Crimson Crux

Just a few hours ago, Manny Pacquiao unleashed what I believe to have been his finest form in dealing Mexican boxing hero Erik Morales the worst drubbing of his storied career.

The Pacman scored three knockdowns, the first of which came in the second round and followed by a vicious duo in the third, en route to a third round stoppage of the fight at the 2:57 mark.

Here are some pics of the three knockdowns (all courtesy of ABS-CBN/Solar Sports):

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The Philippines’ own Ronato “Ronnie” Alcano defeated Germany’s Ralf Souquet, 17 racks to 11, to win this year’s World Pool Championship held in Manila, Philippines.

Alcano displayed superb and dominating cue artistry that drew exuberant reactions from the hometown crowd and impressed the match commentators. One foreign commentator remarked that if they were to make a highlight reel of Ronnie’s beautiful shots, it’d be an hour long.

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I’ve just opened Hardwar Crux, a mini fansite for the 1998 PC space simulation game, Hardwar. Chances are you haven’t heard of this game, and that’s because in my opinion Hardwar is one of the most unheralded game titles in history. But make no mistake about it — it’s one of the best.

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This just in (courtesy of an email message): the Philippine team for the Software Freedom Day 2006, through the University of the Philippines Linux Users’ Group (UnPLUG) has won in the 2006 Software Freedom Day competition.

UnPLUG won the Best Plan for FOSS deployment project on new server for community benefit, and will receive a high performance IBM server. The full list of winners can be found on the SFD website.

Congratulations to UnPLUG and the University! Modesty aside, I’m honored to have been an officer of the organization, even for just a few months. Other members of Team SFD Philippines ‘06 include the Philippine Linux Users’ Group, UP ACM, the UPD Department of Computer Science, Bluepoint, and Alpha Phi Omega.

Just weeks after the first Philippine SEO contest drew to a close, another one has popped up, giving SEO junkies and rookies alike a new shot at winning some dough (and gaining invaluable experience). This time, the keywords to die for are ituloy angsulong.

The Go-Ogle! trio — me, Ia, J Angelo — has decided to join in the fun. Please visit and support our Ituloy AngSulong entry; link exchanges are welcome!

Kudos to our resident webmaster (webmistress?) for the great design of our entry. By the way, I’ll be posting some of my personal SEO thoughts on the Corsarius.net Ituloy AngSulong page, so if you have the time, do drop by.