Article List
This is a list of all the articles, in reverse chronological order.
- Modern Appliances of All Sorts - How Many of Them Do We Really Need? (June 15, 2020)
- United States Military Websites - No One Can Hack Into Some of Them (May 22, 2020)
- How to Call Mobile Phones in the Philippines from the United States (April 16, 2020)
- Intermittent Fasting is the Only Thing That Helps Me Lose Weight (January 30, 2020)
- A Web Form is Supposed to Make Banking and Banking Online Easy (January 14, 2020)
- The Taal Volcano Eruptions of January 2020 (January 12, 2020)
- Drawbacks for Foreigners Living in the Philippines (December 14, 2019)
- Get More Web Traffic at Bloggers Traffic Community (October 28, 2019)
- Eliminate as Much Sugar From Your Diet as Possible and Feel Better (October 28, 2019)
- Fruit Trees (Longans, Papayas and Avocados) Along My Walk at HMR (July 20, 2019)
- Bookmarking Services are Better than Browser Bookmarks or Favorites (June 21, 2019)
- Online Storage Drive Clients - Windows is Always Supported (May 20, 2019)
- File Sync Software - There are More Choices than Ever Before (May 16, 2019)
- One Person’s Work is Another Person’s Entertainment (May 13, 2019)
- What a Modern Workstation Might Look Like Today (May 10, 2019)
- Breakfast Near Me is Nothing Like Breakfast at Home (May 10, 2019)
- Backup MySQL Databases and Send Them Elsewhere (April 10, 2019)
- A Secure Cookie Can Secure the Website Admin Section (March 7, 2019)
- An Electric Water Heater in the Philippines - I Don’t Need One (February 21, 2019)
- Natural and Artificial Sweeteners - Too Much of Anything Isn’t Good (February 17, 2019)
- 25 Years on the World Wide Web with Many More Years to Go (February 13, 2019)
- Manipulating JSON Text Files with PHP Functions and Routines (February 5, 2019)
- Phishing Expeditions and the Phish They Want to Catch (February 1, 2019)
- Find the Best Laptop Computer for Your Particular Situation (January 14, 2019)
- Blocking Data Center IP Addresses is Bad for Web Business (January 12, 2019)
- Plain JavaScript vs. Every JavaScript Library Out There (January 11, 2019)
- FOSS, Free and Open Source Software - Why Use Any Other Kind? (January 8, 2019)
- Allegiant Air Could be the Best for American Military Veteran Travel (December 2, 2018)
- Web Editors for Website Text Areas - Licensing Issues (October 31, 2018)
- Remove Rust from Metal Surfaces and Control Corrosion (August 23, 2018)
- Natural Sources for Natural Remedies - Good Health without Doctors (August 23, 2018)
- National Personnel Records Center - There is No Excuse for Failure (August 22, 2018)
- Litter in the Philippines is like it used to be in the United States (August 21, 2018)
- Removing Third-Party Services - Google AdSense Remains (August 11, 2018)
- Celebrity Death Lists and the Celebrities I Can Actually Remember (July 25, 2018)
- The Modern Television is so much more than a Simple Broadcast Receiver (July 18, 2018)
- Sugar Rush on Netflix - One of My Nieces is in the First Episode (July 14, 2018)
- Writing Less and Less - A Vacation from My Permanent Vacation (June 27, 2018)
- Walking is What I Need to Do to Get Back in Shape (June 22, 2018)
- A Stomach Ulcer Put Me in a Gaseous and Painful Situation (June 17, 2018)
- Visa-Free Countries where Americans and Filipinos can Travel Together (May 27, 2018)
- Personalities and Names - Sometimes One is Not Enough (May 8, 2018)
- Difficulties in Making Online Payments in the Philippines (April 28, 2018)
- Portable Applications on Windows and Linux Computers (April 26, 2018)
- A Very Extended Visit with Our Children in the United States (April 24, 2018)
- Massage Chairs at the Harbor Point Ayala Mall at Subic Bay (April 10, 2018)
- Why Does a Cell Phone have a Typewriter Keyboard? It Makes No Sense (March 11, 2018)
- Sugar Substitutes and Artificial Sweeteners aren’t Good Replacements (March 10, 2018)
- Sunburn Pain from Swimming at the Beach - I Forgot How Much It Hurts (March 2, 2018)
- FTP vs. Everything - Using PHP to Run FTP Scripts on My Laptop (February 26, 2018)
- Copyright Nonsense - A Subversion of the United States Constitution (February 11, 2018)
- E-books and E-readers are for People who Read a Lot of Books (February 9, 2018)
- Authentication and Encryption - Keys to the Kingdom (January 31, 2018)
- Online Jobs, Google Search, and Google AdSense (January 24, 2018)
- Is it Too Much Trouble to Wear Safety Goggles (or Glasses)? (January 23, 2018)
- Electric Fans vs. Air Conditioners - Air Conditioning is Expensive (January 22, 2018)
- When an Expensive Cell Phone is Completely Unnecessary (January 14, 2018)
- Long Distance Phone Calls - Alternatives to Phone Company Rates (January 13, 2018)
- U.S. Embassy Manila Outreach and Other Services (January 10, 2018)
- Inexpensive LCD TV Repair at My Home in Olongapo City (January 9, 2018)
- Hollow Earth Theories - Is there a Conspiracy to Hide the Truth? (January 4, 2018)
- Flat Earth Nonsense - One of Many Conspiracy Theories (December 22, 2017)
- Maps and GPS Services - What Do You Use the Most? (December 14, 2017)
- What Online Tool to Translate from One Language to Another? (December 13, 2017)
- Lost in Translation - Context Matters as much as Word Usage (December 13, 2017)
- Bagels and Cream Cheese - Two can almost Make a Complete Meal (December 8, 2017)
- Hot Wings and Ranch Dressing - Great Food for Birthday Celebrations (November 26, 2017)
- A Coffin at a Wake before a Funeral in the Philippines (November 13, 2017)
- Special Occasions in November - I have Four to Contend with Every Year (November 11, 2017)
- The Venerable Telephone Booth is Almost Obsolete (November 10, 2017)
- 404 Errors and Nonexistent Web Pages - Errors that Won’t Go Away (November 10, 2017)
- Website Enhancements for Search Engines and Social Networks (November 6, 2017)
- A Text or Graphic Adventure Game I’m Developing for the Web (November 3, 2017)
- Nostalgia for the 1960s Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV Shows (October 26, 2017)
- Apple Cider Vinegar - Is it Healthier than Any Other Type of Vinegar? (October 17, 2017)
- The Shortcut and the Path of Least Resistance in User Interface Design (October 15, 2017)
- The Best Web Browser For Any Computing Device is a Matter of Choice (October 11, 2017)
- Kingsman and Statesman - The Movie Spy Genre is Fun Again (September 20, 2017)
- Digital Media Evolution - CD, DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond (September 18, 2017)
- A Power Bank isn’t Necessary but it’s Something Nice for Emergencies (September 18, 2017)
- Time is an Enemy to Defeat, Especially for a Retiree Like Me (September 10, 2017)
- Pruning a Website is Kind of Like Pruning a Tree or a Bush (September 1, 2017)
- Quinoa - What is it and why should I Eat It? Where can I Get It? (August 29, 2017)
- Driving a Car in the Philippines and Competing for the Right of Way (August 17, 2017)
- Our Electric Stove Should Be Replaced but Won’t Be Replaced (August 1, 2017)
- Remove an Image, Surrounded or Not by a Hyperlink on the Home Page (July 29, 2017)
- Laptop or Desktop Computer - Which One Do You Prefer and Why? (July 29, 2017)
- Wi-Fi Data with Cable, DSL, or Fiber Internet vs. Cellular Data (July 28, 2017)
- Tablets vs. Everything Else for Viewing Websites and Everyday Use (July 27, 2017)
- Entrance and Exit Gates for the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (July 15, 2017)
- Fruit Trees in My Neighborhood - More Indian Mango Trees than Anything (July 14, 2017)
- Earthquakes and the Earthquakes I Remember Feeling in Olongapo (July 12, 2017)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming - The Best Spidey Movie I’ve Seen (July 6, 2017)
- Tricycle Drivers - Putting Two Relatives to Work Driving Trikes (July 5, 2017)
- Chocolate Overload - Chocolate Cake and Rocky Road Ice Cream (June 25, 2017)
- Fidget Spinners, Fidget Cubes and other Toys to Stop Fidgeting (June 24, 2017)
- Pleasure Cruise? I Never Want to Ride on any Kind of Ship again (June 16, 2017)
- Rat Race - How can you Leave it if you Never Compete in it? (June 8, 2017)
- BAMify Ads - Free Advertisements for Advertisers and Publishers (May 31, 2017)
- Supply and Demand in the Philippines - Why Filipino Businesses Fail (May 27, 2017)
- Last Night’s Earthquake in the Zambales Province, Luzon, Philippines (May 26, 2017)
- Vivaldi - The Best Web Browser I’ve Found So Far (May 22, 2017)
- Internet Service Disconnection - Who’s to Blame this Time? (May 21, 2017)
- Ancestry - Building My Family Tree with Genealogy Software (May 14, 2017)
- Inventory Management - Is it Really Too Difficult to Plan Ahead? (May 7, 2017)
- Survivors Pension - U.S. Veterans Affairs - Death Pension (May 4, 2017)
- Getting a Manicure and a Pedicure in the Philippines (April 25, 2017)
- How to Tie a Necktie - For People who Still Wear Neckties (April 18, 2017)
- Our Second Family Reunion - I Hope to Avoid Another (April 16, 2017)
- My Footwear Only Includes Athletic Shoes and Sandals (April 12, 2017)
- Maple Syrup and Pancakes - Most Pancake Syrups are Something Else (April 7, 2017)
- Sleep Patterns - What’s Normal and What’s Not for People Like Me (April 2, 2017)
- Brownouts (or Blackouts) are a Fact of Life in the Philippines (March 29, 2017)
- Vacation in Tacloban, Palawan and Boracay in the Philippines (March 27, 2017)
- Shopping in the Philippines can be a Headache Sometimes (March 26, 2017)
- Video Games on Android Phones - My Four Favorites (March 25, 2017)
- Replacement Words - When you Can’t Remember the Correct Words (March 18, 2017)
- Netflix Philippines - Is it Really Worth Subscribing? (March 4, 2017)
- Clean a Laptop or Desktop Computer without doing more Harm than Good (February 28, 2017)
- Save any Web Page for Offline Reading on any Device (February 24, 2017)
- SIM Cards and Mobile Service Providers in the Philippines (February 7, 2017)
- Politics and Political Correctness in the United States (February 2, 2017)
- United States Citizenship and Filipino Spouses of American Citizens (January 28, 2017)
- Deadpool versus Spider-Man — I have a Soft Spot for Spidey (January 19, 2017)
- Mayor James Leonard Gordon - Honoring the Father of Olongapo City (January 17, 2017)
- Typing versus Keyboarding - The Typist is a Dying Breed (January 16, 2017)
- Being Old is a State of Mind - I Guess I’m Really Old (January 9, 2017)
- The Deep Web Isn’t Only a Bunch of Hidden Websites and It Isn’t Scary (November 6, 2016)
- Software for Linux Mint - VeraCrypt is the Successor to TrueCrypt (November 6, 2016)
- Quality Instead of Quantity - Make Your Visitors Happy (November 3, 2016)
- Another Full Day at the Cemetery? I Think I’ll Pass this Time (October 31, 2016)
- Payoneer is Another Way for Expats from America to Get their Money (October 30, 2016)
- Will Filipino Citizens Be Allowed to Enter the U.S. Without a Visa? (October 24, 2016)
- Cord Cutting in the Extreme - News and Entertainment without Cable TV (September 10, 2016)
- Durian - The Most Odoriferous Fruit in the Philippines (August 23, 2016)
- How to Check for Broken Links on Your Website (August 21, 2016)
- Backup your Entire Website with the TAR Command in Linux (August 13, 2016)
- Setting up and using SQLite or SQLite3 with and without PHP (August 13, 2016)
- Using an SSH Tunnel on Windows, Linux Mint and Android (August 11, 2016)
- Linux File Permissions, FTP Servers and FTP Clients (August 11, 2016)
- HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) and Nginx Configuration (August 11, 2016)
- Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They Aren’t After You (August 7, 2016)
- Filipino Time and Philippine Standard Time are Two Different Things (July 28, 2016)
- The Aggressive Behavior of China toward the Philippines (July 22, 2016)
- Modern Travel Options in the Philippines and other Improvements (July 21, 2016)
- I Have Prehypertension and I’m Not Being Treated for It (July 12, 2016)
- Duterte May Be the President the Philippines Needs (July 4, 2016)
- Desktop Computers vs. Smartphones vs. Tablets (June 22, 2016)
- A Trip to the Batangas Province in the Philippines (May 31, 2016)
- Edible Six-Pack Rings - The Type Used for Beer and Soda (May 23, 2016)
- Suburban and Rural Street Lights in the Philippines (May 14, 2016)
- The Proper Thing to Do is to Keep some Thoughts to Myself (May 11, 2016)
- Niche Markets attract Visitors and Money (May 8, 2016)
- Cinemas at the Harbor Point Ayala Mall at Subic Bay (May 7, 2016)
- Spider-Man was My Favorite Comic Book Superhero (May 7, 2016)
- Invention and Innovation - Unused Patents and Patent Portfolios (April 27, 2016)
- Sex and Religion in the Philippines - A Dangerous Game (April 21, 2016)
- Golf Courses in the Philippines - Metro Manila and Subic Bay (April 11, 2016)
- Download YouTube Videos as Files to your Hard Drive (April 8, 2016)
- What is it that Attracts Foreigners to the Philippines? (March 24, 2016)
- People with Perfect Vision vs. those who have to Wear Glasses (March 12, 2016)
- Jollibee and the Burgers I Really Like (March 3, 2016)
- Taking a Walk on the Wild Side at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (February 6, 2016)
- How to Get Healthy and Stay Healthy for the Rest of Your Life (January 22, 2016)
- Filipinos and the way they Treat Americans in the Philippines (January 21, 2016)
- Will the United States Navy Start Recruiting in the Philippines? (January 20, 2016)
- Neither a Borrower nor a Lender be - Shakespeare’s Quote (January 18, 2016)
- Old Computers - What can you do with an Old Laptop or Desktop PC? (January 15, 2016)
- Some People Look Older Than They Really Are (January 9, 2016)
- Taking Pictures for Fun and Profit - Amateurs Making Money (January 3, 2016)
- I See Dead People - Yes, They’re Really Dead (December 2, 2015)
- Traditional American Breakfast Foods… or Maybe Not (October 23, 2015)
- Technology Today and the Lack of It in the Past (October 4, 2015)
- Walnuts, Nitric Oxide and Omega-3 Fatty Acids (October 2, 2015)
- Short People and Tall People - Does Size Really Matter? (October 1, 2015)
- How to Keep from Going Bald - My Personal Experience (September 6, 2015)
- Outdoor Furniture Ideas - Plastic, Wood and Cement (August 3, 2015)
- What’s Your Definition of an Assault Rifle? (July 28, 2015)
- Dealing with Noise Pollution where I Live in the Philippines (June 15, 2015)
- Parenting Children and Grandchildren - When Does it End? (May 3, 2015)
- Maid in the Philippines - Is Hiring a Maid a Good Idea? (February 2, 2015)
- Gadgets and Gizmos, Cables, Cords and Wires - What a Mess! (January 16, 2015)
- Finally, a Bitter Melon Dish I Actually Like (November 14, 2014)
- Personal Computers and Battles with My Wife (October 28, 2014)
- Private Transportation Services in Olongapo (October 21, 2014)
- Divorce should be the Last Resort, not an Easy Way Out (October 7, 2014)
- Grandchildren and Grandparents: Sweet Revenge against Parents (October 5, 2014)
- Young Children and the Strange Things They Eat (October 5, 2014)
- Movie Parodies (Spoofs) - The Good, the Bad and the Awful (October 3, 2014)
- The “.user.ini” File in PHP and an Example (October 2, 2014)
- Domestic Violence - Beware of the Pregnant Wife (July 15, 2014)
- Wireless Electricity and our Dependence on Electricity (July 8, 2014)
- Personal Loans using Gold Jewelry as Collateral (June 17, 2014)
- Filipino Food for Americans and Other Non-Filipinos (June 2, 2014)
- Clothing Catalogs and Direct Sales in the Philippines (May 24, 2014)
- Asparagus for Cancer? Junk E-Mail for People Too Lazy to Check (April 16, 2014)
- Text Messages, Chat Speak and Internet Slang (April 7, 2014)
- Dealing with a Drained Car Battery when the Engine won’t Start (March 9, 2014)
- Relationships between Older Non-Filipinos and Younger Filipinas (February 18, 2014)
- Foreigners Living in the Philippines - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (November 15, 2013)
- The History of the Philippines and Online Criticism (August 31, 2013)
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