did you know that we also have specialist … [Read more...]
Aussie women feel ‘naked’ without their mobile phones
By October 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
For many years, Manila (or the Philippines for that matter) was considered the "text capital" of the world. I guess, it still is. But have a look at this: According to a Daily Telegraph report, women in Australia feel 'naked' without their mobile phones and electronic devices. The survey, conducted on 5,435 women aged between 18 and 65, also found that more women (83 percent vs 42 percent) say they would rather text their friends than talk to … [Read more...]
“Salawikain” and “Ng / Nang” SEO ranking shows the way
By October 1, 2011 2 Comments
If the ranking and visits of "How to correctly use ng and nang" and "Salawikain" are measurements of readers needs for Filipino language resources, then these two posts are fulfilling their reason for being. Using very general terms like "ng nang" and "salawikain" when doing a Google search, the two posts are indexed among the Top 5 webpages. In our own publicly available logs, the "ng nang" post was displaying 49 FB likes and 24 comments … [Read more...]
Revisiting “Grammar, spelling, and poetry”
By November 30, 2010 2 Comments
It's time to revisit what I wrote last February about proper grammar and correct spelling in poetry. In that post, I wrote: "Unfortunately, creative writing is mistaken for a license to dispense and ignore good grammar and correct spelling. Especially these days where most writings are done online and Twitter- and Facebook-based communication is popular, some writers tend to think that good grammar and correct spelling are already things of … [Read more...]
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