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Musical Mondays: Kelly Clarkson & Beyonce Cover by N. Pitera

2009-08-10T00:31:00.000-04:00

Not fair!!!

Packing and moving

2009-06-23T00:01:00.003-04:00

My father is in town to help me move out of this apartment.
Yep, he packed up all those books into boxes for me :P

(btw, Uhaul has this great program on boxes. If you buy boxes from them, and you have boxes left over and unused, they'll buy them back at your purchased price. I just thought that was really cool of Uhaul.)

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You adults must change your ways

2009-06-02T22:51:00.000-04:00

Tanya from {your city, your state}

2009-04-28T23:41:00.002-04:00

I must admit I haven't really been keeping up... havent been keeping up with what's been going with Entrecard the past couple months. I've been reading from other blogs here and there about the new advert system in place and I've seen in my advert queue recently a whole bunch of new adverts with a new category "New Paid Ads."

It's seem most people are not happy about it at all. There was recently a sort of boycott (No drop Friday?) which I partially participated as soon as I found out about it. And now some of my favorite bloggers are thinking of leaving Entrecard... hmmm...

At the More Than Sew So blog, Judy pointed out today the new Yellow Teeth advert appearing on a lot of the blogs. It also appeared on this blog, eventhough and although the advert appeared in my queue, I didnt reject nor approve of it. And as I started to drop myself, I too noticed a lot of other blogs with this advert appearing... hmmm...

Anyway, I decided to click on the advert just to see. And it brings you to Tanya's blog. And I find out she's from New York! What a small world! See for yourself:

8th Ave & 7th Ave / New York Times

2009-04-23T16:01:00.001-04:00

Musical Monday #3: Natalie Tran and "We Just Touched Awkwardly" Song

2009-04-13T19:11:00.004-04:00

For my Musical Monday #3 is (another) youtube video. This one is a music video by vlogger Natalie Tran of Australia over at the communitychannel on youtube. The song is called "We Just Touched Awkwardly."

Apparently Natalie is quite big over in Australia. In fact she's the #1 youtuber there, and #37 in the whole world. She's been vlogging for around 2 years and has 118 videos and over 64 millions views! But I've only recently heard and seen of her vlog now.

And watching a few of her vlogs, I can definitely see why she has such a following. Funny hilarious and adorable!

Here a few direct links of some of my favorites vlog entries:

Oye! Enjoy!

If you're interested in reading more about Natalie Tran, here's an article about her here. (Interestingly, with only 64 million views to her credit she reveals that her classmates at the University of NSW have no idea of her internet fame. Now I dont feel so bad :)

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Addicted to blip.fm

2009-03-29T04:37:00.002-04:00

MrBabyMan over at The Drill Down podcast highly recommended blip.fm on one of the episodes. And I just joined, and spent a good few or so hours on it listening to all sorts of music and creating my own play list.

I'm so addicted.

And now here is their embeded player, with the songs I've selected (enjoy!):

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How to cook dumplings

2009-03-20T21:35:00.001-04:00

Oh no! My blog has become nothing more than a repository for youtube videos. Anyway, I was actually just looking for a video of Jennifer 8. Lee's appearance on Martha Stewart's show recently, and wanted to learn how she made her dumplings, her turkey dumplings. But found this instead:

Cooking With Spring and Julia: Dumplings

I finally found the video of Jennifer 8. Lee on Martha Stewart, here. Looks delicious! But I think I go with Julia and Spring's recipe for now...

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Weird Wednesday #1: 4 guys and electrical facial stimulation

2009-03-18T00:13:00.003-04:00

Saw this video submitted to digg. Wanted to share it with you. The guy on the top right, is trying not to laugh...

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Somewhere over the rainbow

2009-03-16T21:56:00.001-04:00

and I think to myself... what a wonderful world...

Who is this? #01

2009-03-14T22:14:00.003-04:00

He is a famous author, that fascinates me in many ways. Here in this picture, he is being interviewed by Charlie Rose, on a tv program by the same name. This is 1996. The man's eyes have been blocked out to make identifying this person near "impossible." If you've been following me on twitter, you may already know who this man is.

The first person that can identify this man will win a small prize! Please leave your answer in the comment section. Good luck and Happy Blogging!

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Musical Mondays #2 : John Corbett!

2009-03-09T01:29:00.001-04:00

I love John Corbett! And so now for my Musical Monday's I choose this scene from the film Serendipity. John always plays cool characters, but this is an extremely funny scene with the way he dances and I can't help but to burst out laughing. I've been trying to learn this dance myself, even tried to find instructional videos on youtube for this but I'm not so sure what the dance is called, if there is such a name for this dance. Anyway, if one day you see someone on the dance floor flagilating their arms whipping their head in any which way direction, say hello that's me! LOL!

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March Madness / You were here 9:25 last night

2009-03-02T18:15:00.001-05:00

What a mess going to and from work, with tons and tons and tons of snow. Tons. I didnt even bother to take a picture of any kind to commemorate such tons. But I did steal this picture from the newseum though, which sums it up pretty well:

source: Newseum

Winter be gone!

Top Droppers January 2009

2009-02-02T22:43:00.040-05:00

Here are my top droppers for the month of the January. I also want to take the time to thank everyone who've visited this site and dropped and commented. Thank you all!

Septagon Studios Inc News Blog
Septagon Studios Inc. is a publishing company founded in early 2003 by company President and C.E.O Nicola Defina with his two cousins, Philip Defina (Vice President and Art Director) and Domenic Defina (Consultant and Art Direction).

Blazing Minds
This is my latest blog, it’s the musing of thoughts from here or there, which is an avenue from my other blogs, this one gives me a chance to muse off topic subjects and thoughts

Mr Soleh’s Outburst
This is where I started to change my life, from a lonely Mr Soleh to a nice good looking one. I finally found that seeking a perfect life partner process is fun, adventurous and full of palpitation! :)

My gypsygoods
Life, creative moments, saving money, nature, eco-friendly tips.
Supporting the handmade community

Lola's Diner
At Lola's Diner we'll be sharing recipes and sharing conversation across a virtual lunch counter. Topics will be varied and can include current events, politics, parenting, mental health, and glbt topics.

verITableLIFE
VerITableLIFE is a place to learn about technology and how it is being used; providing recommendations about technology and technology products.

Lofty Matters
A general collection of what I find interesting

Online Games
Online Games, game guides and walkthroughs

LadyCoder.com
Knowledge sharing in learning process is the purest satisfaction!

Rants, Thoughts, and Other Things
This is just my blog where I can get some things off my chest. Feel free to read and comment! Don't
forget to check out my other blog at http://thankyounetflix.wordpress.com.

Random Ramblings
Personal observations on a wide variety of subjects. Photographs of creatures and things that are taken on seeing the unusual as well as everyday things.

Computer Aid
Interesting PC problems encountered by a Computer Tech. Plus some other stuff :-)

Programming Made Easy
Solutions, Functions and Search-&-Found Formulas That I Use in My Web Applications

Babette's Definitely Maybe!
Babette's Personal blog about family, travel, health and women's issues.

Philly Today
I write about anything that's on my mind, usually from a Philly perspective.

The Path to the Pegasus Letter
It's not smart to play it safe but it's safe to play it smart

Over a Cup of BARAKO
An Anything goes kind of BREW.
Rich, Full, Flavorful, with just the right amount of KICK.

EzGreatLife
This site is about life, family and getting fit, both physically and financially. Discussing any and all aspects of attaining a great life.

Entrecard SEO
Entrecard SEO

Celebrity Body Gossip
Daily updated blog with lots of pictures, news and gossip about celebrity bodies, their diet and fitness secrets, who has lost and who has gained weight in Hollywood, and much more!

Caught In The Stream
Poetry, fiction, commentary and art all from the same slightly twisted perspective.

Dunia soer
My personal diary

More Than Sew So
We have owned our own sewing machine repair business for more than 40 years and know sewing machines inside and out. Hints for DIY sewing machine care. Crafts, hobbies, this, that and everything in between. Mom of 7, gramma of 13 and great-gramma of 1. My life, my loves, my passions.

The Virtual Dime Museum
Pop history in three rings: New York City and Brooklyn history, a little genealogy, Victorian medicine, old advertisements and Victorian true crime. And anything else historical and weird that catches my eye!

HRM Business Practices and Notes
Practices and Notes on Human Resource Management, Small Business, Finance Management, ProBlogging, and Personal Development. There are also personal notes on the side.

Musical Mondays: Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

2009-01-26T21:29:00.014-05:00

Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

Musical Mondays

inspired by "Rants, Thoughts, and Other Things"

America's Song

2009-01-19T23:58:00.007-05:00

From Delaware to Tennesee to Hawaii
From mountain tops, We have dreamed from sea to shining sea.
And now here we are

We have come, We have prevailed.
Who so ever dreamed this is your well.
Here we are! Here we are!

At the dawn, and the morning
Of a brand new day
(a brand new day)
For all. In the spirit of our fathers.

America
America
America
Is beautiful
(yes it is)

My America
Your America
Our America
Is beautiful

May God keep us together
Because America, America
Is beautiful, beautiful...yea

Let liberty and justice reign for all
Let your dreams stand tall
The opportunities fall upon you
The land of the free

We have come and we have prevailed
For who so ever dreamed, this is your well
And here, here we are (here we are)

At the start, and the rising
Of the brand new day, Of a brand new day

For all, In the spirit of our fathers
(In the spirit of our fathers)

America
America
America
Is beautiful

My America
Your America
Our America
Is beautiful

America
(My America
Your America
Our America
Is beautiful)
(Oh your beautiful)
(to me)

America
America
Is beautiful
To me

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24 Hours, A spreadsheet

2009-01-13T22:54:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year! It's been my second week back at work and I've learned a new skill. And it's how to create a pie chart in a spreadsheet. And it's pretty easy. Here's one instruction on how to do it in a spreadsheet, in OpenOffice Calc to be specific but this should work for those using Microsoft Excel too.

After creating a pie chart for my boss and his data, here's one I did for myself and my 24 hour day on a work day:

Exhibit A: The Data

Exhibit B: The Pie Chart

Exhibit C: The Video

This video was my attempt to make it a tutorial but it just sort of fell apart. So, instead, please enjoy the music by Lee Maddeford called "Tom's Lullaby." For more info about Lee Maddeford and his music please go here.

Addendum: The Notes

Out of a 24 hour day, I can now see that 50% of my time or 12 hours is spent on work and work related activities (Commuting time + Work time + Lunch time).

Actually also taking a portion (which I didn't include in this pie chart) is the Waking Up time and the Getting Ready For Work time. Getting Ready For Work time should really be added to the Work time portion of the chart, another 3 to 4 percent actually. I'll be sure to adjust this in my next pie chart.

The Commute time are just averages, sometimes, more often times the AM Commute time isn't as consistent as the PM Commute time. For some reason there seems to be more problems and happenings in the morning rush hour (traffic, people jumping in front of trains, too much rain/flood, etc) than the afternoon rush hour and so the percentages for the AM Commute time can go up to 7% and even 8%. Which is fine most of the time, because sometimes I can use this as an excuse if my Sleep time goes a little bit over.

33% is spent on Sleep time or rather that's how much I'd like to spend on sleep. 33% is the ideal but that's not often the case because I find that Free Time often wants to take a big portion of it. Free Time at 13% or 3 hours is often not enough time for dropping entrecards or other such activities like blogging or talking on the phone...

Conclusion: There isn't enough time in a day. And I am tired and it's time to go to sleep. See you next time!

Are You Human? (Viewer Discretion Advised)

2008-12-20T23:58:00.017-05:00

(Warning, This blog post may contain graphic content.

Viewer discretion is advised.)

Some of you may have noticed that lately I've been spending a lot of time on digg. After overcoming the extreme noises and annoyances and confusions at the start of it, I've learned to deal with it and streamlined it and now it's been quite fun and quite addicting too.

And so now I'm always on the look-out for interesting stories or news or sites or content to submit. Not too long ago I dropped on a blog post by a fellow entrecarder, Hugo from the StreamLined Mind and was quite happy that that submission made it to the frontpage: Poken: The Future of Social Networking? (source).

One of the nice (or not so nice) things I've noticed with digg is that one can get into contact with or get exposed to a lot of different stuff, a lot of strange stuff on the internet, either by shouts by fellow diggers or by discovering them yourself.

Well, here's one horrible story I've found on abcnews.com, that I submitted (that didnt get much attention) called the "Anatomy of the Worldwide Body Trade." (Viewer Discretion Advised)

It was about ABC's 20/20 news investigation into "the business of bodies -- real human bodies skinned, trimmed, pickled and cured in plastic" and "the ghoulish process to its origins." What 20/20 found out was that these real human bodies, these humans that you see in "exhibition" all around the country originated from China. And there's some convincing evidence that these "bodies" are of executed "criminals" or political prisoners, missing peoples. There's links to other galleries and notes about the scientist who invented this whole process, called plastination. Please take the time to visit the links.

For couple of years I've been seeing these gruesome advertisements to "The Bodies" exhibit plastered all around New York's buses and subway cars. And I've had friends inviting me wanting me to go with them to see the exhibit, but I've always declined. Something is just totally horrible wrong about this whole thing, in my opinion, and I'm not sure how to express it. (I've been also going through some major writer's block lately.)

So I selected a digital photo of an advertisement on a bus depot and opened it up in "photoshop" and started to work with it. In the process, I decided to record it all into a video. Here's the result of that session, a rough draft / work in progress, time elapsed video set to the music by Indonesian rock star Anggun, the song is called "Human":

For more information:

The Bodies Exhibition (wikipedia)

"Human" by Anggun

Tools used: Gimp Image Manipulation, Debugmode Wink, Kino video editor.

Peep-A-Lot!

2008-12-14T08:12:00.004-05:00

I recently joined something called Peep-A-Lot! Not quite sure what it is... it's some kind of social networking link exchange kind of thing that ranks the pics by size by visits and referrals etc... Right now I see my icon pic right there on the frontpage. Check it out, peepalot.com

Wordless Wednesday #5: Pass It On

2008-11-26T01:57:00.003-05:00

Doesn't

Just wish for

peace. He

Works for it.

HOPE

Pass It On.

Playing For Change: Peace Through Music

2008-11-24T19:12:00.009-05:00

I don't have much to say these day. I've been back from my vacation for quite some time now, but since coming back things have been sort of blah and hectic. Last night while dropping I fell asleep right in the middle, the cold weather makes me sleepy.

Just got back from work and the first thing I want to do is head straight for bed... I'm really looking forward to the Thanksgiving break. I love how work tries to make us feel extra special by pointing out they're giving us an extra day the day after Thanksgiving off. Wait, doesn't everyone get that day off too? Well, most people, no? (I should be just thankful I'm not laid off yet...)

Anyway. Here's a video I saw that cheered me up, from the playingforchange.org, Music Through Peace:

Have a nice day! Happy Blogging!

Finally Made Popular!

2008-11-20T09:50:00.015-05:00

Since June 27, 2008,

after 6 or so months,
after 3,176 profile visits,
10,700 dugged articles,
170 comments, and
64 submissions to digg.com...

... and now,

1 (one) submission "made popular" !

Digg: Big 3 CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds

I can't believe it! Not only was it "made popular" but went to the frontpage on digg, and was top in news and in all topics as well.

I like to thank everyone for voting/digging and commenting on and blogging about this submission and helping me get my first ever "made popular." Thank you! (Oh! And the article is pretty interesting too :P)

Soundtrack of Your Life

2008-11-13T01:44:00.012-05:00

Remind me to never talk/blog about politics and about Horatio again... what a headache! And my apologies to those blogs I haven't been able to visit back yet, and e-mails/messages yet to respond to since returning from my road trip. I'm sorry, but I'm catching up...

I caught a meme from Karen at the blazingminds.co.uk blog, when reading her blog post called the "Soundtrack of Your life." It looked fun so I decided to do one myself...

Instructions:
1. Open your MP3 player
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. List down whichever song comes up

My soundtrack:
1) Opening Credits: evident utensil / chairlift (youtube)
2) Waking up: Industry Standard / Stabilizer (cdbaby)
3) Falling in love: (just like) starting over / the flaming lips (amazon)
4) Fight song: No one ever does / saul williams (youtube)
5) Break up song: the sound of memory / sekou sundiata (amazon)
6) Making Up: world without end / alison moyet (youtube)
7) Life’s Okay: imagine / a perfect circle / emotive (youtube)
8) Mental Breakdown: senseless / downstait (ilike)
9) Driving: ceiling wax / chairlift (ilike)
10) Flashbacks: white light (instrumental) / Remergence
11) Happy Dance: earwig town / chairlift
12) Regret: the story / norah jones (youtube)
13) Final Battle: Daylight Robbery / Imogen Heap (youtube)
14) Death Scene: yumeji's theme / in the mood for love (ilike)
15) Final Credits: boo hoo / kt tunstall / eye to the telescope (ilike)

There are 787 songs currently on my 8G iPod Nano "Fatty." This is the ipod I took on my road trip in mid October. I also have an ipod video 30G (U2 version) dedicated to only podcasts and audiobooks and some tv shows. I tend to carry the 8G one around because it's so small!

This was fun to do, especially seeing how the categories would match up with the random songs. #7's Life's Okay came out with Perfect Circle's rendition of the John Lennon's song Imagine... #14's Death Scene was an interesting match with Yumeji's Theme song from the movie soundtrack "In the Mood for Love."

Chairlift appears a few times for some reason in this random list. I got the album based on their song Bruises (from the ipod commercial) and so far this is only song I like from them.

Some songs on this random list I have no idea, for example Stabilizer and downstait. I can't remember quite how I got them too. I usually just dump stuff into the ipod, and start making playlists with the songs I like, and usually what happens is that I listen to those playlists to death over and over again. So I was kind of surprised to see that there were "other" songs on this ipod.

One song on this list is by a fellow Entrecarder... can you guess who? 1000 ECredits to the first correct answer!

Have a great day! See you soon!

I'm Speechless! Wednesday: This Is Our Victory!!!

2008-11-05T11:10:00.011-05:00

This Is Our Victory!!!

Update 9:34pm: Just wanted to add this before I go to sleep (haven't slept a wink since voting --got about 2 hours):

Goodnight Everyone!!! Go America!!!

I voted!

2008-11-04T06:29:00.001-05:00

Woke up early this morning and took the bus two stops to the polling station. Arrived in line at 5:58am. The polling station opened at 6:01am. Got verified, and waited for the "light" to turn on before entering the booth. Entered the booth and pulled the red lever to start and clicked my votes for each of the candidates. I was in and out literally in 10 minutes.

Go America!!!

Now I'm off to work...