I really love this case. It’s a Vanguard Designer case but it seems to be unavailable in the Philippines. Via email, the vendor says this is available in Electroworld stores. I went to Electroworld Park Square and found Vanguard cases for women only. (They look like regular women’s handbags.) Apparently these type (aluminum?) of cases are available only on an order basis. I am having second thoughts ordering since I am not primarily Manila-based.

I love this case because it looks sturdy.  I feel that I can drop it anytime without having to worry about my laptop inside.  Also, I have a fetish for silver, aluminum, chrome and the like.  Moreover, it looks like a gun case or a case that’s full of money (the one you see in movies where the bad guys buy or sell dope).

Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world’s fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun’s position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Today’s announcement reaffirms Sun’s position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor.

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Last week, I was searching for available blog names (and its corresponding domain names). I consider myself a “late bloomer” as I caught up with blogging a bit late. So what’s my point? My point is most of the cool blog names are already taken. Then, I thought of “blogmachina.com”. Alas, it was available!

I like the way GoDaddy gives you alternative names (this is useful when your desired name is already taken and you might want to pick a name that closely resembles it) when searching/checking for domain names so I tried GoDaddy’s search tool. Good Lord, it’s available. For reasons I don’t need to divulge here, I also checked the availability of “blogmachina” in Network Solutions. Predictably, it also was available.

I went to Host Monster to sign up for a shared hosting account but I didn’t have the sufficient balance on my credit card. That same day, I paid my bill to increase my balance but sadly my payment was reflected only after 24 hours. The next day, I signed up again. Can you guess what happened? “blogmachina.com” wasn’t available. I couldn’t believe it so I tried checking the name again in Network Solutions. It is available. What’s going on here?

It seems that Network Solutions bought the name and is reselling it. The problem is, when you search for the name, it tells you that it costs only $9 per year.  But when you proceed with the checkout (without signing up for hosting), it suddenly becomes $34.99 per year!

What’s goin’ on here???

Welcome! I don’t know what to say except… I just need to get this first post out of the way. I’m like a virgin right now. This is my very first time (sort of).

Alright, what do you expect to read from this blog? I don’t know. Anything under the sun. I think I’m going to blog about technology… life …food?… dreams… thoughts.. jokes… current events… anything.

In the next couple of months I’ll also be re-designing this blog visually and functionally. I think I have the tools to do this but I will need all the luck (and patience) I can get.