1. Four months after the Typhoon Durian left Bicol devastated -- leaving 1,300 people dead or missing -- Filipinos are still living in makeshift shelters and old school gyms. Only six percent of the estimated $46 million in aid needed have come in.

2. Agakhan Sharief has nicknamed himself Usama bin Laden to help voters remember his name.

3. Journalists in this country still dead men walking.

4. It was really hot Tuesday. It'll get hotter still.

5. Speaking of hot... now, I can't wait to watch those hanging leg raisers.

6. Internet radio is in trouble. If you're a Pandora or Last.fm user, you should read this.

7. Happiness is making a career out of helping others.

8. Twelve kinds of clients and how to work with them (freelancers must read).

9. The leading partylists, based on an April 16 Pulse Asia survey.

10. Froogle. R.I.P. 2002-2007 (now Google Product Search.).