Life Hacks for Polymaths

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Welcome polymaths !

Ever get the feeling that you seem to don't know what to do with your life because there are just so many things that you want to do ? I know, I've been there, so welcome to the club.

My name is Zigfred Diaz and I am a polymath. After more than 6 years of bloging about almost anything under the sun and having sort of a "blogging identity crisis." I've finally embraced who I am and decided to turn my main blog into some sort of guide for people with so much interest. Feel free to poke around.

Solving Asia’s Poverty Problem – Part 1

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This is my official entry to the Asia Challengee 2010 essay writing contest. Unfortunately I did not win this contest so I am posting it in my blog. Otherwise you would be reading it at Time Magazine, so be happy that you read it first here at www.zdiaz.com. hehehehehe :-) What is the most important challenge facing Asia over the next decade? Why? and what should be done about it ? These words stuck with me while I read the last page of the August 2010 issue of Times Magazine on the 29th of August. I usually do not read ads, but somehow for some reason I read this one and found out that the deadline for this essay contest is on the 31st. I quickly researched about Asia in the internet and realized that there are a lot of things to write on. Issues that affect Asia ranging from the most popular such as global warming to corrupt governments to birth control flooded my mind. I am in a quandary as to what to write on. Amongst all of these issues which is the most important? Having an … [Read more...]

Pag may PAGBABAGO may Goldilocks

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5 years ago, I was just in law school and about to enter my 3rd year law. 5 years before that I just graduated from my undergraduate course. 5 years before that I was just finishing High school 5 years before that I was just about to enter the 6th grade 5 years before that I was just about to start school. And 5 years before that I wasn't even born yet ! Oh how time flies swiftly and oh how change remains so constant. Change gives life color and excitement. It gives us a sense of progress and sense of achievement. It gives meaning to life. Imagine a world of no change. No Innovations, No growth. Life becomes dull and boring. Through my years of existence on this planet earth, there are lots of changes that happened in my life. Big major changes. Every year I celebrate my birthday, that’s a major change as I get older every year Every time a member of the family celebrates a birthday, that's a major change, cause that means they are getting older too !  Every time I … [Read more...]

Kindle vs. iPad which is a better deal ?

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I've owned an Amazon Kindle for 6 months now and I am very satisfied with it's performance. There's only one thing I regret about the Amazon Kindle and I've shared with you what it's about in my post entitled "My regrets with the Amazon Kindle 2." People had been asking me on whether they should get a Kindle or not. I can't blame them. With a plethora of reading devices to choose from, it would be very hard to make the best decision. Among the reading devices, the battle for supremacy has never been tougher between the Amazon Kindle versus Apple's ipad. True, both devices are different in a lot of ways. Unlike the Kindle, the ipad is not just an ebook reader, but is classified as a full pledge PC. However since both devices are also utilized as ebook readers then the comparison is appropriate. I'm not going to give you any pros and cons or any tables comparing the advantages of owning a Kindle over an ipad. While it is true that I would pick a Kindle over an ipad, I agree that … [Read more...]

What is hotlink and how to disable hotlinking in order to prevent bandwidth theft

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Last Sunday I just disable hot linking for this blog. I found out that somebody was stealing bandwidth space from me. For those the sake of the uninformed “Hotlinking” or “hotlink” works like this. Most blogs or websites often feature pictures and images. The picture or images can be addressed in your website or blog through a unique url address. For example in my case one of my image url address is at https://www.zdiaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Kindle-1.jpg Now somebody comes along and finds this picture that I have uploaded. Instead of asking my permission to use my image, downloading it to their computer or netbooks and uploading it to their server, they just use the image link (The url above) in their site and viola ! My image is already featured in their site. This is called “hotlinking.” Aside from the fact that they are using images that I personally took without permission when these people “hotlink” to my site they also steal bandwidth. What do I mean when I say that … [Read more...]

Congressman Manny Pacquiao delivers his first privilege speech in Congress

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Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao or more popularly known as Manny Pacquiao is probably the most sensational figure to emerge this last decade not only in Philippine history but worldwide. His fame and fortune has been primarily derived from boxing. Pacquiao has accomplished so much in the world of boxing, Aside from being a seven-division world champion, he is the first boxer in history to win nine world titles in seven different weight division. Further he is the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. Being just in his 30s, Pacquiao has truly accomplished so much what most people couldn’t even accomplish in their entire lifetime. Nevertheless despite having becoming so rich and having accomplished so much in boxing, Pacquiao continues to make himself useful to society by investing his money in businesses giving the good people of General Santos and the province of Sarangani job opportunities. His recent foray into politics has … [Read more...]