The Construct
Discourse, Society, Language, New Media, and I
Archive for February, 2009
KAISA as UP’s ‘change’?
28 Feb 2009
I had an interesting discussion with my English majors last Thursday in a discussion on the language of politics. Hot off the USC elections, the group in charge made references to the parties and their campaign tactics. It was [...]
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- Tags: Elections, Philippines, STAND-UP, University, UP, USC
Oh come on, Mr. MMDA Chairman. You know what happens on these streets. I’d have to applaud Mayor Binay for pointing this out for everyone. I have seen those anti-Cory posters along Commonwealth and I wondered how they came to be. I rarely get the opportunity to take snapshots of these since I usually drive [...]
Crap for cheap
In: Internet and Web
28 Feb 2009When I started out this blog, I searched the cheapest web hosting package available. Like most newbies on a budget, I was led to Philhosting who claims to be the number 1 hosting company in the country or something. I didn’t bother with that since everyone claims that they’re number 1 anyway. What caught my [...]
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- Tags: Host, Internet and Web, MSWeb, Philhosting, Sugoi, Web
WPUnlimited: The ultimate WordPress theme
25 Feb 2009Customizing your WordPress theme can be a real bitch. One reason why I haven’t really made changes with my blog layout is because it takes quite a while to do. The quickest way is to just download and apply an existing theme. That usually means your blog just looks like all the other blogs using [...]
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- Tags: Theme, WordPress, WPUnlimited
High school and open parties: Condemning the coños
In: Education
22 Feb 2009Last week, the blogosphere had a blast discussing the jologs incident at the UP Fair. I wonder though, what will happen to this issue about an Ateneo high sophomore allegedly being mauled in an open party. This issue, I think, isn’t getting enough mileage from the blogosphere.
I first read about the issue on a college [...]
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- Tags: Ateneo, Coño, Open Parties, STOYA
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