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Our Philippine Coast Guard in action at the Celebes Sea

Probably the coolest looking montage of our coast guard vessels in action at the Celebes Sea near Mindanao.

In the photo:

a. Philippine coastal patrol craft BRP Salvador Abcede (PG 114),
b. Corvette BRP Miguel Malvar (PS 19)
c. Coast guard patrol boat PCG Pampanga (SARV 003)
d. BRP Iloilo (PS 32)
e. USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
f. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Waesche (WMSL 751)

Description:

The event marks the conclusion of the at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Philippines 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Timor Leste joins the exercise for the first time in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gregory A. Harden II/Released)

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iHome iDM15SE Portable Bluetooth Speakers go for PHP 4,990.00

So this is cool. iHome has a knack of making great speaker mashups and the iDM15SE is no exception. It’s essentially a portable set of stereo speakers which you can connect to your device via Bluetooth to stream music OR via the usual 3.5mm cable.

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Awesomenauts!

Heard about Awesomenauts from the Gamers with Jobs podcast a couple of weeks ago. Decided to check it out on PSN. For USD $9.99 you get a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) themed game similar to DoTA and League of Legends but done as a side scrolling platformer. The premise is simple: two teams of three have to fight for control over the battlefield. Victory is declared to the team that destroy’s the enemy’s base first.

First impressions:

  • definitely a recommended purchase because it’s the only DoTA themed game on the console. All the other battle arena games are made for the PC
  • gameplay provides hours of fun as you can play couch (local games) with two other friends; you don’t always have to play online and if you lack players, the computer-controlled bots can always join in the fun
  • easy to learn, tough to master which is typical of this genre

Awesomenauts is a game with a lot of soul. Upon release, it’s practically well-balanced and the “Saturday morning cartoon” theme really works in favor of the genre. This game is available for download on XBOX Live and PSN for USD $9.99.

If you decide to get this, hit me up on PSN under LOLZMOWER.

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Lacie Little Big Drive pushes 10Gb/s with Thunderbolt; 1TB starts at PHP 31,560.00

If you’re in the market for a faster-than-USB external drive, you might want to take a look at Lacie’s latest desktop beauty, the Little Big Drive that pushes transfer speeds up to 10 gigabits per second. If you convert that to actual data transferred, that’s around 1.25GB per second. You can practically transfer a full feature 1080p movie in roughly 8-10 seconds. Now that’s fast.

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What the Higgs Boson means to mankind

Two years ago I attended the BEST PRESS CONFERENCE EVER. I met with the scientists of CERN, the facility that houses the Large Hadron Collider which was used to prove the existence of the Higgs Boson. While everyone else was discussing nuclear energy (in a political manner, not scientific manner, mind you — which was sad), I was the only one that posed the question about the Higgs boson, and I quote:

I got an (paraphrased) answer. “You are correct. The LHC’s primary reason for existence is for the Higgs Boson particle. It has not yet been discovered. The discovery of the Higgs doesn’t have one true value but its implications are great. It is like how the electron was discovered about 100 years ago — the advances that were made to society were immense.”

This week, the Higgs boson’s discovery seems imminent. It isn’t “discovered” in the sense, because the standard model does make the assumption that the Higgs did already exist. If it did not, that would be a fascinating blow to science. Again, the discovery itself is a huge deal. It doesn’t immediately have direct consumer application (like hover boards) but is a stepping stone into a new era of science.

The video above explains the concept of the particle as the one responsible for the meaning of mass.

Resources:

WIRED Magazine – What can we do with the Higgs boson

The Guardian – How to explain the Higgs Boson discovery