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Archive for December, 2006

Palm Ticket Dispensers

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

*  I just noticed that there are at least 2 bus lines plying the Cavite-Manila area wherein the conductors are using a Palm device w/ ticket dispenser to dispense tickets with.
*  The devices look very much like a Palm Tungsten E, w/ a huge ticket dispenser at the back w/c dispenses tickets in [...]

UFC 66 On RPN 9

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

* The biggest announcement of UFC 66, was probably that QUENTIN JACKSON & MIRCO CROCOP were going to be fighting in UFC 67. One big news in the boxing world in 2006 was the emergence of MMA as a serious challenger to boxing in terms of PPV domination. W/ Crocop & Jackson [...]

MRT 3 & LRT 1 Ride (Dec. ‘06)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

I was able to ride both the LRT 1 & MRT 3 again recently, & below were my observations:
MRT 3
* I rode at around 7:00 pm, & at that time, there weren’t any long lines in the ticket booths, nor were the trains sardine-packed.
* The trains look very good. No peeled off stickers, or [...]

Arms & Defense Show (Nov. 2006)

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

* I used to go a lot into these gun shows, almost every year, up until about the last 2 years. I just got a bit tired of seeing the same stuff over & over again, I guess. Never got to buy a lot of stuff, since I’m not a regular shooter, [...]

LCD Monitor – TV Tuner Setup

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

I just recently discovered that it is possible to mate an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Computer Monitor w/ a TV Tuner to enable one to come up w/ something very similar to LCD TVs, but at a promisingly much lower price.
An LCD TVs, or LCD Monitor-TV Tuner setup has distinct advantages over standard CRT (Cathode [...]