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For patron accounts, I've added one new feature: linkbacks. Any time a Tabulas user posts an entry that links to a particular entry of yours, you'll see it appear in the comment view of a page. This will help you discover who's talking about your entries on Tabulas, and it is a way to encourage you to link to other's posts as well!

I've also started processing Tabulas entries for the "Related" entries feature - for those of you who don't know, this is a magical feature which will try to find "related" entries that you've written. Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes it's not. But it's fun to see what entries will show up :)

Related entries are processed nightly, so you may have to wait a bit to get related entries. All patron account should have had their entries processed, though.

One of the bigger complaints I've gotten about the control panel redesign is the lack of accurate hit logging. To that end, I've added back one of the more popular features for patron accounts: viewing your recent visitor traffic logs.

Because of server limitations, you can only view your last 72 hours worth of data, but the data it provides should give you a better idea of where your traffic is coming from.

Check it out in your control panel.

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I wrote a year-end entry. It took me some hours to sum up what happened to me in 2008. I even checked my previous posts here in Multiply and in Tabulas to make sure I won't miss a thing. It was a travel back in time reminiscing those moments that had happened. I have wirtten some emotions that were never exposed before so I can get rid of the excess baggage as I welcome the new year. It's really long and perhaps becuase I have spent quite a long time composing it, something went wrong witht the browser or with Multiply itself. As I click the Save & Publish button, it disappeared and were never published. Gone in cyberspase!

Clicked the back button but it never showed what I've typed. I should have copied it or better yet typed it in MSWord. Damn! It was quite long to do it again. Nakakatamad na! I guess, some emotions and thoughts that I have there are not meant to be shared. Perhaps. Dunno.

Darn. What a waste. Well, I think it still have let it out and was able to get rid of the baggage.

Well, to sum up 2008... It has been a bumpy ride with all the twist and turns. As I said, Life is never an easy ride. But I hope it made me smarter and stronger and be able to use what I have learned for the next year.

I'm just waiting to be surprised on what's in store next year!

A blessed New Year to all of you!

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Okay, ginaya ko 'to kay Abbey! Thanks. hehehe. Hindi ko pa kasi nasisimulan ang Year-End Entry ko eh. Magawa ko kaya? Hahaha...

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
- went back home, travelled locally and spent some days on an island and a night at a five star hotel using my hard earned income

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
- I never make new year's resolution.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
- A friend; the baby will be my god child in March.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
- wala yata,

5. What countries did you visit?
- I went home and returned back here. Does it count? (I'm not sure if I went to Holland. I thik that was in 2007. Hmm...)

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
- save up some money, have a permanent job and have a (love)life! ;-)

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
- I think there is no single date. I had a number of events in the past year that really made a mark.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
- I had more tasks at work and in the Filipino community which can be considered a forward step, if not two-steps forward. Added these tasks in my credentials on my CV.

9. What was your biggest failure?
- I think I should have pushed further and told what I really felt for someone.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
- Thank God, I never had any. My dad had a bypass surgery though, which made me really worried and depressed.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
- a new laptop

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
- my friends and my famiy who has been around everytime I needed them.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
- 'yung nakaaway ko sa pila at sa McDo. And recently, this Latino. Hahaha.

14. Where did most of your money go?
- house rental, phone bill (landline and cellphone), insurances, package and allowance for family in the Philippines, paying for my dad's operation

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- when I received the HSDPA dongle. Me Internet connection na ko sa bahay kasi. Weeeee...

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
- Won't go home without you, American Boy, Love lock down, marami eh!

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a. happier or sadder? Sadder. This year was a bit tougher and rougher.
b. richer or poorer? Poorer. I'm able to get through it though. But I really think I had more last year.
c. thinner or fatter? Both. I'm thinner after getting back from the Philippines. Then, I got fat as soon as I came back to work. At the last quarter, I lose some wait and able to maintain up to now. Weeee!

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
- Save money and work harder. I could have searched for a second job to earn more.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
- Worrying too much.

20. How did you spend the holidays?
- I was so busy with some pre and post Christmas events. I think I have to be more relaxed next time.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
- I did in the first month and the rest of the first quarter was full of disappointment. Aua!

22. How many one-night stands?
- Hahahaha.. Secret! Hahahaha.

23. What were your favorite TV programs?
- None. Don't spend much time on TV.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
- This Latino. Kwento ko next time. Hahaha.

25. What were the best books you've read?
- Love in the time of Cholera, Veronika decides to die and Eleven Minutes

26. What was your favorite film of this year?
- Australia

27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
- a bit more trendy

28 Whom did you miss?
- My family.

29. Who was the best new person you met?
- Wala yata. ;-)

30. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
- LIfe is full of bumps and turns. It's not always an easy road.

31. What was your greatest musical discovery?
- wala.

32. What did you want and get?
- a laptop

33. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
- I'm 28 and my friends gave me a surprise. Just a simple dinner with them after work.

34. What one thing would have made your year immeasureably more satisfying?
- controlling emotions

35. What kept you sane?
- solitude

36. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
- wala yata eh.

37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
- Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. (Abbey pareho tayo! Hindi ko 'yan kinopya. hahahah)

Hey everybody,

I've put the finishing touches on an update to the gallery in your control panel - I always felt the new gallery was more confusing than the old one.

This new one should be a lot simpler to use - and it will allow you to manage your images more efficiently (without having to edit each image individually!)

Please let me know if there are any problems.

I hope all of you are having a fantastic holidays.

- Roy