You’re probably wondering how many blogs are out there right now?
As of today, Technorati is currently tracking around 70 million blogs… with more being added by the minute. If it were a universe, how would the blogosphere look?
Well, these dudes with too-much-time on their hands did exactly that - map the blogosphere with “hyperbolic” data using actual blogs and their links.
Alright… where am I in this dense universe??? It looks like the Milky Way.
Honestly, my doctors have advised me to kick the damn habit.
I can proudly say that I’m an expert in kicking my smoking habit. Why? Coz I’ve done it many times (and failed). Sigh.
Meanwhile, while trying to Google some aids to help me stop smoking, I discovered this wicked, cool “Indoor Approved” cigarette. Dubbed the Super Smoker, you can get it for $140 US (around PHP 5,000++) and you’ll have to shell out more for the cartridges. Guess what? You’re better off smoking outside… or, if you’re a smoker, join me in my quest as I do the next best thing - QUIT!
Recently, our New Media team headed by JC Medina, New Media Director and our Editor-in-Chief, the one and only “Lord of the Blogs”, Kevin Codamon participated in the Philippine SNS conference held at the Hotel Intercon, Makati.
Our New Media team is responsible for all the advergaming that you see inside the game, Coke, Nestle, Jollibee and many more have been our partners. They’ve been hard at work to get more partners and introduce to traditional “brick-and-mortar” companies the value of online communities.
Meanwhile, reporter Alex Villafania of Inquirer interviewed the two head honchos to find out more about their take on SNS and of course, UGC (user generated content) and how it fits into gaming and our communities.
These days, printers (the hardware) are a “dime a dozen”. Why? Because the real business of manufacturers are to sell the “consumables”. By that, I mean - ink.
Just recently, I’ve been consuming my own ink for my personal printer really fast. But now, there are alternatives to saving money on printer ink.
The first, and obvious thing, is to have your ink cartridges refilled. Although this is the fast and easy way, the life of your “head” and toner cartridge  is limited and often does not give the same quality output.
Fortunately, there are other options. Learn more after the jump.
Were you a victim last April 1? Apparently a lot netizens were. Here’s a collection of pranks pulled off by some websites during that wicked day.
I wasn’t prepared at all for doing an April Fools prank on my friends. Sigh. Aside from sticking some outrageous post-its at random people at the office, that was mostly it. That says a lot about my creativity. Oh well… I guess I can’t top the cool online pranks such as the betamax to HD-DVD converter from thinkgeek.com. Duh!
I’m saying goodbye to “old faithful”… my Nokia 6680. It has served me well. Goodbye, old friend.
Meanwhile, I say hello to a new associate - my new Nokia N77. The phone, my official office service unit, arrived last Friday from SMART and that (along with Rica Peralejo coming to visit us) completed my week.
I really had a tough time deciding which unit to choose (from the Smart Gold packages). At first it was a toss-up between the N81 8GB and N95 8GB. Being a gamer myself, I was inclined with getting the N81. After reading some minor glitches about the N95, I already wrote down the n81 at my application form - until Chino, RF Online Game Manager, showed me his N77 and I got to compare it with another officemates’ N95.
Wifi here at the office can reach the veranda at the 6th floor but the signal is low (we’re at the 11th floor). I sure wish there’s a way to boost the darn signal. Well, methinks my prayers are finally answered.
Intel has recently figured a way to boost WiFi to 60 miles. “The wireless technology, called the rural connectivity platform (RCP), will be helpful to computer-equipped students in poor countries, says Jeff Galinovsky, a senior platform manager at Intel. And the data rates are high enough–up to about 6.5 megabits per second–that the connection could be used for video conferencing and telemedicine, he says.” to quote the article at Technology Review
The system consists of processor, radios, specialized software, and an antenna
Egad! Now that I’m in the market for a new console, things are looking bad for my first choice - the Xbox 360. According to this poll by Cheap Ass Gamer, some people have reported that their Xbox 360 fails 67% of the time. And some have even reported not single, but repeated failures.
I can vouch for this, from the third person point of view though. A couple of my friends and officemates have indeed reported failures of their own Xbox 360s. Most notable causes are from the heat.
Crysis may have set a new benchmark in terms of what the 3D capabilities of the modern-day computer are. Alone in the Dark is setting the pace for HD console gaming… but do you know that Microsoft Excel may be revolutionary when it comes 3D game engine platforms?
Hard to believe? Continue reading…
Peter Rakos of Gamasutra believes in the sound fundamentals of MS Excel as a graphics engine. Rakos wrote;  ”It is understood that Excel is an all-round office tool, but probably it is unknown that it has a bunch of features that makes Excel a high-class 3D graphics engine.”
He continues with some detailed explanations of the fundamentals and how-to’s of Excel’s capabilities. “Lol this is genius! Good work, although you may have too much time on your hands” was one of that posts’ comments.
Meanwhile, I’ll show you the final product through a video of Excel animating a 3D cube. Awesome stuff. After the break…
Just recently, I told you that HD-DVD is already dead when Toshiba announced that they are giving up on that format. It’s also a known fact that the Xbox 360 is currently supporting the HD-DVD format.
Now, to make matters worse, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft said that there is a good possibility that they will go for the Blu-ray format.
“We’ve already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and I think the world moves on,” said Ballmer at the Mix08 conference.
“Toshiba has moved on. We’ve moved on, and we’ll support Blu-ray in ways that make sense,” he said.
Good work, although you may have too much time on your hands” was one of that posts’ comments.
