Author Archive for J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma is the Editor in Chief of Froodee. As CMOTC of Splashpress Media (that means Chief Mover of the Cheese to the uninitiated), he acts in various capacities managing the creative, technical and administrative aspects of the network. He also serves as Assistant Editor of the Blog Herald, and blogs about technology and other stuff on his personal blog, the J Spot.

Working from Home: Your Home Office Setup

Mar 07 2008

Posted by J. Angelo as Business Features, Business and Money, Virtual Office

If you're like me, you would be quite averse to the usual corporate setup. I used to work the corporate grind, getting up early in the morning to drive or take a cab, bus or train to the office miles away, work for eight or more hours, and then go home at night feeling tired and weary. Work is great and the people are okay, too, except for my disdain with office politics. But it's the travel time that usually leaves me exhausted each day. Imaging wasting your time in hours of travel just to get from point A to point ...

Emma Watson / Hermione Granger: Role Models for the Youth

Jul 06 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as Entertainment, Family Life

There's too much news recently about several female celebrities who have gone over the edge, such as Paris Hilton (who has reportedly done a copmlete 180-degree turn from living wild), Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan--all of whom we've been featuring here on Froodee, and who probably deserve their own main categories in the sidebar! Here's a breath of fresh air from yet another celebrity that the youth today are looking up to. Emma Watson played Hermione Granger in the five Harry Potter films so far, and is slated to reprise her role in the two remaining film installments. ...

Jamie Lee Curtis on Parental Guidance

Jun 13 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as Entertainment, Entertainment Features

We've had fairly adequate coverage of the recent Paris Hilton goes to jail saga. The skinny: Paris Hilton violates probation, is sent to jail, is let out under house arrest instead, and is ordered back to jail. I know it's only a 45-day sentence (commutable to 23, with good behavior), but prison/jail changes a man, they say. Or in this case, perhaps, a woman. Frankly, jail is one place I wouldn't want my children to get into, ever. When Paris Hilton was ordered back into jail, though, she pleaded with her mother to help her. And surely, her mum and ...

Thoughts on Community Blogging

May 17 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as Editorials

Blogging has been defined many times, many ways. It's mostly about personal publishing, and most would agree. A person starts a blog, and he or she writes about his/her interests, daily musings, and would usually link to interesting things elsewhere. Some would move on to write about more non-personal items, treating their blogs like magazine or newspaper columns of some sort. Some even move on to blogging for income. I should know, I blog for a living, myself. But in most of these cases, blogging is done as a one-man (or one-woman) thing. When the SplashPress team conceptualized Froodee, our ...

How To Save Money When Grocery Shopping

May 09 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as Business Features, Business and Money, Featured Articles

Shopping for groceries is one of the things my family looks forward to every weekend. We usually go grocery shopping at one of those really big supermarkets that have everything from sugar to televisions to sofa sets. Aside from being able to go out for a change, the kids get to experience firsthand how it feels to manage a household. Sure, they're just pre-school aged. But grown-up things like grocery shopping can fascinate them. Besides, they enjoy looking at the produce, especially the seafoods section (the squid, fishies and shrimp) and the fruits section. Grocery shopping is also one of those times ...

Coffee, Tea or Me?

May 09 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as Lifestyle Features, Lifestyle and Leisure

Where I come from, people are mostly drinkers of coffee, rather than tea. Coffee is for just about anyone--from blue-collar workers who need a zing to start their day, to yuppies who hang out at cafés, and of course us writers who need to stay up through nights just to meet deadlines and jack up creativity. Tea, meanwhile, is for health buffs, and for those who have been influenced by other cultures into adopting tea drinking as a habit, instead of the good ol' coffee. Or at least that's the prevailing belief. There are those that warn of the ...

Paris To Spend Time in Jail

May 06 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as Entertainment, Entertainment Features

Looks like our favorite celebrity Paris Hilton will be spending some jail time these next few weeks over a driving-related violation. People.com reports. Paris Hilton on Friday was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation by repeatedly driving with a suspended license. "[Hilton] disregarded everything ... and didn't care and kept driving," said Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer. Paris had been pulled over and arrested for several driving offenses starting September of 2006, first of which was DUI (driving under influence) related. Her license was suspended, and she was then asked to enroll in ...

New Media: Leveling the Playing Field in Politics

May 06 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as In the News, News Features

In the realm of politics, the players have to make use of all available resources in order to reach their goals. And in this case, it's to win. In the upcoming presidential elections in the US, the hopeful candidates are making use of new media. 901am has this excellent example of how new media is slowly leveling the playing field. It goes without argument that the Internet will play a big role in the 2008 presidential election, but I don’t think anyone expected that an Internet based grassroots campaign could effectively level the playing field for unknown candidates like former ...

We’re Online!

Apr 28 2007

Posted by J. Angelo as Announcements, Editorials

Woo hoo! We’re online. Watch out for more as we unravel Froodee in the next couple of weeks!

Misuse of office equipment on the rise

Mar 27 2006

Posted by J. Angelo as General Management, UK Company Gossip

The Department of Trade and Industry reports that misuse of office Internet access has been on the rise across the UK. This was a finding by the Department’s Information Security Breaches Survey, which is conducted every other year. The survey indicated that misuse of the Internet was actually the second highest in frequency among incidence of security breaches in the workplace, coming only after virus attacks. About 17 percent of surveyed workers admit to accessing inappropriate websites—such as pornographic sites—from their office computers. 11 percent admit to misusing email facilities. While the average cost of such misuse is miniscule, the companies ...

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Re-thinking Hybrid Cars

I’ve come across an interesting article from Yahoo.com’s Yahoo Green section. With the current escalating trend of the price of oil and gasoline (including their bi-products), the cost of owning a hybrid car is slowly making sense. People before think that gas cars are cheaper than hybrid (gas/electric) cars, and that hybrid will not pay [...]

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Who Moved My Cheese: The Cliff’s Notes! (Part 2)

This post is a continuation of my Cliff’s Notes for Who Moved My Cheese, the book by Spencer Johnson, M.D. (also the Author of The One Minute Manager). Hope you enjoy my annotations of the rest of the principles!

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Water me please

This is wise living.
I keep picturing this scene from Music and Lyrics where Hugh Grant (playing an 80’s singer Alex Fletcher) hires Drew Barimore (as Sophie Fisher, who plays as plant caretaker) to water his apartment plants. Obviously, Alex doesn’t care less what time his plants are fed and just keeps it for the “girls” so [...]

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Surf That Channel!

A cousin recently introduced me to www.surfthechannel.com , and I am loving watching The Office season 4 through it. I just love that show, hilarious! I’ve been watching it on TV but it’s on season 3 replay. I really like to know how Ryan the temp is having his revenge on Michael. Don’t get me [...]

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A Humble City

Hoi An is like setting foot inside one of those old Chinese movies. The elements are all there. From the low-tiled roofs to the narrow streets, Hoi An is a picture perfect replica of what ancient Vietnam used to be. The small city is located in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. In the 16th [...]

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Avoiding Debt Triggers

While summer can be the fun-filled time of the year IT CAN also be a huge debt trap. Every year, Americans splurge on summer expenses like trips, hotels, summer clothing, gears, and gadgets. Oh and all those have-nots that people just “need” to make summer extra perfect.
Every mall will hand out “special deals” to hook [...]

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Avoiding Debt Triggers

While summer can be the fun-filled time of the year IT CAN also be a huge debt trap. Every year, Americans splurge on summer expenses like trips, hotels, summer clothing, gears, and gadgets. Oh and all those have-nots that people just “need” to make summer extra perfect.
Every mall will hand out “special deals” to hook [...]

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