Contrary to its futuristic looks, the O2 Cocoon phone is coming our way, and hopefully soon. Visit the O2 Cocoon site and see this eye-candy in motion.
May I please palpitate and pass out now? Thanks.
posted by Fritz @ 11:31 PM
And it ain't coffee.
I just bought a domain name. My very own, fancy, shit-laced, shiny bling-of-a url. Trouble is, I don't know that much about domains and I don't know anything about DNS and nameservers and code tweaking so it will take a LOT of reading and research to pull this new idea off. I want to do this right the first time.
For so long, that's two years of writing stuff, I never had a central theme for my works. Topics spew forth from wherever and I see it as a pile of Lego pieces from 20 different Lego sets, like a bag full of assorted and unmatched socks.
The other Saturday, at Peter's, I heard him say something that triggered an interest in me. Something worth pursuing. A thing that I'm not alien to but that has much potential should it be given focus.
The new url will be my brand. It will mark everything I touch. The idea plays well inside my head but it will take away more of my time to take it to the level I have set for it. Hard as it is, I will try to take so as far as it would go.
I now have the brand. All it's lacking is the facade to face the public with.
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Labels: Blogging, Plugs, Vertigo
posted by Fritz @ 2:49 AM
Saw this video, aptly titled "United," the other day on TV and it unexpectedly gave me goosebumps over my already evident goosebumps. Made me wanna clap-clap-clap together with the world.
Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) is an independent non-profit corporation headquartered in Los Angeles, with the purpose to educate people in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so they become valuable advocates for tolerance and peace.
Labels: Lifestyle, Plugs, Video
posted by Fritz @ 12:08 AM
I have for the longest time sustained a cerebral boner owing to the brains behind Diesel's print ads and seasonal campaigns. IMHO, they've the best marketing strategists and conceptualizers in the known multiverse! The latest they came up with is "The Return of Sister Yes" to pimp their latest line of jizz-inducing "most advanced eyeware units in the universe."
Ever heard of anything with integrated "3000G Technology" capable of giving users access to "Emotional Networking," "Hypernet" and "Hypermail" connectivity, and "Foresight" among a host of other far-out-into-the-future features? I still drool over the work that has gotten into this unique concept.
See the demo via Diesel's website and get yourself treated to a triple dose of WOW!
Labels: Plugs
posted by Fritz @ 10:51 PM
Seeing this in stores made me all goldfishy inside. Moom-moom-moooooom, my heart went. It's a marketing concept that's undeniably well planned and executed. First there were 10s and now there are 5s. Tapping more of the stick sales market via convenient foil packed ciggies.
So Winston has long copied Marlboro 10s. Feh! But Marlboro would have had a far enough head start with this innovation before the competition catches up.
The sachets Marlboro 5s come with are displayed in sari-sari stores like, think shampoos, fabric softeners, coffee, creamers, and Boy Bawang, affordably priced at P7.50 a pack.
Hung.
Hung and visible.
Great thinking, Marlboro! Absolutely commendable.
Also, Government Warning: Smoking Kills.
posted by Fritz @ 9:44 PM
Whodathunk that Jack TV airs up-to-date episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman? I was lazily waiting for Mr. sandman to visit late last night when I happened upon the channel. Dave was drinking a Jamba Juice smoothie off a venti-sized cup, sorry Starbucks, that led him to show the facade of the store across the street from theater where they shoot the show in. Then popped the question, "How many guys in Spider-Man suits can fit inside a Jamba Juice?" One, Spidey. Two. Then three. And then I lost count.
An otherwise quiet night turned riotous as I LOLed and shed LOL-tears, in exaggerated excess, moreso when they sent in Fatty-Spidey. Watch until the clincher ending.
posted by Fritz @ 6:58 AM
After close to two weeks, Play Underground, the wall-climbing gym facility at the 3rd Level Basement of the Power Plant Mall in Rockwell, Makati, now opens it's gates to the public with new, better, and improved walls for anyone and everyone.
Having been to many different wall-climbing facilities in the vicinity, what sets Play Underground apart from its competition is the well thought of physical arrangement of the "holds" they put up on those walls. The rocks are not just there in random order. They are placed there painstakingly, one by one, each serving a purpose, be it to make the inexperienced enjoy the introduction they will have to the sport or serve as a professional training facility to those who take on wall-climbing as a form of regular workout. The friendly staff who all exhibit and share much love for the sport often add coded tapes on some holds so regulars get a route that is as challenging as climbing the now beige-colored intimidating inclines.You will get to appreciate the science of the holds more once you set yourself off trying those over-hangs and over-clings and lactic-acid-inducing vertical-backward inclines.
I decided to take a peek at the renovated playground on Sunday, just this afternoon, to find two still-bare columns that are still being treated with a face lift by the able Buddy Advincula of Play Underground. I got to talking to him and the staff telling them how over-excited I was when I found out they finally opened. Looking at the new walls made me wail in anticipation. They look fierce and may well be twice as inclined as they were before and therefore more challenging than ever. I fear it will take more than a month for me to get accustomed to the new challenges. On the bright side, we'll now have an edge come the next competition in November which we may join, hopefully.For more of the photos I took, click here.
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Labels: Lifestyle, Plugs, Wall-Climbing
posted by Fritz @ 6:35 PM
In the last couple of days, I have made a few enhancements for this blog starting with the Snap ShotsTM feature of snap.com that gives a preview of all that I link via a pseudo-popup. It could either be convenient or annoying which for me is more of the former. Hover your pointer to one of the links on this post and see what this nifty feature is. I have also enlisted as a volunteer beta-tester for Criteo's AutoRoll feature thereby increasing this site's visibility to about more than 2,000 other websites that generating a measly 1 hit back this month. Someone in Criteo requested me to try it out and, if their claim holds true, the blogroll would update itself in 10 days and give out a list that is more or less related to my content. Interesting.
The previous week, I have also made good use of the Multiply account I originally created to PWN a plagiarizing noob of a schoolgirl that I caught (publishing an old album review I made) using CopyScape. The nerve of stealing something so poorly written! Pft! Anyway, Multiply will now host my online photo-gallery needs.
For other cyber matters, I have been reacquainting my again-found affinity to the Man-Blog, albeit only in the forums. Meeting up with the monkeys at least proved they are not AI beings with maxed-out retardation levels. The discussions on the forums also continue via Twitter, a web community of sorts that gets to update you upon sign in what everyone else you are following is doing via the "tweets" that you receive through SMS.
I now dare say that I undoubtedly am a man of the interwebs. Still in puberty, but getting there.
Labels: Blogging, Plugs, Practical Stuff
posted by Fritz @ 12:28 AM
Here's a thought: if Tachikomas were real, how would our roads fare in holding up their weight (estimated to be close to a ton a piece)? I'll bet, with the way things are, DPWH would probably need to re-touch the damaged asphalt on the daily. No offense, dear street-pavers, but the quality of your service sucks cock big-time!
I caught my mind toying with the idea of a wandering Tachikoma while I was waiting for a ride along Ayala Avenue, earphones in full blast, listening to random titles from the Ghost in the Shell Tachikoma Album by Yoko Kanno entitled "Be Human." Every track in the album is Tachikoma-related. The first one, the carrier single for the compilation, narrates how a Tachikoma would spend his life if he could only "be human." Its lyrics have a message that pinches the heart. The other tracks comprise a mix of music genres that's a welcomed break from the songs I usually listen to.
Speaking of OSTs, I just found out that Comic Alley sells original DVDs of quite a range of anime titles. I bought Death Note Volume 1-2 last weekend plus an assortment of Bleach-character statuettes. Surprisingly, they also sell OST audio CDs of anime titles all for P450.00 each! That's cheap compared to getting the stuff directly from Japan! If I remember correctly, they have OSTs for Getbackers, Full Metal Alchemist, Chobits, Trinity Blood, and Death Note, among others. I left my number with the attendant should they already have the actual-sized Zangetsu sword (used by Kurosaki Ichigo of the anime "Bleach") whose price is still unknown at conversation time.
As a bonus to anime-lovers who have read as far as this fourth paragraph, This one's for you. The site may not look much but it actually is a gold mine. Seriously.
I have vowed to never post lyrics of any song but this one's more like a narration, from a "robot's" perspective, on what thoughts they entertain if only they are given the chance to be like us (lyrics by Yoko Kanno):
I analyze and I verify and I quantify enough: 100 percentile no errors no miss. I synchronize and I specialize and I classify so much. Don't worry 'bout dreaming because I don't sleep. I wish I could at least 30 percent, maybe 50, for pleasure then skip all the rest.
If I only was more human, I would count every single second the rest of my life. If I just could be more human, I'd have so many little babies and maybe a wife.
I'd roll around in mud and have lots of fun then, when I was done, build bubblebath towers and swim in the tub. Sand Castles on the beach, frolic in the sea, get a broken knee, be scared of the dark and I'd sing out of key. Curse when I lost a fight, kiss and reunite, scratch a spider's bite, be happy with wrinkles I got when I smile. Pet kittens 'till they purred, maybe keep a bird, always keep my word. I'd cry at sad movies and laugh 'till it hurt. I'd buy a big bike, I'd ride by the lake. And I'd have lots of friends and I'd stay out too late.
If I could just be more human, I would see every little thing with a gleam in my eye. If only I was more human, I'd embrace every single feeling that came in my life.
Would I care and be forgiving?
Would I be sentimental and would I feel loneliness?
Would I doubt and have misgivings?
Would I cause someone sorrow too?
Would I know what to do?
Will I cry when its all over?
When I die will I see Heaven?
posted by Fritz @ 8:48 PM
Just over a year ago, I was this speck-of-a-newbie to the blogosphere. I still am. But seeing the referred links from Google on a daily basis means I must have been writing the right stuff to generate a helping of hits which I hope had been at least relevant to the clicker/surfer/researcher/porn-whore visitor.The Noisy Noisy Man
Faded Boxers
Just Wandering
Complex Vertigo
Time and Tide
Writings on the wall
As above me, so below me
Talkin' Tech
Tech Stop, Tech stuff
Guttervomit
Poldo's procrastination
Project Manila
Nonstandardized
More, More, I want more!
Renaissance girl
Lamentations beta
Xenia Maria
Qwerky
Girl from the gutter
Hail to the queen
Nitpicky.org
Songs of the salamander
The Man Blog
posted by Fritz @ 10:53 PM
Like clockwork, I always make it a point to drop by the Levi's store at the Glorietta whenever their show window sports a new ad. This time, it's the Redwire DLX, hyped to be the first ever iPod compatible jeans in the market. It has a control mechanism poised over the watch pocket area that can easily connect to an any-sized iPod. The watch pocket comes off and snaps on easily via buttons and velcro and with it comes all non-washable electronic-related parts. It also comes with a pair of customary-designed earphones. The denim has dark blue hue and is accented a prominently thicker white stitch detail that sets it apart from other current Levi's articles.
As only 540 units are available locally, you may only pre-order this baby via select Levi's outlets/stores. I have seen, first-hand, the engineering detail on one demo unit and I must say I must have been drooling with I-want-this-and-that-means-I-bloody-want-this reflected from my eyes when Eds, the most friendly sales person I have ever met and known, approached me and snapped me off my reverie. I asked her more on the details of the product. Eds said that for a very limited time, those who'd actually get a pair gets a free shirt and belt, like the ones worn by the model on the show-window. You don't only get cool jeans, you also get to look like the rockin' model! And they are so not kidding!
The jeans come in fits for both men and women. I asked Eds if she'd recommend for me to get one to which she replied I may not like the cut as they only come in Comfort Fit. She knew by heart, God bless her sweet soul, that I only get slim or narrow-leg jeans so I don't get to look shorter than I already am. Now THAT, my friends, is the essence of the pinnacle of customer service orientation!
The jeans may not suit my common purchases, but heck, I'd get a pair of this baby if only I have an iPod. Bummer. Visit your nearest Levi's stores to marvel at the Redwire DLX's beauty. You may also check out the Redwire DLX site via the links I provided on this post. They have FAQs there that might address all your "but... how... um, ok... but... but..." concerns.
Labels: Gadgets, Lifestyle, Plugs
posted by Fritz @ 10:15 PM
There has been quite a stir in the Philippine graphic novel loving community at the inception and just-culmination of UNMASKED: The 1st Philippine Graphic/Fiction Award sponsored by Neil Gaiman in close cooperation with Fully Booked. The contest was launched sometime in October of 2005 with the actual award ceremony held on July 15, 2006 at the Rockwell tent. The link for the video below was sent to Neil via email by one of the minds behind the intro-animation shown at the event proper. One named Jason Tan.
Labels: Lifestyle, Literature, Plugs
posted by Fritz @ 6:00 PM
People process thoughts at a pace: one after another. They could either be simple or complex, oftentimes formless. Some with hyper metabolic rates have a thought process pace that is faster than others. Crazies have random thoughts that do not go through normal processing and the pace could overlap giving it no sense at all. Pluck a single thought, give it form through words, mesh it with other related thoughts, and you get a blog.
I want to be lots of things, mostly fictional. Sometimes I space out thinking I'm cool and smart and witty, and I think I'm doing a great job having others think that way, too. And I know you think all these are just crap! I'll drink to that! Cheers!
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