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Sep 25th, 2008 by Rex
It’s been a little more than a week since I’ve bought my Asus EEE PC 1000H. Before the new-laptop smell totally fades away, I’m going to give my first 7-day impressions of this notebook. Allow me to focus on the problems because there are lots of pros out there already. Here they are in descending Continue Reading »
Sep 21st, 2008 by Rex
I was on my way to Cebu for a school field trip last week. As usual, I was taking photos of the little details of the beautiful Iloilo Airport. I was taking pictures of the LCD screens while waiting in line at the check-in counters when, again, I noticed something eerily familiar.
The display of an LCD TV at the Iloilo Airport with the 'suspect' photo at the lower right corner
To my utter disbelief , one of the rotating photos on the LCD display looked just like one of my airport photos I posted on the internet! I briefly mentioned it to a classmate, Noel, who was with me but I soon brushed aside the thought that someone again used my photo off the internet without permission. The airport should be able to take photos of their own building! Perhaps the angle was just similar?
Sep 15th, 2008 by Rex
To end weeks of turmoil between my alter egos, I finally decided to give in to one of them and buy the Asus EEE PC 1000H. I got it last Saturday after an intense last-minute debate between two groups of my personalities.
ASUS EEE PC 1000H or MSI Wind or Lenovo Ideapad S10?
I was choosing between these three models, all of which sport a 10-inch screen. I’ve decided not to bother with Continue Reading »
Sep 7th, 2008 by Rex
The Miagao Campus of the University of the Phillipines Visayas is finally covered by high reolution imagery in Google Earth! I’ve been hoping for this moment for years! Luckily, there are no clouds at all and the colors are excellent. The satellite image was taken July 16, 2002 so if you were out there on the field on that day, check out these pictures closely!
Let’s take a closer look at the different buildings of my university campus.
Sep 4th, 2008 by Rex
Among the useful features of Picasa 3 is the ability to add watermarks to your photos. There are two ways of doing this. Automatically and manually.
This method is easier but has some limitations. You can set Picasa to automatically watermark photos with a line of text every time you export them to your own computer or upload them to Picasa Web Albums.
Sep 4th, 2008 by Rex
Got this a few minutes ago.
Dear anak,
Naipadala ko na ang P50,000 na pang tuition mo, pinagbili na namin yung kalabaw. Ang mahal pala yung Counter Strike na kurso! Wala na rin tayong mga baboy, naipagbili na rin namin para dun sa cnasabi mong project, nokia N75 ba yun? Ang mahal naman ng project mo! Kasama din dun ang P7000 para sa field trip nyo sa Mall of Asia. Malayo ba yun, bakit ang mahal? Isasanla pa namin palayan para mabili mo ung instrumentong i-pod. Napailaw nyo na ba yung pinagpupuyatan nyong san mig lights? Sana grumaduate kana anak.
love, tatay & nanay
hehehe…
Sep 3rd, 2008 by Rex
Google officially launched the beta version of Picasa 3 today and it’s packed with super cool new features!
Most interesting among the new features is the face recognition technology that automatically groups similar faces together. I hope this will save me hours of looking for specific faces in my hundreds of folders! There’s also a new watermark feature, something I’ve been hoping Picasa would have. There’s also the Picasa Photo Viewer that lets you preview photos without having to totally open Picasa. The new release also carries a better integration with Picasa Web Albums that allows you to automatically sync changes. Of course there are new and better photo enhancing tools such as auto-retouch, auto-red eye correction. Improved movie, collage, and slideshow creation are also in the pack and there’s so much more!
I’ve been using Picasa for years now. These exciting new features in Picasa 3 are sure to add another dimension in my organization of the tens of thousands of photos in my computer. I’m downloading my copy to “get my hands dirty” with all the new features. You want your own copy too? Get it here, quick!
Aug 29th, 2008 by Rex
I don’t eat pork because I choose not to. It’s that simple. I’m not Islam nor do I have health restrictions and it’s not because of compassion for one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. I’ve been eating pork ever since, but one day I decided to stop and that was it.
To elaborate, the choice was made when I was in first year college when a friend, Mon, and I were learning the basics of pranic healing. I was making progress in sensitizing my hands when Mon told me that he read somewhere that eating pork releases enzymes into the body that inhibits a person’s ability to concentrate. It didn’t make sense to me on how pork could be any different from other forms of meat but I decided to stop eating pork anyway.
Aug 20th, 2008 by Rex
How would you feel if, while entering the largest mall in your city, you see posters at the main entrance bearing a particularly familiar photograph? It isn’t the main element of the poster, but seeing the little photo immediately brings flashes of memory that in a split-second lead you to realize - THAT PHOTO IS MINE!!!
I decided to go to SM City Iloilo this afternoon to try to buy some stuff. As I approached the entrance, a large poster caught my attention. Its title “1st Indigenous Fashion Market Week” made me feel glad of the continuing efforts to promote the local weaving industry. Then I spotted something eerily familiar.
Someone ripped off my photo!