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Comment on Mouse Hunting by rb

rb — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:02:42 +0000

aha! nasa iyo pala yung mouse ko! aling mouse yan? [sidenote... guess what, my company's moving to taguig, karma sucks]

Comment on Mouse Hunting by Brian

Brian — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:29:59 +0000

I brought from the U.S. a nice, big, grey and black Logitech laser-tracking mouse with a bluetooth USB dongle to use with my portable computer. It’s great for $19.99 + 7% tax. So many optical mice are available in the big chain stores in the U.S., for $19.99 - $79.99, from Logitech, Microsoft, Kensington and the obscure brands.
When, after moving to the Philippines, I found that my beloved Wacom XC-100 cordless mouse no longer works on its Intuos 2 digitizer pad, I was upset. Confused and perturbed. the Intuos 2 pen works, yet the mouse doesn’t. I tried and tried to figure out why, with Wacom.com technical support, downloading and reading the user manual, downloading and installing driver,… opening the tightly-sealed mouse that had worked beautifully for years to try and see what could could have been affected by transoceanic travel in my luggage…
I began using the Logitech Bluetooth mouse with my desktop Mac, yet I tire of switching-out the AA rechargeable batteries. So I went to UniCom on Session Road (which accepts credit cards) and bought a A4 Tech NB-30D battery-free lightweight mouse on a digitizer pad USB-cabled to the computer for P950 (I think).
Unlike my beloved Wacom, this silver plastic trackpad is in ‘portrait’ orientation, rather than ‘landscape’ orientation. Oh, well. It works for P950, and I don’t have to switch-out batteries. But the mouse is confined to the pad, unlike a Logitech mouse which you can slide anywhere on your desktop.
Try UniCom in SM City or Session Road. It has decent prices on alot of peripherals. I got a portable (USB-powered) Western Digital 250gb drive at a fair price- within a few dollars of US retailers’ prices. And UniCom accepts credit cards - if you need to make big-ticket purchases or don’t want to wait in line at an ATM on a weekend.
Peace.

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Comment on It’s a Brown Huntsman Spider! by Brian

Brian — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:06:22 +0000

I’m glad that you did a little research.
I had one here about 4″ across a month or so after my housemate was startled by a 6″ huntsman.
A Pinoy friend had told my housemate and me that they were tarantulas, but I doubted it, as we think of tarantulas as short-legged, thick and hairy - unless there are several varieties of tarantualas… and this is a Filipino kind. But you solved the case.

Comment on It’s a Brown Huntsman Spider! by Mike

Mike — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:53:03 +0000

Hahaha. Pati ba naman spideys…

Comment on It’s a Brown Huntsman Spider! by Tarantulas Bites Are Not Your Normal Spider Bites

Tarantulas Bites Are Not Your Normal Spider Bites — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:57:23 +0000

[...] a chunk out of a finger tip! Didn’t bother this youngster, though. And, with scary spiders all over the world, maybe we should just relax and deal with [...]

Comment on Insectarium! by Francis Zabala

Francis Zabala — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:23:57 +0000

@Brian

Oh don’t kill it. They are not poisonous. They actually eat cockroaches and my apartment doesn’t have any roaches.

@whitecarrotman
I isn’t poisonous. Here my post regarding this type of spider.

http://www.chanos2.com/2008/lightened-minds/its-a-brown-huntsman-spider/

Comment on Insectarium! by whitecarrotman

whitecarrotman — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:12:05 +0000

wow that spider so big, have u kill that spider? i think it poisonous and look like a bad spider , maybe u can call spiderman to identify this spider type ha ha im sure he will know.

Comment on Nokia 5310 XpressMusic by resie

resie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:59:33 +0000

parang ang weird ng Filipino version ng manual. The translation was so literal it’s hilarious.
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Comment on Fastfood vesus Fastfood. by Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:27:19 +0000

I read similar article also named , and it was completely different. Personally, I agree with you more, because this article makes a little bit more sense for me

Comment on Insectarium! by Brian

Brian — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:02:28 +0000

Sorry I can’t identify that specie of spider. But I killed one like it last night in my apartment. My roommate whacked an even larger one a month ago. Well, the spider bodies aren’t large, bu they have long, long legs so that in total they are larger than a man’s hand. They were fuzzy and were “tarantulas” according to my friends. I refer to my apartment (bottom floor of a house in Tuding) as “Animal Planet,” as I have about a dozen types of insects coming in to keep me company. Some I have never seen in the U.S.

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