Bataan Highway

I have known a couple of streets, avenues and highways here in the Philippines named after the Americans such as the McArthur Highway, Taft Avenue and McKinley St. Some are even named after a place in the United States like the New York St. and Times Square St in Cubao, Quezon City.

I never thought though that there is a road in a US state named after a place in the Philippines - the Bataan Memorial Highway in Indiana. The road commemorates the heroes of the Bataan Death March.

Krillion - Finding National Brands Near You

Krillion, a local search engine for offline appliances founded in February 2006 and funded by the Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, offers customers the convenience of having the location information of a product. It is an important site because it tells you who carries the product near you.

Searching for a samsung 32 inch LCD for instance would give a list of available items and their prices. Clicking on one would further provide you the product detail, reviews and product location. On the product location, you would see right away the price comparisons and if the product is available or not. Distance to the store and a map view are provided as well.

Top 50 Thinkers

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.
- Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

...I only know of eleven of them. Two are great bloggers - Seth Godin and Scott Adams.

Sunstop Media in association with Skillsoft produced this list of Top 50 Thinkers. The list basically answers the question, "Who is the most influential living management thinker?" The thinkers are chosen by business people, consultants, academics and MBA students throughout the world based on ten criteria. These are originality and practicality of ideas, presentation style, written communication, loyalty of followers, business sense, international outlook, rigors of research, impact of ideas and guru factor.

Shopping Coupons

“You can get shoes for 85 cents at the bowling alley.”
- A Shopping Tip

Sometimes shopping, online or not, can be a demanding task. At times, you become indecisive, not really with shopping itself especially when you have a lot of resources. But difficulty in choosing what to buy is experienced when online shopping coupons, such as Old Navy and Dell, are involved.

Finding the best deals can be a grueling job. When you find one, you may even get to deal with the frustration of discovering that the coupon has already expired, or that it only works with the retailer's credit card. The technique however is to be persistent in searching. Never hesitate as well to try whatever coupon you have even when there is a disclaimer that "coupon cannot be combined with other offers". It may be a cheapskate but it can definitely save you a couple of bucks notably now that Christmas is near.

Top Ten Fighter Aircraft

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying.
The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Here are the top ten fighter aircrafts according to the Discovery Channel. Criteria include kill ratio, fear factor, innovation, production, and service length.

10. F/A 22 Raptor


9. Sea Harrier FA/2


8. Sopwith Camel 112


7. ME 262


6. Spitfire



The next two planes tied for the fourth place.
4. Mig15


4. F86 sabre


3. F4 Phantom


2. F15C Eagle


1. P-51D Mustang

Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
- Airplane! (1980)

Shopping Cart Software

Ashop is a shopping cart software that caters to merchants doing electronic commerce. It can be a good tool for those businesses not transacting online yet. For one, it is one way of obtaining a wider range of customers. And for another, it is also another way of giving customers convenience since they do not need to go out anymore from their homes to buy. The vendor comes to them.

A few of its features include the acceptability of credit cards, customization of the layout and design, and the quick and easy update of the content within hours. The benefits on the other hand include search engine optimization and uncomplicated usability of the site. Also, there is no need to install the software since it is web-based. It is affordable and secured with 128bit SSL encryption. It offers a 24 hour technical support as well. And finally, it provides free emails, upgrades, payment integration, and web promotion tools.

Smorty's New Referral Program

In an earlier post, I mentioned about Smorty being another opportunity to earn, aside from being another way of increasing productivity perhaps. One of its differences with the other paid-to-blog sites is that Smorty would only take 5 full days to review your posts and approve them. Unlike other sites, your earnings will reflect on your paypal account in about two weeks. In terms of writing opinions, posts should be a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 400 words. Also, only one link is allowed.

Now here is something new about the site. You only not get paid to blog but you also earn when you refer new bloggers to the site. You only need to place the Smorty banner to your site firstly. Then you earn commissions from anyone who clicks on that banner, signs up to the site and writes a post. A 5% commission of the total payments made to your referred blogger will be given to you. This would go on for as long as the blogger you referred writes posts.