Folks, if you’ve been emailing me at my jangelo (at) racoma.net email, you may have been receiving bouncing notices. I’ve transferred registrars and during the process something seems to have been messed up. So the transfer is currently pending, and my domain has expired. So emails to racoma.net currently go nowhere.

Please email me at my jangelo (at) gmail.com address for the meantime.

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Andrew Rosen asked how the weather affects your blogging. I can think of a couple of ways it impacts my blogging.

1. On stormy days my DSL sometimes goes down. So I have to resort to connecting via mobile. If that works at all! Also, during really stormy days, the power goes out, too. Sure I have a lot of mobile devices at home, but 3.5 hours of netbook battery life can only get you so far.
2. On rainy days, one is tempted to just sleep in. Poof goes productivity.

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They’re doing it in the US with gasforfree.com. Do you think such an idea will fly here in the Philippines, or at least in Manila? Gas prices have stabilized, but they’re still not as low as we’d want them to be, are they?

What’s the catch? You would have to slap on some ads on your car. It’s like putting up ads on your blog to subsidize domain and hosting costs. But hey, if it gives you free rides, why not?

Gasforfree has several setups, ranging from a small sticker at the broadsides of your car to one that covers the entire body. Think Lightning McQueen vs. Chick Hicks.

[via MoneyCrashers]

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On the Blog Herald, I recently posted about blogging internships, where I cited the experiences of a high school student interning at a writer/blogger’s home-office. This makes me think—would anyone in the Philippines be interested in such a setup? I know students in various fields (college level, at least) are asked to do on-the-job training. Would schools consider interning with a blogger good for experience-points?

Given that I’m very very busy these days, I might consider such a setup, although I would be very reluctant to welcome a stranger into my home office. Perhaps a virtual setup would be better, given the nature of blogging and other online work.

Personally, I’ve never interned for anyone, as my undegrad degree didn’t …

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I was interviewed by Miriam Quiambao on problogging. The interview will air at The Beat tonoight, 25 August at about 10:00 p.m. There will be a replay this Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

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