WordCamp Philippines

WordCamp Philippines

If you’re a Pinoy blogger or a WordPress user/fan then most likely you’ve heard or read of this already. But in case you haven’t, I have good news for you. There will be a WordCamp held in the Philippines this coming September 6, 2008. If you don’t know what I’m talking about here’s a little info.

What is WordCamp?

WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events. These events are usually highlighted by speeches or keynotes by various people. WordCamp is a spin off from the popular BarCamp which was a spin off of FooCamp. - Weblog Tools Collection

WordCamp Philippines will be the first ever WordCamp organized and held in Asia. WordCamp Philippines is being organized by a group of Filipino bloggers based in Mindanao who were also responsible for organizing the successful 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit held last year.

What are the objectives of WordCamp Philippines?

…to encourage more developers to use and deploy WordPress, not only as a blogging engine but also as a full-featured content management system for Web sites. Another is to increase the number of WordPress users and developers in the country. By developers, we mean programmers of WordPress plugins and designers of themes & templates.



$1,600 Pasta Sauce
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Classico Pasta Sauce

That’s what Jim Rittenberg got last Thanksgiving weekend. He and his wife went to Best Buy to purchase a $1,600 Sony video camcorder but instead found a jar of Classico pasta sauce (which weighed as much as the actual camcorder), a telephone cord and an eletric outlet cover inside the sealed box.

First thing the couple did was to go back to the store and have it exchanged. But since the box was sealed, the management didn’t accept it.

A strange story but I guess this reminds us to be careful and check any merchandise we buy before bringing them home. When I buy stuff, especially gadgets or electronics, I tell the sales person that I would like to see the merchandise and have the box opened in front of me.

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7 Responses to “$1,600 Pasta Sauce”

  1. MyAvatars 0.2   jhay PHILIPPINES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0 on Nov 29, 2006 | 11:30 pm | Reply

    Tsk tsk tsk. Who ever had the weird idea of playing around with the Rittenberg’s is a complete pyscho.

    Still, double-check everything before leaving the store.

  2. MyAvatars 0.2   Jaypee UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0 on Nov 30, 2006 | 5:34 am | Reply

    @jhay - it was meant to be a prank but not specifically the Rittenbergs. i guess they were just the unfortunate ones to get that particular box.

    yup, never hurts to double check.

  3. MyAvatars 0.2   eloi PHILIPPINES Windows 98 Internet Explorer 6.0 on Nov 30, 2006 | 6:56 am | Reply

    i thought things like that can only happen here in the phils…

  4. MyAvatars 0.2   mr nice ash UNITED STATES Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 6.0 on Dec 1, 2006 | 5:15 pm | Reply

    the only way they can have their money back is to cook pasta and sell it the same price. or maybe double the price… ;)

  5. MyAvatars 0.2   ade PHILIPPINES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0 on Dec 2, 2006 | 12:12 pm | Reply

    Talk about a ripoff. That was some scam!

  6. MyAvatars 0.2   Jaypee UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0 on Dec 4, 2006 | 3:34 am | Reply

    @eloi - nope, it could happen anywhere. even here in the US of A.

    @ash - hehe..they could do that. but i think this bottle of pasta sauce could be sold at a higher price since it’s part of a unique experience. it can be considered as a collector’s item.

    @ade - yup. but the question is who did it and where was that exchange made?

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