Guess who’s 24 today?

Published in the early afternoon of October 24, 2006

Guess who's 24 today?

Happy birthday Anne. :)

Wishing you a life of blessings and success, because you deserve it. May you have a truly wonderful birthday. God bless. I love you.

Uwi ka na, shopping ka ng shopping sa Tutuban eh, date na tayo… ;)

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Anne at UP

Published in the early evening of October 21, 2006

Anne at UP

So I finally got myself the famous Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L, one of the best lenses you can get for Canon’s EF mount. Karl found a good deal on an IS version, so he was selling his old one. Being one of his long–time slaves friends, I was first in line and with a price too tempting, I went for it.

I took the lens the first day I could, even without paying for it in full yet. Hehe. I made sure my beautiful Anne was with me so we could have a not so impromptu shoot right away. ;) The photos were great, even better than the first time I got to use the lens when I borrowed it a few weeks back. Now I can “see” shots differently with this wonder zoom. I just love it! Though of course not as much as I love my number one model. ;) Hehehe.

Now I’m significantly poorer but with a lens I could make living out of. :) I have more than 10 GB of photos to go through since the beginning of the year, so expect more in the next few days. That is, if my pending tasks or the flu doesn’t take me down again.

Note: I forgot to mention that a few shots from my Sigma 17-70 are included in the album, though the best ones are with the Canon L. :)

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A tip for the web 2.0 generation

Published in the late afternoon of October 15, 2006

These days, almost everyone is into running a weblog and trying to make money online. The availability of WordPress and cheap hosting has enabled every dreamer to go into micro–content publishing and cash their part of the AdSense pie. However, the weblog plus adsense formula has only led to eerily–similar sites, many of which bordering on content theft or simply just not providing anything valuable at all. That’s a point of argument, though certainly today’s web is not much different compared to a huge echo chamber. Even this entry echoes these entries.

Almost everything has degenerated to a SERP contest without regard for intellectual property, good design, and good content. Even markup isn’t given much attention. Gone are the days of non–passive WASP activism and advocacy. Luckily by some stroke of luck, many of today’s web designers started as Zeldman’s storm troopers several years ago, thus producing excellent themes and tools that produce good markup. Because yes, markup still matters.

In today’s web 2.0 industry, it is not rare to encounter experts in “design,” “blogging,” and “online publishing” that hardly know the difference between HTML and CSS. My almost–instant tip: read up, and read well. You don’t need to be an expert in these topics, but some knowledge will set you apart from the rest. Read the old Zeldman archives, and lots of A List Apart, surely you’ll understand. The ALA Primer [Part 1 and Part 2] should get you up and running. You’ll look never look at the web the same way again.

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Mini-Review: The Departed

Published in the wee hours of October 9, 2006

The Departed

A short list of reasons why you should watch the movie The Departed:

  1. A different Leonardo DiCaprio. I enjoyed Catch Me If You Can and The Beach, now here’s another one for his list.
  2. Jack Nicholson acting all strange and scary, sometimes funny. Doing what he always does best.
  3. Mark Wahlberg talking like a dirty white boy. He’s one of the better music–to–movies crossovers, and still manages to make good movies. Play that funky music?
  4. Matt Damon + Martin Sheen + Alec Baldwin — this movie just doesn’t run out of stars. Matt Damon actually topbills with the first three guys, but I guess they do their part so well I have put him here along with the other big names.
  5. Martin Scorsese. I could explain this to you but I’m sure you already know why.

If you want an in–depth review, the fool has written a comprehensive analysis for you — exactly why I didn’t go any deeper with my breakdown of the film. Watch the film, I promise it’s worth every peso. ;)

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SMB Oktoberfest 2006

Published in the late afternoon of October 6, 2006

SMB Oktoberfest 2006

I was fortunate enough to shoot the SMB Oktoberfest opening at the SM Megamall last Wednesday and got around a thousand photos, though I haven’t browsed it thoroughly for keepers. It rained midway through the evening but that didn’t dampen the rockfest that went on until around 3 AM.

Pardon the crappy non–inspired writing, I still don’t have broadband at home and the electricity was out until Tuesday afternoon, after which a million deadlines are now trailing my tail.

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