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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You have no idea how proud I am to have reached this milestone in my PinoyTux Weblog. Just yesterday, PinoyTux reached 30,000 visitors since March 30, 2008.

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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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What?… PinoyTux already has 10,000 visits? No kidding?

Yep… No kidding. SiteMeter shows that since March 30, 2008, more than 10,000 visitors have visited PinoyTux.com. On the average, PT has over 140 unique visitors with over 200 page hits average per day.

Thanks to all visitors who dropped by and continue to support PinoyTux!

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It’s been a long time since I have started this blog but this is the first time that I am going to run a contest for my readers. I hope that this contest is going to be a successful one, though

About the contest:

If you are a constant reader of my blog, you probably know that I am a dissatisfied customer of 3ix.org, my previous hosting prior to 1and1.com. As a result of their utterly poor and hellish service, I decided to cancel my account to them and asked them for a refund. Unfortunately, the hosting provider refused over and over again to return my money. And since no one wants to give my money back, I will just use it as a prize for my own contest!

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To help EC Power Droppers reduce their waiting time for the EC link to appear in my site, I have created a special page. The page is made of in simple html so it will load much faster, so you can drop your card faster too!

Here is the link to PinoyTux Entrecard Express.

PS: Please don’t forget to visit the main page of PinoyTux afterwards

Thank you!

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Just for the fun of it, I added a Scoreboard widget in my sidebar compliments of Spring Widgets. See the updated scores of your favorite NBA teams in the NBA widget on the right.

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