Archive for October, 2011
Looking Down From the Top
Posted in Photography, tagged Ancon Hill, Family Values, Panama, Parks, Photographs, Photography, Tourism, Tours, Vegetation on October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A Cozy Tiny Park in the Middle of the Forest
Posted in Photography, tagged Ancon Hill, Birds, Family, Foliage, Forest, Panama, Parks, Photographs, Photography, Tourism, Vegetation on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During a recent foray into Ancon Hill territory, I found this cuddling park at the entrance of the road that leads to the top of Ancon Hill. I was there with my wife and “The Twisters”. It was about 8:30 a.m. The hill was just awaking and the early birds had already started their daily [...]
A Red Spot Amidst a Dark Tunnel of Exuberant Tropical Vegetation
Posted in Photography, tagged Ancon Hill, Panama, Photographs, Photography, Public Parks, Tourism, Tropical Flora, Vegetation on October 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A Speck of Red in a Black Tunnel of Vegetation
Posted in Photography, tagged Ancon Hill, Black and White Photography, FotoFlexer, Online Image Edition, Panama, Photographs, Photography, Tourism on October 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This picture was originally shot in color. I later edited it and turned it into a black and white image using FotoFlexer, a well-known online photo editor. The added touch of color made it different. There are so many things you can do in photography, that it’s absolutely overwhelming.
Stress Reduction Campaign
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Business, Customer Loyalty, Drugstores, Farmacias El Rey, Goodwill items, Health, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, Stress Control on October 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
During my last visit to my local drugstore to buy my monthly medicine and keep my pesky rhinitis under control, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a cute goodwill item. It was a bright red rubber heart to control my stress level. I think they call it a stress ball. Farmacias El Rey is promoting [...]
Apple’s Eminence Grise is Dead
Posted in News, tagged Apple, Death, Gadgets, Genius, Inventions, Inventor, Legacy, Steve Jobs, Technology, Thomas A. Edison, Visionary on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday evening about seven o’clock, while composing a message to a dear friend in the States, I bumped into Yahoo News. There was only one headline in my Yahoo Mail page. It read, “Steve Jobs is Dead.” I couldn’t believe my eyes. Tears came to my eyes and I felt a lump in my throat. [...]
The Elusive Apple iPhone 5
Posted in Gadgets, tagged Apple, Cellphones, Communications, Gadgets, iPhones, Marketing, Steve Jobs, Technology, Time Cook on October 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
For several weeks pundits were busy trying to guess what features and what new design Apple would come up when it unveiled its iPhone 5. As October 4 got closer and closer, the speculations on Apple’s juggernaut increased to the usual high levels of expectations of all Apple’s product announcements, specially if Steve Jobs is [...]
Panama Hosts 39th Baseball World Cup Tournament
Posted in News, tagged Baseball, Detroit Tigers, IBAF, International Baseball Federation, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Panama, Sports, Tournaments on October 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Panama is buzzing with activity. This small country located in Central America, was awarded the privilege of organizing IBAF”s (International Baseball Federation) Baseball World Cup. The 2011 Baseball World Cup is an international baseball tournament held from October 1 to October 15, 2011. It will be the 39th Baseball World Cup. IBAF selected Panama to [...]
Major Web Browsers Worldwide Usage – September 2011
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Competition, Google, Internet, Market Share, Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera, Web Browsers on October 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Fresh statistics have been released into the wild by Net Applications for September 2011. Net Applications’ statistics are based on the activity of about 160 million visitors per month to Web sites using its services. These are the latest figures on the performance of the Internet’s Masters of the Universe: Internet Explorer: 54.39 – 55.31 [...]
