The 0.8-liter Suzuki Alto (gasoline-powered, manual transmission) tops the Philippine Department of Energy’s Fuel Economy run conducted on Oct. 23-34, 2008. Read the entire entry …
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What will you do if your desktop computer bugged down and unable to boot to your OS but you badly need to get your important files in your hard disk? Read the entire entry …
As the USB flash drives or thumb drives replaces 2.5 floppy discs as convenient and portable file storage, like the floppy disc, USB drive has also become a common mode of transmitting computer viruses and spywares from PC to PC. One unfortunate thing here is that most of the sophisticated anti-virus and anti-spywares nowadays cannot detect and catch all such viruses. Though, there are times that such anti-viruses are able to detect some viruses, sometimes (or most of the time), it leaves other kind of viruses undetected and be able to penetrate your computer and do the annoying tricks and havoc. If that’s the case, sometimes it is more effective to MANUALLY filter out the virus in your USB or external drives before using it. Yes, manually but more effective. Here’s how; Read the entire entry …
Just a reaction to a news article today.
A close-minded consumer group when combined to a PR savvy politician is really a big mess to the power industry and to the people who knows the issue very well. Read the entire entry …
As a token of appreciation for their kind cooperation, I will be giving a free advertisement space in this website, through a directory listing, to electrical engineering companies and contractors that we, personally, dealt and dealing with in our past and present projects and plant O&M activities. Read the entire entry …
It seems that the release of the one terabyte (1,000GB) Hard Disk Drive (HDD) (first released by Hitachi) may not sustain the development of this technology as it became more obvious that the next generation of computer storage will be the Solid State Disk (SSD). Solid state storage is commonly used before for RAM and card/USB removable drives but as the technology revolutionized, some computer manufacturers found its best application as a permanent computer storage device to replace the usual hard disk drive. Read the entire entry …
I always get pissed every time a politician in the Philippines is buying the idea that MERALCO is wrong in purchasing most of its energy requirement from its IPPs – First Gas Holdings Corporation and QPPL Limited. According to them, the cost of power of NPC is much “lower”. Read the entire entry …
While surfing the net for song lyrics, I was infected by this virus. Funny, my free Avira anti-virus detected the symptoms while Norton did not. In case you’ve been infected, here’s a good information about this virus and a simple procedure to remove it. Read the entire entry …
Based on the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) which forms the basis for the calculation of 2007 Annual Energy Outlook, the estimated capital cost of constructing a power generating plant per type of technology is as follow. This is assuming that the order was placed in 2006;
I hope MERALCO will not have the same fate as these two electric cooperatives; Read the entire entry …
Here are some of the world firsts and largests in hydroelectric power generation technology according to VATech-hydro; Read the entire entry …
If we think that price is considered as the marketing advantage of some ASUS EEE PC products, especially for EEE PC 4G, among “notebook-sized” laptops, I would consider Red Fox as better. Read the entire entry …
For almost a year now, I have been testing a number of calendar softwares to find out which one is the best to help me in organizing my activities and reminding me on some very important dates. Read the entire entry …
Magat Hydro Electric Power Plant was constructed by the National Power Corporation on Feb. 16, 1980 – Dec. 31, 1983 at a cost of US$83.7 Million (Power Plant component only). It is composed of 4 generating units with 90 MW rated capacity each (total of 360 MW). Read the entire entry …
The Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant in Limay, Bataan was constructed under a turnkey Design and Build Contract, a Build-Transfer-Operated (BTO) Scheme, between NPC and the consortium of ABB/Marubeni Corporation/Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. Read the entire entry …
During these times when the inflation rate is surging to almost two-digit rate, leaving your money in a savings deposit, or worse, just inside your safety box, is like letting your money lose its value or its purchasing power. Read the entire entry …
I felt so dumb when I first installed my prepaid SMART Bro modem driver/software on my Asus EEE PC. I really thought that the installer is in the red CD but no, what the CD contained is the installer for MAC OS. Read the entire entry …
Distributors of ETAP (Electrical Power System Analysis) Software in the Philippines will be conducting a 3-day workshop to become proficient in ETAP to conduct power system studies, from modeling to analysis. Read the entire entry …
I thought that my quest for a better web host has already ended when I shifted from a local web hosting company to Godaddy. But the situation just turned from bad to worse. Read the entire entry …
After knowing about Smart Bro a few weeks ago, I finally got one for Php4,500 (preloaded with Php 30 worth of one and a half hours of internet connection) this morning.
The package is so simple; just a 1” x 2.2” modem, two sets of USB extension wire, a CD installer (for MAC), and a SMART Bro Sim card. Read the entire entry …
I don’t know why after these throwing of accusations and blames on why the cost of electricity in the Philippines is high – there are the issues of system loss, cross ownership, WESM, transmission charges, and NPC stranded cost – the President of the Philippines, herself, is not doing her part that is, actually, mandated to her by the Law that she, herself, signed in 2001 to drastically reduced the electricity rates. Read the entire entry …
Too much has been said and many people, mostly politicians, had already expressed their opinions about the distribution system loss. But what really is “system loss”? Can distribution utilities (DU’s) remove it or not to pass it to consumers? Read the entire entry …
There are hand full of hydro electric power plants in the Philippines dispersedly located in the various areas in the countrysides of Luzon Visayas and Mindanao. Almost all of the large hydro electric plants, which ranged from over 50 MW, are connected to the main transmission grid, while most of small (10 MW to 50 MW) and mini (101 kW to 10 MW) hydro plants are embedded to the local distribution system. Read the entire entry …
I`m testing out this useful plug in of Dimox. Although the author can’t avoid some bugs, the plug-in, as a whole, is great.
If you are a user of this plug-in and happens to encounter the following sql error; Read the entire entry …
For almost three years, this website had been hosted by a web hosting company based in Manila, Philippines, using, then, starter 150 MB Linux Plan, for which, I pay a measly Php 150.00 (US$ 3.6) per month. However, there were some hassles; Read the entire entry …
While reviewing web hosting companies where I can transfer my website, I came across to Webhosting.Info, a good review website for web hosting and domain registrar companies all over the globe. Read the entire entry …
It seems that, based on the Senate investigation today, and as I was also expecting, MERALCO is not the only one “responsible” to this, so called, “high cost of electricity” in MERALCO franchise area, which covers Metro Manila. Napocor (NPC) and TransCo are also “involved”, as well. High transmission charges, generation adjustments and stranded cost are some of the issues that were brought about to these two government corporations.
And speaking of Napocor, here is an issue that seems remained silent and may only be known to some industry participants for almost two years now Read the entire entry …
