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Feature Article #1

Research with Biblioscape

Just after writing the article on note-taking, I found a software application that can help one take, organize and process notes with a computer. I have discussed some information managers in this website but not one of these come close to Biblioscape which started out as an organizer for bibliographical references. Biblioscape version 8 has [...]

alesmeralda | May 16th, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #2

TextBlockWriter

Remember when we learned how to use index cards at school? Index cards are great for taking notes that will eventually be used in a research paper. There are software developers that are working on the index card idea and creating software applications that allow one to create index-card-like documents that one can use and [...]

alesmeralda | May 14th, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

Note-Taking High-Tech or Low-Tech

There is an article from Life-Hacker which puts forward Thomas Edison as an example of a successful note-taker. The author describes Edison’s note-taking ability thus:
Famous inventor Thomas Edison is probably the most experienced note-taker in the world. His diary which is still maintained as an important part of the United States historical record contains five [...]

alesmeralda | May 9th, 2009 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

A Joomla Installation

I just finished working on a site threatened with extinction. The Collectanea site that I created on CollectaneaNet76 took me the whole day to finish. There were a lot of premium Joomla Templates to choose from, thanks to the work of anonymous donors. I worked on the site on and off today, [...]

alesmeralda | October 6th, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #5

The Pontifical Biblical Institute: 100 Years

Maybe I should now apply for a sabbatical in 2009. The Pontifical Biblical Institute will be celebrating its centenary that year and I think some of the activities will be interesting. I received a letter announcing the event just this morning when I went to my parents’ place in Antipolo. R. [...]

alesmeralda | September 15th, 2008 | Continued

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Records of an Ecclesial Experiment

The BEC Project at the MGCP is progressing. Since the last time I wrote about it (three months ago) we have begun holding training sessions for our BEC leaders regularly. We have more than ten cell leaders under advanced training now coming from four areas of the parish and three more under basic training. The [...]

8Jun2009 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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Most Popular at the Mystical Geek

I don’t often check the statistics for my blogs, but when I looked at the Mystical Geek this morning, I found out that search engines and my other blogs have been bringing readers to my posts. This is indicated by the fact that this week’s most popular content at Mystical Geek are not the ones [...]

4Jun2009 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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AML Pages: Iconize Your Folders and Notes

1. Download the Sample Icons I have collected for use with AML Pages. (See below)
2. Unzip the RAR file using your desktop’s unzippling utility. Remember where you unzip the archive. There will be three sub-folders in the “Sample Icons” directory: Documents, Folders, Mixed. Each of those sub-folders will have *.ico files.
3. Open up AML Pages. [...]

17May2009 | alesmeralda | 1 comment | Continued
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Just What Is Life…?

Just what is life,
is it just a passing dream …?
So goes a song I wrote for musical play that was performed many years ago at San Agustin Center of Studies.  What reminded me of the song was an old cartoon I did in 1995 about an experience I had on my first year at the [...]

11May2009 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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AML Pages

I am currently checking out AML Pages. I have been trying it out for a few weeks, writing articles for the Bible Workshop. The software is currently in version 9.10, a testimony to the kind of work that has been put into it. If one is familiar with other Tree Outliners like [...]

7May2009 | alesmeralda | 1 comment | Continued
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Twilight

Twilight.  It is supposed to be a film about teenage vampires.  It  is much ballyhooed.  My niece wrote something about it.  I must admit I was thinking of her review when I saw the movie.  I saw it on DVD, and here are my impressions…

29Dec2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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Jerry Was A Man

I’ve been watching a replay of AXN-Beyond’s Masters of Science of Fiction. This particular episode is entitled “Jerry Was A Man”. “Jerry” is an anthropoid (human DNA + robotic parts) that was programmed to work for the military as a mine detector. When it was discharged from service and returned to the institute that built [...]

28Sep2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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I Am Back!

I just came back from our group’s yearly retreat. This time it was held in the new Spirituality Center being constructed at ToloTolo, Concepcion, Cebu. The retreat was handled by Fr. Robert Dueweke, OSA of the Chicago Province.
The retreat lasted from September 22-26. During those days we tried to enter into the spirit of the [...]

27Sep2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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Your Daily Inspirations

This is how this present Arthemia theme should look like if I had uploaded the images I use for this blog in this same server.  Unfortunately, I use pictures I have uploaded in my PhotoBucket account and so I can’t really make use of the magazine-like layout of the theme to full advantage. 
Your Daily [...]

18Sep2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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FlexigenSoft Goes Freeware

Great news for us freebie-ers.  FlexigenSoft, the maker of AccelMan, AccelClip and ActualDoc has gone freeware.  I have written reviews of those softwares here (look under software review) and I must say that they are a cut above all other freewares available. 
The only thing that the surfer should remember is to download the registration [...]

13Sep2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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Here’s Another Reason For Web Ministry

A few days ago a certain “bernadette” made a comment at the Bible Workshop asking me to help her with a problem.   She has been assigned by her community to prepare the eucharistic liturgy in Tagalog and she found herself ill-equipped for it.  So she asked whether it was possible for me to help her with Tagalog translations, [...]

13Sep2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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Pictures from the DOST Booklaunching

Ms. Merle Opeña has made available the pictures from the DOST Booklaunching held at the Renaissance last 16 July, 2008. You may find some of these at the AgustinongPinoy Gallery.
Tags: DOST, ICT+and+Religion, book+launching

26Jul2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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Maligaya VI Third Anniversary

Today we celebrate the third anniversary of the Maligaya VI community we established back in the year 2005.  Ben Tindoy, the then out-going President of our Olympia I chapel invited me to visit the Bible prayer group he and his group, the New Jerusalem community, were supporting there.  I went for a few nights of Bible prayer sessions [...]

26Jul2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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Woo-hooo! Windows Live Writer!

 
I just installed the Windows Live Writer in my Vista and I am trying it out.  Besides I have heard so much about it that I just couldn’t keep myself from testing it.  An article from WikiPedia gives a programmer’s description of the software.  As early as August of 2006, TechCrunch was already comparing [...]

14Jul2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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The Rest of My Blog Posts

I just added another section to my blogs. It is a page that aggregates the RSS from the other AgustinongPinoy sites and presents my recent blog posts. Since it is new, you might find the page too long.  I’ve included not only the posts from Res Biblica and AgustinongPinoy but also that of our Theology [...]

11Jul2008 | alesmeralda | 0 comments | Continued
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