As I traveled from country to country, on every continent during my working life on ships, the one thing I enjoyed was the World Heritage Sights in countries, cities and, ports that had these fantastic places to see and visit around the world. I don’t know about Antarctica (South Pole) as that is the one […]
Dealing with Brownouts
Brownouts are a big part of our lives these days here in Davao, and for others around the Philippines. Especially in Mindanao where Davao is probably the most hard hit city. That’s why I am writing about it again today. Last week, Aaron wrote an article about Brownouts on Tuesday, and I wrote a sort […]
It’s time to get out
The day after tomorrow is July 4th. Independence Day in the USA. It is with no pleasure that I write this article, but maybe it is time for Independence FROM the USA. I try to be a well reasoned guy. I try not to be reactionary. Sometimes, though, things that we all say might come […]
Dealing with Brownouts – EAM
Well, anybody who has spent any time in the Philippines would know that brownouts, or as we would call them, Blackouts, can be a big problem in many parts of the Philippines. Living without electricity is not very fun though. How do you deal with it? Well, today I got a question from Tommy, who […]
Chargin’ up!
Looks like there’s trouble in River City. Or should I say trouble in the City on the Gulf. The Gulf of Davao. Of course, what I mean is that there is trouble looming in Davao City. What kind of trouble? Well, let’s go back to 2008 and start at the beginning, where any good story […]
My Bulaga Brownout
Monday, During the Barangay elections, 11:30 in the morning, my power shuts off, after eight days of power outages I’m not surprised, so I did my Zombie walk to the back, flipped a couple of switches, set my “Power is On” alarm, fired up the Honda and was back in the house, all in less than […]