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Pantaleon Villegas, the man behind the mythical Leon Kilat
I have been using Leon Kilat as online identity for years now. I started using the pseudonym in 1999 but I have been fascinated by the story of Leon Kilat since 1998, when I was still with The Independent Post. The Post put out a special edition for Independence Day 1998 – the centennial of…
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WordPress 1.5.2 released
Darn it. I should have procrastinated longer. Just a few minutes after I did the fixes described in the previous post, I read the new release announcement in the dashboard. The upgrade went smoothly in all three blogs in our domain. I didn’t even have to deactivate the plugins (not intentional – it’s just that…
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Updating WordPress, installing Serendipity
Abe Olandres posted the warning in his blog, there is a security update for WordPress 1.5.1.3 if your web server runs register_globals = on in the PHP configuration. What got my attention was the WordPress warning that “Perl and PHP code exist to automatically exploit vulnerable WP 1.5.1.3 sites.”
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They’re cutting up Cebu in Manila
Cebuano legislators who want their districts carved out as separate provinces are holding the hearings in Manila. Those against the plan have repeatedly pushed for the holding of public hearings in Cebu and rightly so – the issue affects Cebuanos and our sentiments should be heard by the committee taking up the proposals. If the…
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You say local government leaders are feudal?
I first heard of it from a colleague — Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano’s birthday celebration theme was to be a “halad sa hari” or tribute to the king. Last night, I saw a copy of the invitation (see picture) from another colleague who got the copy from a Mandaue official. I don’t know if…