Jayvee Fernandez is a tech enthusiast, Digital Manager, and Technology Editor for The Philippine STAR.
He is also an EAN certified SCUBA Diver and underwater photographer based in Metro Manila, Philippines. His photos and videos have appeared in various international and local publications including Random House Germany, Discovery Channel Canada, and CNN.
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Dear Internet, I finally found it. Presenting the FUUUUUUU barrel sponge
Taken in Tubbataha Reef, Philippines April 2011
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SMART Communications launches LTE
By the time you read this post, I’m still in the middle of the ocean, finishing our last day of diving Tubbataha Reef. When I get back, I fly, almost immediately to Boracay. I’m there with my partner-in-crime Andi9 so we’ll be streaming live soon! SMART is launching LTE technology and doing the entire demo…
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NUDI Interview on ANC Mornings
Jan Acosta and I guested on ANC Mornings to talk about the fast growing underwater photography club in Manila. NUDI or the Network of Underwater Digital Imagers (check us out on Facebook and yep, here’s the link to our site) is an underwater photography club that was formed to get diver-photographers together to share techniques…
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My epiphany about smartphones and data services
So I had an epiphany a couple of days ago. And this began with me coming home from a business trip racking up a bill of PHP30k worth of roaming charges. And that was just for 2 days of use. Of course the cost is charged to the company but waiting for the bill to…
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Aqua Obscura II: Our second underwater exhibit at Gallery 7 (Eastwood Mall, Libis)
“Underwater photography is considered a difficult practice. Because it is a specialized art, very few photographers attempt it. Down there they can capture rare and vivid images we cannot simply find up here. Underwater photography is truly “A Whole New World.” Gallery 7 and NUDI present over 30 beautiful examples of underwater photos, created by…
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The first original game I bought … was CRAP.
At home I have these big iBox containers which I use to store my junk. I have 6 of these stacked up at the foot of my bed. It’s semi-OC: one has all the plugs and cables, another has gadgets, and manuals, another one with my lens filters, so on and so forth. Rummaging through…
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OMG the Skyway is finally complete!
I can’t believe it. It’s finally done. If you’re from the south (like me), this flyer is a huge sigh of relief as the many months of traffic wore down on all of us who live further down from Magallanes. Slowly, but surely, it’s become a breeze to drive home. I remember in 1998 when…
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Subject: I Love You (and yes, starring Jericho Rosales)
Interesting. It’s Jericho Rosales‘ first international film. But more than that, it seems like a pretty solid story on the drama and intrigue behind the ‘I Love You’ virus epidemic that plagued the world’s Internet in May of 2000. The worm originated from the Philippines and thus, the setting (or one of the settings) of…
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BlackBerry Torch 9800: You want one. No, really you do! Buy it. Buy it. Buy it.
EDIT: Here’s a post from my friend Eric on his BB6 experience. Wow. Talk about delayed. The BlackBerry Torch you see here was released in the middle of 2010. It’s only now I’m reviewing it. To be fair, I haven’t seen a lot of people using this phone as it arrived late in the Philippines.…
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Jewelmer: A Short Primer on the South Sea Golden Pearl
On the geeky side: I’m using the new Samson Go Mic to record the voice over for this short amateur documentary. It’s an amazing device for PHP 2,300.00. It’s small, lighr and super affordable and can very well replace your professional USB studio mic if you aren’t too meticulous. Transcript and photos follow.