Elearning

I'll let you in on a secret: the job I have now is not my dream job. Though with this present job I get a good enough pay and I get to have my own office, I am not really happy with it because this is not what I love doing. My dream job is related to arts. I would love to be in the field of web design & graphics. Yes, for years I have dreamed of becoming a web designer & graphics artist but I know that it would be quite impossible to achieve if I would just do the learning of how to become a good animator on my own. Since 2005 I have collected tons of books and videos that teach how to use different web design and graphics software. I learned the basics but I know that what I have learned so far would not be good enough for me to be hired in the field I want to be in. I know that I need help from the outside, I need to be guided properly and placed on the job.

Last night I came upon Learn.com, is an Elearning site. But it is not just a common elearning site, it is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity with more than 50 million end users around the globe. They have a wide suite of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications that can fully automate the pre-hire to retire® lifecycle within any organization. In short Learn.com will give professional training and then when you get the skills, they help you land on your dream job. I have browsed on their site and found the course I wanted, Web Design & Graphics - Building Your Site with Images. With this course I would be able to create color schemes, backgrounds, GIF transparencies, and imagemaps for a Web site. I believe that when I finish this course, I would be able to get more web design jobs.

Battlefield 1943

Is there something special about today, July 8th? Today is the day that EA and DICE launch the downloadable shooter Battlefield 1943 for Xbox 360. Actually it is now live, priced 1,200 Microsoft Points. But if you want to try it first before buying, you can get the free trial. So what are you waiting for, go grab it now.

How do meta geo tags influence search results?

How do meta geo tags influence search results? Well, Google's Matt Cutts has the answer:

Google Chrome Operating System

Google has just announced through the Google Official Blog something that could kill Microsoft--the Google Chrome Operating System. Here's part of Google's announcement:

However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.

Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

I am excited about Microsoft's reaction on this. This looks like the beginning of the end of Microsoft.

How Much is iPhone 3GS from Globe Telecom?

I know that many pinoys out there are into Nokia but I know that they could not resist the iPhone 3GS. How much is iPhone 3GS? If you have Php38,850 you can have the 16GB iPhone 3GS from Globe Telecom.

Here is the official price of the iPhone 3GS from Globe Telecom:
iPhone 3GS Prepaid Kits
iPhone 3GS 16GB – Php38,850
iPhone 3GS 16GB – Php42,250

Globe Regular Postpaid Plans (iPhone 3GS 16GB)
Plan 500 – Php29,500
Plan 800 – Php25,350
Plan 1200 – Php23,100
Plan 1800 – Php19,050
Plan 2500 – Php11,850
Plan 3500 – Php3,950
Plan 5000 – Free
Plan 7000 – Free
Plan 10000 – Free

Now, do you have the bucks to spare?

The Hummingbird Spy Cam

AeroVironment, a company that develops and produces Unmanned Aircraft Systems has unveiled the Hummingbird Spy Cam. This spy camera looks like a hummingbird and flies like a hummingbird. Pentagon has recently given the company $2.1 million to continue the development of the hummingbird spy cam.

As of now, the hummingbird spy camera model can fly 20 seconds at a time. This is quite far from what a real hummingbird can do but this shows that it is possible to build a robotic hummingbird that really flies. Pentagon wants AeroVironment to develop “an approximately 10-gram aircraft that can hover for extended periods, can fly at forward speeds up to 10 meters per second, can withstand 2.5-meter-per-second wind gusts.” If perfected, the hummingbird spy camera could be a a very good spy tool. Watch the video below and see how the present hummingbird spy cam fares.

Big Fish Games Announces Faunasphere

Big Fish Games has announced Faunasphere, a browser-based casual MMO where players get to take as one's own and care for some bizarre, far out, freakish but cute creatures known as Fauna. Players can collaborate to build and explore beautiful virtual worlds in this game. The game is free to play but of course it features micro-transactions and premium membership to enhance the game play experience.

Powerbook Medic

Got problems with your Mac? Need some parts? Well, there's a place in the web where you can have your Mac repaired and where you can buy Mac parts. Why try repairing your Mac all by yourself when there is a company that can handle that for you without compromising your machine? Now powerbook repair is not that much of a problem because of PowerBookMedic.com. But it is not only powerbook that they can repair, they also do a lot like Macbook, Powerbook, iPod and iPhone repair. They also sell parts of the above mentions gadgets. They also offer upgrade services and free diagnosis and free round trip shipping.