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Dumaguete WiFi Spots
If you’re looking for places that offer Wifi access in Dumaguete City, you will find that there are only few business establishments that offer it for free unlike in Davao City where free WiFi is fast becoming a lucrative business strategy.
These are the places around town that I’ve been in to that offer free WiFi access:
1. Jollibee Perdices Branch – This branch is located at the heart of the metro near Lee Plaza. It will require you a password to connect to their WiFi. Just ask any of their service crew for the password.
Rating: Very Good.
2. Jollibee North Road Branch – Located along North Road Highway (near NORSU). You also need to ask the password from any of their service crew.
Rating: Very Good.
3. Sted’s Convenience Store – Sted’s doesn’t have WiFi but you can get a signal when you’re there. Conveniently located just across Silliman University.
Rating: Reasonable (Signal strength is sometimes low and you need to reconnect from time to time.)
4. McDonald’s Dumaguete Branch – This is located near the Cathedral Church and does not require a password.
Rating: Good.
5. D’Minimiks Grill – Located along Hibbard Avenue beside ABS-CBN. Good food. Good ambiance. Good Internet connectivity.
Rating: Good.
6. Happy Freds – Located along the Boulevard. Haven’t gone to this place, yet.
Rating: Unknown
7. Gabby’s Bistro - Located in Bantayan, Dumaguete City. Near Florentina Homes.
8. Cafe Antonio - Ask around. Everybody knows where Cafe Antonio is.
Got more FREE WiFi spots around Dumaguete City? Please leave a comment.
UPDATED: January 9, 2009. Added two more WiFi hot spots.
Breaded Porkshop
A few weeks ago, I ate my lunch in a nearby convenience store near my work place. While I was busy deciding what to eat, my attention was caught by this big tarpaulin (instead of the beautiful waitress patiently waiting for my order) showing their value meals.
Yesterday, I went back to the store to check if they somehow changed the tarpaulin. Much to my surprise, the oversized menu was still displayed (hopefully to attract more customers and not bloggers like me). I don’t know if their manager already noticed it or if it was displayed/printed intentionally but they’re sure proud of it!
Anyway, here’s the picture.
If you want to see it for yourself, be sure to drop by at Sted’s Convenience Store – Silliman Branch. Bon Appétit!
On UPS and Generators
About a week ago, Friendster users were shocked why most of their friends were missing or deleted. Days later, an official announcement from the Friendster team revealed the real reason behind the problem.
According to them, “There was a building-wide power outage at the QTS/Globix Data Center in Sunnyvale, California, USA where Friendster’s servers are co-located, along with about 50 other customers. As a result, the memory caching of data was affected. Since Friendster has 85 million users, the cache is taking a considerable amount of time to build. Once the cache has been completely built, all friends will re-appear.”
I checked the net about the validity of the news and found that it was, indeed, true. You can read the entire stuff right here and here.
The UPS and generators did not do there job. So blame it to those UPS and generators, people!
According to this website, “The Santa Clara facility was back on generator within two hours, but Friendster remained offline for more than 23 hours over three days.”
That troubled me most. Just imagine how a power outage that lasted for two hours can make a big difference or ultimately wreck havoc into a system of a particular company. This clearly questioned Friendster’s system’s reliability.
Hopefully, Friendster can learn from their mistakes. As for me, I’m switching to Facebook.
Browsing Mobile Internet using Firefox
While iPhone has Safari, Blackberry has RIM, and Windows Mobile has Internet Explorer Mobile, Mozilla recently set its sight on mobile phones. Mozilla just released it’s new browser for mobile phones. Although Fennec (named for a type of small fox) is not yet widely available in most phones, the Nokia N810 Internet tablet comes pre-equipped with Mozilla’s “alpha” version of Fennec.
Rumor has it that there are plenty of bugs and some interface problems. Hopefully, Fennec could be available to most consumer phones by early part of next year.
Friendster down?
Friendster is pretty messed up lately. Missing friends. Every now and then maintenance. Rumor has it that a computer virus or a computer hacker named H4XOR is responsible for the 4-day maintenance of Friendster.
But please, do not believe the text message that’s circulating lately. Me hates losing my friends but me also thinks that it pays to read.
My “Simple” Christmas Wish List [Part 1 of 2]
Since Christmas is just around the corner, I am compelled to write about my simple yet out-of-this-world gadget wish list for this year. Hopefully some geek can read this and perhaps can make these for me. I will glady pay you.
- Telepads – Imagine yourself being disintegrated to a molecular level and you can go anywhere in the world with this baby. Saves fuel and avoid those pesky airport security.
- Jedi Lightsaber – If you watched those Star Wars Movies, I’m sure you will also want this thing. This baby can cut through solid steel and can take you to a killing spree if you allow yourself to be consumed by the dark force. May the force be with you!
- Wall-e Personal Assistant – Pixar’s Waste Allocation Load Lifter is what I really need right now, especially in my room. If you’ve been in my room, you know why.
- Tara Reid Holographic Image Personal Assistant – On second thought, who needs a robot to do all the cleaning! Imagine Tara Reid doing all the things you hate to do and perhaps this baby can also do some other neat stuff. Rawr <evil grin>. Sassy, eh?
- Camera-slash-cellphone-slash-laptop -slash-money-dispensing-machine – Everything I will ever need is in this baby.
Calling all Dumaguete bloggers
For the gentle bloggers in Dumaguete City, there’s a plan to have a Dumaguete Bloggers Society. I say we call ourselves DUMB (Dumaguete Bloggers) or DUMBO (Dumaguete Bloggers Org).
Anyway, I’ll keep you posted.
Go and multiply.
Ideas worth spreading
As I was just about to search YouTube for videos to be used for my class presentation, I stumbled upon TED’s website.
I was immediately struck with its motto, “Ideas worth spreading” and just by reading it, I know what content to expect right away.
TED, by the way, stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. The website believes in the power of ideas – ideas that can change the world and the people in it. Its mission? Spread ideas.
TED brings people from the three industries (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) together and share ideas with one another though talks.
Videos of these talks are freely available online and what’s great about this is that you can download these videos and watch it when you have time.
To learn more about TED, click here.
No Free Wi-Fi in Silliman
Wifi is no longer free in Silliman University. Globe is now selling its Broadband Worldpass Voucher for P20.00. That’s 60 minutes of non-stop Internet surfing. Bad news for the student’s though.
Globe Broadband Worldpass Wi-fi zones are in the following areas:
- G/F Villareal Hall
- Science Complex 111 Garden
- AS Building
- Katipunan Hall
- G/F College of Nursing near Chapman
- MC Roble Hall (College of Nursing)
- SU Library (1st and 2nd floors)
- CBA (Ethel Chapman Building)
- College of Computer Studies
And here’s the list where you can buy Globe’s Broadband Worldpass vouchers:
- Office of the Student Affairs – Hibbard Hall
- Student Center – 2nd floor, Hibbard Hall
- SU Cafeteria
- Student Kiosks – Near SU Library
- Student Kiosks – Near Oriental Hall
- Student Kiosks – Near College of Business Administration and College of Nursing
- Student Kiosks – College of Arts and Sciences
- Sampaguita College
- Azucena Cottage
- Edith Carson Hall
- New Men’s Dormitory
- Doltz Hall
- Larena Hall
- Woodward Hall
To learn more about the Globe Broadband Worldpass feature, click here.
