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Don't worry, it's not goodbye...

shale — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:00:00 +0000

...rather, it's an upgrade. Shale has officially moved (actually, since 15 November) to http://shale.wordpress.com.

Sadly we can't move our entries from here to the new site, and some things have to be ridiculously ditched to accommodate stuff, and we're still in growing pains, but we hope you follow us there the way you followed us here since March. We've got three articles up there, and hopefully more to come. DOn't worry, though - this site will still be up to keep all articles between the launch last March 2006 until now.

So, we'll see you there, with all the celebrity, the politics, and the nonsense... we're waiting.

Should we move to WordPress?

shale — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:55:41 +0000

We've been long contemplating about moving Shale, from its current home at i.ph, to WordPress. Nothing against where we are right now, but although Shale has never looked any slicker, we thought it's time to move out of where we are and go into somewhere new, and probably slicker. If so, we would probably even relaunch, with a new name.

But why now, when we're in the middle of launching two new sister blogs and a lot of things are in the horizon, despite us being really busy with school? To be honest about it, it's all a whim. That's why we're asking you guys whether we should even move - move to somewhere new, and somewhere probably easier for us to work with, now that we've started to ease towards a new direction, or stay here and grow.

We'll admit, it hurts if we move blogs (and definitely not move all the entries, unless we all prefer to do it manually, which is very tedious work), and we don't really want to leave behind the comments already made about this one, like the reputation we've gained covering the General Elections, or from the handful of people in other countries (especially radio presenters, like Annie Mac) who've noticed and taken note. We'd gladly appreciate your thoughts; to send them in, comment on this entry, or email us at shale@i.ph. Nevertheless, we hope to have you staying when we do decide to move (if you say so, or if we find WordPress easier), and watch out for future developments in this space.

Major round-up: release three

shale — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:37:51 +0000

As I said, the work did kill us, and so did this series for a while. After the fold, photography complaints, research complaints - essentially, stress issues and how we addressed them, four weeks later. We've just been through midterms, basically...

It's enrollment season, again

shale — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:11:38 +0000

Sometimes you wonder whether enrollment this term would really be worth it. Of course there's the problem with the servers, and last term it ceremoniously went down for us CLA sophomores availing of priority enrollment. Last night Jenn and I wondered whether it would be any better - why wouldn't the ITC improve server capacity than, say, provide dial-up access that almost everyone doesn't avail. As I said somewhere before, quadruple access and everybody will be happy.

The ITC has been getting fire lately, but it's on other issues, one of them being blocked sites (Yahoo! Messenger included). However, it seems not many have spoken about My.Lasalle's server capacity, and despite the dial-up fee being "donations" since not everybody's been using it, we only wonder where this goes.

Anyway, online enrollment week starts on 13 November, and as with every second term of the year the frosh get a stab at enrollment. The schedule is somewhat the same, but the only change - which in paper would lessen the chances of hundreds, if not thousands, of people accessing at the same time and crashing the servers - is that there's a new layer of eligiblity, so to speak.

And the winners are...

shale — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:33:24 +0000

Finally, the winners from FAST 2005's Pay It Forward socio-civic promo. Sars just sent us this email, and here goes the list:

First Prize: Mary Therese Cailles, BSC-BMG
Second Prize: Katrina Santos, AB-CAM
Third Prize: Eddy Dy

Yes, that is Kaymee on the list. Congratulations all!

Dispatches from the pep rally

shale — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:24:46 +0000

Yes, it's another pep rally. I'm surprised though - why would we have a pep rally? Why now, when we are suspended at the UAAP? Why at this time in the year, even - because last year it was somewhere during the first term?

I didn't actually plan to check it out, but destiny meant I drift there and watch the proceedings. Armed again with that blue notebook, and a pen, the following paragraphs are written down as it happens, and only polished later. And, so far, things seem hopeful - but not at face value, though.

So, while we wait two more terms for our big comeback, my thoughts on the pep rally held earlier thid afternoon.

Major round-up: release two

shale — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:32:30 +0000

Well, we've received a few responses regarding this. To Mirielle: how did this thing become amusing when this is done as lazily as possibly? Anyway, after the fold: the quotes that either came in late or were forgotten, stress showing through, and the people we surprisingly haven't heard from yet. Plus, we've made the entry less stuffier, for your reading convenience, as well as my writing's.

Breakfast in the afternoon

shale — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:10:50 +0000

(In the spirit of an apparent resparking of interest in Shale, this entry was originally written between 16.01 and 16.25 of 26 September, and is tweaked in places to look better and to adapt later developments.)

The Breakfast shoot is in peril of being moved. It seems my moment of happiness - I have a jacket with me and it's been useless, the entire day, for everyone but Meh - is going to be their downfall.

Out of persistent boredom I ended up sitting three gaps away from Kizia, somewhere near the auditorium. She's hosting this segment for Studio 23's Breakfast, and somehow the few who knew have been sort-of excited, me included. When we found out about this, Jino persisted in calling her a superstar - previously she's been busy doing voiceovers from Kraft (apparently), thanks to (persumably) connections from with the Green Media Group, where she is a member of the hosting pool. Ironically, she's wearing a red shirt with her make-up, not green - and she's just seated here. And the thunder threatens to make its presence felt more.

We're pretty excited because...

shale — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:54:58 +0000

...in case you've noticed, we're launching two new sister blogs within the coming weeks. It's surprising, yes, considering we're supposedly busier than ever, but again, nothing helpes when inspiration strikes. For now, though, they're nothing much, but Shale Film Notes (which would basically contain my notes for film class) and Shale Third Person (which would carry all those personality profiles) would be coming your way sooner than you expect. For now, though, just hang on!

Major round-up: release one

shale — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:47:00 +0000

Shale is making the rounds as we take a look back at the first week of majors. And, although we're not promising to make this a regular weekly feature of the blog, we'll still try our best to give you an idea of what we've been up to what we've seen, heard and experienced. And, take note, we'll be quoting from a lot of people, mostly from those that I personally know. It's just an attempt to give you guys a little idea of what's happening.

After the fold, block reunions, photography expenses, and of course, Miss Diaz.