Monday, January 31, 2005

Guilty Pleasures, sinful delights

Since I like eating junkfood and such. This site review and rates snack food/ junk foods. Chocolate bars and chips and all the fattening things you can chew one and enjoy. Right now I think I'm craving for something like Aero Mint Bar from nestle and the Reese's milk chocolate dipped cookies. These fattening delicious junkies making me salivate.. Hehehe. I wanna have some too!

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Wild, wicked and wanton

I'm cold. This weather we're having right now seems to make my skin all tingly. Normally December up to February would be cold months. I dunno if it's just me or the weather actually. I suppose it's partly due my red hell days and tummy aches. It makes me want to get away from anything that emits cold air. Talk about weirdness! Haha. Read all

The world's richest man speaks out.

Bills Gates granted interview to one of my favorite tech blogs Gizmodo

And from CNET news a perspective of a more kinder, gentler media friendly Bill Gates.

Throughout the '90s--when tech was booming and tech CEOs lined up to wax eloquent about their latest business plans or products and to jab the competition. It was fun to listen. Ellison talked up the Network Computer, Schmidtmapped out his plan to turn around Novell, and Bezos stressed "get big fast." Jobs was a magazine cover boy. Gates, meanwhile, struggled to define his image and endured pies in the face when he showed up in public. While the media was making celebrities out of dot.com CEOs and other "Davids," Goliath Microsoft was portrayed as the "evil empire" and out of touch.
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The tech news seems to be all about Firefox, Apple, browser wars and others. At least a Bill Gates interview is different one.

An "Apple" for the Poor!

Apple unveiling cheaper products at the Macworld Expo.

For those seeking to have one but cannot afford. Gee, how thoughtful! And I say that with a hint of sarcasm.

Apple Computer Inc. introduced a cut-rate computer the size of a paperback and a tiny iPod that starts at $99 but holds far fewer songs than the company's hard drive-based music players.

Ah, okay..it holds fewer songs! Like only 120 songs! The iPod shuffle
lacks a display.Designed not to play songs purchased from online music stores that compete with Apple's iTunes.

And there's even mac budget desktop! Which I dunno what it can do because s
maller than even some standalone external computer drives, they lack a monitor, mouse and keyboard. The 40-gigabyte Mac mini will cost $499, an 80-gigabyte model $599.

Great! cheaper apple, yeah!
As if $499 is cheap! It's still big bucks! It lacks feature!...gah! Just buy the expensive ones bcause I know some people wouldn't mind spending if it has all the features and is much better.

Monday, January 10, 2005

The spread of web design influence

From Jefrrry Zeldman: Web design: A decade under the influence

If you're into web designing. Making layouts and such.

Hi tech new year gadgets

Ah, the wonders of technology even comes to clothing! Now you can have any images and convert it to embroidered patters. The Innov-is 4000D will do that for you. Heh. Homemakers out there will like the techie thing . Oh and Gizmodo says it's one "bad ass sewing machine." Hahaha. View product here.

And for gaming how about some Nintendogs. Lets see if it becomes a hit.

The curse of the new year. A Hollywood breakup!

I wasn't gonna blog about it but what the heck. Why not. We've been inundated with tsunami stories anyhow. And so....it's the end for Brad and Jen as they head to splitsville town. Awww. But putting my onw two cents worth of blogging thoughts. I think Gywneth and Brad was a better match and couple! Haha. Yeah I'm very showbiz you know!

Sunday, January 09, 2005

Video blogging the tsunami disaster

The power of the internet and blogs proven again. Tsunami video blogs are a hit! Many of videos from the horrible tsunami disaster came from amatuers be it locals or tourists vacationing when disaster struck. ( many news organizations are now paying tons of dollars even for just a few minutes for their videos). It didn't matter if it were captured through cam phone either. It's been quite a success some you could watch for free but others do charge fo them now.

Web blogs and the bloggers proved that it's not just mainstream media who can offer many viewers information and videos and those wants to see for themselves what really transpired that awful day when wave of water crashed down and swallowed up many lives. Many Asian bloggers are recounting their tales nows and [video]Blogging about their ordeal.

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

This is funny

Better get the Portable Cellular Phone Booth invention for you rude folks out there. Ha! Who knows it just might be the latest gadget craze. It's too squared and bulky though. Yay. Haha.

Link through Gizmodo

Monday, January 03, 2005

On the brink of starvation, a 'Miracle' helicopter flew by

Link via Manila Times thru AFP it's the story of the 'Miracle' helicopter

I think it's good that that happened because most of the Aid Agencies are now in place in the most hardest hit nations and areas by the horrible tsunamis. Donations of money and from government, corpoeration and rich individuals are flowing but it's the logistics that bt the American that needed now. They're the onese whose got the capacity to bring in most of the relief goods with the use of their fleets, cargo planes, and soldiers to distribute immediate needs of the many victims most especially the basic needs such as clean drinking water and food and medicines and medical needs.

Philippines Included in Deadliest Places for Journalists

Still a look look back at 2004 as Iraq was named deadliest place in the world for journalists . Philippines along with India, Brazil, Mexico and Bangladesh.

There were about several journalist that were killed here. It has been deadly place especially in South of the country.

Sunday, January 02, 2005

Freebies

I'm sleepy. I downloaded two more extensions for Firefox and signed up with Flickr. I'm blogging off.

Death toll rising

BBC: Tsunami toll 'to exceed 150,000

Hope it stops there cosit's just too much

In their opinion

Got this news link from Google news. Toronto star has been dissecting the Anatomy my of a Disaster. It's quite long and here's part of what they said Okay...

If you happened to be in Toronto — where it was seven seconds before 8 p.m. on Christmas night — that single, brief shiver along the planet's rigid skin was humanly imperceptible, just as it was to people in most parts of the globe.. Read more

Should've been detected

Git this new link from Google news. Toronto star has been dissecting the Anatomy my of a Disaster. It's quite long and here's part of what they said Okay...

If you happened to be in Toronto — where it was seven seconds before 8 p.m. on Christmas night — that single, brief shiver along the planet's rigid skin was humanly imperceptible, just as it was to people in most parts of the globe.. Read more

Saturday, January 01, 2005

Philippine News of 2004

Well, we had Presidential election here but unlike in the U.S it took weeks and several hearings and arguments before Supreme Court declared President Arroyo the winner. But some say the late FPJ was cheated hence he lost the elections.

A spate of storms hit the country resulting death and destruction especially in the Quezon province area. Illegal logging is being blamed for contributiting to the deaths of so many. Fernando Poe Jr's sudden heart attack and passing away left a void in the movie industry here. His politcal allies saying the fight will go on.There was good news for us though. Manny Paquiao won a title bout. It was actually te night FPJ had an attack.

I wonder what 2005 headlines will be. Destabilization and coup rumors probably.

News That Made The Headlines Of 2004

Happy New year everyone and while it was a very sober welcoming celebration for 2005, here's a look back at some of the major news of 2004

  • President Bush winning a re-election and convincingly too. Apparently there were more red states!
  • Beslan Siege in Russia last September the killed hundreds of children and evoke emotions of hatred and anger for those terrorist who stormed the school that ended in bloody rescue.
  • Madrid Train Bombing in the early part of the year that killed dozens.
  • Iraq Bombings..on and on and on. Soldiers dying almost every week.
  • Americans and other Nationalities being abducted and getting killed by radicals.
  • Death of PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Left a vaccum of leadership in array.
  • December Earthquake that triggered tsunamis all In most South Asian Countries. More than 100,00 deaths.
Other major grabbing news in field of Entertainment and Tech Industry

  • Mel Gibson created a mega hit with his popular but very controversial movie The Passion Of The Christ. It made Mel go to the back though and count lots of money!
  • Michael Moore--either you love him or you hate him. (I never liked the guy if you ask me) Got lambasted by Senator John McCain in the Republican Convention.
  • LOTR geting most of the oscar trophies--it was expected
Technology

  • Browser Wars! Mozilla Firefox trying to topple IE--succeding actually.
  • Search Engine Wars! Yahoo, Microsoft and host wanting to offer stiff competition to leader of the pack Google.
  • Cellphones with camera and video recorder, Digicams. PDA's a must have essentials.