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Philippine Election 2010 Computerization | Automation

Dexter Panganiban — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:09:45 +0000

Philippine Election 2010 Computerization is one of the subject that has been discussed during the iblog5, And as far as I know the Comelec has received 7 proposal from different companies with their technical and commercial offer. Now the question that I have in mind is, are we Filipinos ready for the Philippine Election 2010 Computerization ?, Some may say Yes we can and some may argue that we cannot do it. But I believe that we have to make it on a level by level approach. As an example the Comelec should implement it first with Luzon or either NCR. I don’t think it will be easy to make it in the whole country with in the remaining time which is less than a year of preparation.

I know that there are no such perfect program that cannot be hacked. As of this time it is still impossible to have a perfect system. But at least they can make the system with high security that it will be impossible for a hacker to do it on a specified time.

So for me, The government should try to do the automation and be automated. Common’ we are already in the computer stage and we should not be left behind from other countries.

I would prefer to have a computerized election and counting rather than having a manual counting that will take weeks just to know the winner. Just do it.

So Will you go for Computerized or Remain in Manual Election ? Opinions are welcome .

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Obama Wins the United States Election

Dexter Panganiban — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:14:26 +0000

Ok this might be a Tech Blog but I do believe that once in a while it is not a problem in giving some shout out to the Winner of an Election in which the whole world is looking. You can see CNN report regarding his win which is an unforgettable moment in the United States.

So to the New President of the United States Congratulations.

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Obama ’08: The Official iPhone Application is Out

Dexter Panganiban — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:47:44 +0000

US election is becoming Near lots of new strategy is being made by different candidates. The Latest Tech Related move by Obama supporters where the Obama ‘08 app an iPhone Application which is now available through Apple’s AppStore..

Features:

Call Friends: A great volunteering tool that lets you make a difference any time you want by talking to people you already know. Your contacts are prioritized by key battleground states, and you can make calls and organize results all in one place.
Call Stats: See nationwide Obama ’08 Call Friends totals and find out how your call totals compare to leading callers.
Get Involved: Do more. Find and contact your local Obama for America HQ.
Receive Updates: Receive the latest news and announcements via text messages or email.
News: Browse complete coverage of national and local campaign news.
Local Events: Find local events, share by email and get maps and directions.
Media: Browse videos and photos from the campaign
Issues: Get clear facts about Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s plan for essential issues facing Americans.

This year’s presidential election is a real chance for Americans to create change and build solidarity. This campaign has been about people like you making a difference. With Obama ’08, you have the information and tools necessary to help deliver the change we need come this November.

Requirements:

Obama ’08 works with iPhone 3G, the original iPhone, and iPod touch. This application requires iPhone 2.0 Software Update.

Interested? Here’s the link to the AppStore.

The above mentioned application can be used in iPhone and Ipod Touch. So be on time about Obama’s News.

Now Will Filipino use the same as what US Presidential candidate did ? Will we see Lacson Application ? or Villar’s Application ? HHmmmm.. To all Programmer better do something today in preparation for year 2010

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Watch the Presidential Debate 2008 ( Barack Obama Vs John McCain )

Dexter Panganiban — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:34:49 +0000

If you want to know the latest information about the Presidential Debate between Barack Obama – John McCain Face Off , You can check from Wired on how you can be able to watch the debate of the two presidential candidates. You can also check Twitter Election 2008 Coverage to know the latest tweets about the 2008 Presidential Candidates . This is how technology is being used to know your candidates well.

I have made study about the 2 candidates Websites. You might want to check my post about it. “ Barack Obama – John McCain Face Off “

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PSP Games : Coded Arms Contagion

Dexter Panganiban — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:56:00 +0000

Here is my new collection of Free PSP Games Download. For all of you PSP fanatics. This might be old but if you have not yet played this you might also want to try it. If you like an alien type PSP Games so this is for you.

Size: 216mb
Format: CSO

Coded Arms Contagion thrusts players into a new cybernetic crisis where they must use their hacking abilities and an arsenal of high-powered weaponry to survive. As a lone security agent, players will enter A.I.D.A., a virtual reality military training program, to prevent cyber-terrorists from taking control of the program and gaining access to classified military information. Across a variety of enclosed and open-air levels, players will take on original enemies with an all-new selection of firearms and explosives that lets them counter the terrorist menace with more firepower than ever before. Up to eight players can go head-to-head in the game’s new online multiplayer modes.

More Free PSP Games | Download Here : PSP Games : Coded Arms Contagion

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Canon EOS 50D Released

Dexter Panganiban — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:25:06 +0000

Ok I might be late for this one, But since I am a Canon EOS 400d Camera User and this is what I use with my Photo BLog [ Digital Photography & Pictures to Remember ] which I seldomly updated , I would like to tell you guys that Canon has released the successor of Canon EOS 40D , which is Canon EOS 50D. after a year of 40D’s release. Below is a table that shows the released dates of Canon EOS Model.

Past Canon Announcement Dates

Canon Model No.	Announcement Date
EOS 10D	Feb 2003
EOS 20D	Aug 2004
EOS 30D	Feb 2006
EOS 40D	Aug 2007
EOS 50D	TBA

I can say that a camera body is a great investment, But you have to be prepared for the lenses

Here are the Canon EOS 50D Full specifications

Specifications for Canon EOS 50D

Sensor	22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor RGB colour Filter Array Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit) 15.5 million total pixels 15.1 million effective pixels 3:2 aspect ratio
Image processor	DIGIC 4
A/D conversion	14 bit
Image sizes	4752 x 3168 3456 x 2304 2353 x 1568
File formats	RAW (.CR2; 14-bit) JPEG (EXIF 2.21) – Fine / Normal RAW + JPEG (separate files) sRAW1 (7.1 MP) sRAW2 (3.8 MP)
Lenses	Canon EF / EF-S lens mount 1.6x field of view crop
Dust reduction	"EOS Integrated Cleaning System" Self-cleaning sensor unit (filter in front of sensor vibrates at high frequency at start-up and shutdown – can be disabled) Dust Delete Data – Data from a test shot is used to ‘map’ dust spots and can be later removed using Canon DPP Software
Auto focus	9-point TTL CMOS sensor All points cross-type for lenses of F5.6 or faster Center point additionally sensitive with lenses of F2.8 or faster AF working range: -0.5 – 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100)
Focus modes	One shot AF AI Servo AF AI Focus AF Manual focus
AF point selection	Auto Manual
Predictive AF	Up to 8 m
AF assist	Stroboscopic flash
AF microadjust	+/- 20 steps Adjust all lenses by same amount/individually adjust up to 20 lenses
Metering	TTL 35 zone SPC Metering range: EV 0.0 – 20 EV
Metering modes	Evaluative 35 zone Partial (9% at center) Spot metering (approx. 3.8% at center) Center-weighted average
AE lock	Auto: One Shot AF with evaluative metering Manual: AE lock button
Exposure compensation	+/-2.0 EV 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments
Exposure bracketing	+/- 2.0 EV 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments
Sensitivity	Auto ISO (100-1600) ISO 100 – 3200 0.3 or 1.0 EV increments H1 (6400) and H2 (12800) expansion
Shutter	Focal-plane shutter 100,000 exposure durability 30 – 1/8000 sec 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments Flash X-Sync: 1/250 sec Bulb
Aperture values	F1.0 – F91 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments Actual aperture range depends on lens used
White balance	Auto Daylight Shade Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent Flash Custom Kelvin (2500 – 10000 K in 100 K steps)
WB bracketing	+/-3 levels 3 images Blue / Amber or Magenta / Green bias
WB shift	Blue (-9) To Amber (+9) Magenta (-9) to Green (+9)
Picture style	Standard Portrait Landscape Neutral Faithful Monochrome User def. 1 User def. 2 User def. 3
Custom image parameters	Sharpness: 0 to 7 Contrast: -4 to +4 Saturation: -4 to +4 colour tone: -4 to +4 B&W filter: N, Ye, Or, R, G B&W tone: N, S, B, P, G
Image processing	Highlight tone priority Auto lighting optimizer (4 settings) Long exposure noise reduction High ISO noise reduction (4 settings) Auto correction of lens peripheral illumination (vignetting)
colour space	sRGB Adobe RGB
Viewfinder	Eye-level pentaprism 95% frame coverage Magnification: 0.95x(-1 diopter with 50 mm lens at infinity) Eyepoint: 22 mm Interchangeable focusing screen Ef-A standard (2 other types optional) Dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter
Focusing screens (optional)	Ef-A (Standard Precision Matte – included) Ef-D (Precision Matte with grid) Ef-S (Super Precision Matte for easier manual focus)
Mirror	Quick-return half mirror (transmission:reflection ratio 40:60) Mirror lock-up (once or multiple exposures)
Viewfinder info	AF points Focus confirmation light ISO sensitivity Shutter speed Aperture Manual exposure AE Lock Exposure compensation amount AEB level Spot metering area Flash ready Red-eye reduction lamp on High-speed sync FE Lock Flash compensation amount ISO speed (while changing) WB correction (while changing) Highlight tone priority icon * B&W mode icon Warnings Maximum burst for continuous shooting Buffer space
LCD monitor	3.0 " TFT LCD 920,000 pixels 7 brightness levels 160 ° viewing angle Dual anti-reflection
LCD Live view	Live TTL display of scene from CMOS image sensor 100% frame coverage 30 fps Real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor Best view or exposure simulation Silent mode Grid optional (x2) Magnify optional (5x or 10x at AF point) Three AF modes – Live mode/Quick mode/Face Detection Histogram Remote live view using EOS Utility 2.0 (via USB or WiFi/Ethernet using WFT)
Record review	Off On (histogram via INFO button) Display mode same as last used Play mode 2 / 4 / 8 sec / Hold
Playback modes	1. Single image with exposure, file number, storage slot 2. As 1 but also image count and quality 3. Detailed exposure information, thumbnail and luminance histogram 4. Less detailed exposure info., thumbnail, luminance and RGB histograms
Playback features	Optional blinking highlight alert Optional AF point display Magnified view (up to 10x) 2×2 or 3×3 thumbnail index Jump (by 1, 10, 100 images / by screen or date) Delete / Protect
Flash	Auto pop-up E-TTL II auto flash FOV coverage up to 17 mm (27 mm equiv.) Guide number approx 13 m / 43 ft (ISO 100) Cycle time approx. 3 sec Flash compensation +/-2.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments X-Sync: 1/250 sec
External flash	E-TTL II auto flash with EX-series Speedlites In-camera flash configuration (currently only 580 EX II) Wireless multi-flash support PC Sync
Shooting modes	Auto Creative auto Program AE (P) Shutter priority AE (Tv) Aperture priority AE (Av) Manual (M) Auto depth-of-field Portrait Landscape Close-up Sports Night portrait Flash off Camera user settings 1 Camera user settings 2
Drive modes	Single High-speed continuous: 6.3 fps Low-speed continuous: 3 fps Self-timer: 2 or 10 sec (3 sec with mirror lock-up)
Burst buffer	Large/Fine JPEG: 90 frames (with UDMA card) RAW: 16 frames
Orientation sensor	Yes
Auto rotation	On (recorded and LCD display) On (recorded only) Off
Custom functions	25 custom functions with 74 settings in 4 groups
Menu languages	English German French Dutch Danish Portuguese Finnish Italian Norwegian Swedish Spanish Greek Russian Polish Czech Hungarian Romanian Ukrainian Turkish Arabic Thai Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Korean Japanese
Firmware	User upgradable
Portrait grip	Optional WFT-E3/E3A Optional BP-E2N battery grip Optional BP-E2 battery grip
Connectivity	USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Video out HDMI connector N3 type wired remote control PC Sync flash terminal Communication terminal on base for WFT-E3/E3A
Storage	Compact Flash Type I or II (inc. FAT32) Supports UDMA cards Canon Original Data Security Kit supported ("Original Image Data") No CF card supplied
Power	Lithium-Ion BP-511A rechargeable battery (supplied & charger) Supports BP-511 / BP-511A / BP-512 / BP-514 CR2016 Lithium battery (date/time backup) Optional AC adapter
Wireless connectivity (optional WFT-E3/E3A)	Mounts on base of camera and also acts as vertical grip Has its own BP-511A battery Wireless 802.11b / 802.11g Wireless security: WEP, TKIP/AES, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK Wireless methods: Infrastructure or Ad Hoc Wired ethernet (100 Base-TX) Transfer: FTP, PTP (remote control by computer), HTTP (view / remote fire) USB host capable: External hard drives, flash drives USB comms: GPS devices (records coordinates and altitude in image header)
Dimensions	146 x 108 x 74 mm (5.7 x 4.2 x 2.9 in)
Weight	No battery: 730 g (1.6 lb) With battery: 822 g (1.8 lb)

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Top 10 Emerging Influential Pinoy Blogger

Dexter Panganiban — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:46:10 +0000

After contemplating about Janette Toral’s search for Emerging Influential Blogger , I am now voting for the following site . I would to inform that since there is a limit of Blog’s Age where I have to choose from those blogs started from July 1,2007, I had a hard time locating the archive dates of different blogs.

My Journal – I would like to start with my wife blog. I have not yet formally announce it here but My wife has started blogging. Although not that full time. I know she will be influential .
PRC Board Exam Results – I have started another sub domain of this blog and it is really fresh. I have seen a good potential on this niche and I know someday after doing SEO and other campaign for this new blog, It will also be influential like other blogs.
Mar Roxas for President in 2010 – Definitely election is coming and I know that there will be a big boost on his blog for campaigning about Mar Roxas and by the way he is an active blogger.
Fitz, a blogger with a great thought on making money online , investing and business topics., I like business that much.
JoanJoyce, a dedicated blogger discussing interesting thoughts on blogging and lifestyles. I actually found her thru Entrecard and I know every Entrecard users knows her.
Technogra.ph/ – Technograph covers the Philippine tech scene, featuring commentary, news, reviews, event coverage, and other related developments.
Silkenhut.com Pinoy blogging experiences. Includes blogging tips, technical blogging guides, WordPress, and SEOI
Atmaxplorer – Games resources, my kids love to have downloaded in their PSP.
Tech Source from Bohol – I like Tech Blogs and of course this guy from Bohol have it.
Inspiringentries.com – His blog deals with different inspiring entries and tackle about Christianity. I know that someday God will let this blog touch lots of life.

So that completes my entries. But I am not saying that I only follow this blogs, I am only saying they are the 10 of the youngest blog I follow.

Update : Since Silkenhut is not qualified, I am adding Techblog.ph into my list. This is a Tech Group Blog where I am one of the contributor. I know this blogs will reach their goal to be the main source of technology news in Philippines.

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Welcome PinoyBlogosphere.com Visitors

Dexter Panganiban — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:56:55 +0000

I am honored to be part of the Featured Blogger of Pinoy Blogosphere. Thanks to Pinoy Blogosphere staff who made the selection. Well I know that half of my readers are Filipino and other half are coming from United States and Western Country. So let me introduce you the Pinoy Blogosphere for those who doesn’t know the site yet.

First Pinoy Blogosphere is a site administrated by Dyu, as I know him. The site has information about the current events in Pinoy Blogosphere, since all it’s member are Filipinos.

The site has a whooping PR5. it also caters different categories which range from Entertainment, SEO, Blogging , News and others, name it they have it.

Again Thanks to Pinoyblogosphere.com , BTW even I am a contributor of the site, I don’t have anything to do with the selection of Featured Blogger.

See what others are telling regarding my blogs under Citation Category.

To all new visitors that this new citation will bring you can check my archives for my past post which is already more than 500 Post. And I hope you enjoy it. and if you want to be updated from this site post about Blogging , Technology and SEO you might as well want to subscribe to my FREE RSS Feeds and Subscribe to me via email

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ibog4 Blogger’s Summit and Meet Up

Dexter Panganiban — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:18:43 +0000

Just arrived from iblog4 Blogger’s Summit , I met some blogger friends. I am not able to attend 88db.com party since I have to be with my kids. I am out of home for 2 days. Anyway tomorrow I will update this post and my post regarding Trinoma Food Tour.

Good that I have prepared my calling card. BTW I won an iblog 4 shirt . Yahooo.

Update : Check for the pictures that i have uploaded here.

Update : check Janette compilations about iblog4 here and check the pictures that i have uploaded here

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AdSense Earnings Analysis : I Am Now a 4 Figure Blogger

Dexter Panganiban — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:29:53 +0000

I just received my Adsense Cheque for month of November and December. It should be bigger if I my site does not encounter the problem for about 2 weeks. It is great since I just surpassed the $100 mark for this month and I think my Adsense Optimization helps a lot. That means I will again have another Cheque next month. I just calculated how much did I earn from Adsense last year and it shows that I got a total of $1,059.04 whew. Now I could say that Blogging has paid my Canon EOS 400D and my other earning thru PayPal will pay my lens. I have been looking for 50 mm F/1.8 but it is not available in Riyadh at the moment. Maybe I will just buy it in Philippines during my vacation.

Below is my Adsense Earning Graph

The above shown graphs represent all my blogs and not only this blog. The spike where I get the largest amount was due to the Philippine Election concluded. Since one of my site is political in nature. My site has been a favorite during time of election. I have been busy during November and my site crashed during December. My largest constant contributor is my Song Lyrics Blog.

I am now again doing some page optimization for Pacquiao vs Marquez Rematch Result. I believed it will again give some spike during March. Well this is what I hope.

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