Month: July 2010

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Unboxing and Installing Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

Today is the global launch of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. If you pre-ordered, you’re assured a copy today. I got my hands on the standard edition for South East Asia. Interesting that the box does label the regional distribution as this has implications to the server.

Also got my dog tag and Starcraft II shirt.

You will need an Internet connection to install and authenticate Starcraft II. So for those living in the Paranaque area today, Skycable is undergoing a plant maintenance and thus all Internet and cable is down. I managed to connect to the Internet by turning my Samsung Galaxy S into a WiFi hotspot using the Mobile AP settings. Yay!

I’m installing Wings of Liberty for both the Mac and PC. While the install is happening, you will be required to sign up or login to a Battle.net account and link the game with your ID. Just like Steam, you can also opt to download the client in case you lose the DVD.

Oh the box comes with 2 guest passes for Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Anyone want them? First two to comment, I can give you the keys and please do install the game and add me up on Battle.net. It also comes with 2 free keys to 10 days of WoW. Well if anyone wants that …

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Midterm review: Samsung Galaxy S

It’s a damn good phone.

Samsung has been hit or miss with their phones that run third party operating systems in the past few years. But after seeing their proprietary Bada OS and now, the Galaxy S running on Android, I can barely talk as my foot is in my mouth.

I squeezed a lot of time during a recent weekend dive trip to tinker with the Galaxy S, also known as the i9000. I’m a big fan of Android (I’m actually a big fan of a lot of things in tech) and what it has to offer users. I’ve also been reading about all the praise the Galaxy S has received worldwide; and now, an opportunity to finally use it.

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I’m worth PHP 2,500.00

This was written several months ago in March ’10. It still is very timely.

And a quote from the blind item blog:

Who is this nobody ( I don’t even what to call him/her) who is charging companies money in exchange for people to attend their events?

This nobody is claiming that he/she is very influential in the online community that he/she can make them attend events. For a price of course – this nobody is charging companies and PR firms PhP 2,500.00 for each attendees.

The problem is some of the attendees are not even aware that their souls are being sold by this nobody, and some who are aware are not even charging that high.

So even attending events is now a business?

I really think that it must be said. That between the whispers of the blog community (I refer to the more visible community that attends events), it comes to no surprise that they’re aware of it already. Of course no one wants to speak up, but hey, where’s the fun in that?

It’s a different kind of sickness. I’m not even talking about envelopmental journalism. I’m talking about the basic notion of making money out of your friends. In subterfuge.

On a lighter note, I do take offense on the fact that I’m only valued at PHP 2,500.00 to show up in events.

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This yoghurt thing

Apparently Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is now serving frozen yoghurt. It’s pretty good. But despite the menu of flavors they have, I still prefer the ONE flavor that they don’t advertise: the plain yoghurt with a honey stick.

Or you can be a total douche and run to Starbucks and grab two small sachets of honey which is free. I don’t know why CBTL still charges customers for their honey sticks. Maybe it’s because the liquid sugar they have on the counter is free and honey is a “step up” from this sweetener since it’s also a natural antibiotic.

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Hey cool, Angry Birds is also out on the N900

I really couldn’t believe it: Angry Birds is out for the N900. This is what I’m talking about — it’s not about the phone these days. It’s really about the apps and the developer community. Developed by Rovio Mobile, Angry Birds is a catapult simulator that differs from traditional releases such as Worms and Scorched Earth. Angry Birds has a puzzle element with the objective of toppling green pigs from the safety of their not-so-sturdy abodes. You can fire birds with different abilities using a slingshot weighing in the velocity using your finger.

Oh and it goes without saying that since I’m playing this on an N900, it’s got really good multitasking features so I can always tab through my email, SMS and other apps without closing the game.

Grab Angry Birds from the Ovi Store. It’s free. If you’re getting a “this game is not available in your country” error, simply ignore it and login to your Ovi account from your phone. The download will commence from there. Oh and if you want more levels, check this out.