Month: November 2009
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Underwater with an INON Strobe
Months ago I brought a Sony Cybershot W230 underwater with its appropriate casing. This weekend, I was able to borrow an INON strobe light courtesy of Jan. Since the Achilles’ heel of Sony cameras is the inability to customize your white balance underwater (it only has 3 presets), shooting with a strobe really changes the…
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Chinatown and Quiapo with a Samsung Pixon M8910
Carlos Celdran (@carlosceldran) gave us a walking tour of Chinatown and Quiapo. These shots were taken with a Pixon M8910, Samsung’s latest 12MP cameraphone. From the photos above, all I have to say is that the vignette / rustic modes are the best ever. ‘Nuff said.
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Nokia DiscOVIries Last Week’s Winner: Lowell Aguirre
It’s been a good run, and we’re down to our final winner for Nokia’s DiscOVIries photo competition. For this last contest, the winner is no other than Lowell Aguirre for his most creative wireless hotspot location — the Rotary Centennial Park of Kandaya. I’d like to thank everyone for joining the series of contests that…
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How many endangered species can you find in Tord Boontje’s HP Mini?
HP is really hyping it all up with designer mini notebooks. After the Vivienne Tam release, HP goes all designer environment friendly by conscripting the help of Studio Tord Boontje to engrave the likeness of endangered animals on the latest “eco friendly” mini notebook. It’s a really a point of reference so that if we…
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Everytime Manny Pacquiao hurts someone, Nike releases a Trainer 1 Shoe
New Pacquiao shoes!
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Nokia DiscOVIries: Last Week’s Winner for “Cheese”
Last week I announced a special guest judge. Presenting Gabe Mercado! Here is Gabe’s choice for winning entry. Congratulations to Dianne Pena! Speaking of cheese, Gabe organizes Sing-A-Longkot at mag:net Bonifacio High Street: sappy songs which we secretly love. That, and S.P.I.T. Check them out on Facebook.
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Dragon Age: Origins Screenshots on an NVIDIA GT230M
I’m totally immersed in Bioware’s latest storytelling masterpiece, Dragon Age: Origins. Here are breathtaking screenshots taken at highest settings from the Sony VAIO CW’s video card at 8x anti-aliasing. The game still runs smoothly. If you have 500 hours to burn, get this now. It’s cheaper if you buy the box from Datablitz, at only…
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How UNO Magazine helps us be patient for James Jean’s trip
The Fables cover guy is coming!
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