Ramblings of a Princess

the geekery and the life of a princess who has too much to say

Category Archives: geekery

The Saraic History of Gaming Part 1

I never considered myself much of a gamer. As much as I love tinkering with my PC — and as much as I’m almost always on the computer… You get my point. Still, there were a few games that conquered … Continue reading

January 31, 2008 geekery , ,

virus alert!

Recently, I encountered one of the biggest technical crises of my life thus far. The Brontoc worm. It not only infected one of our PCs at home, but my mom’s laptop was also infected. Worse, our machines at work were … Continue reading

October 6, 2007 geekery , , , , , , , ,

10th Philippine Webbys, now open?

The Philippine Web Awards (PWA) is an award-giving body that annually recognizes the best Filipino-created Web sites and honors the individuals and teams behind them. The PWA continues to attract participants here and abroad and gain support from major industry … Continue reading

July 13, 2007 geekery , , ,

glammed up Google Docs

I was browsing around the official Google blogs today, and I saw a new post at the Official Google Docs & Spreadsheets Blog: An entirely new way to stay organized. As readers of this blog know, I already said in … Continue reading

June 30, 2007 geekery, technology , ,

every desktop a PC

I guess it’s been one of those things that everyone had been envisioning. Apple made a video about it in the late 1980s. Dr. Merrick in The Island had a spankin’ crystal one. It’s been whispered for years now, and, … Continue reading

June 24, 2007 technology

You Know You Live in 2007 When…

1.) You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3. 2.) You haven’t played solitaire with real cards for years. 3.) You e-mail/IM the person who works at the desk next to you. 4.) The … Continue reading

June 23, 2007 geekery, life

lost in translation

When I logged into Blogger today, my first thought was “They can NOT be serious about this.” About what, you ask? Well, about the word-for-word translation of everything, that’s what. For quite a while now, there’s been buzz around that … Continue reading

June 20, 2007 geekery , ,