For patron accounts, I've added one new feature: linkbacks. Any time a Tabulas user posts an entry that links to a particular entry of yours, you'll see it appear in the comment view of a page. This will help you discover who's talking about your entries on Tabulas, and it is a way to encourage you to link to other's posts as well!

I've also started processing Tabulas entries for the "Related" entries feature - for those of you who don't know, this is a magical feature which will try to find "related" entries that you've written. Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes it's not. But it's fun to see what entries will show up

Related entries are processed nightly, so you may have to wait a bit to get related entries. All patron account should have had their entries processed, though.

'm just copying my workmate Myra's post about the Colorgenics website. Its cool and freaky at the same time. I actually did this before, say sometime around early December. And the results got me freaked because it was so apt for the particular time and situation that I was going through. I decided to try it again and see if the verdict would still be the same as before or it would spit something out. Again, it freaked me out. I'm posting the result that I got back in December, and the one I got today..

Name: Ari
Date: 12/18/2008

Is it that you are working - or even playing - too hard? Because it would seem that you are experiencing a great deal of pent-up emotion at this time which could possibly take effect and lead to irrational behaviour.

You are very orderly, methodical and self sufficient. You demand and need the respect, recognition and understanding of all those who enter into your sphere on influence.

You need a friend - a close friend - and you are willing to become emotionally involved with the right person, but you are very demanding and particular in your choice of partners. You are constantly looking for reassurance and it is perhaps because of this that you tend to be somewhat argumentative, but you try to hold back - careful to avoid open conflict - since this might reduce your prospects of realising your hopes of establishing a warm caring relationship.

Whatever has caused the situation, you just don't seem to be able to sustain or maintain relationships as you would wish to. What you really seek is to be able to develop a relationship with someone with whom you can truly share: Love, Serenity, Peace and Quiet. But you are a very demanding person and it is your nature that leads to disquiet and discord: you are like the tide, flotsam and jetsam... One minute you experience 'highs' and a few moments later 'lows'. This obviously will introduce discord into any relationship and with this demanding attitude - the ideal state you desire is unable to develop. Despite the urge to gratify your natural desires, you impose a considerable self-restraint on your instincts in the belief that this demonstrates your superiority and raises you above the common herd. You are extremely critical of everything that is presently going on around you and you find it difficult to listen to or to take advice from anyone. You enjoy the original, the ingenious and the subtle.

The need for admiration and to be regarded as 'someone special' is perhaps one of the foremost aims in your life at this time. You would like to perhaps do something outrageous or anything that will give you the chance to be recognised as someone special. This desire has now almost become an obsession and in your own way you are trying to fulfil this 'complex' by ensuring you are the centre of attention, both at work or play, or in the home. Stop trying so hard and you will find that people will like you for who you are - not for who you are pretending to be.

Name: Ari
Date: 1/3/2009

You are striving for a life full of activity and experience and, perhaps even more, an environment where you would be able to forge a close bond with a person who can offer full emotional fulfilment.

You want what you want and you need all that you want and, as they say in the movies, you are the sort of individual that 'By hook or by crook' you will, by fair means or foul, endeavour to get what you are looking for.

You wear your heart on your sleeve and since you are an emotional person you are apt to give your all - heart and soul - to all those that show you a little affection; but take care - it would appear that you have been extremely hurt in the past and you keep leaving yourself wide open for punishment.

For some time now your hopes and expectations have been denied and because of this you are becoming withdrawn and introverted. Continual disappointment has manifested itself in you becoming both suspicious and restrained you have become withdrawn from others and have receded more and more into yourself. You seem to have lost your innate enthusiasm and imaginative nature, for fear that you may be carried away by it only to find that you are wasting your time. You are loath to trust people, as in the past your trust has been misplaced. You seem to be keeping yourself cautiously aloof from others. At this moment in time your attitude is to trust nobody - until they can prove themselves to you.

Whatever you have tried to do seems to have gone wrong and you are now quite convinced that there is little point of formulating new objectives and it is this belief that has resulted in the stress and anxiety. You would like to be able to communicate with other people who think as you do. At this time there seems to be no-one on the horizon nor is there any prospect of meeting anyone in the immediate future. But it must be said that you are really a 'trier' and indications are that you will, as indeed you have in the past, 'bounce back'.

One of the bigger complaints I've gotten about the control panel redesign is the lack of accurate hit logging. To that end, I've added back one of the more popular features for patron accounts: viewing your recent visitor traffic logs.

Because of server limitations, you can only view your last 72 hours worth of data, but the data it provides should give you a better idea of where your traffic is coming from.

Check it out in your control panel.

This has been a long overdue post. I was actually supposed to have finished and posted this during Christmas time. But circumstances diverted me from my computer to the vicinities outside my house. And whenever I would find myself in my house, capable of writing, which has become rare since these days I don't seem to have the energy to write or the ideas to write about, the mistress that is my bed calls me to attend to her needs.

Anyway, I will not make a month by month account of 2008 since quite frankly, most of the events are now a blur to me. So here it goes.

2008 has been a pretty hectic and busy year for everyone I know, me most of all. This was the year I got to do a lot of things, both personal and work-wise. Its been a wild ride. The year isn't officially over, give or take 8 more days. And even just a couple of more days till the year ends, the ride is still wild.

Before I do a quick recap of the year 2008, let me first take the opportunity to thank everybody for this unpredictable and enjoyable year. As un-religious as I am, I will give my thanks to the power that be. You've kept me alive and out of trouble throughout this entire year. You've taught me valuable lessons, however fun or painful they were. You've showered me with a lot of blessings, a lot of which I did not ask for but are extremely grateful for.

I want to thank my family, for the ever continuing support and love, for the myriads of discoveries we've made this year for still being the ever loving, understanding, and kick-ass bunch of friends a son/brother has ever gotten.

I want to thank all my friends, both old and new: the BoNa group and staff; the Starbucks Mads people; the ladies and gentlemen of the Streamline and Bistro 110 circle; various college friends; the Zobel buddies; my friends who have migrated or are currently based abroad; my frat brothers and sisters from various chapters whom I've had the pleasure of meeting as I went about my day-to-day activities; my Go Negosyo workmates (The PCE Team, Ideal Minds, Select Media, etc.) who have been nothing but the best buddies to have around an unpredictable and hectic, yet fun and educational work environment; and all the other people I've met along the way. You've made this year devoid of dull and brain cell killing moments for me.

This was a year where I was extremely busy with work: having to launch the Go Negosyo Celebrity Edition Book (now I can say that my name is immortalized in a book); doing the various mall tours for it the entire summer; attending various expos and trade fairs; going through the hectic stress of setting up and running the out of town Caravans for this year; overseeing and handling the photo and video shoots for the upcoming Women Entrepreneurs Book; doing a one-time quickie phone patch radio interview for a school radio (which I hope I did good on); constantly trying to wrack my brain for more dynamic and adaptive answers to the query emails and phone calls; and just being one of the busiest bees there is. I did definitely did a lot more things this year than last year. It was tiring. It was stressful. I've experienced several times of being awake 72 hours straight. But its still fun. I don't know how long I'll still be with Go Negosyo, maybe a few more months, maybe another year, who knows.. So far, this has been a roller coaster ride in terms of work. At least I'm never bored.

This year saw me climbing Mt. Pinatubo, meeting more friends, tasting more good food, discovering new places and experiences, having to know what it feels like to give away a little sister through the wedding of my best female friend, having to hike through a mountain path in pitch black and extremely windy condition with only the moonlight and a few phone lights to brighten the path way to go attend a mass at the request of a friend, going through several emotional roller coaster rides which got me to moments of emotional vulnerability and the bringing me back down to hard reality. It saw the usual stoic looking, cold and calculating observer turn into a ball of giddiness, uncertain movements, with moments of pining away and longing looks. And though those moments all ended up for nothing, they at least got me to feel "human" again. Here I was the entire year, worried that I was dead to that kind of emotion, that I had grown so cold and uncaring. I guess I still am capable of such emotion.

This year strengthened the bonds of friendship between me and my already constant companions. I saw them through a lot more headaches and heartaches, through more good times and bad. I saw one of them discover what it feels like to really be overwhelmed by a woman, to know how it feels like to be as giddy as a high school boy because the girl he likes pays attention to him and happens to like him too. I saw them grow and blossom and finally become a couple. I saw so many happy moments and sad ones as well. I've gone through many late nights and long talks at coffee shops and outside my house. This year saw me becoming a much stronger person, friend, brother and son.

I don't know what else is in store for me before this year ends. I don't know what 2009 holds for me. Like I tell my friends, its just best to brace yourself for whatever comes your way. So here it is, 2009, I'm taking you head-on. Let's see what you've got for me.

Happy New Year to all of you. My best wishes and love extend towards you, your families and your friends!

Hi again! So what's new? Last December 23, I had attended my cousin Ray's wedding at St. James Parish in Ayala, Alabang. It was a very beautiful celebration indeed. You can really tell that they have prepared everything ever since the start of this year.

I almost got late in the event. I am supposed to be the groom's man. But I didn't do much at the preparation, since I had to come there straight from office. Actually, that was just an excuse. *ehem* To tell you honestly, I helped to edit a video for another wedding of a friend (Tony) that same day then I rushed to the Bellevue Hotel to prepare myself. Good thing I made it in time.

So, as a grooms man, the least I could do that day is to stack up the pile of gifts and bring it to their hotel room after the reception.

I was so tired that day from running. Good thing I had the chance to stay in a Hotel room afterwards (Thanks to Ate Yeye for this one). aaaah! What a life. Staying in such nice hotel is very much worth it.

Congrats to my dear cousin, one of the best friends I ever had.

You can view some of the pictures here.
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Very special thanks to Madch for letting me use her PC. I couldn't have made it through that day without your help.

Christmas was fine. Food, friends. It was fine. I've spent almost the whole Christmas eve at Church with the youth org, preparing for their grand performance. I am also happy to tell Kuya Tony (our choir master) my intention to come back as their organist. In fact, I have been practicing again.

I didn't notice I had overspent for gifts to my inaanaks. As usual, when it's this time of the year, biglang dumadami inaanak mo. Mga nagpapahiwatig, kahit hindi naman talaga inaanak. hehehe. Pero sorry, paubos na talaga ang yaman ko dahil sa Christmas gift ko sa aking sarili... Ayos ba? hehehe. Saya.

But here I am now, working at Christmas night.

Medyo disturbed lang ako sa nangyari kanina. While I was asleep, I felt my mom crying beside me. So even while half-asleep, I asked her what happened. She told me that my brother accussed her again of something (that I don't want to mention here). Nakakadurog ng puso talaga pag nanay ang umiiyak dahil sa anak.

Some Christmas...

Hey everybody,

I've put the finishing touches on an update to the gallery in your control panel - I always felt the new gallery was more confusing than the old one.

This new one should be a lot simpler to use - and it will allow you to manage your images more efficiently (without having to edit each image individually!)

Please let me know if there are any problems.

I hope all of you are having a fantastic holidays.

- Roy

According to a http://cjitters.blogspot.com/, Jitters is where you feel mixed emotions about a certain event. Being excited, sad, and frustrated at the same time is an example of mixed emotions or jitters.

Usually, you feel jitters during Christmas, Valentines and birthdays.

Do you feel that right now?