The problem with too much

Over stimulating an infant's brain with non-stop audios can cause permanent damage. Old-fashioned nuzzling, kissing and tickling is still a more effective way of … [Read more...]

Christmas came early for Sam and Alex

Sam takes her photo with a Canon EOS 350D

When Sam took this self-portrait, the Canon EOS 350D was still mine. As of 7.00 p.m. last night, she became the owner of the camera that had been an integral part of my … [Read more...]

Why I want a flatbed scanner

Sam winking

We have so many photo albums because we've always been a camera family. And you know how parents are especially when the kids are very young -- films and processing were a … [Read more...]

I want a Palm Centro

Sony Ericsson K800i and M600i

Speedy's phones are company issued. Mine aren't. I don't have a company. I have ME. And all my business expenses, I have to pay for. As Speedy so pointedly pointed out … [Read more...]

Don’t mock this cam phone

photo of grapes taken with the Sony Ericsson K800i cam phone

I used to scoff at cam phones. My gosh, how I snubbed the pathetic photos that cam phones coughed out. That was then. This is the Sony Ericsson K800i with its 3.2 … [Read more...]

Canon IXUS i7 zoom

There are places where cameras are not allowed. The glass doors at the entrances of Robinson's Metro East, for instance, have no-camera-allowed stickers. I have been told that … [Read more...]

CD, VCD, Laser disc and DVD players

DVD player, made in China

When the first CD player came out in the Philippines in 1990, I bought one. It was a Sharp CD player. I remember my brother and I talking about a stereo component system when … [Read more...]

Bad case of gadget accessories lust

This is bad. Taking the cue from a comment posted by Rhodora, I was going to write about sanitary napkins -- wings or no wings -- and I had completed an outline mentally … [Read more...]

Cell phones and damaged sperm

If the results of a recent study are to be believed, men may be better off sending and receiving SMS, MMS and e-mails with the cell phones rather than making and receiving … [Read more...]

Macbook

macbook

... I bought a Macbook over the weekend. … [Read more...]