Me and my housemates are as well consumed by the latest technology trends,especially when it comes to Nokia mobile phones and Apple Ipods. None of us, though, has yet seen the “cool” factor in an Apple iphone. Otherwise, it should have been in the picture.
In the picture above are two Nokia N95, a Nokia N83 N80, a Nokia N71, an 80Gb Apple Ipod with casing, and three (3) 30Gb Ipods.
Taken with a Canon EOS 30D, EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, and Canon Speedlite 430EX.
Chessbase is my favorite source of chess news. Perhaps, it is the leading news portal when it comes to current international chess news and events. But I don’t think it uses the latest technology of the internet.
Yeah, okay, I’m a bit disappointed. Consider this as my whine against that website. In as much as I would like to be informed of the latest chess news via my favorite feed reader, I couldn’t help myself because this site is not offering any web feed at all. It’s not even offering any newsletter service. I really wonder what they have in mind why they refused visitors and chess enthusiasts subscribing to their latest news. I actually emailed them once (a long time ago) asking why, and unfortunately, I have not received any response yet.
If a website’s objectives include traffic and reaching as many people as possible, they should offer web feed for syndication to its regular visitors. After all, what’s one creating a website for when it couldn’t even reach its intended audience and promote that valued traffic. Mind you, this site is even selling some products.
A short film by a Filipino director from Cebu which became his entry in On the Lot, a reality show for aspiring Hollywood directors co-produced by Steven Spielberg.
Well, the film and the director, Paolo Dy, didn’t make it to the top 50. It was too late for us to support the film and vote for it in the On the Lot website. Nevertheless, I recommend that you watch the film and witness the brilliance by Filipinos behind the film. A proof at how a Pinoy can be great in filmmaking stage.
Here’s the youtube video:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuTTXFzHrtQ]
I actually found the video in the On the Lot faster to load, just in case you want to try: Link here.
The film was also featured in ABS-CBN’s show, Bandila:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO6x6Q64u08]
This was one of the Friday treats during our childhood days. And childhood means Elementary days. As such, this movie should have been titled MNT instead of TMNT. It should have been Mutant Ninja Turtles only, not Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
What do you think of that? hehe
Camels and Horse; Ladies and Gentleman; Black and White; Whatever….
Trying my hand on post processing for a black and white photo.
I read somewhere, I remember not where, that instead of shooting in monochrome with your camera, better shoot in color and post process into black and white. Powerful softwares like photoshop can do a great job during such transformation. But, of course, in this age of digital photography, you don’t need those black and white filters or films, right?
So, tell me, what do you think of this picture?
Following is the speech of Mr. President in the 1996 movie “Independence Day”, which I used to memorize and I used to recite in front of our Comm III class back in college.
I liked this speech as it can cause goosebumps when delivered with feeling, especially when one think of it within the context of the movie. I especially was moved during that scene in the movie.
Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.
Mankind — that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps it’s fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution — but from annihilation.
We are fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
“We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!”
We’re gonna live on!
We’re gonna survive!
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
The most well picture of the moon (i.e., Qatar Moon) I got so far…
Also, my first take on flowers…
Both taken with the Canon EOS 30D and Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, handheld and the IS on.
On the 109th anniversary of Philippine independence, a competition was started to design a logo that one can brag in their website.
If you are a web/logo designer, you might want to join this contest. Winner-takes-all prize of PhP10,000 awaits the winner. Deadline for submission of entries is on 11 July 2007.
Head over at their website, proudlypinoy.org, and pick your favorites. For me, my favorite so far is number 16 by POLLENDALE. I’m still waiting for an animated logo, though, to be submitted.
In as much as I would like to already feature my favorites and post it here, I can’t because the organizers explicitly says so.
But, anyway, which logo ever wins, I’ll be willing carry it here in deuts.net, ‘coz I’m proud to be Pinoy.
Let me walk you through the reasons why I love photography. Let me count the grounds at why I’m hooked into it.
Wikipedia defines photography as follows:
Photography is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or sensor. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects expose a sensitive chemical or electronic medium during a timed exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device known as a camera that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically.
Oops, that’s quite too technical, huh.
Anyway, in an effort to dissuade me, Erwin asked me why I’m so fond of photography, what will I do with my photos after I took them?
For me, I find it an inner satisfaction to document everything around me in clear and crisp pictures.
I find it the simplest way at which I can express my creativity, and uphold its status as an art.
While looking at the pictures in magazines, books, billboards, etc., I want to replicate them in my own simple way.
In everything that’s happening around me, I wanted to capture that decisive moment:
Or freeze the action, as if stopping time itself:
Or maybe even convey the emotion in that particular moment. To document the face of:
Frustration:
The Conviction:
The Triumph:
The Happiness:
And the Sadness:
