a blog by Rayland R. Delos Reyes - “RDJA”
Google is in the process of updating PageRank (PR) of websites and by the looks of it, i’ll be losing a mark. 
Not bad, considering the fact that i haven’t been able to update much these past few months! I’m get very busy at times. 
So i guess It’ll be a drop from PR4 to PR3 then? not too shabby eh? 
Hi everyone! Yes, I AM STILL ALIVE! Its been over a month since my last post, and you’re probably wondering why..
Well, I left my job in Iloilo and moved back to my hometown in Laguna! Packing all my stuff was a major pain. I used up about 7 balikbayan boxes and had to ship them by boat. Luckily all of my belongings arrived intact thanks to 2go.
Nothing really much happened after that. Unpacked my stuff, applied for internet connection, etc. etc.
Anyways, since i’ve been gone for quite a while, i thought why not give some link love in this post.. tsk tsk tsk!
Ice9web (^_^)
A Dandy Sardonicism
Neoborn
TwEnTy-Two foR a MoMenT
whAt thE mAGuS hAS t0 SAy
Deathmarked
I was browsing through my Entrecard dashboard when i noticed my ad spots price suddenly increased. Turns out that they have a new pricing scheme. The base price is now 2 credits, and then for every advert waiting in line would mean another 2 credits.
| Ads waiting on spot | Formula | Final price |
| 0 | 2 | 2ec |
| 1 | 2 | 2ec |
| 2 | 2*2 | 4ec |
| 3 | 2*2*2 | 8ec |
| 4 | 2*2*2*2 | 16ec |
| 5 | 2*2*2*2*2 | 32ec |
| 6 | 2*2*2*2*2*2 | 64ec |
| 7 | 2*2*2*2*2*2*2 | 128ec |
| 8 | 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 | 256ec |
| 9 | 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 | 512ec |
| 10 | 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 | 1024ec |
The scheme could be found at the “how the price is calculated” page.
I have just upgraded to Wordpress 2.5.. or should I say I just “reformatted” my blog to 2.5. Instead of just upgrading my Wordpress installation, I thought why not just start from scratch? That way the database wouldn’t be filled with unnecessary entries from plugins I no longer use
Well, it wasn’t an easy task but I got it done! 
I used Wordpress’ export function to export the entries, pages and comments. Then I just imported it into the new installation, which at that time was installed in a subfolder. Hehe! After I finished installing everything, I moved the installation to the top level of my domain.
I also kind of got bored with my old template so I decided to use a different one. This time the template of choice is Blog Oh Blog V2.0. Just a few more tweaks to the template and everything will be all good! 
wordpress is built in with smileys which you can use for your posts. many people know it exists but don’t know what to type to get the right smiley, so i decided to give you a table of the available smileys.
| icon | text | text | full text |
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:) | :-) | :smile: |
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:D | :-D | :grin: |
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:( | :-( | :sad: |
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:o | :-o | :eek: |
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8O | 8-O | :shock: |
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:? | :-? | :???: |
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8) | 8-) | :cool: |
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:x | :-x | :mad: |
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:P | :-P | :razz: |
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:| | :-| | :neutral: |
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;) | ;-) | :wink: |
| icon | full text |
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:lol: |
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:oops: |
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:cry: |
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:evil: |
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:twisted: |
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:roll: |
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:!: |
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:?: |
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:idea: |
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:arrow: |
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:mrgreen: |
or if you want more smileys, you can download custom smilies plugin. This plugin allows you to use smilies of your choice instead of default ones.
Blogging by itself is fun! You get to pretty much write about anything you want.. Whether it be about your daily life, your favorite hobby, or a topic of interest. But, blogging is never going to be the same, now that you can get paid for blogging. Hey, a few bucks can go a long way. wouldn’t you agree?
You could actually earn money through blog advertising. Advertisers search for bloggers to write reviews about their website. Which the blogger (more…)
with just a few hours left till the kickoff of Superbowl XLII and i am wondering, will you be watching it for the game or the advertisements? yes the game itself is something to look forward to.. Superbowl XLII is going to be played between the Giants and the Patriots.. but then, the advertisements play an important part too, considering the whopping $3million dollars for each 30 second slot. its no wonder some of the greatest commercials are seen during the superbowl..
but for advertisers, the Superbowl is also an opportunity not to be passed. millions of viewers are going to watch it on TV and 30 seconds may be the “make it or break it” moment.
so what is it for you? the game or the adverts? i’d go for both.. enjoy the game and have a laugh in between! btw, i’m rooting for the Patriots.. hehe!
Yesterday was the last day of the Dinagyang festival and also the day when ‘tribes’ perform in the Dinagyang street competition. Aple and I decided to go and just walk around. we didn’t get to see the performances since (more…)
I guess I’m still a novice then.. hehehehe!
The company i currently work for is holding a SEO contest, and i thought why not give it a shot. so i did and my official entry is http://aov-outsourcing-service.blogspot.com/. I have to optimize it so it ranks high for the keywords AoV Outsourcing service, AoV Philippines Outsourcing, and outsource to the philippines aov.
If you have the time, please visit the site.. if you want we could have three way links. i link you from this blog and you link to my contest entry blog using any of the three keywords..hehehehehehe!
ok, so i took a few snapshots of my weekend project. to be honest, i’m not quite through installing all the programs i need.. i’ve been going back and forth.. eating, taking naps, and installing (mostly taking naps though).. anyways, enjoy the pics! just click on them to enlarge..
my messy cables
my spare hard drives in enclosures
the installation of the OS
ooops.. need to select networking settings
a rather clean desktop (for now………..)
gotta stay up to date right?
it’s the weekend again and while i have some spare time, i might as well go on with my “planned from so long ago (i cant even remember when)” computer reformatting. its been a while since my last reformat. i reformat my computer every few months to clean up any residual and unnecessary files from my drives and especially from my registry.
but first i have to backup all my files (150+ GB of them) onto my spare hard drives. good thing i have two spare 160GB drives. and yes i will use both to back up my files so that i will have two copies (one can never be too sure). anyways, i doubt they would fail at the same time..
actually reformatting the hard drive and installing the OS doesn’t really take that long. it will probably only take about an hour, maybe even less. what really takes up time is installing all the other software. from security software, to the editing software, to the multimedia software. well that’s all for now. i better start on my project. i might take pictures and i’ll post them later for all of you..
