If Alodia Gosengfiao wasn't enough for your entire year E-Games Philippines has announced that several hotties would be joining her for the 2009 calendar. The bonafide hotties are: Cherry Kubota - January Anneliese Poggensee - February Wella Khongnun - March Jamilla Obispo - April Evgenia Nazarova - May Princess Tinkerbell Snell- June Joanne Muller - July Cesca Litton - August Pathra Cadness - September Nadine Wischer - October Tisha Silang – November Alodia Gosiengfiao – December Enough talk! more pics after the break!
The rule of thirds is a rudimentary principle in photography, it basically tells how you should compose a shot. To make it short, imagine that the image you are going to shoot is a big blank tic tac toe box. Naturally, neophytes would shoot it dead middle or off focus. The trick is shoot the subject within the intersections of the lines(marked by the red circle on the image above). This prevents the whole image from having too much empty space. Studies show that the eyes naturally focus across those intersections not on the middle, but breaking the rule once in a while would also be a worthwhile endeavor as it promotes experimentation and enjoyment!
bee image an a much in depth tutorial on the rule of thirds via Digital Photography School(link)
Most of us have phones with a built in camera. Some of us are gifted with phones that have megapixel count but even such phones have limitations. But with the global economy at a disarray few people could afford digital professional cameras and we won't be able to carry a compact digital camera most of the time.
Here are 12 Tips for Improving Camera Phone Photos(taken from the DPS site)
1. Light Your Subject Well 2. Get Close to Your Subject 3. Keep Still 4. Edit Images Later 5. Don’t Throw Away ‘mistakes’ 6. Avoid Using the Digital Zoom 7. Experiment with White Balance 8. Take loads of Shots and Experiment 9. Follow Rules of Composition (and then Break them) 10. Keep Your Lens Clean 11. Observe Camera Phone Etiquette 12. Use the highest resolution possible on your camera phone
These tips are not the only way you can improve your shots. You can improve on your camera phone photos via post processing.
PC Editing Tools to Improve your Phone Shots(even your Digicam shots.
Reduce Image Noise Most shots taken from phones are plagued by this problem.Image noise is the snow like white dots when you capture an image. There are several factors contributing to it(poor lighting, low megapixel count etc). Don't fret we have a solution for that, you can easily download Imagenomic's Noiseware Community Edition(this is free and it will handle most image noise) download site (here)
Cropping, Contrasting, Color Balance ETC.
If you are unhappy with the shots you have taken you can add some pizazz by editing your photos by using Paint.Net. Not everybody is gifted with the skills for Photoshop so using Paint.Net would be very very useful. It is easy to use, and has the important tools for basic and advance editing like blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing. Best of all, its free! Paint.Net requires: .Net Framework(link)and the Paint.Net website(link)
Many of girls out there own Hello Kitty stuff like books, pens, pencils, pencil cases, desklamp, shirts, stereo and other regular items re-branded into Hello Kitty cutesy goodness. Well the official Hello Kitty netbook would really complete any Kitty fanatic's collection. The price is pretty steep at $890.00 (you could get a decent laptop at that price, or better yet buy a sub $500 netbook and just embellish it with kitty stickers and look for a matching wallpaper) but that wont stop any rabid HK fan or would it?
you can buy it here (link) Specs: Dimensions: 265 x 31 x 185 mm (WxHxD) Weight: 1.2 Kg Battery Life (Std): 2.1 Hours CPU / Processor: Atom N270 @ 1.60 GHZ RAM (min / max): 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM Hard Drive Disk : 120 GB HDD Chipset: 945 GSE Express Display : 10.1" TFT Resolution: 1,024 x 600, 1,920 x 1,080 External Resolution Networking: 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, LAN (10/100/1000BT) Integrated Ports: USB2.0 x1 Web Camera: 1.30M CMOS Keyboard: QWERTY JP/US Sound Card: Realtek ALC8000, Integrated Speaker Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition SP3 Other Software: Open Office, Firefox, Skype
I believe most of you have heard of the release of the latest Red Alert game. It features awesome gameplay and some other improvements to the famous Red Alert franchise. The best feature so far is the inclusion of the most number of babes in any Red Alert games and they are not just babes, one is a MMA fighter and several actresses.
Who are they? Click the link below for all of the RA3 babes. Click Images For Bigger Picture Girls of the Allied Army
Jenny McCarthy as Tanya- The actress, former MTV host, model and activist plays the role of Special Agent Tanya. Tanya is one of the most formidable characters in Red Alert, she can plant bombs on buildings, tanks and ships. She also makes peanuts out of enemy infantry.
Gemma Atkinson as Lt. Eva McKenna- Gemma is a famous English glamour and lingerie model. She plays the role of a communications officer, briefing the Allied commander about his missions and offers advise on strategies.
Autumn Reeser as Commander Lissette Hanley -Autumn of the OC fame plays Commander Hanley, an allied navy commander who has a background in the French Intelligence Service and a gift for seeing through enemy tactics.
The Soviet Girls Gina Carano as Natasha- An awesome MMA fighter, Gina is also known as Crush on American Gladiators. She plays the formidable Soviet sniper Natasha Volkova.
Ivana Milicevic as Dasha Fedorovich-Ivana is an actress who has guested on TV shows Charmed, Seinfeld, Felicity,Nash Bridges, The Nanny, Buzzkill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yes, Dear and Friends. She plays the role of a communications officer, briefing the Soviet commander about his missions and offers advise on strategies.
Vanessa Branch as Zhana Agonskaya- Vanessa Branch is an English actress and model. She plays the disciplinarian Soviet Commander Zhana Agonskaya who boasts of loyalty from her units and her expertise are air units.
Empire of the Sun
Kelly Hu as Suki Toyama- Anyone who doesn't know Kelly Who deserves to get his ass kicked, she starred on several TV shows like Nash Bridges, Sunset Beach and Martial Law. She also starred in the Scorpion King as the Sorceress, XMen2 as Lady Deathstrike and several other movies. She plays the role of Suki Toyama who serves the same function as Dasha and Eva.
George Takei as Emperor Yoshiro-Mr Sulu plays the role of the ever wise and ruthless Japanese emperor Yoshiro.
images via CVG.co.uk(link) and the Command and Conquer Website(link)
Datel has revealed that a new battery would make the PSP 3000 go into its service mode. In service mode you can downgrade the PSP's firmware allowing for your homebrews to function. The new crypto processor based battery is called the LITE BLUE TOOL battery and will enable the access of service mode on both PSP 2000 and PSP 3000 models. It will ship with the option to toggle between the service mode and the normal mode, and will also feature a built in LED power gauge It will cost you $29.99 and will ship on November 28 2008.
Jepoy showed me the website days ago, but due to hardware "malfunction" I was just able to test the game today. Hmmm what is tongits anyways? its one of the popular card games in the Philippines. Its akin to gin rummy but more mah jhong like. It was allegedly brought by the Chinese to the Philippines. How popular is tongits in the Philippines? Its like our poker for the masses(I remember an uncle who won't go home for days just to play tongits).
People who are familiar with tongits or those who are just beginning would love the no frills interface, reminiscence of the old windows solitaire(only much much better). The AI is fantastic responding to each card you drop and the GUI is intuitive and probably idiot proof. I have tried to play this for hours and its really addictive(actually considering registering the game) Its really hard to bluff your way into winning here.
Who is the Genius behind the game? He goes by the name Rico Zuniga and I applaud him for making a great game. Recommendations? Aside from adding girls in skimpy outfits, I'm sold!
Screenshots after the break Requires Adobe Air to function. Tongits website(link)
The Spirit was a crime fighter introduced by Will Eisner in 1940. A former detective, the Spirit's real name was Denny Colt and he was presumed dead by his comrades and there is no more dual identity only The Spirit. He is always pitted against femme-fatales(yup there is a lot of them in the film hurray!) and his arch nemesis, The Octopus. Written and Directed by badass Frank Miller. To open on Christmas 2008!
Google launches a webcam based video conferencing app that would work with Chrome, Firefox 2.0+, Internet Explorer 7.0, and Safari 3.0 via non flash based plug-in. The feature will work in unison with GMail Chat and will be available via a camera icon next to a name in your chat list. The feature is probably focused on personal usage and not for corporate usage. I think this is just an added feature for the Gmail Chat service enhancing communication within your contacts. Yahoo messenger has all features plus allowing for sms and regular phone usage and Skype has one of the best internet phone service.
Have nothing to do? Do you just want to pass the time? Then fly by to Uncyclopedia(if you say wtf, then all I have to say yes! it is really f**cked up)<link here>Here, you can find pseudo articles about real and fictional figures. Want to know the latest about the US elections then you can find the "results" at Uncyclopedia. I had a good time reading the exploits of Napoleon Dynamite as the conqueror of Europe. Students beware thought this articles are f-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-l! in short, its all BS!
Fresh from a loss for the the most powerful position in the world John McCain delivered one of the best speeches in any political arena. For me it rivals the JFK's inaugural speech. It acknowledges the historic essence of this election and congratulates Barack Obama. He calls out for unity and states the pride he feels being an American. You should read the transcript or watch the video of his speech to really appreciate the essence of his speech.
transcript after the break
My friends, we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama — to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans, who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president, is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Sen. Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to visit — to dine at the White House — was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.
Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day — though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her Creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.
It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought — we fought as hard as we could.
And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.
I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.
I am especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother and all my family and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign. I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.
You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign. All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude, and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.
I am also, of course, very thankful to Gov. Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I have ever seen and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength. Her husband, Todd, and their five beautiful children, with their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign. We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.
To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly month after month in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times — thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.
I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.
This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life. And my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Sen. Obama and my old friend, Sen. Joe Biden, should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.
I would not be an American worthy of the name, should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century. Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone and I thank the people of Arizona for it.
Tonight — tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Sen. Obama, I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president.
And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America.
Nope its not Megan Fox(drat!)contrary to the Wonder-Who.com(link)site teasers, its not even Jessica Biel(drat! again!). The new Wonder Woman is..... Keri Russel(although its just her voice in the new direct to dvd WW animated flick.
Congratulations to the 44th US President Barack Obama!Any site would tell about an awesome introduction but ill cut to the chase! He beat the daylights out of Vietnam War Veteran John McCain 349 vs 147 electoral votes.
An explanation on how he the US Electoral System works after the break.
This is CNN's Holographic Coverage. What sucked is that the guy is talking to a green screen and its all in the computer. That's just a half baked hologram but imagine the innovation this could make on the movie industry(Hollywood and not the "other" industry)
If Urduja was based on a Filipino princess(albeit some twisted romance with Limahong) then Dayo is based on Philippine mythology(tikbalangs, mananangals etc). I have seen the trailer and I am really impressed with the Disney like presentation. This film is 100% digital compared to Urduja's mix media. Cast: * Nash Aguas as Bubuy * Katrina "Hopia" Legaspi as Anna Manananggirl * Nova Villa and Noel Trinidad as Bubuy's grandparents * Johnny Delgado as the father of Anna Manananggirl * Laurice Guillen as the diwata or fairy * Michael V. as Narsi (the narcissistic tikbalang) * Pokwang as Yaya Vicky * Pocholo Gonzales as Toti (The leader of 3 Manananggal, sounds like Michael Enriquez) and Halan (The Tree Villain)
As the votes are cast today only a minority of voters know Ralph Nader. He ran last 2004 as an independent and last 2000 and 1996 as the candidate of the Green Party. He is a renowned activist and has been an advocate of several interests. He would probably lose in the midst of the unstoppable might of the train known as the Obama campain. Info on Nader after the break. Born: Feb 27 1934 Graduated at: Princeton University and Harvard (Law) Ethnicity: Arab/Lebanese American He founded these NGOs:
* Citizen Advocacy Center * Citizens Utility Boards * Congress Accountability Project * Consumer Task Force For Automotive Issues * Corporate Accountability Research Project * Disability Rights Center * Equal Justice Foundation * Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights * Georgia Legal Watch * National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform * National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest * Pension Rights Center * PROD (truck safety) * Retired Professionals Action Group * The Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest * 1969: Center for the Study of Responsive Law * 1970s: Public Interest Research Groups * 1970: Center for Auto Safety * 1970: Connecticut Citizen Action Group * 1971: Aviation Consumer Action Project * 1972: Clean Water Action Project
* 1972: Center for Women's Policy Studies * 1973: Capitol Hill News Service * 1980: Multinational Monitor (magazine covering multinational corporations) * 1982: Trial Lawyers for Public Justice * 1982: Essential Information (encourage citizen activism and do investigative journalism) * 1983: Telecommunications Research and Action Center * 1983: National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest * 1989: Princeton Project 55 (alumni public service) * 1993: Appleseed Foundation (local change) * 1994: Resource Consumption Alliance (conserve trees) * 1995: Center for Insurance Research * 1995: Consumer Project on Technology * 1997?: Government Purchasing Project (encourage purchase of safe products) * 1998: Center for Justice and Democracy * 1998: Organization for Competitive Markets * 1998: American Antitrust Institute (ensure fair competition) * 1999?: Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest * 1999?: Commercial Alert (protect family, community, and democracy from corporations) * 2000: Congressional Accountability Project (fight corruption in Congress) * 2001: Citizen Works (promote NGO cooperation, build grassroots support, and start new groups) * 2001: Democracy Rising (hold rallies to educate and empower citizen
Another day another netbook Red Fox has announced the release of the Wizbook 1020i. The AMD based procie is gone and has been replaced by... there is no surprises here of course Intel Atom! Red Fox netbooks are cheaper than other brands(not sure about the quality, calling Red Fox!. Saw the price at PC Corner(link) and its priced at Php17500 for the 1GB RAM and Php 18500 for the 2GB RAM(its the cheapest 10inch Atom based netbook here in the Philippines) Full specs: Processor Intel Atom Processor 1600MHz, 32KB L1 Cache, 512KB L2 Cache Display 10.2" Screen, 16:9 Screen Format, 1024x600 Resolution Audio Built-In Stereo Speakers, 2x1.0W Storage HDD 80GB Memory 1GB Communications LAN Slot RJ-45, 802.11b/g Wireless, PCMCIA Slot I/O Port Card Reader SD/MMC/MS, Port, Headphone Output, DC In 12V,USB Slot 2xUSB, Microphone Input Accessories Rechargeable Battery Pack 4000mAh (up to 4 Hours) Dimensions 254x189x39mm Weight Under 1.25Kg Others Built-In Webcam Colors White, Black & Red-Black
Olivia Munn is one of the most funniest host we have around. Why? because she is not afraid to show herself in ridiculous and awkward situations. On the video Olivia Munn interviews Olivia Munn. All I can say is you have to watch this guys!
