Recycle your phone

I’m not a Nokia celphone user but I like their green campaign in recycling Nokia celphone and its accessories.  For more information, visit the site,

www.nokia.com.ph/get-support-and-software/repair-and-recycle/recycle

and, I just hope others celphone makers will have the same program for the sake of environment.

Philippine Robot Olympiad

MEDIA ADVISORY

Attention: EDITORS REPORTERS PHOTOGRAPHERS

We would like to invite you to the press launch of the 8th Philippine Robot Olympiad (PRO) to be held on Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Department of Education Bulwagan, DepEd Complex, Meralco Ave. , Pasig City at 3PM.  The Philippine Robotics Olympiad is an annual science educational event that primarily aims to challenge the intellectual skills and critical thinking of elementary and high school students.  Your presence is cordially requested. For inquiries, please contact Mr. Mark Ivan C. Roblas at Cell. No.: 0917-8044213, Tel. No.: (632)837 – 1925, 832071 loc. 2384.

Patch time

Patch or “updates” is simply a process of updating your existing software (eg. Office suite or Operating System) either online or offline.  Doing it online is more  convenient but you need more bandwidth resources because, usually, these patch files are in huge file.  But, you can do it also in offline mode by saving first the file on your hard disk.  Today (June 9), is a Microsoft Patch Tuesday.

So, for most of Windows OS users, it’s time for updating.  But as an advise,  read the instruction carefully at the said site or ask your MIS team/IT consultants  first before downloading the file at microsoft website.  The top issues known for the OS Windows Vista Service Pack 1 version are:

• Diagnose and fix sound or audio issues
• Your CD/DVD drive cannot read or write media in Windows Vista
• Diagnose and fix Aero glass (transparency) effects not working in Windows Vista
• Diagnose and fix problems with hardware devices not working in Windows Vista
• Troubleshoot home networking issues
• Description of the System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008
• You cannot configure Windows Mail to use a Web-based (HTTP) e-mail account on a computer that is running Windows Vista
• What you should know before you install Service Pack 1 (18-03-2008 release)
• Download Vista Service Pack 2 (27-05-2009 release)
  

Understanding Influenza A virus subtype H1N1

They call it “Swine flu” and this virus began in Mexico last April 2009.  The bad news is there’s no vaccine yet available in the market or drug store until September.  But,  there are some defense mechanism which each and everyone may use and apply to daily life.  Check the article  below:

http://novovizcayano.i.ph/blogs/novovizcayano/2009/06/05/ang-h1n1-virus-at-ang-immune-system.
The above article explains the history of the virus in Filipino language.

For more info, you may also check the video at http://fora.tv/2009/04/30/Understanding_Swine_Flu_Influenza_A_H1N1

If you can’t view the video online, just leave a message and I will send you the file via e-mail.   According from DOH Update No.34, there are 33 cases already in the country as of June 5, and thanks God, nobody has died.