Archive for November, 2009
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by burgerboy
Luis “Louie” Beltran is one of the pinnacles of Filipino Broadcasting. He was one of the most harhitting journalists on print and on TV during his time. Not afraid of expressing himself even though faced with adversities, he was arrested and detained in Camp Crame because of his expose’s. He gained fame and notoriety when President Cory Aquino filed a libel case against him because he wrote in one of his articles that the late President “hid under her bed” during the coup d’ etat attempt in 1987. The late President even invited press into her bedroom to show that she can’t possibly hide under her “box” type bed.
Tags: aquino vs beltran, case, cory aquino, libel, louie beltran, luis beltran
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Posted on November 10th, 2009 by marvin19
Recently, I went to Baguio with my family. My elder sister brought her DSLR with us to capture the happy memories (cheesy!). When we got there, I got to try out the Macro Mode of her DSLR. At first I took pictures of the greenery around us but I found taking pictures of our small insect friends a lot more interesting. I’m sharing some of the more interesting shots that I took while testing Macro Mode out.
After taking a few shots, i finally made the lens focus on the fly clearly. I therefore conclude that what I’m doing is FUN!
This one I had to shoot rapidly because he was a really busy bee and didn’t want to stay put for a shot. Just like Jollibee in a kid’s party dancing “Nobody”.
Tags: Baguio, Butterfly Picture, DSLR, Fly Picture, Insect Picture, Macro Mode, Pictures, Pictures from Baguio
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Posted on November 10th, 2009 by chwisrock
Sometimes we find words of wisdom in the most unusual places. Bumper stickers, tv ads, billboards, even food labels oftentimes contain amazing strings of thought. What’s surprising is the abundance of these inspiring quotes from unexpected sources. Case in point: Magic: The Gathering. If you have no idea what it is, it’s a card game developed by a Math professor way back in ‘93. Others may know the game from walking in the mall, where hordes of young men can be seen clutching black binders, turning cards sideways, and knocking on the table. If you still don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, click here.
Tags: cards, games, Gatherer, Magic, Magic: the Gathering, Toy Wisdom, Trading Card Game
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Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by turrboleach
I was stumbling the other day and found this really interesting (puzzle like)sculpture on evilmadscientist called the “frabjous”. This sculpture was created by Geometric sculptor George W. Hart.
At first glance of the page, I just looked at it and said: “ok interesting , next site” and clicked the thumbs up on my stumble toolbar without even reading it. Days after, I went back to this site and found out that the Frabjous could be created with 30 pieces of just one pattern. I was in a bit of a mood for a challenge that night, and this sculpture seemed like it had a reasonable degree of difficulty to solve so I took a go. So I downloaded the pdf file from George Hart’s site, printed the 1 piece on paper and duplicated 30 pcs on box cardboard. After 6 hours(turns out it was a pretty good challenge after all), i had my first Frabjous:
Tags: evilmadscientist.com, Frabjous, fun stuff, geometric sculpture, George W. Hart, georgehart.com, puzzle
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Posted on November 1st, 2009 by marvin19
In line with Halloween, we’ve decided to list the top Filipino Mythical Creatures that we have here in the Philippines. Just a brief background, the Filipino culture is deeply rooted with fascination of the supernatural.
1. Aswang – is a Filipino Mythical Creature term that is a generic term applied to other Mythical Creatures such as Shapeshifters, Monsters, Witches and Creatures of Nature. Whey Aswang is mentioned, the most common picture that will enter your head is that of the manananggal. This is generally an old lady whose body splits into 2 parts at the stroke of midnight. The lower half (waist down) would stay at home and the upper half (waist up) would grow wings, fly and hunt for a victim to eat.
Tags: aswang, Filipino Mythical Creatures, kapre, Limatik's Top Picks, mangkukulam, tikabalang, White Lady
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