Not Exactly Food...

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Yeah, I know. It's not exactly about food but it's just so damn funny. Food doesn't get any more fresh than this.

September has passed...

The month in which I promised to blog about food items has come to an end. But I've enjoyed creating reviews so much that I have decided to continue this hobby. So from now on, expect more food reviews on Random Talk. It will be the main theme of by blog but don't worry. I will still post rants and raves of whatever I find under the sun from time to time.

Poem Twist

Visiting Cyanide and Happiness has become a daily ritual for me. I love the comic's art and especially the humor infused by its writers. Whether the theme may focus on sarcasm, toilet humor or just plain insanity, the comics always completes my day. Take this comic for example. Here is an awesome and funny poem twist to reflect the dark side of relationship reality.


Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

...And Knowing Is Half the Battle

Ah, yes. GI Joe. It was recently the most anticipated movie. Like Transformers, it was extremely adorned with a lot of special effects and advanced computer animation. But I'm not here to talk about the film. I'm want to focus more on the cartoon series of GI Joe.

I've been a big fan of the series ever since I was a kid. I watched every episode and even collected action figures and toys. Even though the cartoon gave a clear message of violence by revolving the plot around the war of good and evil, it still redeemed itself as a show worth watching. This is because at the end of every episode, the GI Joe heroes would deliver brief public service announcements and lessons beneficial to their young viewers. It's too bad that I didn't learn much from them because every time I saw this portion, I knew that the credits would soon start rolling afterwards so I tend to turn off the TV or change channels.

On the case of violence, I guess the GI Joe series back then was not as violent compared to the shows we see today. Have you seen anyone bleeding profusely or actually dying a gory death in any episode? It's a shame that networks today are too and don't uphold the same values as their counterparts in the past did.

Anyway, with that aside, the GI Joe cartoon series made it to the 10 Life Lesson from Cartoon Characters of Beliefnet. Here is the article below by Paul Asay. [Read Full Article]

"G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" actually never aired on Saturday morning. Indeed, syndicated shows like "Joe" spelled the end of cartoon-centric Saturday morning TV as we knew it. But while the time slot was different, the vibe was still the same. These soldiers were all about teaching lessons, all right: teaching America's enemies a lesson in respect. Yo, Joe!

But for a show based on a series of action figures, "G.I. Joe" did have some redeeming qualities. After each episode, soldiers would offer a brief public service lesson for its young viewers—what to do if you get lost, what to do if your house is on fire—most of which would invariably end with the tagline, "And knowing is half the battle."

And you thought this show was all about selling toys.

Jollibee FTW!

Got this photo from facebook. I just had to share this in my blog. Thanks Steef.

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Gotta Love These Clever Visuals

Different perspectives expressed through a glass:

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A Video Really Worth Sharing

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New EEEPC units are here!

I went to SM Mega Mall last night and two laptop computers caught my attention. At first I wondered why this Asus EEEPC had a different webcam design on top of it's screen. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that it was the new EEE 900 series. I really didn't think that it would arrive here in Manila so soon... actually, I didn't think that it would arrive at all. This series has a 9-inch (8.9 to be exact) LCD, maximizing all the available space of the laptop. Unlike its 700 series counterparts, it doesn't have any speakers next to the display so I'm still wondering where the audio output hardware is. From what I know so far, it has 1GB RAM and the storage capacity can go from 12GB to 20GB. Awesome!

Decisions decisions...

I've been looking around for some new gadgets in Green Hills when this new computer caught my attention. It's Blue's answer to the Asus EEEPC - the DEEP BLUE H1 UMPC, another model of Mobile PC.

The laptop has a greater memory capacity, a faster processor speed and it has the features the EEEPC has. Here are the specs of each computer:

Deep Blue H1
Processor speed: 1.0Ghz
Hard disk: 40GB SSD
Memory: 1GB DDR2
Built in speaker, mic and web cam
Screen size 7" LCD
Weight: 1.2 Kgs
Selling price range: PHP16K-18.5K

Asus EEEPC
Processor speed: 900Mhz
Hard disk: 4GB Flash memory
Memory: 512Mb DDR2
Built in speaker, mic and web cam
Screen size 7" LCD
Weight: 0.92 Kgs
Selling price range: PHP16K-18.5K

At first glance it looks more powerful and a better deal than the EEEPC... or is it?

The H1 definitely wins by it's greater memory size but it's the processor which makes it questionable. The H1 runs on a VIA C7-M while the EEEPC runs on an Intel Celeron 900. The VIA brand is new to me so I've been reading though some forums to get some feedback from the users. Unfortunately some reviews contradict each other. Some say that the VIA is more energy efficient while others say that it consumes so much power that it can cause the system to overheat. Some even say that the VIA must clock in at an insane speed of 2.0Ghz just to match the speed of a 900Mhz Intel Processor (Whut?). Intel is seen in the industry as the "Rolls Royce" of processors so the memory of the EEEPC is sacrificed. This makes the VIA processor look like a weaker contender and less valuable. So which Mobile PC is more practical? I can't really say for now. If any of my readers have any opinion on this please shed some light on this topic. Feed backs are greatly appreciated. Thanks

Suffering from bad net connection

It's been a very long while since I last posted an entry here. I've got my DSL provider to thank for that. It's so strange that one Sunday afternoon, the Internet connection just went dead and it's been 2 weeks and counting. I'm using a public access computer here in my school that's why you're able to read this post. Don't you just hate it when the internet goes dead just when you need it the most? And the worst part is that our provider couldn't figure out what's wrong with our connection. I've forwarded dozens of complaints

Asus EEPC... WANT!

The progress of technology sure is fast. IT companies have been flooding the Philippine market with lots of low-cost computers. The image of laptops and PDA's as luxury items is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Just recently, I saw this awesome laptop in an Octagon Computer store. It's the Asus EEPC, a low-cost and portable computer. I want to call it a portable computer because it's smaller than your average laptop. Don't believe me? Here are some pictures.

Why now?!?!

I hate my internet connection! It keeps on disconnecting every 10 seconds. I'm lucky if I ever get to get to post this entry. It's been like this for the past three days and I couldn't get any work done. I know calling the help line is no use because they're just going to put me through a useless routine and trivial trouble shooting like they always do. And speaking of shooting, whoever is responsible for this incompetent internet service MUST PAY! Whoever is sleeping on the job must be shot! >:(

Back Online!

Whew! It feels great to be back online after going through a week without an internet connection due to a busted phone line. Having no access felt like I was thrown back to the dark ages. Of course there was the option of accessing the net through public computers but there is always the possibility of bringing home a virus whenever I use my flask disk. That happened twice to me already and I can’t take anymore chances. Besides, I live in Manila. The odds of catching a virus (both biological and computer) through public computers are high :D