Discourse, Society, Language, New Media, and I
In: Internet and Web
8 Jul 2009
This blog has over five hundred posts already – a collection of my more than five years in the blogosphere. I’ve grown quite content with its low-profile as it’s not really my intention to publicize nor monetize this.
Ever since [...]
In: Internet and Web
7 Jul 2009For the longest time, this blog has gone for that minimalist look. Even with the all-powerful WPUnlimited theme, I managed to strip it down to a plain white structure with orange accents. Maybe it’s about time I try to add a bit of dynamism in this blog’s spartan feel.
There are quite a lot of stunning [...]
April has been quite the month for Internet memes. Latest issue to hit my relevant sphere – the NIP cat killer.
Short version: A student at the NIP of UP Diliman murdered a sort of college pet cat all because he has a seething hatred for the species. Story leaked to the Internet. Kid even posted [...]
Check out the sidebar of this blog and you’d see a message to the Grammar gestapo. Some do find it ironic that, despite being a lecturer with the English Department, I would avoid discussions of grammar correctness and go around prescribing that people read style manuals and grammar guides.
To explain that bit, I would tell [...]
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 [...]
Hi! I'm Alex, a 20-something blogger writing about the discourses of social media. Once in a while I still let slip posts about the mundane, the asinine, and the trivial. Feel free to contact me.