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  • Mac TV Ads Spoof Video

    I think the “no, that’s what my trust fund is for” hits the nail right on the head.

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  • The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift

    Coming out of the theatre, you will realize the most important thing about this film as I have, which is: Not To Take It Seriously.

    In fact, I propose we put that right beside the PG13 rating. For example: The Fast And The Furious: TOKYO DRIFT. PG 13. Do Not Take It Seriously.

    Yes that would work. Either that or, ‘If you’re looking for a good story, or an in depth look at the human soul, then look elsewhere’, but I guess the first one would do just as well, and besides it’s shorter.

    The premise speaks for itself. Miscreant white boy (with a Texan drawl to boot) who drives too fast gets kicked out to his Dad in Tokyo, the worst actor they can find this side of the Pacific. You know the rest. He meets up with some bad elements, challenges chief bad guy to a race (even if he doesn’t have a car. Beat that.), and gets his butt kicked at first. He is then taught by a master, and triumphantly returns said butt-kicking to initial butt kicker.

    He also gets the bad guy’s very hot girlfriend, who like most eye-candy, actually has a heart of gold, and always hooks up with the fastest guy. I mean, what if white boy didn’t show up? She’d still be with bad guy, right? Where have I seen this before? Mr. Miyagi, is that you?

    Having said that, why would I still recommend it?

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  • Software Headlines Today At Y! Tech

    I took a screenshot of Y! Tech this morning, and other than the fact that I think this’ll make Jeff Birkeland of Y! Tech very happy, do you notice anything? (more…)

  • Nokia N91 Writeup Out

    Tuned for Tunes is out, where I write about the Nokia N91.

    Trying out any N-Series phone is a really special experience. I take a great deal of time trying to figure out what exactly they were trying to do with it before writing it up, and N-Series phones always have a lot to say. Their designers and engineers spend a lot of time dreaming it up, and sometimes I think they’re given a clean slate when it comes to N-Series. What I want to do is to figure out the goal they were trying to achieve, and after using it, determine if they’ve achieved it.

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  • Racist Sony Ad, Sony Patent

    Sony Corp has pulled a Dutch billboard advertising campaign for the new white version of its PlayStation Portable video game player and apologized to anyone offended by the ad, which critics dubbed racist.

    Here it is:

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  • My PCMag Notebook Shootout Notes

    I was lent five notebooks last May by PCMag, and I’m posting here the spreadsheet I used to make the comparison.

    Featured notebooks are the Acer Travelmate 3242 WXMi, the Amoi Blue M626 Laptop, the NEC Versa M350 1704DW, the Asus A6R and an Asus A3A. The specs I mentioned are the ff.:

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  • Seditious and Incendiary Post

    I hope whoever that likely Law Student who started the blog on Sec. Raul Gonzales called ‘Secretaryofinjustice’ keeps it up. There’s only been two posts but its hilarious as hell, so I’m helping it along by plugging it here on my 10 viewers – a – day blog. (more…)

  • Can’t Wait

    They’re coming over on the 27th:

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  • Some Paypal News! (but not what we want to hear)

    As per the LA Times yesterday, the President of EBay’s PayPal has called it quits.

    The San Jose-based company said Jeff Jordan, president of its PayPal online payment business and considered a potential successor to Chief Executive Meg Whitman, would leave in the fall to spend more time with his family.

    Now, obviously this is all very important news to Mr. Jordan, his family, Ms. Whitman, Ebay’s employees and of course, their stockholders. But for us here in the Philippines, what we collectively (and I speak for everyone) would like to know is:

    Will this in any way help bring Paypal to the Philippines?

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  • Movie Promotion via (make a guess) Youtube

    From Yahoo Tech:

    Studios catching viral bug to promo new DVDs online
    “LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Online video sites like YouTube are Hollywood’s hottest new marketing tool.”….”YouTube is a key component in our overall marketing and publicity strategy,” said Greg Newman, executive vice president development for MPI Home Video and Dark Sky Films”…” Paramount Home Entertainment recently started posting “some content” to YouTube”.

    tsk tsk. Old news. Here’re a few Cinemalaya 2006 Filmfest entries in the short film category:

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