*This holiday cheer greeting image was made using GIMP, an open-source image manipulation program.

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Boo-yah!

With over a year in providing useful Linux tips and what-not to all people around the world, Pinoy Tux reaches 50,000 visits.

To those who are consistent readers of my blog, and those who use Pinoy Tux as Linux reference, I thank you for your support.

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Today we celebrate the beginning of a colorful and festive season of gift-giving, and for the the majority of women, shopping. Thanksgiving Day is the one day in the year when we, humans, partake in the massacre of thousands of poor turkeys. Ooopps, I mean we partake in the celebration where we reminisce history.

With that said, let us not forget the true spirit of Thanksgiving, that we should be thankful for everything that we have, good or bad, and share all the blessings with others. We also should remember that this is the time in the year that we spend with our families and friends, and to put our Black Berry devices and/or office work aside to give more time for our family. Nothing beats a quality time with your child and spouse, believe me.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, may I also suggest that we stop the killing of thousands of turkeys on this day. President Bush has pardoned two turkeys this year, so that is a good start to stop the massacre of these poor birds. No wonder the birds look so sad on Thanksgiving.

Anyway, to give a perspective of how Thanksgiving begins, Governor Palin would like you to see how turkeys reach your tables.

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I just received from my snail mailbox a beautiful cheque from Adbrite. It is my payout for the month of October. I never really do anything with my Adbrite account, except to leave it running in my granadocentral.com website. It is not much, but you can’t get $40 that easy nowadays.

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Yep, I made it.

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It’s been a very busy month for me. I have two projects at work involving two top 10 sites of our company and it was very hectic. But, I am so glad that the projects are now over, both successful.

It may seem that I will have more time to blog but unfortunately, I will be taking a three-week course of trainings in preparation for the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Certification Exam. I may post tips here from time to time to help aspiring Linux users but I cannot promise that it will be as it is written in the training manuals. Contents of training manuals are copyrighted and being a Linux user, we all know better what copyrighted means

Anyway, wish me luck in my training and exams. I need all the luck I can get

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This may mean nothing to you but my blog earned me $200 for the month of August

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When I started this blog, I have never imagined that I would reach a wide variety of readers from all across the world. And now, PinoyTux celebrates the day that it reaches 20,000 visits since SiteMeter was installed (April 2008).

Not only I have made PinoyTux as my online journal and blog containing my Linux tips, tricks and notes but I also made quite a few bucks from blogging reviews, advertising links and online advertisements specifically from Google Adsense. And from the additional income that I made from my online blog, I have bought a few items. But what I really want to buy is a turbocharger for my car.

A turbocharger is definitely a must-add for my brand new ride and luckily found a site called turbochargerpros.com that sells one that fits my car, among other brands for different car makes and models like audi turbocharger. Having a turbocharger in your car, if installed correctly, breathes a new life to your ride by adding more horsepower and torque and adding fuel efficiency as well. So I know that with rising gas prices, a good turbocharger is a big help

Anyway, I am glad that letting more people know about Linux and technology using my blog and I hope that I can continue providing more Linux tutorials and tips to my readers.

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I am very sorry for the very late announcement of winners. I have been reallly, realllllyyyy busy these past few days and to top it all off, my DSL at home is disconnected (don’t ask why though).

Anyway, let me give you the list of winners of the PinoyTux contest. Please note that the winners are picked randomly based on their numbers of entries during the contest.

500 Entrecard Credits Winners (convertible to $5 PayPal money):

bunny (12 entries)
kris (2 entries)

$5 PayPal Money Winners:

clair (10 entries)
patrick (19 points)

First Prize Winner of 3iX Webhosting Account:

b_ng (23 points)

And as an added bonus, I am giving 200 EC credits to those who joined the contest but did not win the top three prizes. That is my way of saying thank you for joining the contest! I will send confirmation emails to the winners so please wait for your prizes after confirming.

Congratulations to all winners!

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The time has come for the PinoyTux Webhosting Contest to finally come to an end. I would like to thank all those who joined the contest. I will announce the winners by the end of the month.

(Sorry for the late notice, I have been really, reaaaaallllly busy).

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