Feb
25
Changed Themes, Added MP4 Player…..
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I changed Wordpress theme today from the Semiologic freebie that I was previously using to Gobala Krishnans’ Super Adsense Theme. I like to be able to have some control on any Wordpress blogs that I have and that is not possible if you have the freebie version of Semiologic, although it looks pretty.
With Gobala’s theme, if you have some knowledge in html or php editing, it’s possible to make your blog as what you would like it to look. And if you are an adsense publisher, you don’t have to worry about tweaking the theme for more because what the theme title says is what it is - it’s adsense ready.
With this blog, I don’t want to display any adsense ads, so what I did is to edit every single file that contains the adsense blocks and presto - a better suited blog theme for Adobo Republic dot Net.
If anyone wanted to get ahold of this Wordpress theme, head on to Gobala Krishnans’ Easy Wordpress page at www.themes.easywordpress.com
If you wanted to see how the theme would look like, other than what you’re seeing in my blog right now, you can checkout www.gobalakrishnan.com, where you may also learn a few things about internet marketing if that interests you.
Another feature that I added to AdoboRepublic.net today is a multimedia player plugin that I found while browsing the WWW. It plays both audio and video and the default is the video player. Cool Player is — cool….
Check it out and listen to two favorite songs of my little princess at the Audio Page. I still have to tweak it a bit more, though, because whenever you switch pages, the player stops playing. For now I made it open another window for the Audio page.
Here’s the link if you want to try the multimedia plug in, download.coolcode.cn/coolplayer.zip
That’s all for now people. Til next time.
Peace.
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Feb
16
Towards A Common Objective (Part 1)
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Note: Mixed English and Tagalog post.
There is a post by the Admin of www.PinoyWarriors.com (Feb. 5, 2007) about pooling together the talent and skills of interested members of the forum for a common objective - to be on equal footing with the Indians in the IT and internet marketing arena (http://pinoywarriors.com/viewtopic.php?t=333).
To those who don’t know, the Indians had been in the forefront of IT, outsourcing and other technology related industry for decades now. They are consistent, they never stop improving their skills both inside India or in the worldwide arena. Their private sector is a potent instrument of achievement that most other newly industrialized country could only envy. Together with China, India is a country that has bright hopes for the future.
Balik tayo dun sa thread na binanggit ko sa itaas, tungkol sa idea ni Ed Pudol (admin ng pinoywarriors). Magandang ideya yun, sa totoo lang - napakagandang ideya nun. Sana nga madali lang magkaron ng katuparan yung naiisip ni Admin. Pero, ‘di kaya mahirapan si Admin na i-organize ang kahit na anong project ang maisip nila?
Meron kayang sapat na will power, drive o hindi kaya ningas kugon lang ang maging resulta ng ano man maumpisahan nila?
Di ko sinisiraan ng loob ang mga myembro ng PinoyWarriors o ni Admin sa naisip nyang ideya, pero ang dami nang istorya (chismis lang siguro) ng mga ganitong magagandang project na naiisip tayo, paguusapan, pagkatapos kapag naisip na ang mga haharaping problema o kaya kung maisip na makaka-istorbo sa lifestyle nila yung project na inumpisahan, nawawalan na ng gana na matupad yung original na goal.
Sana kung anuman maisip ng grupo ng PinoyWarriors na project para sa grupo nila, yun lang sanang realistically feasible para sa lahat ng member ng grupo na sasali sa project. Siguro naman, kung paano lang kikita sa internet ang pagkakaisahan nila, madali-daling goal.
Marami sa kanila mga webmaster, merong mga programmer, merong din blog designer o webdesigner sa grupo. Kung magkakaisa sila para ma-outsource yung mga skills nila “as a group”, mas malaki ang tsansang meron silang maumpisahan kahit paano.
To try to beat the Indians or at least equal their accomplishments now is a tall order. They’re so far ahead of us Filipinos in so many things presently. It’ll be better if we think of emulating how they (Indians) were able to almost corner the technology outsourcing industry, than try to outdo them.
It’s a very interesting topic what Admin has started. I myself is interested in getting involved but would like to wait and see what they come up with. Since they are all based in the Philippines (at the same time zone), it’s easier for them to conference with each other. But, if I see that they’re project is worth my time, damn, I’m gonna pack and leave Canada at moments notice and be one with them.
(To be continued……Part 2 to come.)
