Wanted: Assistant Wire Manager

I need a professional assistant wire manager. The job is simple: manage wires well. The candidates for this job must possess a great ability to rein in wires around the residential and office areas. A pleasing appearance is an advantage.

Anyone who has taken interest to read my previous posts here would know that I hate wires. That want-ad I typed above is for real. But I'm not looking for a real person to do it. I'm looking for an object to tidy up the wires that circumnavigate my digital spaces.


Yesterday, I finally "hired" someone, or should I say something, to do the job. It's a little plastic wire manager the size of a short book marker. Once it has neatly coiled and clipped the wires, its tip goes to a slit opening that creates an effect of a cat sticking out its tongue. It's cute and does the job in its own small way. This little helper costs P99 only and is available in other animal characters such as puppies, cow, moose and pig. :)

Cat speaker

Last night as I hurried back home, I chanced upon a store called DigiBabe at SM Cyberzone. Being a true geek-in-pink at heart I instantly decided to quickly browse the store.

The store is a tech lifestyle one catering to the female crowd.



There are hardly any hardware (pun intended) around because they fill their shelves with cute peripherals like this speaker cat. I love it. It goes by the brand name Cooler, a sound blasting MP3/computer speaker that only costs P395. It charges by USB. Ain't it cute? It sounds pretty good, too, for a speaker smaller than a new born kitten. :)

There are other models available. They have mummy, cyclops, Batman, skully, Friday the 13th, etc. I think they make perfect Christmas gifts or give-aways.

On my watch list!

What's the time? It's time for a new watch!! He he he.

Most women are shoes and bags addicts. Cosmetics and perfumeries, too. I'm not. It's watches that I like. It's my dream to one day attend any of the two most important watch fairs in the world, the Baselworld and The Salon International de la Haute Horlegerie in Switzerland, the bastion of timepieces.

My three-year old Philip Stein kept me satisfied enough not to want another one until I flipped through an old catalog and found this:

Ain't it pretty? :)

This Georg Jensen Vivianna large open bangle steel watch is making me drool at the moment. Aside from it's sheer elegance and sexiness, it makes me drool because my jaw dropped when I saw the price online. It costs Euro1180.00 (exclusive of VAT).

The face of the watch is a mirror and features sapphire crystals. Is that why it's so expensive? It was designed in 1969. Is timeless design expensive? Watches priced like this really makes you realize that time is precious. As in Georg Jensen precious.

HP unveils world's smallest color laser printer

HP today announced here in Singapore many printing firsts, one of which is the world's smallest color laser printer, the CP1025nw. It's also one of the world's most energy-efficient color laser printers that is ePrint enabled.

I'll post more details after our conference.

What I want for Christmas...

Today is October 7, still quite early to make a Christmas wish list but not a bad idea to get started now. Anyway, I can always use the edit button to change or add what's on my list which will have the following:

1. A simple smartphone if ever there is one. I don't care for smartphones that are overloaded with stuff I don't need or promise to do a lot of things except feed my cats.

2. An online security camera that is small and easy to maintain. I still wish I could have the BrickHouse Security 017-CAM4-USB.


3. An electronic scooter that will do the balancing and driving for me :)

4. A calf massager. This is a necessity.

5. A DSLR that doesn't intimidate.

6. New good DS and Wii game titles like Just Dance 2 because the old ones are less fun to play now.

7. A mechanical ball thrower for my dog. The one in photo is the GoDogGo automatic tennis ball launcher and fetch machine that costs $119.99. My dog could use this on days when I'm not available to play with her.



8. A toy aquarium for my cats because they need entertainment, too.

9. A huge 3D LED TV, why not?!!!

10. A really fast and no downtime broadband service.

11. An intelligent car that can help me park, can detect the status of my tires, etc. without me having to look because I usually don't know what I should be looking for.

Okay, I think I can't go on any further because it gets unrealistic as I add more items. If only money grows on Christmas trees, then I can have all these even before the holidays roll around.

Google Adsense Account Disabled

I hit a speed bump in my blogging because Google disabled my Adsense account. Although it's not the main reason why I am blogging, I won't deny that I love seeing some ads in my site as it make the page appear busier and active. I was religiously blogging and happily watching "My Stats" that told me I was being read in many parts of the world already. But that was true only until the day Google decided I was a cheat and therefore they should confiscate my meager $25 earnings.

I was so disheartened and appealed my case but Google said: "After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense account. Your outstanding balance and Google's share of the revenue will both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers."

That really sucks and I really felt like I was being crushed by a giant. But no amount of despairing would help and I miss blogging, so, with some reluctance I type this piece to hopefully get me back in the saddle, even without Adsense around.

Mouse pad or Cat pad?

Here's my small collection of mouse pads with cat prints. The Hello Kitty is the oldest, bought from a store in the so-called IT alley in Taipei. The other two were gifts that probably came from abroad, too. I hardly use a mouse pad now, but I keep these fine proofs that show how cats invaded the mouse's pad. :)