Author: Kupitero
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Waiting for the Netpliance iOpener hack parts
The thing had been sitting on a makeshift shelf on the garage – very close to the roof. I had only tested it briefly after I had acquired it from an estate auction in Dec. 2002 (too bad, I missed to get the compatible Canon printer in the same auction!!! Grrr). Back then, it was…
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Started the Revamp of this Web Site
The graphics and overall design were obviously aging. The more I looked at it, the more I remember my carefree days in Manila in the 80s and 90s. The original Kupitero’s Keep website, I created in 1998 but launched in 1999 when I finally got a decent web hosting site – Surfshop.net. Prior to them,…
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Manila’s favorite novelist, Nick Joaquin died
Manila mourns the death of one of its favorite sons, Nick Joaquin, who died April 29, 2004, in his San Juan, Metro-Manila home. It was via the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s web site, that I learned of the news. I had read quite a few of his novels – way back in my high school and…
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Installed Apple’s revamped iTunes (v2.5)
Gotta love iTunes‘ new version 2.5. Apple is continually pushing the envelope with increasingly sophisticated features in its industry-leading music software. I got it for the “free downloads” (just one song – and spoon-fed by Apple and, only for one week…but, well…free is free and no matter what genre of songs they give for free,…