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Book Review: Inside Steve’s Brain

The passage "Jobs is an elitist who thinks most people are bozos ---but he makes gadgets easy to use, a bozo can master them..." pretty well sums up the the book Inside Steve's Brain by Leander Kahney. It is a light read that delves into the psyche of Jobs and condenses them in bullet points at the end of each chapter. It is an entertaining read but it ...

Backpacking in 9 Countries for Less Than 50 Thousand Pesos

Travel Club is bringing you another interesting event! This time it's the Backpacking Festival with Mr. Robert Alejandro and Mr. Jethro Rafael as speakers. They will reveal how to backpack for 10 weeks in 9 countries for only 50 thousand pesos. The backpacking festival will be held on October 10-11 at Trinoma Mall October 25-26 at Bonifacio High Street Free workshops will also be held on travel, photography, sketching, couch surfing ...

2nd Set of Coffee Winners

Here's the second set of our coffee contest winners! Each person will receive 200 pesos worth of Starbucks gift certificates. Congratulations! The third set of giveaways has been extended, and we are raising the prize to 500 pesos worth of gift certificates! Please go to this page to view the contest mechanics.

Online Store for Vitamins and Supplements

For MuscleTech and BSN products such as Hydroxycut and Cell-Tech, go to http://bodyblast.multiply.com/ and browse through the wide range of vitamins and muscle supplements they are selling. They have several meet up points here in Metro Manila. For provincial orders, they send the products through 2GO or LBC.

Master Your Body Rhythms: When is the Best Time To…

1. Studying for an exam - 8 AM or 10 PM Students stay late up at night not just to cram for an exam, actually without even knowing it, they take advantage of the body's circadian rhythm. Professor Michael Smolensky of University of Texas School of Public Health says memory depends on nucleic acids and these peak and valley at certain times within 24 hours, so the best time ...

Philippine School of Interior Design Exhibit (PSID) Exhibit 2008

The Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) class of 2008 will be holding its exhibit from October 4 to October 31 2008 at the ground floor of the Athena Building (behind 7-Eleven) at Eastwood City in Libis. Being sensitive to the current issues of our environment, the class chose "E.A.R.T.H. - PSID Goes Green" as its theme. Twenty-one interiors by different groups will be on exhibit, and in ...

What’s Your Entrepreneurship IQ?

Are you cut-out to be the next Donald Trump? Know your entrepreneurship IQ by downloading this excel file and answering the questions. The test requires an installation of the Microsoft Excel application. Download the quiz here. The test is adapted from the book Mastering Online Marketing by Mitch Meyerson.

The New Canon G10

The Canon G10 is here! This new iteration to Canon's mid-range cameras sports a 5x optical zoom and 14.7 megapixels. It is priced at $500 at Canon USA's website. Since the G9 is still being sold here in the Philippines for around 30 grand, we are estimating the G10 will be sold at around 35 thousand bucks. So much for being midrange, just cough up a little more ...

Skimboarding for Beginners

The first half of the school year is nearly over and sem break's almost here! If you are going to the beach you might as well learn skimboarding. Skimboarding (or skimming) is a water sport that involves riding a board made out of plywood or fiberglass. Basically it is like skateboarding on the shore but without wheels. To get started on this sport all you need is a skimboard, ...

Laing Pasta from Cucina Gayuma

Laing is a dish that originated from the Bicol Region in the Philippines. Taro leaves are dried out under the sun and are sauteed with coconut milk, ginger, onions, garlic and shrimp paste. Cucina Gayuma, a restaurant near Greenhills in Metro Manila gave a twist to this native dish by serving it with pasta noodles. The result is good - very Filipino.

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