Month: October 2007

“The Tetris Effect” – Mobius Games has a blog

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date October 24, 2007
3 Comments on “The Tetris Effect” – Mobius Games has a blog

Not to be confused with their portal, Mobius is currently working on their Blogger.com hosted blog titled The Tetris Effect. I’ve browsed through their entries and it seems to also be a place where you can stream Youtube videos of all their games, avail of promotions, submit fan art, and download their Mobius “blidget” which you can attach to your own blog.

Here’s a thought – when companies host their blogs on Blogger.com, the personal impression is that they become less intimidating, as compared to self-hosted sites. Really, this is just my opinion. But that’s the general feeling I get when I see blogs that use third party blog hosting services.

Congratulations to Mobius for embracing new media and I do hope that they sustain the effort to blog regularly.

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Safari, oh how I love thee? (let me count the ways)

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date October 23, 2007
10 Comments on Safari, oh how I love thee? (let me count the ways)

As almost any Macintosh user would hate to admit, I am torn between using Firefox and Safari as my default browser of choice. I love the versatility of Firefox, complete with the plugins and the sexy fact that it is developed as an open source project. But at the same time I’m also loving the way Safari renders my pages. I guess the debate is subjective for the most part – but what’s making me hesitant to make the complete switch is how Safari doesn’t support a lot of things on the web — like Facebook’s Warbook applet:

Frankly, I use both browsers. Firefox has a better download manager tool but Safari’s browsing experience is less laggy and cleaner. Safari does have a community dedicated to developing plugins, but it isn’t as tight as the Firefox community.

If you’re a Mac user, what is your default browser of choice and why? If you don’t use Safari, what would make you do a complete switch?

Tags Geek, Thoughts and Musings

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Nintendo Wii Nights Comics

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date October 22, 2007
4 Comments on Nintendo Wii Nights Comics

Thanks Riane, you’re such a geek.

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The Spin

I’ve always been fascinated at how the good public relations agencies master the art of The Spin. They are able to pitch, convince and communicate ideas and transmute them into a brand campaign, advocacy, or promotion. There is no moral judgement present in such cases as these awareness campaigns are to be taken as “amoral” at the very least. What’s important is the communication of the idea. The Spin.

The Spin can convince you to choose brand X over Y. It can coerce you to donate money for a certain cause. It can reorient your moral value to see something once evil as good.

To illustrate my point, here’s what happens when you recut The Shining and turn it into a family comedy:

It’s all in the spin. Nothing is real 🙂

Tags Ideas, Media

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Toblerone Thank You Day at the iMAX video!

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date October 21, 2007
8 Comments on Toblerone Thank You Day at the iMAX video!

Amidst the tragic series of events that occurred last Friday, the Philippines continues to celebrate her freedom. The Mall of Asia iMAX parking lot was well attended yesterday, as October 20 2007 was marked as THANK YOU DAY PHILIPPINES. In this video, Bianca Gonzalez starts the countdown to the lauching of “Toblerone triangles” as the crowd inverts their umbrellas to catch them. Wild!