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5/1
A Survival Guide for the Newcomer in a Third World Country.
Sure, but that's politics. 

Da Nuts and Bolts Guide to Manila
Philippines CAPSULE
EDG's comment/rant/pinoy testimony

Doing the tourist thing. The Philippines possesses much natural beauty.
A dream island vacation (awesome place)
German bakpaka ("backpacker") in Seibu
Pictures of Old Manila
The Boracay experience


A house on an island in a lake in a volcano is Lake Taal
 

More blog and funny shiet. Problem? Humor is the answer.

huh?!
Pinoyware
Panecdotes (rotflmao funny!) Written mostly in Tagalog

The ostentatious jeepney, a truly Pinoy thing. Betcha ride on one!

background articles 01 | 02 | 03
Ben Wallace wants his own jeepney in Texas
van vs jeepney head-on
A Jeepney Ride from Baybay to Ormoc, Leyte
pedicab, taxi and jeepney comparisons
 
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 Humor is the answer? 
 "Tawanan mong problema mo!" (Laugh in the face of adversity)



 5/3

 the funny side of IT @ pibmug.org | some are really funny, like this one

 D&D sig heads up. But is it still :special interest group: if everybody's into it?

 Stevil's 2E + 3E (respectively 2nd Ed. and the new 3rd Ed. revisions)
 Oriental Adventures still hold allure even after all this time @ the OAProject
 ONYX. "A mythical version of Bronze Age Babylon". Possibly intriguing.
 Very Good linkage for Oriental Non-weapon Proficiencies by Tiras
 Any arper worth his salt (dice?) knows about The Top 25 3E sites. Now GO! 

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 5/6

 PC woes? I'd go ask Steve Bass. He's helped me clean up my pc once or twice.
 Some links to get you started:

 SB @ pcworld.com (the only pc mag I've cared enough to sub a hardcopy for)
 The man at PIBMUG (Pasadena IBM Users Group) 

aaEver hear of Half-Life?

 May not be much of a pagea but Bobby's busy as heck (but then isn't everyone else?!)
 
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 5/8

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 fontslinks from Luc Devroye
 if you love to read: East of the Sun and West of the Moon

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 Jim's Deli. Everything you need to know about NYC 
 Loads better than the Voice. Catch up with the city vibe with NYPress
 NYC MTA. Get around via masstran. Sometimes walking don't cut it. 
 

 5/9 [ Überkû r080t links ]

 Pagoo. Non-intrusive, high functionality callcatcher. Suggested app.
 Your daily dose of Star Wars. Jedi bendu otaku hive @ theforce.net

    Ya tvoy sluga. Ya tvoy rabotnik.
      EXACTLY. Slip to the Kraftwerk FAQ.

 More than toys: the Lego Robotics Network

aaLet's VOLT in !!! My first ever robot/anime experience.



 5/10 - 5/14   Increasing Net Awareness

 [ Better safe than sorry ]
 Defend your right to shred netside. Protect your pc from being 0WN3D.

 By the numbers (suggested sites)
 1. Antivirus  | Symantec security updates
 2. Personal Firewall | Zone Labs
 3. Surf Privately | Anonymizer

 Got questions? Take your time and look it up on pcworld.com
 script kiddies - How a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

 Okay. On the lighter side of things.
 tv: Discovery.com and their Jack the Ripper report
 NYC.bicycles (keywords: NYC, New York, cycling, bicycles, bikes)
 EIGHT MILES OF BOOKS (ain't that grand!) at the Strand
 Jim's Deli. Brooklyn (and other NYC) street fair calendars 

 I'm still looking for a decent link to the Godfather Trilogy. You got one? Tell me!

 Kani : The überkû Japanese page I've been talking about!
 Otaku groups (William Gibson) The Sprawl and (electronica) Orbital
 SOPDOG. Our old drinking gang in Chicago. Banana wars got in the way.
           RPG93. University revisited. Logs of our current correspondence herea



 5/15  useful miscellany
 spam eating up storage? Get yourself a big 100MB box!
 
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 5/16 The Lord of Ten Thousand Years
 From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Puyi
 China Books Periodicals Incorporated (Editor)
 Format: Hardcover, 496pp.       ISBN: 0835111598
 Publisher: China Books & Periodicals, Incorporated
 Pub. Date: January 1987
 [run a search on bn.com]

 news article: Pu Yi's last wife reveals his soft side
 Ebert's review of The Last Emperor, a film by Bernardo Bertolucci
 Why am I still waiting for the SE? The first edition dvd's a disappointment


 5/19 Friday the 13th The Series
 zero info from the official site on scifi.com
 The 13th Hour - chockful of useful stuff. Schpooké!



 5/20 Is that you, Alice?
 Read up on Lewis Carroll
                                    and 
                                       down the rabbithole
                                                           you go
 childhood disfunction = videogame? 
 a Wired article on Alice designer American McGee
 A game mag interview with AMG
 Who needs the Cheshire Cat when you've got Cheats
 IGN review gives out the even-handed treatment

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 Morbidly fascinating like roadkill: dark + twisted fan art @ alice.stomped.com 
 [Alice @ Stomped offers a ton of goodies. Make sure you scour it well]



a links in progress
 5/21 reclaiming intelectronica
 the alpha conspiracy @ mp3.com
 sample [Outlands] and you'll be downloading everything 
 .....22 Orbital
 Get the 100% from loopz.co.uk

 .....23 got Atari? 
 .....24 memory like Deckard's replicants
 .....25 The Book Of Dreams
 .....26 to my dear uncle PKD | a scifi bibliography
 .....27 Steve Martin spastizication ( stevemartin.com )

 .....28 Patrick Miceli made me want to collect cool trash
 I have more pics of the installation detail. Upload tba - possibly in 2004?

5/29 My history in the UPJC - Uploaded 6.17.2001 

a 5/30    The journal entries for these dates have not
a 5/31    yet been entered.

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