After a struggle that took years to take shape, Yahoo and Microsoft finally inked an agreement in an effort to compete with the 800 pound tech gorilla of the 21st century—Google. Yesterday Microsoft and Yahoo at last announced a search deal. In a nutshell, Microsoft’s technology will power Yahoo’s search results, while Yahoo will handle [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Yahoo Embraces Bing as Its Search Engine
Posted in News, tagged Ads, Competition, Google, Microsoft, Search Engines, Yahoo on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Restaurant of Typical Panamanian Food at Via Argentina
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Entertainment, Food, Panama, Restaurants, Tourism, Via Argentina on July 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As I mentioned in previous posts, you can find almost any type of food at Via Argentina. A restaurant we visit often is El Trapiche for its typical Panamanian food. They cook better than my wife. (I hope she doesn’t read this or I’m a dead duck.) If you like to try a few local [...]
Photograph of the Day: A Lonely Glass
Posted in Photography, tagged Entertainment, Glass, Panama, Photographs, Restaurants, Tourism, Via Argentina on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Guatemalan Handicrafts at Via Argentina
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Guatemala, Handicrafts, Panama, Souvenirs, Street Vendors, Tourism, Via Argentina on July 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In front of El Trapiche Restaurant, I saw a street peddler selling brightly-colored objects which seemed to attracts several tourists while I was there. I’m a curious guy, so I went over to his place and inspected what he had to offer that was so attractive to tourists exiting the restaurant. They were handicrafts made [...]
Using Pencils as Canvas
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Canvas, Ghost Patrol, Illustrator, Originality, Paintings, Pencil Art on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most artists use canvas to paint their masterpieces. But very few would select pencils to serve the purpose of a canvas. This is first time I’ve seen such an attempt to paint on top of pencils. The author calls it Pencil Art. By the name of GhostPartol, this Australian artist creates beautiful works of art [...]
Photograph of the Day: Laughing Blue Face
Posted in Photography, tagged Commercial Sign, Makeup, Panama, Photograph, Tourism, Via Argentina on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph of the Day: A Newspaper Stand at Via Argentina
Posted in Photography, tagged Newspapers, Panama, Photographs, Tourism, Via Argentina on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joke: Venereal Disease
Posted in Jokes, tagged Diets, Doctors, Health, Hospitals, Humor, Venereal Diseases on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A man returns from overseas and is feeling very ill. He goes to see his doctor, and is immediately rushed to the hospital to undergo some tests. The man wakes up after the tests in a private room at the hospital, and the phone by his bed rings. “This is your doctor. We have the [...]
Joke: Keeping Your Composure
Posted in Jokes, tagged Aging, Composure, Elders, Humor, Supermarkets on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A woman in a grocery store happened upon a grandfather and his poorly-behaved 3-year-old grandson. It was obvious to her that Gramps has his hands full with the child screaming for candy in the candy aisle, cookies in the cookie aisle; same for fruit, cereal and soda in their respective aisles. Meanwhile, Gramps was working [...]
