<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488</id><updated>2011-11-28T09:07:41.806+08:00</updated><category term='Baby Einstein'/><category term='mobile commerce'/><category term='health tools'/><category term='finance'/><category term='free audiobooks'/><category term='movies'/><category term='books'/><category term='ads'/><category term='child psychology'/><category term='lemons'/><category term='organ donation'/><category term='SiCKO'/><category term='Yellow Cab Pizza'/><category term='economic theories'/><category term='prizes'/><category term='coffeetableblog'/><category term='Adsense'/><category term='Mars Hills Church'/><category term='free downloads'/><category term='leveling dishes'/><category term='Friendship Points'/><category term='compounding'/><category term='IPOD'/><category term='Kim Clijsters'/><category term='Bible'/><category term='Rohan Philippines'/><category term='bowling'/><category term='self-improvement'/><category term='pets'/><category term='credit cards'/><category term='Up'/><category term='GMail'/><category term='Paypal wishlist'/><category term='Fun Theory'/><category term='B90'/><category term='entrecard'/><category term='John Piper'/><category term='blog traffic'/><category term='electronic money'/><category term='cheese'/><category term='rants'/><category term='facebook games'/><category term='G-Force'/><category term='Playfish'/><category term='free rice'/><category term='Travian'/><category term='US Open 2009'/><category term='Country Story'/><category term='boracay'/><category term='Jeff Wignall'/><category term='Restaurant City'/><category term='health care'/><category term='Robert Stearns'/><category term='Jollibee'/><category term='Disney Pixar'/><category term='financial education'/><category term='Adbrite'/><category term='brower-based games'/><category term='E. 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Bounds'/><category term='fun'/><category term='Books of Pellinor'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='chess'/><category term='endless 10th frame'/><category term='Freakonomics'/><category term='tennis'/><category term='Max Mclean'/><category term='HMOs'/><category term='child education'/><category term='DZFE'/><category term='correspondence chess'/><category term='gospel'/><category term='nutrition'/><category term='Listener&apos;s Bible'/><category term='making money online'/><category term='Serena Williams'/><category term='bad restaurants'/><category term='Standard Chartered'/><category term='Transformers'/><category term='Avatar'/><category term='to-do list'/><category term='McDonald&apos;s'/><category term='charity'/><category term='real age'/><category term='The Gift (The Naming)'/><category term='animation'/><category term='Linkedin'/><category term='smartphones'/><category term='time management tools'/><category term='business connections'/><category term='Facebook'/><category term='Post-it rivals'/><category term='Dietrick Bonhoeffer'/><category term='frugal living'/><category term='freebies'/><category term='Mark Driscoll'/><category term='photography'/><category term='Religion Saves'/><category term='SIM-type games'/><category term='parenting'/><category term='networking sites'/><category term='games'/><category term='epic fantasy'/><category term='Country Life'/><category term='Nokia E63'/><category term='bad commercials'/><category term='cafe world'/><category term='gourmet points'/><category term='Ford Everest'/><category term='audio bible'/><category term='KFC'/><category term='christianaudio'/><category term='traffic exchange'/><category term='end stage organ disease'/><category term='spanking'/><category term='Alison Croggon'/><category term='Nobody But You'/><category term='healthy lifestyle'/><category term='MMORPG'/><category term='world hunger'/><category term='promos'/><category term='exposure'/><category term='alkalinity'/><category term='health'/><category term='Rai Rai Ken'/><category term='Volkswagen'/><category term='donations'/><category term='interest'/><category term='investing'/><category term='money'/><category term='Mail Goggles'/><title type='text'>Coffeetable Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>See What's Brewing</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>55</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-3267142393713922852</id><published>2010-05-18T09:04:00.010+08:00</published><updated>2010-05-18T18:17:07.860+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free audiobooks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robert Stearns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='E. M. Bounds'/><title type='text'>Free Audiobook Downloads for May from Christianaudio</title><summary type='text'>For this month, Christianaudio offers two audiobook downloads, absolutely free.The first one is E. M. Bounds:  A Man of Prayer by Lyle Dorsett.  The author wrote this account of Bounds' life from information provided by Bounds' family, with the intention of increasing awareness and knowledge of his life's works.The coupon code for this download is MAYPRAY.The next free audiobook is The Hole in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3267142393713922852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=3267142393713922852&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3267142393713922852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3267142393713922852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/free-audiobook-on-e-m-bounds.html' title='Free Audiobook Downloads for May from Christianaudio'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/S_HqF6uysYI/AAAAAAAAAkc/J_FaeTAQ8d8/s72-c/Man_Of_Prayer_large1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-6547450222468685152</id><published>2010-04-05T17:16:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T17:28:44.067+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free audiobooks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianaudio'/><title type='text'>Stuff Christians Like:  Free Audiobook Download of the Month</title><summary type='text'> Christianaudio's free download for the month is Jonathan Acuff's Stuff Christians Like.Sometimes the stuff that comes with faith is funny. That's the tagline for this book, and although I haven't read it yet (still have to download it tonight), it actually got me interested (and excited, I have to say).There's always something about being counter-mainstream that gets me high and going. I don't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6547450222468685152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=6547450222468685152&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6547450222468685152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6547450222468685152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/stuff-christians-like-free-audiobook.html' title='Stuff Christians Like:  Free Audiobook Download of the Month'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/S7mqzbHUzcI/AAAAAAAAAiE/uvZUQC2BqSU/s72-c/Stuff_Christians_Like_Zondervan_large.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2281904308052682034</id><published>2010-03-03T10:48:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T14:58:06.309+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='end stage organ disease'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organ donation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IPOD'/><title type='text'>A Different Kind of IPOD</title><summary type='text'>Note: Got this hereAccording to the Philippine Renal Disease Registry, 5,000 Filipinos who develop end-stage renal (kidney-related) disease are suitable kidney transplants. But only a handful of them ever get a transplant, and many die while waiting for a donor (source here). One of the reasons pointed out is that organ donation mostly came from living individuals. Very few actually gave consent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2281904308052682034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2281904308052682034&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2281904308052682034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2281904308052682034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/different-kind-of-ipod.html' title='A Different Kind of IPOD'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/S43VhllGicI/AAAAAAAAAag/85SuWYYDSQA/s72-c/ipod-logo-contact.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2468239694076963862</id><published>2010-03-02T13:12:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T13:39:34.263+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free audiobooks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dietrick Bonhoeffer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianaudio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Piper'/><title type='text'>Two Free Audiobook Downloads from Christianaudio.com</title><summary type='text'>As part of the Easter celebration, Christianaudio.com is giving away two audiobook downloads for the month of March. The first book is The Cost of Discipleship by Deitrich Bonhoeffer.  Based on the background information, the focus of the book is the differentiation of cheap grace and costly faith.  Quite a relevant topic in modern-day Christianity.  You may want to check out Wikipedia as well </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2468239694076963862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2468239694076963862&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2468239694076963862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2468239694076963862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/two-free-audiobook-downloads-from.html' title='Two Free Audiobook Downloads from Christianaudio.com'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/S4ygr91kWZI/AAAAAAAAAaI/ydgpf0CrxU4/s72-c/FreeBook_March_2010.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-5352383549107891259</id><published>2010-02-04T09:28:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T12:53:48.724+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mark Driscoll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free audiobooks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianaudio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion Saves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars Hills Church'/><title type='text'>Religion Saves - Free Audiobook of the Month</title><summary type='text'>Christianaudio.com's free audiobook for the month of February 2010 is Religion Saves: And Nine Other Misconceptions by Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church.  The book is the result of a poll that the church did on what people consider as the biggest issues and questions that they seek answers for.  The top 9 questions are the ones that are being discussed in the book.To get your free copy, click on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5352383549107891259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=5352383549107891259&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/5352383549107891259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/5352383549107891259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/religion-saves-free-audiobook-of-month.html' title='Religion Saves - Free Audiobook of the Month'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/S2osISYQDeI/AAAAAAAAAX8/faAY-hmZQbY/s72-c/FreeBook_ReligionSavesbmp.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-6407910024116768237</id><published>2010-01-08T13:07:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T13:07:00.078+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free downloads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christianaudio'/><title type='text'>Jesus Calling:  Free Audiobook Download of the Month</title><summary type='text'>Christianaudio.com is giving away complimentary download copies of Jesus Calling by Sarah Young for the whole month of January 2010.  The complimentary copy is actually worth $14.98. Read the description of the book from Christianaudio site itself:"Jesus Calling is a devotional filled with uniquely inspired treasures from heaven for every day of the year. After many years of writing in her prayer</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6407910024116768237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=6407910024116768237&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6407910024116768237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6407910024116768237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jesus-calling-free-audiobook-download.html' title='Jesus Calling:  Free Audiobook Download of the Month'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/Sz2D-psX2MI/AAAAAAAAAVw/X-bC4NMbzAs/s72-c/Jesus_Calling.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-4377528499787901688</id><published>2010-01-01T05:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T05:16:00.370+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avatar'/><title type='text'>Avatar:  Enjoy the View</title><summary type='text'>If projections are accurate, Avatar is now on its way to making up to $1B in ticket sales.  And by all means it is a very beautiful and meticulously created movie.  That's as far as the cinematics and graphics are concerned, in my opinion.  Otherwise, I and some of the people around me would have to say that the storyline is barely passable, and the all-too-obvious attempts to convey social and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4377528499787901688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=4377528499787901688&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4377528499787901688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4377528499787901688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/avatar-enjoy-view.html' title='Avatar:  Enjoy the View'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SzuOMkbI3jI/AAAAAAAAAVo/Sblpt8meM8Y/s72-c/avatar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-4662369239166498425</id><published>2009-12-19T19:00:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T19:41:56.854+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paypal wishlist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Facebook'/><title type='text'>Update on Paypal's Wishlist promo</title><summary type='text'>Just a quick update on the promo, particularly on the Terms and Conditions (meaning, how you can get paid):1.  You and the person you invited both have to be in the eligible countries (India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia or Singapore) to be paid or to get credit for your invites.  The Terms and Conditions state:"If you reside outside of the Eligible Countries, you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4662369239166498425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=4662369239166498425&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4662369239166498425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4662369239166498425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/update-on-paypals-wishlist-promo.html' title='Update on Paypal&apos;s Wishlist promo'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-3575946619529553181</id><published>2009-12-17T09:09:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T09:43:41.957+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paypal wishlist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='making money online'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prizes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='promos'/><title type='text'>Christmas Gift from Paypal (up to $100!)</title><summary type='text'> Everybody could use some extra cash, whether it's Christmas time or not. And even though you won't be able to enjoy the cash that you can get from Paypal's promo until after the Christmas season, it's still spending money of up to $100. With hardly any additional effort. Here's the mechanics:1. You should have a Facebook account. If you don't have one, go make one and get at least 99 of your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3575946619529553181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=3575946619529553181&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3575946619529553181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3575946619529553181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-gift-from-paypal-up-to-100.html' title='Christmas Gift from Paypal (up to $100!)'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SymJcOF0m8I/AAAAAAAAAU0/7JzUhWrz3sE/s72-c/Paypal.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7488755127063312262</id><published>2009-11-01T10:10:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-01T10:10:00.452+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook games'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is another Facebook game similar to other farm-tending games like Farmville, Farmtown and Country Story.  I just thought of checking it out after seeing a friend's post about it.  The very first thing that came to mind was that it looks and feels a lot like Ranch Rush of Yahoo!, although there isn't any character that you order around to do jobs.  Games like these are already so common in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7488755127063312262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7488755127063312262&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7488755127063312262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7488755127063312262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-is-another-facebook-game-similar.html' title=''/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/Suuc-Yi4cQI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/IAH6_youmyk/s72-c/countrylife.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-506730058463230071</id><published>2009-10-29T11:23:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T11:23:00.630+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Einstein'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='child education'/><title type='text'>Einstein No Brainer</title><summary type='text'>Yahoo! Shine recently featured the product refund in the US for Baby Einstein videos primarily because they (quoting the article) "...did not, as promised, turn babies into wunderkinds." You can read the full article by clicking on the pic at the left.As a parent of young kids, I am sure I have a couple of such videos at home, along with other kid staples like Barney, Sesame Street, Backyardigans</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/506730058463230071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=506730058463230071&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/506730058463230071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/506730058463230071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/einstein-no-brainer.html' title='Einstein No Brainer'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SucL06g76jI/AAAAAAAAAT4/6HCTDrfRn_c/s72-c/einstein_baby.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7275232188057416944</id><published>2009-10-26T23:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T00:18:18.635+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nutrition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lemons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alkalinity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><title type='text'>All These Lemons!</title><summary type='text'>Been reading about lemons on the Net lately, after that night when I thought of throwing a slice of lemon on my glass of water. The rest of what you will read below is a recollection of what I've come across so far, as far my recall goes.A simple Google search led me to a couple of sites about Master Cleanse, which is a detox/weight reduction approach using primarily lemons and not much else. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7275232188057416944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7275232188057416944&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7275232188057416944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7275232188057416944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/all-these-lemons.html' title='All These Lemons!'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/StnbJRllzGI/AAAAAAAAATY/i6PB2lWnoAk/s72-c/lemons.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8874653621335103414</id><published>2009-10-23T23:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T23:15:00.484+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-improvement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun Theory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Volkswagen'/><title type='text'>The Fun Theory</title><summary type='text'>How would you like to take the stairs rather than the escalator or the elevator? Would you pick up your trash if you missed shooting it in the garbage bin? Maybe you would, but it won't be something that you would look forward to, right? But what if tasks like these that are obviously good for us can be fun to do, encouraging us to even go out of our way to be able to do it? That is the fun </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8874653621335103414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8874653621335103414&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8874653621335103414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8874653621335103414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/fun-theory.html' title='The Fun Theory'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/StH3R8R-eCI/AAAAAAAAASg/YuWgKjOReQk/s72-c/fun-theory.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-4144899508865828618</id><published>2009-10-20T22:27:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T22:27:00.825+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='G-Force'/><title type='text'>GForce:  Nobody Is Ordinary</title><summary type='text'>It's quite encouraging to find movies that both kids and adults can enjoy, with each one getting the point of the movie in somewhat different ways.  I don't think my 4-year-old son understood it when one of the rodents said something about rising to the occasion and becoming great because somebody believed in you, regardless of where you started.  But I do think he got the fact that even a rodent</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4144899508865828618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=4144899508865828618&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4144899508865828618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4144899508865828618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/gforce-nobody-is-ordinary.html' title='GForce:  Nobody Is Ordinary'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/StyAwljpmsI/AAAAAAAAATg/ZqCHgJLBewc/s72-c/gforce.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-3577146116487072439</id><published>2009-10-18T22:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T22:23:00.369+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SIM-type games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brower-based games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurant City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cafe world'/><title type='text'>Cafe World:  Some Experiences</title><summary type='text'>Just a quick follow up on what I've been learning about Cafe World.  These include friend visits, renovations, and use of friend gifts.Friendship Has Its Limits I mentioned before that friend visits will allow you to earn xp points and coins at least once a day.  But I thought back then that the xp and coins you will earn will depend on the level of your friend.  Turns out it's a random thing.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3577146116487072439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=3577146116487072439&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3577146116487072439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3577146116487072439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/cafe-world-some-experiences.html' title='Cafe World:  Some Experiences'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/StCnFhX49XI/AAAAAAAAASY/i8Zy8intPwI/s72-c/cafeworld.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-6358839994740899715</id><published>2009-10-17T20:52:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T21:35:11.468+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rai Rai Ken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad restaurants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>Rai Rai Ken @ Mall of Asia:  A Real Self-Service Restaurant</title><summary type='text'>Forgive this rant, I just have to get it out of my chest.  Hopefully, something good can still come out of this.  I just got back to Manila from my trip to Cebu a few days back (see my post), and was really looking forward to a nice dinner with my family who picked me up at the airport.  We headed for Mall of Asia, and we were already inside World of Chicken when we noticed the place is already </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6358839994740899715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=6358839994740899715&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6358839994740899715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6358839994740899715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/rai-rai-ken-mall-of-asia-real-self.html' title='Rai Rai Ken @ Mall of Asia:  A Real Self-Service Restaurant'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/StnAaD7LuPI/AAAAAAAAATQ/bMZXClyRjS4/s72-c/rairaiken779w.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-6223859476828012115</id><published>2009-10-14T09:57:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T09:57:00.297+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='electronic money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mobile commerce'/><title type='text'>15 Minutes Of Good Financial Education and more</title><summary type='text'>I am in Cebu City today, as part of a group from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) or the Central Bank of the Philippines.  Tomorrow, I will be one of the resource speakers on BSP's Public Information Campaign, which is part of the continuing activities of BSP's Economic and Financial Learning Center.  My role is to discuss the topic of electronic money, which has been my exposure for about a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6223859476828012115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=6223859476828012115&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6223859476828012115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6223859476828012115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/15-minutes-of-good-financial-education.html' title='15 Minutes Of Good Financial Education and more'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/StM3lfV8wfI/AAAAAAAAASo/w8sjA5Yl9O8/s72-c/piggy-bank.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-391903816453811745</id><published>2009-10-11T18:39:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T18:39:00.328+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nobody But You'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jollibee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KFC'/><title type='text'>KFC vs. Jollibee :  Nobody But You Showdown</title><summary type='text'>Just a little spontaneous event from my everyday surroundings...Enjoy!So, which one dance better?  Let me see your votes.Have a nice day!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/391903816453811745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=391903816453811745&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/391903816453811745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/391903816453811745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/kfc-vs-jollibee-nobody-but-you-showdown.html' title='KFC vs. Jollibee :  Nobody But You Showdown'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8544615161296919283</id><published>2009-10-09T01:58:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T23:15:36.459+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SIM-type games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brower-based games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cafe world'/><title type='text'>Cafe World on Facebook</title><summary type='text'>Zynga recently launched Cafe World, it's very own game to match the other restaurant games in Facebook. The game has the same look and feel as Restaurant City. And perhaps that's really the intention, because they are the only ones in the same category among cafe/ restaurant game types in Facebook. However, it has some significant differences from each other.I have just started in the game, but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8544615161296919283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8544615161296919283&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8544615161296919283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8544615161296919283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/cafe-world-on-facebook.html' title='Cafe World on Facebook'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SsjGNqfF5HI/AAAAAAAAASI/0WPZJSJV-ow/s72-c/cafeworld.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7608778041230445694</id><published>2009-10-03T13:38:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T10:27:26.339+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adbrite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adsense'/><title type='text'>How To Make Money Online:  Simple Ad Placement</title><summary type='text'>As I am building my list of How To Make Money Online, let me start off on the simplest way to do it for bloggers:  hosting ads.  This method simply requires that you put an HTML code somewhere in your blog, which would allow ad hosting sites like those above to show ads of advertisers that they have a partnership with. With the availability of widget programs, placing the code is simply as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7608778041230445694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7608778041230445694&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7608778041230445694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7608778041230445694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-make-money-online-simple-ad.html' title='How To Make Money Online:  Simple Ad Placement'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/Ssbo4oOwuYI/AAAAAAAAASA/oY5MVZ9cKeE/s72-c/google1.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-6911091154874338072</id><published>2009-09-25T10:28:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T13:54:21.770+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='child psychology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parenting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spanking'/><title type='text'>Spanking and The Good Book</title><summary type='text'>Lately, it's a rare week when I hardly come across some news through one mass media or another about the "evils" of spanking a child.  So-called "experts" upon "experts" laud the benefits of alternative discipline approaches such as time-outs, reasoning, etc.  This is well and good except that this campaign for alternative approaches is also coupled with a barrage of images and reports of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6911091154874338072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=6911091154874338072&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6911091154874338072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6911091154874338072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/spanking-and-good-book.html' title='Spanking and The Good Book'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/Srw11UrE3GI/AAAAAAAAARY/pKR_iwtVnGg/s72-c/spanking.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-295442989400328585</id><published>2009-09-22T21:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T21:37:10.279+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exposure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeff Wignall'/><title type='text'>Exposure: A Photo Workshop book by Jeff Wignall</title><summary type='text'>Once in a while you come across a book that explains a topic so well, it gives you that boost of enthusiasm to pursue something that you've started but has been laying on the wayside for quite some time already.  Jeff Wignall explained the topic of exposure so well and in a way where I can pick up my camera and start shooting with purpose.  The topics are discussed with an eye for practicality, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/295442989400328585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=295442989400328585&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/295442989400328585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/295442989400328585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/exposure-photo-workshop-book-by-jeff.html' title='Exposure: A Photo Workshop book by Jeff Wignall'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/Srd-9Bs7o6I/AAAAAAAAARQ/i9465EXNXNY/s72-c/Exposure.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-647035442411421452</id><published>2009-09-20T17:08:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T10:31:10.752+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='making money online'/><title type='text'>How To Make Money With Your Blog:  The List</title><summary type='text'>The following is a list of sites that offer some ways for you to make money through your blog. Some of these do not require that you do anything more other than setting it up in your blog. Others require some daily activity to be performed from your end to make it work. There are those that pay directly in cash, while others are a way for you to earn in an indirect manner, usually through an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/647035442411421452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=647035442411421452&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/647035442411421452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/647035442411421452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-make-money-with-your-blog-list_20.html' title='How To Make Money With Your Blog:  The List'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SrXxqn2dTjI/AAAAAAAAARI/9KBuiYmUZ4o/s72-c/istock_000004221585xsmall.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-104161828058936134</id><published>2009-09-18T17:21:00.011+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-19T17:05:36.382+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compounding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credit cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='finance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='investing'/><title type='text'>The Other Side of Compounding</title><summary type='text'>If you've read my post about compounding here, I hope it inspired you to start saving a portion of the money that pass your way starting TODAY, since time is probably the best friend of your money if you can find a place to park it with interest. However, it's expected that such a simple (yet powerful) concept is also not lost on other people.  So, before you even start setting aside some cash to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/104161828058936134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=104161828058936134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/104161828058936134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/104161828058936134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/other-side-of-compounding.html' title='The Other Side of Compounding'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SrROxN7X83I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/1_OQ3ilfPgU/s72-c/Money+Down+the+Drain.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7619048604213381528</id><published>2009-09-16T08:59:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T13:39:13.074+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ford Everest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad commercials'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McDonald&apos;s'/><title type='text'>Of McDonald's and Ford Everest</title><summary type='text'>"Ahh...you were ahhh...speeding...ahhh Sir. Can I..ahhh...can I, ....can I get your ....ahhh license please?" Imagine being flagged down by a cop for speeding and when he goes over to you he stammers and falters, feeling so shy that he has to check on you. Well, that's how it's gonna be if you have one of the newest toy from Ford, the all-new Ford Everest. At least that's how it's being marketed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7619048604213381528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7619048604213381528&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7619048604213381528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7619048604213381528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/of-mcdonalds-and-ford-everest.html' title='Of McDonald&apos;s and Ford Everest'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SrBmyaM6CfI/AAAAAAAAAQo/9kEgscdzApM/s72-c/FORDLOGO.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-5212450938788805207</id><published>2009-09-13T14:16:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T14:58:37.674+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Open 2009'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tennis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Serena Williams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kim Clijsters'/><title type='text'>Serena's Foot (and Mouth) Fault</title><summary type='text'>Had the chance to watch the drama unfold in the Clijsters-Williams Semifinals match in the 2009 US Open, which resulted in a point penalty for Serena Williams at match point, costing her the match.  A match which many believe would have been won by Clijsters anyway, given the way she's playing the whole night.  The incident once more highlighted the need to implement a more "professional" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5212450938788805207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=5212450938788805207&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/5212450938788805207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/5212450938788805207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/serenas-foot-and-mouth-fault.html' title='Serena&apos;s Foot (and Mouth) Fault'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SqyPhfrp8fI/AAAAAAAAAQA/1qi-Z9pjuUA/s72-c/us_open.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8648176352899353044</id><published>2009-09-06T11:28:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T23:25:20.598+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compounding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='finance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='investing'/><title type='text'>The Money Value of Time</title><summary type='text'>I've always gotten quite confused with the term "time value of money".  The true essence of the term is sort of hidden in the way it was named.  I mean, do you have more time if you have more money?  Or rather, would you have more money if you have more time? I know these are semantics, but it helps to introduce a topic that is basic to understanding how to make the most of your time in making </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8648176352899353044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8648176352899353044&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8648176352899353044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8648176352899353044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/money-value-of-time.html' title='The Money Value of Time'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SqUV8aA8b3I/AAAAAAAAAPw/uWzxhzqdsRM/s72-c/MoneyClock.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-5628874744735713734</id><published>2009-08-31T12:00:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T16:21:23.143+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Standard Chartered'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boracay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yellow Cab Pizza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freebies'/><title type='text'>Pizza!  Boracay!  Free!</title><summary type='text'>Note:  The following items apply only in the Philippines.Wondering why those three words are together?  Well, I found them together in a single page in Facebook.  I have yet to find out how  really "free" they are, but here's some info on them:First, there's the free 18 inch Yellow Cab Pizza if you get approved for a Standard Chartered Credit Card.  Just text (omit the quotes) "YCAB (space) SCB (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5628874744735713734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=5628874744735713734&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/5628874744735713734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/5628874744735713734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/pizza-boracay-free.html' title='Pizza!  Boracay!  Free!'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SpqbrGHPBRI/AAAAAAAAAPo/DsssuXhX7sE/s72-c/YellowCabGC.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-3830434547923161852</id><published>2009-08-28T00:02:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T00:21:23.972+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nokia E63'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smartphones'/><title type='text'>Nokia E63</title><summary type='text'>Got a Nokia E63 last week for FREE, as part of Smart's Retention Program to its subscribers.  I think it currently retails for about P12,000 pesos.  I was really eager to get this phone since I was hoping this could merge two devices I am using:  a cellphone for my calls/texts and a Palm Tungsten for PIM (Personal Information Management).   For starters, I like the ease by which I got used to the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3830434547923161852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=3830434547923161852&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3830434547923161852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3830434547923161852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/nokia-e63.html' title='Nokia E63'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SpTE3LMQpqI/AAAAAAAAAPI/NB0A8N5wIFs/s72-c/nokia-e63-business-smartphone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-3169411178115650316</id><published>2009-08-22T19:00:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T22:31:21.305+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Disney Pixar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animation'/><title type='text'>UP! The Adventure Is Right Here</title><summary type='text'>It's been a while since a movie related to me as close as this film did.  And the trailer was that good that it did not revealed the plot at all, all the while making it interesting enough for one to want to see it.  Neither will I spoil it here.   Suffice it to say that it has given some spark to my otherwise mundane existence, and allowed me to view my day-to-day activities in a new light.  Not</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3169411178115650316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=3169411178115650316&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3169411178115650316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3169411178115650316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/up-adventure-is-right-here.html' title='UP! The Adventure Is Right Here'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/So_-pKWPRqI/AAAAAAAAAPA/IPvZ1ttVju0/s72-c/Up.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-1199253003374592220</id><published>2009-08-19T10:54:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T00:09:46.999+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffeetableblog'/><title type='text'>Coffeetableblog.com</title><summary type='text'>Nope, I am still hosted at blogspot. Although it seems now that I won't be able to migrate this blog to a .com in the near future. I was Googling for coffeetableblog a few days ago, trying to find out in what page this blog would land, and I was surprised to see coffeetableblog at the top of the page! Only thing is, it's not this blog: it's a .com. In the spirit of never-ending curiosity, I head </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1199253003374592220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=1199253003374592220&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/1199253003374592220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/1199253003374592220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/nope-i-am-still-hosted-at-blogspot.html' title='Coffeetableblog.com'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SojHhkFssUI/AAAAAAAAAOw/nOjYBmJz8co/s72-c/coffeetableblog.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-3828860541674053017</id><published>2009-08-16T08:11:00.010+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T09:19:45.614+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friendship Points'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurant City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Story'/><title type='text'>Country Story:  Of Chickens and Friends</title><summary type='text'>The chick has grown up, and it's a hen now!  And it already laid a bunch of eggs.  Might be I am doing the right thing giving it care and feeding it well.  I still have to wait for sometime before I find out what will happen next, which I expect to be a bunch of more chicks.While waiting for that, now is a good time as ever to talk about Friendship Points.  As I posted earlier here in my intro </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3828860541674053017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=3828860541674053017&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3828860541674053017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3828860541674053017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/country-story-of-chickens-and-friends.html' title='Country Story:  Of Chickens and Friends'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SodSo5YZm2I/AAAAAAAAAN0/yMOEHTVHmds/s72-c/cs3.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7542118645110361455</id><published>2009-08-09T21:38:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T23:12:03.174+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pets'/><title type='text'>Country Story:  My First Pet</title><summary type='text'>Had my first "pet" in County Story after finishing a quest that required a certain number of wood, stones, and chicken wheat.  Am not really sure what to do with it though :)  Based on the information given, I have enough feeds for the chick, and there's also a countdown when it's supposed to mature.  I don't understand though if I am supposed to move up from the Happy to the Great and how to do </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7542118645110361455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7542118645110361455&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7542118645110361455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7542118645110361455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/country-story-my-first-pet.html' title='Country Story:  My First Pet'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/Sn7Sm1RmyqI/AAAAAAAAANs/mOdVBeH8Afk/s72-c/cs+pet.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7332448876491047776</id><published>2009-08-07T09:54:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T02:01:45.100+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic theories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freakonomics'/><title type='text'>Freakonomics</title><summary type='text'>I first saw this book a couple of months ago, when it was still in hardbound cover, and I was really curious about what it has to say.  And so when I laid my eyes on it again in small paperback issue and at 20% discount, I just had to buy it. The teaser questions sort of hooked me:  What do school teachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?  Why do drug dealers still live with their parents? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7332448876491047776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7332448876491047776&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7332448876491047776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7332448876491047776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/freakonomics.html' title='Freakonomics'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SnuJ6jDSk9I/AAAAAAAAANc/gZy-Hm2SmPI/s72-c/Freakonomics.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2972009832942054448</id><published>2009-08-04T10:16:00.016+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T23:13:11.027+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Playfish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Country Story'/><title type='text'>Country Story</title><summary type='text'>Playfish, the creator of Restaurant City, just recently launched its newest game, Country Story.  This game is likewise accessible via Facebook.  The game builds on the SIM-like style of Restaurant City while at the same time incorporating the theme of other popular Facebook games like FarmTown, BarnBuddy and Farmville.You start in the game with a nice little house (that you can't get inside), </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2972009832942054448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2972009832942054448&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2972009832942054448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2972009832942054448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/country-story.html' title='Country Story'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SnebNtYz2cI/AAAAAAAAAMM/e1L74tmE8SA/s72-c/CountryStory.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-3281599241297632772</id><published>2009-07-30T12:51:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T15:46:45.803+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world hunger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free rice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donations'/><title type='text'>Free Rice</title><summary type='text'> Here's one interesting site.  You answer a series of questions from this site, and for each correct answer, the sponsors (whose banner ads appear at the bottom of the screen) will donate 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program.  You have several subjects to choose from, such as English vocabulary, Art, Chemistry, Geography, Basic Math, and Other Languages.   The questions gets harder</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3281599241297632772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=3281599241297632772&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3281599241297632772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/3281599241297632772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-rice.html' title='Free Rice'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SnEnfOpCMhI/AAAAAAAAAL8/jY9LtvL4g2E/s72-c/freeRiceLogo2.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7334527688972374113</id><published>2009-07-23T15:41:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T16:53:50.685+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='endless 10th frame'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bowling'/><title type='text'>Endless 10th Frame</title><summary type='text'>I was watching a movie a while back where one of the characters commented that one of the reasons he doesn't like bowling is because the game puts a limit on your potential.  At any given game, you can only get as much as a score of 300 for a perfect game.  Now, anyone who has bowled for a time already know that even getting to a 200 once in a while is already a mean feat.  But there is indeed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7334527688972374113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7334527688972374113&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7334527688972374113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7334527688972374113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/endless-10th-frame.html' title='Endless 10th Frame'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SmgW3hEmiYI/AAAAAAAAAL0/n7yIyYi6zIw/s72-c/bowling_clipart_ball_banks.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2505347410217938030</id><published>2009-07-11T13:13:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T16:14:10.436+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brower-based games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurant City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gourmet points'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leveling dishes'/><title type='text'>Restaurant City:  Serving High-Level Dishes</title><summary type='text'>Leveling up the menu you serve in your Restaurant is crucial in maximizing the time you spend progressing in the game, because it affects your gourmet points.  Gourmet points (GPs) are earned everytime you served a successful order (meaning, the customer doesn't get up before he gets served because it took you a great deal of time to serve him).  A certain number of GPs is needed to level up, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2505347410217938030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2505347410217938030&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2505347410217938030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2505347410217938030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/restaurant-city-serving-high-level.html' title='Restaurant City:  Serving High-Level Dishes'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SlhHcLfv1dI/AAAAAAAAALs/VB3tSk2gu-0/s72-c/restoing.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8555751114197993373</id><published>2009-07-07T00:00:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T15:58:39.471+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Transformers'/><title type='text'>Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: The Game - Battle for the AllSpark</title><summary type='text'>This game may not reach the top of a gamer's Richter scale, but hey, it's a game! I think this is a promotional or teaser for a game of the same title that you can purchase. It's a simple turn-based challenge game. The first time you login (after the customary registration process and email verification, the relevance of which nowadays I am beginning to question - but I digress), you are asked to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8555751114197993373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8555751114197993373&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8555751114197993373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8555751114197993373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/transformers-revenge-of-fallen-game.html' title='Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: The Game - Battle for the AllSpark'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/Sk4A6Bog4NI/AAAAAAAAALk/eN6W6mRCc74/s72-c/transformers.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-6842608055545551364</id><published>2009-07-02T18:20:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T09:29:05.141+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurant City'/><title type='text'>Restaurant City</title><summary type='text'>I tried Restaurant City out of curiosity and simply because I haven't been playing any other game at the moment. It's a SIMs-type game that you can access through Facebook. The concept of the game is to manage a restaurant by hiring employees, learning menus, and improving the overall look and feel of your restaurant by buying new equipment such as tables, chairs, etc. The game is still in beta, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6842608055545551364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=6842608055545551364&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6842608055545551364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6842608055545551364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/restaurant-city.html' title='Restaurant City'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SkySAK2zaiI/AAAAAAAAALc/3ZrbUUS4ft4/s72-c/restaurant_citybmp.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-6399216652711812537</id><published>2009-03-30T09:46:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T10:04:07.457+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Improve Your Blog in 31 Days</title><summary type='text'>This is a re-launch of a similar project done a few years ago by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. For someone like me who's trying to get my blogging "career" take off, any form of help is certainly most welcome. Especially if it's FREE :) And hopefully it won't entail a great deal of my time for the next 31 days. From what I gather, what will happen is that you will receive a daily email with a link </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6399216652711812537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=6399216652711812537&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6399216652711812537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/6399216652711812537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/improve-your-blog-in-31-days.html' title='Improve Your Blog in 31 Days'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SdAmKFiLyeI/AAAAAAAAAKY/t3G_8uD6i68/s72-c/31-days-build-better-blog.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8895645550786372966</id><published>2009-03-07T13:03:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-03-07T13:43:49.424+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brower-based games'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> Lately I have been noticing ads for a bunch of browser-based games in some of the sites that I usually go to.  I had never played online browser-based games before, but I have a first impression that they won't be any good.  But for some reason, maybe I just have some real free time today, I decided to give Travian a try.  Well, it's been a couple of hours since I registered, and I am still on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8895645550786372966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8895645550786372966&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8895645550786372966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8895645550786372966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/lately-i-have-been-noticing-ads-for.html' title=''/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SbIBY51FcwI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/4ry0-voOphI/s72-c/travian0.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-4034240225949362884</id><published>2009-02-28T08:05:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T11:31:00.060+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cheese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Cheese!</title><summary type='text'>I chanced upon The Cheese Companion Second Edition by Judy Ridgway in my local bookstore the other day. Much like the author, I am really interested in cheese, though I couldn't say I sampled more than the fingers I have in my hands. The cheeses I had weren't exactly the gourmet variety, more like the Industrial-era produced counterparts. But despite that, sampling some of them during Christmas </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4034240225949362884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=4034240225949362884&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4034240225949362884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/4034240225949362884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-chanced-upon-cheese-companion-second.html' title='Cheese!'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SaSWLZCpEUI/AAAAAAAAAIo/B7iTV8LBLA8/s72-c/cheesecompanion.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8278675686480409411</id><published>2009-02-26T06:00:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T11:56:37.232+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frugal living'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I was searching for something else today when I found this interesting thread which is basically discussing a question which goes like this: "Are all these talks about simple living just another term for giving up?" I have to say the discussion was quite lively, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Enough to make me take a look at the forum's host site which is WiseBread. It's basically a site </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8278675686480409411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8278675686480409411&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8278675686480409411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8278675686480409411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/wisebread.html' title=''/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SaNPilELFQI/AAAAAAAAAIY/HIs4fQW5xM0/s72-c/wisebread-logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2258608544428877628</id><published>2009-02-24T06:00:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T09:44:28.679+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='correspondence chess'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chess'/><title type='text'>Schemingmind</title><summary type='text'> Internet chess has expanded the horizons for chess players in many ways. They are no longer limited to their long-term pals, important as they may be. They can now play at their convenient time, with a player across the globe who probably has his feet in the air as well at that time. And with the development of correspondence chess in the net from the simple emails to server-based sites, this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2258608544428877628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2258608544428877628&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2258608544428877628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2258608544428877628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/schemingmind.html' title='Schemingmind'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SaKWv40jxkI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/FmWD5ToLUs8/s72-c/sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2851498330557671088</id><published>2009-02-21T06:00:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-21T06:00:00.540+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GMail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mail Goggles'/><title type='text'>Ooops!! Wrong Send!!!</title><summary type='text'>Ever had those situations when you wish you hadn't punched the ENTER button that sent out that email?  Well, Google is out to help you not make that same mistake again, at least for certain times of the week.  Mail Goggles is a setting you can turn on in Google Mail that will challenge you to a set of questions designed to check if you still have your wits on and really intent on sending that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2851498330557671088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2851498330557671088&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2851498330557671088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2851498330557671088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/ooops-wrong-send.html' title='Ooops!! 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To celebrate this and to encourage gamers to try out the game, Level Up! will be raffling off a Nintendo DSi and a gaming laptop to players of the CBT who have reached at least level 20 by March 11, 2009. You can check out the rest of the details as well as download the CBT </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2953749118333497660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2953749118333497660&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2953749118333497660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2953749118333497660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-gadgets-from-rohan-online.html' title='Free Gadgets from Rohan Online Philippines'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SZp0hHQHNpI/AAAAAAAAAHY/AhZ8tyizaSI/s72-c/v-rohan-1024x768.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8887115537960552870</id><published>2009-02-17T06:00:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T06:00:00.166+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='B90'/><title type='text'>Bible in 88 days</title><summary type='text'>Well, it's actually 90 days, but like what is said in the program, there are two "grace" days included.  I first found out about B90 (their shorthand for this) through an email alert, and got curious enough to check out the site.  The site's name basically says what the goal is:  finish reading the Bible in 90 days or less.  This can be done as an individual, small group, or even as a church.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8887115537960552870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8887115537960552870&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8887115537960552870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8887115537960552870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/bible-in-88-days.html' title='Bible in 88 days'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SZgk_RMBtNI/AAAAAAAAAHI/cZIngR1bSsM/s72-c/head_logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2672951841455236127</id><published>2009-02-15T01:10:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T21:16:55.233+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HMOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SiCKO'/><title type='text'>SiCKO</title><summary type='text'>This film is a documentary by Michael Moore, of the Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling with Columbine fame, two of his other films that I suppose are more widely known than the others. In his trademark style of combining "facts" (reader beware, as always) with interviews, he delves into the state of health care in America, and compared it side by side with the health care programs of other countries </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2672951841455236127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2672951841455236127&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2672951841455236127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2672951841455236127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/sicko.html' title='SiCKO'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SZb-ro5mKTI/AAAAAAAAAHA/JA6t_7NXGE0/s72-c/200px-Sickoposter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-8755780191311230572</id><published>2009-02-13T06:00:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T15:33:53.948+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='epic fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books of Pellinor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alison Croggon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Gift (The Naming)'/><title type='text'>The Gift (The Naming):  The First Book of Pellinor</title><summary type='text'> The Gift (The Naming in USA release) is the first of four books written by Alison Croggon. It is an epic fantasy centering on a young girl named Maerad who has just come to the realization of her powers, just in time with the stirring of an evil out to cause destruction (aren't you glad the good is always just in time with evil). The book is engaging, while at the same time relaxing enough to be</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8755780191311230572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=8755780191311230572&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8755780191311230572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/8755780191311230572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/gift-first-book-of-pellinor.html' title='The Gift (The Naming):  The First Book of Pellinor'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SYKW3TTwo1I/AAAAAAAAAGg/xOoz3PoTSEY/s72-c/thegift.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-981008911943065125</id><published>2009-02-02T13:09:00.010+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T11:58:50.407+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthy lifestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real age'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health tools'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> What is your age, your real age? This is the question RealAge attempts to answer for you. The first thing you can do at the site is to have your RealAge computed for you, by answering a series of questions ranging from hereditary traits to diet and lifestyle. Each answer you provide carries a weight that will either add or deduct from your calendar age to arrive at your "biological" age. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/981008911943065125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=981008911943065125&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/981008911943065125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/981008911943065125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-is-your-realage.html' title=''/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SYaM2pKXZTI/AAAAAAAAAGw/T_tIYR5n8G4/s72-c/realage.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-7939055365146937309</id><published>2009-01-24T10:51:00.012+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T14:29:31.138+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='time management tools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='to-do list'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Post-it rivals'/><title type='text'>List.it</title><summary type='text'>List.it is an attempt to come up with an electronic to-do list that can rival and replace our tendency to "Post-it" our reminders to ourselves. It's also intended to simplify most electronic reminders in handhelds and other devices that usually follow certain rules of what info needs to be inputted and in a certain prescribed format. With List.it, you can have a reminder system much similar to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7939055365146937309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=7939055365146937309&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7939055365146937309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/7939055365146937309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/listit.html' title='List.it'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SYEIWLU0fYI/AAAAAAAAAGY/M0i3KreS8KA/s72-c/postits-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2444674244590683758</id><published>2009-01-21T10:18:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T14:35:14.818+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DZFE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Max Mclean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listener&apos;s Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='audio bible'/><title type='text'>The Listener's Bible narrated by Max Mclean</title><summary type='text'>Lately I had been driving through the stretch of EDSA on my way to my field assignment. During this daily trip which usually lasts for more than an hour, I usually tune in to 98.7 DZFE FM, which features an assortment of classical music, news, and Christian oriented practical teachings. One of their features that I like very much and which I regularly get to catch at 6PM is the daily bible </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2444674244590683758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2444674244590683758&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2444674244590683758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2444674244590683758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/listeners-bible-narrated-by-max-mclean.html' title='The Listener&apos;s Bible narrated by Max Mclean'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-9081435319257642847</id><published>2009-01-15T11:15:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T14:38:11.567+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='networking sites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Linkedin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business connections'/><title type='text'>Are You Linkedin?</title><summary type='text'>One newspaper I read recently mentioned Linkedin as one of the ten things in the Web to watch out for in 2009. I decided to sign up with them (it's free anyway) and see what it's all about. The product is really for individuals wishing to develop their professional network. Your profile in Linkedin would include descriptions of your current and past jobs, your education, and your professional </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9081435319257642847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=9081435319257642847&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/9081435319257642847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/9081435319257642847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/are-you-linkedin.html' title='Are You Linkedin?'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SW6q4gmyUFI/AAAAAAAAAGE/qbEFEnfEErU/s72-c/linkedin.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557277664869380488.post-2005787972936494769</id><published>2008-09-24T16:41:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T14:40:39.562+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entrecard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='traffic exchange'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog traffic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Getting the hang of Entrecard</title><summary type='text'>I had some relaxed time this morning, and I decided to check out my Drops Inbox in Entrecard. There aren't that many, so I clicked on one, and sort of just follow the flow, reading a few posts, dropping my card, clicking on the featured blog, repeat the process. I went on and on with each one until it reached full circle everytime (I was even surprised when it did). Only now did I realized how </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2005787972936494769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5557277664869380488&amp;postID=2005787972936494769&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2005787972936494769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5557277664869380488/posts/default/2005787972936494769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coffeetableblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/getting-hang-of-entrecard_24.html' title='Getting the hang of Entrecard'/><author><name>toguints</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qc6dWCyMZy8/SZpbv7G9adI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/ldzUv1hogHs/s72-c/entrecard2.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
