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
Posted in Hydro, Power Plants in the Philippines, Small and Large Hydro
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Diesel/Oil Fueled, Power Plants in the Philippines
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Fixed Income
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 rest of this 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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Power Flow
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Domains and Web hosting
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Smart Bro
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Philippine Electric Power Industry, Reforms/EPIRA
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in MERALCO, Philippine Electric Power Industry
There are many 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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Hydro, Mini-hydro, Power Plants in the Philippines, Small and Large Hydro
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Wordpress
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Domains and Web hosting
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in Domains and Web hosting
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 rest of this entry »
Posted in MERALCO, Napocor/PSALM
I didn’t know that Vicente “Vince” Perez, the former Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, is one of the directors of PNOC-EDC, even at First Gen’s control of the geothermal company. And it’s good to have him as a director because his vast experience in energy sector would guide the company to the right direction, assuming he’s honest to goodness of the company’s vision. Remember that he was then an appointee of GMA in the DOE. Read the rest of this entry »
You will badly need this if your computer has no CD-ROM drive, especially for ASUS EEE-PC and Red fox Wizbook 800.
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Posted in Personal Computers and Laptops, Windows XP
Even though the information that we could find in the internet is vast and is continuously expanding and the search engines has also been continuously upgrading its technology to organize the content of the web and to deliver a more comprehensive, better, and faster results, we still find it hard to find what we exactly are looking for. One such example of these things that is hard to find in the internet is a reliable and non-bogus mp3 download sites. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Internet - General
I think awareness of the global warming issue is already enough and all we need now is a radical and concrete action.
So what’s next after the Earth Hour campaign, another awareness campaign? We can’t solve this crisis by just giving awareness. We need an action that will have a sure and big impact to solve this problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Polution and Global Warming
Too much has been said about this issue of the looming Global Warming. However, aside from using this issue for political and popularity, and maybe, business gain, of some individuals and groups, very little is being done to solve this problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Polution and Global Warming
I think Mr. Butch del Castillo of the Business Mirror still need to have a deeper research to correct his understanding on his cited example in his article on this issue of the Business Mirror , “Expect a long, hot summer” - March 25, 2008, which according to him, Quezon Power is owned by the Lopez Family; Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Generation Companies
We’re not justifying that coal power plants is good, but I think, considering the magnitude of contribution to the world wide CO2 emissions, Green Peace should focus their battle against coal in the United States rather than in small countries like Philippines. Why? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Polution and Global Warming
Just for us to be more knowledgeable about our industry, I`ll give some general information about the existing and decommissioned power plants in the Philippines. Some of them might not be as big as a hundred of Megawatt Plant, but still, it is interesting to know. Let’s start with the Baligatan Hydro Plant in Isabela.
Posted in Power Plants in the Philippines, Small and Large Hydro
