2020 Q3 Editorial Features

Dear Reader

“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic –the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like;  the eerie appropriateness of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone.”  ~Charles de Lint On the revival of Epistoliorum, there is one word that comes foremost […]

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 Editorial Features

What’s in a name?  FSDPI.

Filii Sancti Dominici Philippinensis (International) “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” so did the Great Bard opine about this primordial question.  Anyone hearing for the first time FSDPI’s formal corporate name would almost instantaneously inquire, “What in heaven’s good name do those words mean?”  As with most words, the etymology of […]

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 […]