I have a 4th generation iPod. It is ancient, I know, but it still functions without any problems. Well, I’ve never had problems with it ever since I purchased it in the summer of 2004, except that it does not allow me to play free and open source audio codecs like OGG and FLAC. I [...]
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OpenOffice 3.0 – Superior Alternative to Microsoft Office Now Available
The much awaited Version 3.0 of OpenOffice.org is now available. OpenOffice .org is an open source office suite that is best known as a free and superior alternative to Microsoft Office. You can download the complete software package from here. I love OpenOffice.org. It is stable, easy to use, and runs on Linux, Windows Mac [...]
Korea Launches Nationwide Parish Management System
The Church in South Korea has launched an integrated computerization system to link all parishes and standardize management of parish affairs. The National Integrated Yangeop System standardizes administration of parishes and dioceses across the country, and allows them to exchange pastoral information. Read the complete story here.
Gimp 2.6 Released
A new version of Gimp, my most favorite graphics editor, has just been released. Gimp is a free software that you can use for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is the best alternative to Photoshop. It has a lot of new and improved features designed to make image manipulation swift and easy. [...]
Gospelr: Microblogging God’s Word
Gospelr is the twitter for Christians. According to its developers, the purpose of this microblogging technology is “to provide an effective communication medium for sharing thoughts, ideas, words of encouragement, prayer requests, daily scripture readings/devotionals, and more to friends, staff, ministries, family, and others.” I have been maintaining a Twitter account since October 2007 and [...]
“Star Academy” for Priests
Some people consider it the Star Academy for priests. It is because the reality-tv concept is basically the same. However, don’t expect judges, evictions or cash prizes. In Priest Academy, three young Catholic priests are filmed throughout the day while they go about their everyday life. The “housemates” in Priest Academy are Franck, Michel and [...]
Download Wikipedia for Offline Use
Wikipedia is without doubt the biggest free encyclopedia online. It has more than 7 million articles in over 200 languages. And it never ceases to grow as more people collaborate to write and edit multilingual entries everyday. You can download Wikipedia as a database XML or SQL dump. You can also grab a copy of [...]
First Filipino Album Released Under Creative Commons
While I was driving from Consolacion to the Cathedral in Cebu City last Saturday, I heard a Monster Radio DJ interviewing a band called Drip Manila. At first I did not find the discussion interesting at all because the female DJ seemed clueless about the quartet and their brand of music. But since I like [...]
The Blogger’s Prayer in the Bikol Language
Dios na samuyang Ama. Ika mamomoton, maheherakon asin maimbodon. Pakosoga an samong pagtubod asin pagkamoot saimo tanganing gamiton mi an blogging bilang kasangkapan sa pag-otob kan saimong kabotan. Logod kami magin bloggers nin katotoohan asin tagapamareta nin katoninongan.
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