Life Hacks for Polymaths

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Welcome polymaths !

Ever get the feeling that you seem to don't know what to do with your life because there are just so many things that you want to do ? I know, I've been there, so welcome to the club.

My name is Zigfred Diaz and I am a polymath. After more than 6 years of bloging about almost anything under the sun and having sort of a "blogging identity crisis." I've finally embraced who I am and decided to turn my main blog into some sort of guide for people with so much interest. Feel free to poke around.

How to add a giant RSS button in your header

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The thing about deciding to stick it out with a theme is that you get to learn a lot. You are forced to study in order to tweak the theme. One of the things that I’ve always wanted to accomplish is putting a big RSS button in my header. Sure you can have the default RSS button in your side bar but it is a small teeny winy button. I wanted a big RSS button, not only because it looks nice but because they say it will increase your number of readers (subscribers I should say) And I must agree it will increase your feed subscribers. For who wouldn't wont to click that shiny orange button ? Go ahead click on mine ! I discovered a big nice juicy orange RSS button by GEEK WHAT. So I decided to use this button. Now that I have the .GIF file for the button how do I link this to my RSS and how do I place it in my header file? It's quite easy. I’m no good at HTML. In fact I just learned to manipulate HTML codes for the past few weeks because I have no choice. I was forced to study it … [Read more...]

Mactan Island Lawyer’s league acceptance speech

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"There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave." ~Dale Carnegie I agree with Dale Carnegie. However everytime I make a speech I only do two because I never practice before giving my speeches. (Except for contest purposes) However after I give my speech I always wish I could have done more. The following is the short acceptance speech I gave to the Macan Island Lawyer's league sometime late 2007 when I just passed the Philippine bar exams. The event was held at the Hilton Hotel. I didn't mind giving the speech because I tasted the good food that the hotel has to offer.  Anyway here is the speech: Distinguished guests, colleagues in the most noble profession, friends, relatives and loved ones Good evening. I have been given the Herculean task tonight of delivering this acceptance speech in behalf of my distinguished colleagues. I still have a vague idea as to why I was chosen among … [Read more...]

Financial literacy for OFWs

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Janice, an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) regularly sends an average of P 30,000.00 to P 40,000.00 (Almost a $1,000.00 U.S) a month to support her husband and two children. After several years of working abroad she comes home expecting a loving husband and two healthy children to greet her. Instead she finds her household in disarray, her children not in school for more than a year; her husband living with another woman, no food in the refrigerator, debts piled up at the neighborhood store, no money in the bank and worst their house is about to be foreclosed by the bank. The scenario may be exaggerated and may even be fictional but this kind of situation is happening to thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). The Philippines is one of the largest foreign workers sending country. Statistics show that 1 out of 10 Filipinos are working abroad. Sadly, some OFWs and their families end up worse then what they were before financially then when they left to work abroad. A study … [Read more...]

What’s the big deal about “No follow” and why you should disable it ?

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From time to time, I do some blog hopping and if I find some good blogs, I try to emulate what they are doing. I have noticed the “U Comment I follow” sign but I never knew what that meant until lately I discovered its importance, so I placed one on this blog. What the “U Comment I follow” sign basically means is that if you place a comment in this blog, hopefully the search engines will follow the author links, or the links on the comments that you placed. This will will result in the commenter hopefully getting a back link as a result of his comments. I used the word “hopefully” since some search engines (like google) say they do not follow the links in the comments. However a test done has revealed otherwise. Others (like yahoo, msn etc.) say they treat the links as if it is any other link. But no matter what, disabling the “No follow” will both be of mutual benefit to the blogger and the visitors of the site. So what is this “No follow” nonsense? Well it all started out … [Read more...]

God vs. Science

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"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein Most people detest forwarded emails especially if they are filling up so much of their inbox. Nevertheless some forwarded emails are a gem. Let me share with you this forwarded email about an arrogant atheist professor and a witty, God fearing student. The story is most likely fictional but it is humorous and contains valuable lesson. So read and enjoy !!! "Let me explain the problem science has with God."The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then Ask one of his new students to stand."You're a God believer, aren't you, son?" "Yes sir," the student says."So you believe in God?" "Absolutely." "Is God good?" "Sure! God's good." "Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?" "Yes." "Are you good or evil?" "The teachings says I'm evil." The professor grins knowingly. He considers for a moment. "Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and … [Read more...]