I’m trying out Performancing for Firefox and it’s great! I’m using it right now.
I’ve also tried it on LiveJournal and the main caveats are the lack of tags and ability to choose icons.
Peter Jackson does it again
December 15, 2005 – 9:12 am
Peter Jackson is one of few directors who can make you care about a CGI-generated character, and an ape to boot as well!
If you want to know how highly I regard King Kong, for me it is like taking the Indiana Jones trilogy, add in Jurassic Park, along with some romance and multiply that by a gazillion!
King Kong has the best dinosaur action scene EVER! Yep! EVER!
So go and watch it!!
I’m A Bum
December 6, 2005 – 6:58 pm
I don’t post here.
I have all these ideas for things that never get off the ground.
*kicks self*
Movies In 15 Minutes
October 23, 2005 – 9:25 am
One of my favorite Live Journal reads, Movies in 15 Minutes has got a book out with parodies of Jurassic Park, The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings amongst others.
Congratulations Cleo!
Someone’s Poor is My Middle Class
October 15, 2005 – 8:55 am
Duncan at BlogHerald posted this news item: “Chinese Bloggers poor, students” about a survey that found that most Chinese bloggers are poor or students. These are individuals “who earn less than RMB2000 ($247 USD)” every month
I’m curious to know about the blogger profile of Pinoys because I earn less than those poor Chinese bloggers but I don’t really think of myself as poor. Hard up sometimes but not poooooooor.
Which reminds me of an article a month or so back when GMA proudly announced that things were looking up as a survey had said less people said they were poor. I remember thinking to myself “more people probably checked the impoverished box versus the poor box”.
It’s a sobering reality when P100 really doesn’t buy you much - I spent almost 3/4 of that on transportation alone a few days back. And for Bacolod living that’s too much!
What about you? Do you fall north or south of these figures or is it the same?
Fake Raiders
September 23, 2005 – 1:46 pm
The Business Software Alliance warns schools, internet cafes and other computer-related establishments to be on guard against “unscrupulous persons pretending to be members of the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team conducting raids on companies using unlicensed computer software for extortion purposes.”
These people are playing on people’s fears of being caught with pirated software as a large percentage of software use in the Philippines is illegal.
In recent weeks the Anti-Piracy Task Force has been conducting raids on those businesses selling pirated softwares but they are now shifting their focus onto business that use pirated software.
Growing Influence of Blogs in the Philippines
September 22, 2005 – 5:40 pm
The Sun Star Cebu has a good article on blogging in the Philippines and it’s growing influence
While there are those who say the influence of Pinoy bloggers will be tempered by the low Internet penetration in the country, Veneracion says this is with the “presumption that what are published in blogs are not discussed beyond the sector that has Internet access.�
“We do not know this for sure. While blog readers are limited to those with Internet access, each one of these readers has family, neighbors, colleagues, friends and acquaintances, and we do not really know whether they discuss with these people what they read in blogs,� she says.
If we’re talking about the Garci-tapes/Gloriagate scandal of June, Yuga’s blog really helped in getting the tapes out there for the consuming public to listen and and discuss.
A lot of what I see on the news these days is not the whole truth; some tv stations have a particular slant when they report the news so it’s not like we’re given the facts. Blogs help to provide other points of view, discussion points. This is the only way a healthy, democratic society can develop.
Via BlogHerald
Pinoy Movies in the Blogosphere
September 22, 2005 – 8:54 am
If I’m not mistaken, Sigaw came out last year and is currently doing the festival circuit with a premiere at the LA Scream Fest on October 19.
One of my blog crushes, The Movie Blog has done a review of the DVD of Sigaw
Laranas knows the tricks of the trade when it comes to horror, the scares, screams and tension building is done very well …The scenes in the cinema and the toilet cubicle are superbly filmed. There’s great use of the camera throughout, and the understanding that less actually more and subtlety is a wonderful trait.
My Blog Crush(es)
September 20, 2005 – 4:13 pm
I’ll save celebrity crushes for another day (hint: the lead in CSI) but today it’s all about blog crushes.
I have three blog crushes. These are blogs I check out regularly, mostly daily, sometimes twice, even three times a day.
The Movie Blog has a great articles on movies that are out, movies that are in the works and movies that will soon hit theatres. There are also podcasts and video editions which are fun and informative.
Blog Herald is the place to go if you want to be kept up-to-date on the latest blogging news. Plus Duncan’s analysis of blogging trends are spot on.
ProBlogger is another daily read. Darren has a TON of fantastic articles for the beginning blogger, the jaded blogger and all types of bloggers in between. With his unique perspective on blogging this blog is a great read.
These three blogs are at the top of my “To-Read” lists because they’re informative and the personality of each author shines through.
Help Support Red Cross Efforts
September 5, 2005 – 4:49 pm
You’ll notice a donate button on the upper right hand side your browser. If you’d like to place the same button on your site to help in donation efforts for the Red Cross, visit Brian Alvey’s site to get instructions.
Thanks to Darren for the link