A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

When writing a news article, journalists usually follow the inverted pyramid structure -- the most important information (the what, when, where, who and sometimes the how) in the first paragraph called the lead. The rest of the information is placed in the subsequent paragraphs with the least important in the last paragraph. That way, people who read the news article get the gist of the story by just ...

"Pop culture rolled over and died some time ago. Some people actually think Marilyn Manson is scary, that Kurt Cobain had something to do with rebellion, that Bret Easton Ellis is a dangerous writer, that it's a good thing that you can buy McDonalds in Prague, that movies are somehow relevant to our lives. Television is our stage and our anaesthetic. Real life happens on television in preference to ...

So yeah the September 09 update was a bust. Got a few tech issues to iron out. I have some exciting announcements so please watch this space.

Old song but fresh take: Tell your people about it. As bonus Christine Mendoza is in it. (And I think I saw Charmane Star in there somewhere...) They have another version of the video here. Also: Philippine All Star's first place performance at the recent World Hip Hop Championship. Guess which song they used? (Thanks to km5 for featuring the video.)

Testing out this cool plug-in. This is something I've been thinking of doing. I've included movies I've seen in theaters as well as my Netflix list from the first half of the year. Subsequent posts won't be as long, I'd imagine. Ratings Guide 8 to 10 Stars: movies which you should see in theaters (great/engaging story, special effects made for the theater, worth the trip to the cinema) 5 to 7 Stars: ...

In my search for more information about the recent Mt. Mayon rumblings, I stumbled upon these glaring mistake in geography on Google News: "Scientists: Indonesia's Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt" Indonesia? Wha? Since when? Has the Philippine government sold off Mayon as well? I mean with their recent batshitinsane scheme about Supermaids, I thought they've started selling off other natural resources as well. Turns out Fox News was the ...

Wizardry1: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord RPG kicking it old school! Wizardry 1 on a java emulator. Tiltowait! (thanks Jo!) (tags: games) Bugs Bunny - What's Opera Doc (Google Video) One of my favorite Looney Tunes cartoon. Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit! (tags: video cool) Worker fired via text message I guess there wasn't a j/k after the message. (tags: oddities) Feeling the Earth Move Breakthrough in India may lead to early warning for impending ...