2020 Q3 Lifestyle Money Talk

Pay Yourself First

“Rational people don’t risk what they have and need for what they don’t have and don’t need.”     –Warren Buffett Pay yourself first is the next money principle we are going to discuss today. Hello and welcome back to “Money Talk,” a series of discussions on financial independence here at Epistoliorum. I think it’s fitting […]

2020 Q3 Lifestyle Tickle Tickle

Humor and the Pandemic

What have I been busy about during this quarantine? Besides minding my daily religious observances, I’ve been reading critically the draft of an undergraduate thesis submitted to my advisorship. The thesis delves into the role of humor in establishing a peaceful community. That the faculty-leadership approved me for this particular function is to my speculation […]

2020 Q3 Lifestyle Sports & Leisure

We Are What We Eat, Even During a Pandemic

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”  – Hippocrates Fortunately or not, we’ve developed our eating habits during our childhood years.  Here in the United States,  a country of immigrants from diverse regions of the world, people have varied eating habits.  So in every State, one can find restaurants reflecting this great […]

2018 March Lifestyle Tech Matters

Top 10 ways to secure your data while traveling

The advent of the Holy Week in the Philippines herald the start of the travel season, especially since most schools have not yet adapted to the September school opening.  For countless among us, our smartphones and laptops are a must-bring to make our travel productive and memorable.  Be it taking selfies or walk-about vlogs, video-conferencing […]

2018 March Lifestyle Money Talk

Big Things Come From Small Ones

Hello there! Welcome back!  Last time, we’ve learned that the first principle of wealth accumulation is that we reap what we sow both metaphorically – in our subconscious,  and physically –  in the world. Today, we are going to talk about the second principle of wealth accumulation. It is, like the first, quite apparent in […]

2017 December Lifestyle Tech Matters

Password Complexity: The Simple Truth

Passwords have been around since time immemorial as a way of user identification, identity authentication and as a way of gaining access to a restricted resource. The Greek historian Polybius has discussed in detail how passwords, or quite specifically, “watchwords” were used by the Roman military in the changing of the guards, thus protecting from […]

2017 November Lifestyle Tech Matters

Online Security and Identity Theft

…when the good things in life aren’t really free. There is an ongoing misconception that the internet is a relatively safe place, and that our online presence is meant to mask our identity or offer a different persona than who we are.  With internet fast allowing for seamless inter-connectivity among governments, businesses and individuals, there […]