From the monthly archives:

March 2006

job interview with lowermybills

by Pete Abilla March 31, 2006

the lead aggregator business model is pretty cool. it works like this, generally: the free service works by enabling the consumer to enter particular information, which is then used to match the customer with the companies that will best meet the customer needs. lead aggregators typically offers savings across categories such as home mortgage, home [...]

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moved a lot

by Pete Abilla March 30, 2006

in our 9 years of marriage, we’ve moved several times. yes, it’s my fault. the phrase “mover and a shaker” not only means moving vertically in your career, but also geographically. in my case, i mostly moved geographically. i’ve done okay, career-wise, but we sure have moved and lived in several places. we started in [...]

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pictures

by Pete Abilla March 30, 2006

ever since i discovered pixoh, i find myself using it regularly to enhance my images. this is a cool tool from an innovative company.

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lockedown, blast door

by Pete Abilla March 30, 2006

last night’s episode of lost was so good. here is a picture of the blast door that locke saw during the power outage in the hatch. there are several latin terms that on the map. here are their translations: * Aegrescit medendo – The disease worsens with the treatment. The remedy is worse than the [...]

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my interview and job offer from google

by Pete Abilla March 29, 2006

This is the account of my interview experience with Google in 2006. I was asked to interview with Google and I received a job offer. But, I declined it. My story is below. Preamble: Google Job Interview google contacted me about a position with the print team. i was well paid and was doing well [...]

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wall street journal & disambiguation

by Pete Abilla March 28, 2006

i am a regular reader of The Wall Street Journal. the online version is cool and it’s much easier to read and search than the print version. but, i think the The Wall Street Journal can add more value to the reader if it hooked-up with findory to personalize the layout and content. findory is [...]

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new house

by Pete Abilla March 27, 2006

after several months of living in corporate housing, we finally moved into our new house. we all love it and we feel very blessed. the home-buying process for this one was not pain-free: this is a great, brand new home, that is seriously undervalued – it is a short sale, which means that the owner [...]

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canker sores

by Pete Abilla March 26, 2006

i had issues with this for a few weeks. in fact, it got so bad that i couldn’t eat and, as a consequence, i lost some weight. i used to think that acidic foods were the sole cause of these irritating and painful epidermal terrorist but, according to webmd, it’s not the only cause. perhaps [...]

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around the block

by Pete Abilla March 26, 2006

while dry and probably uninteresting to most, i’m interested in the life of business, operations, lost the tv show, entrepreneurship, family, mixed martial arts, the wall street journal, technology, and the dirt and sweat of life. i’ll chronicle bits of pretty much everything here — from my viewpoint. i’ve been around the block. i immigrated [...]

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