Month: July 2008
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Meeting Rick Astley: Words can barely describe
I’d been ignoring my phone for the better part of the day as I was preoccupied over finalizing the venue for the blog awards and making my way through press conference after press conference. It was only a few seconds – but when Alora asked me if I had gotten her plurk, I had to…
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Philippine Blog Awards 2008 at 1 Esplanade September 21 2008
We have a venue! This afternoon I accompanied Noemi (2008 Blog Awards head) and Juned (“Vice Head”) to finalize the venue for the blog awards this 2008. We signed the contract as sunset approached 1 Esplanade, laying fame to a glistening bay view. To those who see us often at events we ran across several…
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Paging, Super Joe!
I’m loving the fact that I grew up at a time where I got to experience the dawn of electronic gaming back in the Atari and 8 bit era. And I’m just as glad that in my “late twenties” I’m still able to become particularly excited when the oldies become new once more. For instance,…
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Toshiba Warehouse Sale July 31 – Aug 1 2008
Date: July 31 to August 1 2008 Time: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Venue: 2F Metro House Building, 345 Sen. Gil Puyat Toshiba is having a grand warehouse sale on all their models and according to Juno Limjap, Marketing Manager for Toshiba (and my really kick ass vocalist friend), they will have a lot of…
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Coraline: The Graphic Novel
There are some books that aremeant to be turned into graphic novels and Coraline fits the bar. I bought this over the weekend at Fully Booked in Rustan’s Makati for P640.00. The imagery – especially that of the “button eyed other mother” is disturbing. The graphic novel is illustrated by the award winning P. Craig…
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Pampers World (!!!) at Glorietta this July 26 and 27
Exciting! Exciting! Exciting! So I tried to introduce the Pampers World event to some friends and the first reaction I got was … “well I’m not a parent yet” and I said … well that’s precisely the point! Pampers World is launching this July 26 and 27 2008 (full schedule here) at the Glorietta activity…
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“The Fracking Road” – A breather and some light updates
I remember making this comic three years ago and posting it on July 28 2005. Back then I was blogging severely on Multiply and my 20six.co.uk account (sad, I have forgotten the password to access these old entries). With the weekend in, I can, at the very least breathe a little from all the work…
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Coffee Bean’s African Sunrise tea offering and the Wisdom of Crowds
Have you ever wondered how the “hive mind” works? Science fiction writers have brought forth the concept of a certain intelligence that exist within crowds into such forms as The Borg from Star Trek, The Zerg from Starcraft, and The Reavers from Mass Effect. You’ve probably come across the concept of public opinion, viral marketing,…
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Eraserheads Reunion Concert Confirmed for August 30 2008
Unconfirmed Update: Entrance is supposedly free as long as you present 20 packs of cigs. The sponsor is Philip Morris. What else is there to be said, but it has definitely been confirmed! The buzz has blossomed throughout the blogosphere, radio stations and the news – everyone is excited to see the Eraserheads back for…
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