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Guess Who’s Back?

Guess who's back, back again, Jaypee's back, Tell a friend, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back...hehe I know it's cheesy but anyways, I just wanted you guys to know that I'm back. Yes folks, I'm back! Being away from blogging and the blogosphere for almost 3 months seemed like an eternity. I'm sure most of you are wondering what happened to me or where I've been. Well its been really hectic these past couple of months for me. First, my parents came from the Philippines, then my in-laws from Maryland, then my sister-in-law and her family from Indonesia came too. It was a family reunion of sorts. Having guests, especially family means having to go out a lot like visit relatives and friends, eating out, seeing places and stuff. So the months of June and July was basically spent on those activities. Just when I was really looking forward to get back to blogging I had ano. Actually, I've been having minor problems or issues with it after I updated it to Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I started getting the dreaded BSOD (blue screen of death) everytime I restarted my computer or after it booted up from hibernate mode. At first, I was able to fix it by doing a System Restore but this time, even that failed. Even though I knew that the problem was caused by a conflict with one of the device drivers I couldn't do anything because I couldn't even boot in Safe Mode and try to update the device drivers.

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Weekend Roundup #20

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I know this is kinda late but better late than never right? Plus, I don't wanna disappoint the people who are waiting for this weekly feature, right? I started this draft last Saturday night but was too sleepy to finish it and Sunday was just too busy. Anyways, here's this week's roundup. Enjoy! Pinoy Blogosphere PinoyBlogero has made a list of all blog contests in the Pinoy Blogosphere for the month of February. All but one contest has already ended so if you're interested, you can still join and get a chance to win those cool prizes. Prerequisite updates for the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 are causing problems to some users. Installing the prerequisite updates have either caused an endless reboot on some systems or the computer doesn't boot at all. I'm running Windows Vista here on my laptop and fortunately, I didn't experience any of these issues. Lost your printer's install CD or need to update your printer drivers? Jhay share some tips on how to install and where to get the latest drivers for your printer. Sonnie Santos shares his experiences withdrawing PayPal funds from Banco De Oro, EON and Xoom. It seems like PayPal users in the Philippines are still having a hard time to access or withdraw their funds. I hope that PayPal and the local banks would work together, do something about it and make some improvements. Be careful with spammers stealing your online identity. Silkenhut, shares a recent experience with a comment spammer who stole the identity of one of his regular readers/commenters - Jehzeel Laurente. It's a good reminder to be more careful when moderating comments on your blog.

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