Since I did a major factory reset on my work PC, I lost my Tweetdeck and Seesmic.  I have been switching back and forth between these two fantastic Twitter desktop applications for Windows.  Since I tweet mainly using my Blackberry, I only use my desktop Twitter application when my mobile is dead and charging, but I truly steer clear from Twitter desktop applications because I find it obtrusive. 

Eversince I got the BlackBerry Torch from my employer, I have been busy learning how to work around RIM’s technology. So far, one of the best feature of the BlackBerry is its push email whether you have gmail, or yahoo or your corporate email– setting up is a breeze.  Since the BlackBerry Torch is the bearer of RIM’s latest OS 6.0,

I have been admiring the smartphones by Research in Motion (RIM). Research In Motion (RIM) is the company behind the innovative and award-winning BlackBerry product line. The BlackBerry family includes best-in-class smartphones and software offerings, as well as the all new BlackBerry PlayBook, the world’s first professional tablet.

Several weeks ago, my children and I found better, healthier and tastier dessert in SM– Red Berry Frozen Yogurt!  What I love about Red.Berry are the whole range of fresh fruits and toppings to choose from.   My children went gaga over the sprinklers, but I went and got myself a tub with kiwis, strawberry and raspberries.  Having frozen yogurt beats eating icecream.  Healthier and tastier than calorie laden icecream!

My work station runs on Windows 7.  Its high on RAM and I even bought a separate HP Pocket Media Drive– something I bought from Amazon months ago for storage.  After my old PC crashed and died on me, I got myself this baby and has been working well until now.

If you are familiar with Twitter and Facebook, then PicLyf is nothing new to you.  Think photo stream on real-time. Like Twitter, you could follow friends and even earn badges like that of Foursquare.  Since joining PicLyf, I have earned 7 badges.  One of them was for uploading and sharing my Wordcamp Philippines 2010 picture with WordPress Founder, Matt Mullenweg as well as the thumbs up badge for sending a webcam image of myself givingPicLyf my approval.  :)  Nothing beats acknowledgement through badges.

When I went to Manila for the Wordcamp Philippines, I decided to meet up with my friends from UP-ORG.  I have not seen most of them since 1997.  Anyways, because of Facebook and text messaging, we all managed to converge and we decided to meet at 77 Bar Cafe Resto in Kamuning.

The trip from Cagayan de Oro was swift.  I arrived at the Kabayan Hotel at 6pm and after a swift check in, I unpacked my things and decided that the best mode of transport from Pasay to Cubao is my MRT.  I cringed.  Its funny how I have lived in Manila for many years, not counting the 4 years in UP…  I never had the chance to take the MRT.

October 2 will remain etched in my memory.  Twas the day I met Matt Mullenweg, the Founder of Automattic and Developer of WordPress, the CMS that powers all my websites.  I have been a WordPress user for more than 7 years.  I started blogging with Typepad then I wanted more control over my site and moved to Moveable Type.  That was the time when blogging meant posting family pictures and writing about my trip here and abroad.  After the birth of lifediscourse.com, I decided that I needed to compartmentalize my website and decided on a niche and since I am very interested on personal finance, Pinoy Frugal Living was born.