The letter combination “WTF” in a car’s plate number seems nothing for, maybe, most of the people; but for some who is quite liberated or shall we call “those who are aware of what are happening in the media and society”, these three letter combination means a lot. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sports and Automotive
The high cost of electricity in the Philippines, particularly in MERALCO franchise Area, has been a long running issue in the past years. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Issues and Concerns, MERALCO, Napocor/PSALM
Posted in Geothermal Energy
Surfing the internet through mobile phone or cell phone is becoming as easier as surfing using a laptop or a personal computer. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Tech and Gadgets
Based on Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM)’s more that 15 years of transmission asset valuations and detailed understanding of factors affecting the economic life of transmission assets in a number of countries worldwide, they have estimated the typical economic life span of major high voltage electrical equipment to fall within the following range*; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Electric Transmission System, Power Plant Technology and Construction
StreetEdge Media (streetedgemedia.com) offers a good (or should I say lucrative) solution for motorists or car owners in the Philippines who want to earn extra money by putting ads in their car. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Money and Investing, Sports and Automotive
Ie7pro is an add-on for Internet Explorer which has the following features; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Internet - General
From their company profile; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in MERALCO
It seems to me that the best company for long term investment through the stock market in the Philippines is the Energy Development Corporation (EDC). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in EDC, Stocks and Stock Market
oDesk (odesk.com) provides a good alternative or additional source of income to everyone by being hired to work with some online jobs offered by employers or individuals at oDesk (job providers and job seekers both meet at oDesk). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Internet - General, Jobs
I have been a Kontera Publisher since August of this year, and I had already received a couple of payments through Paypal.
Posted in Adsense/Web advertising
The first High Voltage DC (HVDC) system that came into full commercial operation was installed by Swedish State Power Board (now Vattenfall) Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Electric Transmission System
Banks rarely publish their rules on how they determine the maximum loanable amount for loans. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Money and Investing
Luckily, these days, power system analysis simulation software companies now offer free trial version of their commercial software. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Power Flow
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Sports and Automotive
The Complex is composed of; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hydro, Mini-hydro, Power Plants in the Philippines
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Personal Computers and Laptops
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Softwares and Applications
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in MERALCO
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Electrical Engineering
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Personal Computers and Laptops
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in MERALCO
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Personal Computers and Laptops, Windows XP
“21 Km per Liter”
Posted in Sports and Automotive
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;
Posted in Power Plant Technology and Construction
I hope MERALCO will not have the same fate as these two electric cooperatives; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Distribution Utilities, MERALCO
Here are some of the world firsts and largests in hydroelectric power generation technology according to VATech-hydro; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hydro
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in ASUS
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Softwares and Applications
Posted in Geothermal, Geothermal Energy, Power Plants in the Philippines
