Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Guys! Its been a tumultuous year filled with new stuff and uncertainty. With the coming 2009 lets hope that we see better days and let us start anew. Again, Happy New Year!

From The Geekothon and Medyo Gwapo

2009 image via Deviant Art

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The Legend of Chun-Li Trailer!

Whoa! Its the Legend of Chun-Li Trailer! If you don't like a dirty Kristin Kreuk look at the picture below and please forgive the voice over.

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The Camera That Poops out Pics

Takara Tomy's XIAO Tip-521 which is based on ZeronInk Technology. It has a 5MP, 2.48” LCD, 16MB of internal memory (including a SD/SDHC slot) and it poops out pics. This is reminiscent of Polaroid cams of yore. Honestly what made me write about this is the advertising photo (above) which you wont dare look at while eating.

via (Akihabara News)

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer

This is the trailer of the highly anticipated Wolverine movie:


Cast after the break!

CAST
Hugh Jackman- Wolverine
Leiv Shrieber- Sabretooth
Danny Houston- William Stryker
Lynn Collins- Kayla Silver Fox
Ryan Reynolds- Wade Wilson / Deadpool
Taylor Kitsch- Remy LeBeau / Gambit
Dominic Monaghan- Barnell Bohusk
Daniel Henney- David North / Agent Zero
Will.i.am- John Wraith / Kestrel
Scott Adkins- Weapon XI:
Kevin Durand-Frederick J. Dukes / The Blob
Updates soon to come!

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HAVE A TREMENDOUS HOLIDAY!

Hey its the time for forgiving, forgetting grudges and just celebrate the birth of our savior! Merry Christmas Everybody!

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Twilight Comes To The Philippines

Filipino web portal Yehey! recently reported this article about a Filipino remake of the hit film Twilight(which was an adaption on a best selling book series) aptly called Takipsilim. It will star Rayver Cruz as Edward Cullen and Shaina Magdayao as Isabella Swan other casts are Valeen Montenegro as Alice Cullen, Gabby Concepcion as Dr. Carlisle Cullen, Luis Manzano as Emmett Cullen, Al Tantay as Charlie Swan, Yayo Aguila as Renee Dwyer, Fred Payawan as Jacob Black, Carlos Agassi as James, Chin Chin Gutierrez as Esme Cullen, Karylle as Rosalie Hale, Joross Gamboa as Jasper Hale, Jessy Mendiola as Jessica Stanley, Empress Schuck as Angela Weber, Brad Murdoch as Laurent, Nikki Bacolod as Victoria and Aaron Villaflor as Mike Newton.

Im a fan of ABS-CBN's telenovelas and I give kudos to the local adaptation of My Girl but I really hate how they do the fantasy genre. Luckily, Twilight features minimal special effects which would really be a turn off(just watch Dyosa, Anne Curtis' hotness just redeems the entire show).

crossposted via (MARK BRAVO)

UPDATE! it is now confirmed in the official ABS-CBN website

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If Dante of Devil May Cry Was A Ridiculously Hot Girl

Yes and her name would be Vikki, Vikki Blows. Vikki is a British model here posing as Dante of Devil May Cry fame. Hotter pics after the break!

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Tell Bush This:"This is your farewell... Dog!"

The unlikely visit that became an unlikely event that is now an unlikely hit game! Just days after the shoe throwing incident in Iraq they have created a game aptly named Sock and Awe. This game is perfect for the Muntadar al-Zeidi in all of us.

Play it at (SockandAwe.com)
Screencaps:

"smile while you can infidel!"

"gotcha Bush!

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Olivia Munn Wants to Greet You A Merry Christmas

That is how thoughtful Olivia Munn is, greeting everybody a merry Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa! Christmas is just around the corner and these pics are the perfect gift from Olivia Munn. via(Olivia Munn's Weblog) More pics after the break!

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My Condolences

Catherine Joy "Ka-te" Villanueva
December 17, 1990 - December 16, 2008

My condolences to Glen's family. She was almost 19.

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Hey Red Whats The Deal?

A week ago Jepoy informed me that former umobile subscribers can avail of the new Red mobile service(not actually but I'm guessing re-branding). I called their customer service and even if I forgot my umobile number they were able to locate my information(thanks!). I was told that I would get a Red sim with 200 load. Then when I received my sim I was surprised that there was no 200 load card with it. I contacted Jepoy first and he also got the sim the same day that I got it but he has the same sim pack but with 200 load. I called customer service, and he asked for my number and I said that I really can't remember it. He tried to do verify via my full name. Then he informed me that I was not on the list of people to receive 200 load and he said it was based on usage. This made me confused and the poor agent tried his best to answer my queries eventually I just gave up knowing that the agent was just trying to appease me.

My concerns:

1. Actually I couldn't care less about receiving 200 load but what ticks me off is the fact that I was told that I would receive said amount and wasn't able to get it.

2. Then when I first called they were able to retrieve information about me and after that they cant. I know its my fault that I lost my number but does that matter if you can do it once whats stopping you from being able to do it again?

3. The guy said that people to receive the load would be based on their former umobile usage. As far as I can remember I was able to consume my load allowance and was even trying to find someone who sells umobile load.

I don't care about the load but when you say you would do something just do it and not give a half baked promise. That really ticks me off.

Image: (jepoy's sim pack)

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Gasp! Someone Hurled His Shoes at George W. Bush....

and missed. An Iraqi newsman threw his shoes towards Bush but amazingly, Dubya was able to dodge both shoes(wow spider-sense!).Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, was then apprehended. Currently, he is shoeless and possibly jobless.

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Obama is in The Philippines!

While doing the usual browsing I stumbled upon a bunch of photos of US President-Elect Barack Obama. In the pictures, he visits a BPO office and gladly posed with the employees but wait.. there is something weird When did Obama lose weight? Drats!Its just an Obama clone!
original post and more pics via mynosebleed.com

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Remembering Mario and Luigi's Sisters

The Great Giana Sisters was a platform game for the Atari and Commodore systems. It was an awesome platform game, but what made it awesome was also its downfall. Why? because of it's similarity to Nintendo's most famous game. Despite the threat of lawsuit from nintendo and its eventual withdrawal from the market, the game enjoys a cult following. The game makers even boldly added the tag line:"The brothers are history."

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Tracy Isabel Borres

Some of the Beatitudes:
"Blessed are the poor for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
"Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth"

Tracy Isabel Borres is the current "hot" topic of the filipino blogosphere but are her actions just a question of morality or lack of it? Why are we so appalled with what she privately wrote on her facebook account? Is it because we can relate to the Aetas and she cannot? Personally, I respect her lack of social awareness because she has the guts to say what she wants to say.

Exerpts from what she posted via Reyna Elena:

Thats just a few of what she wrote.

Her statement from Mike Abundo:
Yes I am fully aware of the gravity and extent of what is happening right now, but thank you still. =)

Someone stole it from my CONTACTS only account. Sigh sigh. Thing is i know how rude and offensive it sounded but that was because I was expecting it to be read by my friends only who understood a kind of dark quirky humor of mine that really would make other people mad. It was a post meant to be comical for my friends to laugh at… (exaggerated rudeness and ditzy-ness, although still not with some truth to it of course, i am not excusing my insensitive usage of words but hey! its funny WITH/FOR my friends!) then of course it leaked. Sigh sigh.

I am just waiting for this to blow over (as typical ‘internet sensations’ usually do), because seriously. People, focus on real issues not on some spoiled sheltered girl. Haha.

if anything, i would rather you forward my reply to the email. =)

i mean really. there are so many ppl out there who are just so ready and willing to jump at every and any opportunity to add insult to injury bec it will be inconsequential to them anyway without knowing the premises or without any sense of discernment whatsoever. i mean betrayal for leaking my entry by someone i knew was bad enough right? so now its like i cracked a yo momma joke and everyone thinks i want to kill their momma! hahaha oh sigh sigh.

again, thank you for your concern. =)

With that statement the public can now be aware that she doesn't even know what she is talking about.Things can really get out of hand really fast but fact of the matter is what is said can never be taken back. It is really hard to appreciate the poor when you haven't even experienced having an empty wallet. In fairness to the girl she really would rather party than experience a day with such people and we cannot take that from her. Do we really have to blame her in the first place? She just said what she felt was funny its really easy to make fun of what we could not understand. Truth of the matter is we really should be concerned for the welfare of those poor indigenous people than the words of a high class spoiled brat.

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For The Worry Wart In All of Us

Do you always wonder what would happen if your flash disk went missing. Do you always put important files on that drive? Well, you can always tie it to something but there is always the option of encryption! Several encryption programs cost several bucks but why spend when there is TrueCrypt. Works on Mac, Linux and Windows Vista/XP!
Main Features:

* Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.

* Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.

* Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication).

* Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.

* Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:

1) Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system.

2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).

* Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish. Mode of operation: XTS.

download now! TrueCrypt

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The Age of Manny Pacquiao

The odds were against Manny Pacquiao at least when the gambling odds were concerned. They figured Oscar Dela Hoya's height would have been a factor on the fight. After measuring everything, odds makers forgot to measure something, Manny's heart.

Karylle sang, the bell rang, 8 rounds passed and when the 9th round was supposed to begin, Dela Hoya just conceded to a better, younger fighter. 8 rounds of ass-whopping. Manny opened a boxing clinic in Vegas and Oscar was his student.

It seems the end of the road for Oscar Dela Hoya, but just as a boxer. He will still rack in millions in the next couple of years promoting fights and should he co-promote the coming fights of Manny, his loss would be moot. Ricky Hatton now sends messages that he wants Manny next, but so is Juan Manuel Marquez. Sadly Marquez is of no value to Pacquio now, his next couple of fights would be for money. Hence, he will redefine the word prize-fighter. Manny says he's good for 2-3 fights but I believe he can still do 10 more the way he improves his boxing game fight after fight. CONGRATULATIONS MANNY PACQUIAO!

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10 Mother Facts About Me

Jepoy, Glen and Lalaine Tagged me about this:
10 facts about me
1. If Jepoy and Glen are of Filipino-Chinese-Spanish descent, I am of Filipino Japanese and Spanish stock but people in my neighborhood mistake me as a Korean despite the fact that the only Korean word I know is "anyang". In short Glen, Jepoy and I are mongrels.
2. I gain and lose weight in a jiffy. 2 weeks ago I lost 5 pounds but recently, I have gained 2 pounds.
3. I love tech related stuff since I was a young lad.
4. My drink of choice is Gin with Calamansi
5. I drink 3 or more cups of coffee a day.
6. I have spray-painted half my gadgets and only a quarter of them have been successful.
7. I have a 31 inch waistline since 6th grade.
8. I wear size 11 shoes
9. Sad and inspiring movies make me cry(dammit!)
10. I can bake(but nothing fancy).

I have tagged nanaybelen, karlo, siopaomaster, pepper,rocky, eric, mocha
ade the noisy emz

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Gasp! DSi Can Now Be Used For Homebrews!

DS Lovers prepare to buy this! Many of you have been disappointed about the rumors circling around about the fact that the old flashcarts will not be compatible with the new DSi. Well, the rumors are true but don't fret Acekard has released a flashcart compatible with the new Nintendo DSi. The flashcart has the usual flashcart fare like Auto-DLDI patching, SDHC support, Action Replay Cheats, Trimming, File manager and the like. What I love about the Acekard is the skin options and the awesome UI.


via Acekard(link)

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My first Sony experience is with my Sony Trinitron Television Set

One fateful day....
Growing up, we were really not that well off. The few enjoyments that we had was a Sony Trinitron TV that my grandfather gave us. It was not our first TV but it was more awesome than our old one because the old one has a dial to change channels and the Sony has buttons(and the buttons can be programmed)! Can you imagine buttons to change channels?To top it off the darn contraption had a remote control! That was the coolest thing I ever saw(at that time).

A week with our trusty telly
Since then, never was a day complete without turning the TV on. After school my mother would be hooked with her soaps and movie reruns this was the time my fragile mind would be bombarded by Vilma Santos and Nora Aunor dramas and the cheesiness of the Gabby-Sharon tandem but that was the better part of my TV afternoon. Once the clock strikes 4 my mother would automatically flick the remote and watch the man in the white suit hosting a show filled with adolescent kids. That TV was also our faithful weekend companion, the whole household would spend our Saturday night watching the Swiss-knife wielding McGuyver in his adventures. I can still remember spending many a Saturday mornings watching cartoons(in my opinion shows back then was much much better) like Dino Riders, Tiger Sharks, MASK and a whole lot more. Sundays is the only day that I cannot remember what show was on because of the fact that my parents was the only one who had power over that remote control on that day.

Early Geek Training
I don't know if my mother has techno-phobia or she does it inadvertently but to this day, she hates to figure our how gadgets work(just being a girl i guess). That TV also served as my tool to tech stuff as Mom always ask me to fix the reception on our TV(V-Hold adjustment) or if whenever we ran out of batteries I was her human remote(but to my chagrin the programmable buttons always gets messed up and I had to reprogram it again) and mind you I was not even 10 years old at that time. The Trinitron also was the budding partner of our NES and I had to put the RF switch on the back of the TV and me and my older brothers took turns in letting the fat guy with the moustache jump chasms, jump on mushrooms and climb flagpoles.

The Demise of The Trinitron
During the early 90s and after several coup attempts on the government, that TV was replaced by a larger television but was still used regularly. It was only when my brother accidentally plugged it in a 220 volt socket directly that it fell into its thinly smoked, burnt death. After, that we didn't threw it away but was relegated for the stock room for many years until finally it was thrown into the abyss that we call the garbage dump. I had many firsts on that TV and never will I forget the experiences I had with it. It definitely gave significance in my life just like the Sony’s World’s First Motionflow 240Hz LCD TV: Bravia Z450 that can be a lovely replacement for that beloved Sony Trinitron TV.

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E-Games Calendar Teaser

If Alodia Gosengfiao wasn't enough for your entire year E-Games Philippines has announced that several hotties would be joining her for the 2009 calendar.
The bonafide hotties are:
Cherry Kubota - January
Anneliese Poggensee - February
Wella Khongnun - March
Jamilla Obispo - April
Evgenia Nazarova - May
Princess Tinkerbell Snell- June
Joanne Muller - July
Cesca Litton - August
Pathra Cadness - September
Nadine Wischer - October
Tisha Silang – November
Alodia Gosiengfiao – December
Enough talk! more pics after the break!


via gameops (link)

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The Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a rudimentary principle in photography, it basically tells how you should compose a shot. To make it short, imagine that the image you are going to shoot is a big blank tic tac toe box. Naturally, neophytes would shoot it dead middle or off focus. The trick is shoot the subject within the intersections of the lines(marked by the red circle on the image above). This prevents the whole image from having too much empty space. Studies show that the eyes naturally focus across those intersections not on the middle, but breaking the rule once in a while would also be a worthwhile endeavor as it promotes experimentation and enjoyment!


bee image an a much in depth tutorial on the rule of thirds via Digital Photography School(link)

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Tips on Improving Camera Phone Shot

Most of us have phones with a built in camera. Some of us are gifted with phones that have megapixel count but even such phones have limitations. But with the global economy at a disarray few people could afford digital professional cameras and we won't be able to carry a compact digital camera most of the time.

Here are 12 Tips for Improving Camera Phone Photos(taken from the DPS site)

1. Light Your Subject Well
2. Get Close to Your Subject
3. Keep Still
4. Edit Images Later
5. Don’t Throw Away ‘mistakes’
6. Avoid Using the Digital Zoom
7. Experiment with White Balance
8. Take loads of Shots and Experiment
9. Follow Rules of Composition (and then Break them)
10. Keep Your Lens Clean
11. Observe Camera Phone Etiquette
12. Use the highest resolution possible on your camera phone

These tips are not the only way you can improve your shots. You can improve on your camera phone photos via post processing.

PC Editing Tools to Improve your Phone Shots(even your Digicam shots.

Reduce Image Noise
Most shots taken from phones are plagued by this problem.Image noise is the snow like white dots when you capture an image. There are several factors contributing to it(poor lighting, low megapixel count etc).
Don't fret we have a solution for that, you can easily download Imagenomic's Noiseware Community Edition(this is free and it will handle most image noise)
download site (here)

Cropping, Contrasting, Color Balance ETC.

If you are unhappy with the shots you have taken you can add some pizazz by editing your photos by using Paint.Net. Not everybody is gifted with the skills for Photoshop so using Paint.Net would be very very useful. It is easy to use, and has the important tools for basic and advance editing like blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing. Best of all, its free! Paint.Net requires: .Net Framework(link)and the Paint.Net website(link)

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Awww Cute Moment Part 2: The Hello Kitty Netbook

Many of girls out there own Hello Kitty stuff like books, pens, pencils, pencil cases, desklamp, shirts, stereo and other regular items re-branded into Hello Kitty cutesy goodness. Well the official Hello Kitty netbook would really complete any Kitty fanatic's collection. The price is pretty steep at $890.00 (you could get a decent laptop at that price, or better yet buy a sub $500 netbook and just embellish it with kitty stickers and look for a matching wallpaper) but that wont stop any rabid HK fan or would it?

you can buy it here (link)
Specs:
Dimensions: 265 x 31 x 185 mm (WxHxD)
Weight: 1.2 Kg
Battery Life (Std): 2.1 Hours
CPU / Processor: Atom N270 @ 1.60 GHZ
RAM (min / max): 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Disk : 120 GB HDD
Chipset: 945 GSE Express
Display : 10.1" TFT
Resolution: 1,024 x 600, 1,920 x 1,080 External Resolution
Networking: 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, LAN (10/100/1000BT)
Integrated Ports: USB2.0 x1
Web Camera: 1.30M CMOS
Keyboard: QWERTY JP/US
Sound Card: Realtek ALC8000, Integrated Speaker
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Other Software: Open Office, Firefox, Skype

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The Girls of Red Alert 3

I believe most of you have heard of the release of the latest Red Alert game. It features awesome gameplay and some other improvements to the famous Red Alert franchise. The best feature so far is the inclusion of the most number of babes in any Red Alert games and they are not just babes, one is a MMA fighter and several actresses.

Who are they? Click the link below for all of the RA3 babes.

Click Images For Bigger Picture
Girls of the Allied Army


Jenny McCarthy as Tanya- The actress, former MTV host, model and activist plays the role of Special Agent Tanya. Tanya is one of the most formidable characters in Red Alert, she can plant bombs on buildings, tanks and ships. She also makes peanuts out of enemy infantry.



Gemma Atkinson as Lt. Eva McKenna- Gemma is a famous English glamour and lingerie model. She plays the role of a communications officer, briefing the Allied commander about his missions and offers advise on strategies.




Autumn Reeser as Commander Lissette Hanley -Autumn of the OC fame plays Commander Hanley, an allied navy commander who has a background in the French Intelligence Service and a gift for seeing through enemy tactics.

The Soviet Girls

Gina Carano as Natasha- An awesome MMA fighter, Gina is also known as Crush on American Gladiators. She plays the formidable Soviet sniper Natasha Volkova.



Ivana Milicevic as Dasha Fedorovich-Ivana is an actress who has guested on TV shows Charmed, Seinfeld, Felicity,Nash Bridges, The Nanny, Buzzkill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yes, Dear and Friends. She plays the role of a communications officer, briefing the Soviet commander about his missions and offers advise on strategies.



Vanessa Branch as Zhana Agonskaya- Vanessa Branch is an English actress and model. She plays the disciplinarian Soviet Commander Zhana Agonskaya who boasts of loyalty from her units and her expertise are air units.

Empire of the Sun


Kelly Hu as Suki Toyama- Anyone who doesn't know Kelly Who deserves to get his ass kicked, she starred on several TV shows like Nash Bridges, Sunset Beach and Martial Law. She also starred in the Scorpion King as the Sorceress, XMen2 as Lady Deathstrike and several other movies. She plays the role of Suki Toyama who serves the same function as Dasha and Eva.



George Takei as Emperor Yoshiro-Mr Sulu plays the role of the ever wise and ruthless Japanese emperor Yoshiro.

images via CVG.co.uk(link)
and the Command and Conquer Website(link)

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