Google This!

Wanna see something cool?

Go to Google and type the text below:

(sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200*x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.5)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2)

Or read below to see what you will find

Happy Birthday Google!

Mr. Know-it-all is celebrating his birthday today! Happy birthday Google!

Read Google Wikipedia page to know more about its history.

It's raining. So yeah, too lazy to make a blog post. ;p

Sulit High 5 Giveaway

Sulit.com.ph is celebrating their 5 year anniversary for being the leading online classified ads and buy and sell website in the Philippines. They are giving away 5 iPad2 16GB Wi-Fi units and a free trip for 5 to Boracay!

I am crossing my fingers for the iPad2 unit!

Sulit.com.ph Buy and Sell

Join the Sulit High 5 Raffle!

The rules are simple: Make a post about the giveaway and wear the Sulit High 5 badge in your blog. That's it!

Click on the badge above for more details and to submit your entries.

Google Doodle: Alexander Calder

Today in Google Doodle is a tribute to Alexander Calder. 

Alexander Calder was born on July 22, 1898. He was an American sculptor and artist. Calder was famously known for inventing mobile sculptures. In addition to that, he also made paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household objects.

Mobile sculpture was invented in 1931. A mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. (Source: Mobile Wikipedia) Mobiles are popularly used in nurseries, usually hanged over the cribs to entertain and give visual stimulation to infants. 

An elegantly simple red and black mobile in the style of Alexander Calder.
The design, called Flowing Rhythm (red), is by Flensted Mobiles (http://www.flensted-mobiles.com/start.html) of Denmark.
Photograph by: Andrew Dunn © 5 September 2004

Think Before You Click

Social network has become part of the everyday life of the modern Filipino. But does anyone know the dos and don'ts of dealing with social media? With my observation among friends in the internet, I still see a handful of people who doesn't know the proper etiquette in using social media.

Think before you speak. An old adage that we seem to forget at this time and age. Even if you did not voiced out those thoughts, it's as good as speaking the thought yourself by clicking that "Like" button.

GMA 7's new campaign reminds us that we still hold a responsibility to everything we post online. Whether we create a post on our own or simply liking that post, think first before you click.

Google Friend Connect Down

Another issue Google?

Click the image on the left to view larger.

As you can see in my blog, all that is left with Google Friend Connect is a blank space. I thought it was another Blogger issue but when I went to my other blogs not hosted in Blogger, I saw the same blank space.

No news yet as to what is going on with the Friend Connect widgets.

Maybe another server update?

Whatever it is, let’s just hope that everything will work out well and our followers intact.

panda cellphone charm

I have a new cellphone charm!

If you haven’t notice yes then yes, I lurve panda! One reason why I waste so much time browsing Tumblr is because of their panda entries. I can get lost with everything panda (and food) in that website. It’s so addicting.

If you have a Tumblr account and doesn’t mind looking at panda and food then follow me at http://geneinthebattle.tumblr.com

Is Blogger really back?

I can’t say for sure. After days of downtime and some problems with deleted blog posts and template changes we can’t really tell for sure.

According to Blogger Buzz:

During scheduled maintenance work Wednesday night, we experienced some data corruption that impacted Blogger’s behavior. Since then, bloggers and readers may have experienced a variety of anomalies including intermittent outages, disappearing posts, and arriving at unintended blogs or error pages. – Read more in Blogger is back

I’ve been contemplating of moving this blog to Wordpress.

gene + experiments is my longest blog under Blogger and I was having second thoughts. Was being the operative word. With the recent server issues with Blogger, I really can’t say for sure. One thing I am sure of is that I am being an OC in terms of backing up my blogs.

If you are a Blogger user and haven’t done so, it’s easy as 1-2-3.

Go to Settings (Basic) >> Export Blog >> Download

How about you fellow Blogger users, are you staying or are you moving out?

Google Today: Martha Graham

Today is the celebration of Marth Graham's 117th birthday and Google is featuring her for this day's doodle.

According to Wikipedia:

Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American dancer choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance, whose influence on dance can be compared to the influence Stravinsky had on music, Picasso had on the visual arts, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.

It's an animated doodle so make sure to visit Google today to see how it works.

Google Today: Earth Day

I just can't resist. They have this cute presentation in Google.

It's Earth Day today and at the same time Good Friday. I'm not supposed to blog this week but like I said, I can't resist. The panda is just adorable. And as you know me, I love panda! If you would only visit Google, you'll see that the waterfalls is animated. Wish I could capture it though.

For now, I'm signing off. See you all next week.

How to: Revert to old photo viewing option in Facebook

Notice the new way of viewing photos in Facebook? If you are one of the few whose profiles has not been updated yet, here is what it looks like.

Some people like the update but some don't. With this tutorial, you now have the option of viewing your Facebook photos without the lightbox effect.

The How To:

Simply Reload/Refresh your page. Or press F5 function key above the numbers in your keyboard to reload.

OR:

If that doesn't work for you do the following.