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This is Aperture - A Portal 2 Version of This is Halloween

2012-01-29T11:21:00.000+08:00

Someone made a Portal 2-style This is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Definitely a viral hit.

Nicole Scherzinger Sings Opera

2012-01-28T01:01:00.001+08:00

Here is Nicole Scherzinger singing The Phantom Of The Opera at the Royal Variety Performance 2011:

Here she is singing Ave Maria on Lopez Tonight:

Boyfriend gives Girlfriend Cockroaches for Cheating

2012-01-26T23:12:00.001+08:00

Apparently, he gave his girl a box of cockroaches for cheating. I don't know, I don't speak Brazilian.

DSLR Camera Shutter in Slow Motion

2012-01-25T10:07:00.001+08:00

Windows Installer, Required Driver Missing, Insert CD/DVD...

2012-01-22T15:34:00.001+08:00

If you get this error while installing Windows 7 through a USB flash drive, follow these steps:

1. Press cancel
2. Go back to the Welcome Screen
3. Unplug the USB flash drive
4. Plug the USB flash drive to another USB port
5. Continue with the install.

If you're doing this through a CD, try ejecting the CD then inserting it again.

This post is short, because the solution is that simple.

Source here.
Image from here.

Madonna: Lady Gaga is a Copycat? or Reductive?

2012-01-16T01:20:00.000+08:00

Netizens noticed this similarities long ago, but Lady Gaga admits being influenced by Madonna. Even more comparisons were made with Lady Gaga's single, Born This Way, sounded a lot like Madonna's Express Yourself. What is Madonna's reaction to all this? Watch the video to find out what she said when she finally breaks her silence.

Full interview below:

In A Relationship With My Thesis and It's Complicated

2012-01-11T13:16:00.000+08:00

China Builds 30-Story Buiding in 360 hours, 15 days

2012-01-08T07:53:00.000+08:00

Check out this video of a 30-Story building in Hunan Province, China being assembled in 360 hours, or 15 days. Note that it is being assembled from pre-fabricated parts from a factory, This video does not include the time it took to actually fabricate parts.

10 Tips to Learn How to Program

2012-01-04T17:52:00.002+08:00

Want to learn how to code? Try my 10 tips:

Start as early as possible - Being young is when you have the most free time. Instead of playing games, learn to code instead. As an example, the people finding and writing exploits for jailbreaking iPhones - they're kids, somewhere in the mid-teens. Remember, Geohot unlocked the iPhone when he was 17. This is far from basic programming.
Find a motivation - For me, I wanted to be a hacker or a virus writer when I started coding. You may use this as a motivation. If you follow the same path, just learn programming first before doing anything illegal. The urge to do nefarious things that can get you to jail goes away after realizing how much more you can do with programming.
Choose a language - Try a simple programming language first. wikiHow recommends Python.
Solve problems - Look for resources that gives programming problems. wikiHow also recommends ProjectEuler.
Google is your friend - Chances are, someone else has encountered the error message before you did. Google the error, most likely you'll land on a forum that explains the problem and the solution.
Work with examples - The best example for this one is when reading and writing files. Once you have the template, you can just replace the sizes and variables for the snip of code to work with your program.
Create your own problems - The best problems to solve are usually ones that interest you. Try looking for a task you want to automate. You can also try looking for functions in programs that you want to imitate.
Talk to programmers - Try to find programmers in person for help. Programmers on forums and IRC tend to assume that you're doing homework.
Reap - A working solution is a reward by itself.
Rinse and repeat - Practice makes perfect. As the saying goes, it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become a master.

Microsoft Bids Goodbye To IE6, Celebrates with Cake

2012-01-04T16:31:00.000+08:00

Even Microsoft admits how bad IE6 was. Frankly, they should do the same to versions 7 and 8.

Why is IE6, 7, and 8 bad? Web developers are usually tasked to make sure that website designs and layouts look the same on all browsers. That be easy if all browsers follow rules set by the W3C. All browsers did well, except for IE. What would look the same on Firefox and Chrome would be broken on IE.

The Acid3 test was made to test a browser's compliance with standards. It is a good (although not perfect) way to see if a browser compliant or not.

The video above shows the Acid3 results of Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and IE8. Opera and Chrome scores 100, Firefox scores 94, but IE8 scores only 20. Older versions barely render the page properly. IE9, in comparison, gets a shiny 100.

Almost 25% of users in China still use IE6. With China's economic status, this implies a problem. Web developers will still need to consider IE6 because of the market in China.

If you use a PC with an older version of IE, please tell the owner to upgrade their browers to Chrome, IE9 or Firefox (I'm assuming the PC is not yours.).

Painting with Cheetos

2012-01-03T05:37:00.001+08:00

Ever tried painting? What material did you use? Watch this guy paint Elvis Presley with Cheetos a la Art Attack.

Boy Slaps Brother With an iPad

2012-01-03T02:51:00.000+08:00

Ever been annoyed so much you slapped someone with an iPad? The kid on this video did. I have an inkling this is fake, though.

Court Dismissed, Bring In The Dancing Lobsters

2012-01-03T02:18:00.001+08:00

It's from the Amanda Show! I just realized now how talented she really was, playing all those roles in all those skits.

See Blood Vessels In Your Eye

2012-01-02T15:39:00.001+08:00

The video above shows how to trick your eyes into showing what it hides from you - the veins in your eye.

Because of an effect called Sensory Adaptation, our senses become desensitized to stimulus after a while. It explains why a strong scent disappears after a while, or how ambient sound don't usually bother us. The same happens with the veins in our eye - the veins actually cast shadows in our retina, but we barely notice it.

The blind spot is a part of your field of vision that can't see. We usually don't notice it because the brains fill the spot with information. The center of your field of vision, called the macula, has the most concentration of retinal cells. In the picture below, the yellow spot is the blind spot, while the red spot (not the shadowy part) is the macula. The image also shows how the veins don't go directly to the macula, preventing you from seeing the veins directly.

Yep, that's an eye.

This video shows how to see the veins in your eye. To do so, find an object with a hole (you can make one with your fingers) and a source of white light. Rapidly strobe your eyes with light using the object. You might find it creepy that you can see web-like veins in your vision.

*Image from Wikipedia

Girl with a funny talent, Eyebrows Dance

2012-01-02T01:06:00.000+08:00

Meet Sarah, the girl with the talented dancing eyebrows. She's 14, half Filipino, half Australian.

Meme Proposal Video

2012-01-01T22:57:00.000+08:00

The couple in this video is Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam, co-founder of Nuffnang, and Audrey Ooi Feng Ling.
Look at 3:29, he printed the "Forever Alone" meme in case she said no.

Tara Byahe Tayo Video, Philippines Tourism Slogan

2012-01-01T08:07:00.002+08:00

21 artists, 5 recording days, one song, one Country.

WOW PHILIPPINES Byahe Tayo! The Bonamine Travel Advocacy Campaign.

Acknowledgements: The Department of Tourism and Bonamine of Pfizer Consumer Healthcare would like to thank the following artists who joined the Artists for Philippine Tourism and lent their talents, voices and images at no cost in production of this music video in support of DOT's and Bonamine's "WOW Philippines Byahe Tayo" campaign to promote domestic tourism:

Freddie Aguilar
Ogie Alcasid
Apo Hiking Society
Joey Ayala
Rico Blanco
Jong Cuenco
Sharon Cuneta
Janno Gibbs
John Lesaca
Francis Magalona
Jolina Magdangal
Nina
Rico J. Puno
April Boy Regino
Lea Salonga
Paolo Santos
Rey Valera
Mike Villegas
Jessa Zaragosa

They would also like to acknowledge the contributions of Rene Nieva, who wrote the lyrics for the song; Rico Blanco, Mike Villegas and Angelo Villegas, who did the musical arrangements and Noel Nieva, who directed the making and editing of the music video.
Please feel free to copy and send to your relatives and friends to help in promoting the Philippines as a travel destination for Filipinos and foreigners alike. Tara na, byahe tayo sa Pinas!

Trololo Man (Edward Hil) Now

2012-01-01T07:29:00.002+08:00

Edward Hil, singer of Trololo, sings the song 50 years later.

Blackbox JTAG Reverse Engineering

2012-01-01T07:07:00.002+08:00

This video of 26C3 titled Blackbox JTAG Reverse Engineering explains hacking hardware through JTAG.

DJ Bumbay - Michael V Video, Lyrics

2011-12-31T08:57:00.001+08:00

DJ Bumbay - Michael V Lyrics
Ahoy, ahay, mga manoy, mga manay
Ako'ng inyong lingkod Didjay Vijay
Nandito ‘ko para maghanap-buhay
At your service DJ Bumbay

Pumili na kayo, maganda na mura pa
Ito ang aking mga paninda
Medyo may konting mga diperensya
Pero lahat original, hindi pirata

Meron akong banig, kasya ang sampu
Wala lang hihiga, lahat nakatayo
Gusto mo plantsa para sa damit
Pero yung handle ang umiinit

Kung naiinitan, mag-electric fan
Ang umiikot ay ‘yung katawan
Porselanang arinola galing Pakistan
May factory defect, sa loob ang hawakan

Meron akong kalan na gawa sa Japan
Lumalabas ang apoy doon sa pihitan
Kaha de yero para di manakawan
Pero hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa mabuksan

Bagong cellphone, tatak Nokia
Motolite ang tatak ng baterya nya
May tv rin ako, mura lang, brand new
Kaya lang ang screen merong grado

Halika na kayo, wag kayong mahiya
Umiikot ako buong Maynila
Minsan naglalakad, minsan nakamotor
Four gives, five-six, libre door-to-door

I'm your friendly neighborhood hulugan
Didjay Vijay wag nyong katakutan
Come on every all, come on every one
Sumabay sa tugtog, DJ break it down

Ahoy, ahay, mga manoy, mga manay
Muling nagbabalik Didjay Vijay
Ako ang traveling ukay-ukay
At your service DJ Bumbay

Maraming bago, marami ‘kong dala
Galing Amerika at buong Asia
Medyo may konting mga diperensya
Pero lahat original, hindi pirata

Meron akong Rolex, uy bagay
Maraming diamong, isa lang ang kamay
Brand new flat screen colored tv
Ang kulay ng palabas itim at puti

May rubber shoes ako tatak Adidas
May factory defect, sa loob ang sintas
Kailangan mo ng shoes, panterno sa barong
Meron akong boots sa harap ang takong

Kung ang business mo ay construction
Mura lang, kuha na, de-pedal na pison
Masakit ang mata, pagod maghapon
Meron akong eye drop na roll-on

Bili na ng kutsikyo, made in Japan
Ay napakatalim lalo na yung hawakan
Gintong wallclock galing Switzerland
Pero baliktad sa harap ang sabitan

Next time pagbalik ko, i will bring a lot more
Four gives, five-six, libre door-to-door
Pwede utang, wag nyong kalimutan
Basta't wag nyo lang akong tatakbuhan

Kaya pag nakita nyo ako say hi
Ako'ng inyong lingkod Didjay Vidjay
But you can call me DJ Bumbay
Nagpapaalam, so long, goodbye

Safflower vs Saffron

2011-12-31T08:33:00.003+08:00

Safflower

Safflower is used mostly for color, and gives little to no flavor. It is sometimes referred to as bastard saffron.

Saffron

Saffron, as you may already know, is the spice that exceeds gold in price per unit of weight. It is easy to differentiate the two, Safflower looks like miniature flowers, while Saffron has a thread-like structure.

How Camera Lenses Are Made

2011-12-30T23:52:00.001+08:00

Check out this video on how camera lenses are made from Discovery Channel. It also explains why lenses are so expensive.

Wheatly Spanish Quote, Translation

2011-12-30T22:07:00.002+08:00

Estas usando este software de traduccion de forma incorrecta. Por favor, consulta el manual.

It means: You are using this translator software incorrectly. Please, consult the manual.

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2011-12-30T21:29:00.005+08:00

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Patrick's 15 Quotes from Spongebob

2011-12-30T21:29:00.003+08:00

15. Super? Special? Secret?
14. I'm Squidward, I'm Squidward.
13. It's a giraffe.
12. We stole a baloon!
11. Does this look dangerous?
10. Who you callin' pinhead?
9. Where's the leak ma'am?
8. Is mayonnaise an instrument?
7. The inner machinations of my minds are an enigma.
6. I love you.
5. Bla bla bla bla (to Gary)
4. Ughhh
3. Finland!
2. Just like a genie!
1. It's called the ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died.