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The Ivan Brothers Invade 2010 NCAA March Madness!

aj — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:56:19 PST

The Ivan Brothers Invade 2010 NCAA March Madness!

[PHP User Group Philippines] PHP Developers Summit 2010 – January 30, 2010
Manny Pacquiao training on the mitts with veteran trainer Freddie Roach. Manny is getting ready for Joshua Clottey for their bout on Saturday, March 13
this is the hardest level of mario brothers! (video)

Manny Pacquiao training on the mitts with veteran trainer Freddie Roach. Manny is getting ready for Joshua Clottey for their bout on Saturday, March 13

aj — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:06 PST

Manny Pacquiao on the mitts with Freddie Roach

Manny Pacquiao training on the mitts with veteran trainer Freddie Roach. Manny is getting ready for Joshua Clottey for their bout on Saturday, March 13. It will be televised on HBO PPV.

Heart of Gratitude

aj — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:39:52 PST

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."

I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."

Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

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Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle the present with confidence and prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.

And even more beautiful is… knowing that you are the reason behind it.

Enjoy your day with a heart of gratitude.

Have a great day.

//aj

Source: Forward Email (edited)

Bondi Beach Gets Flipped! Towel Surfing – Flip Video Flash Mob

aj — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:40:33 PST

These videos are getting old real quick but this specific one made me smile today. Hope it does for you too!

Bondi Beach Gets Flipped! Towel Surfing – Flip Video Flash Mob

IMDb’s Top 25 Movies of the Decade

aj — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:25:48 PST

Below is IMDb’s top 25 movies of the decade. I’ve bolded the one’s I’ve seen so far.

1. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
3. City of God (2002)
4. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
5. Avatar (2009)
6. Memento (2000)
7. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
8. WALL-E (2008)
9. Amélie (2001)
10. The Departed (2006)
11. The Pianist (2002)
12. Spirited Away (2001)
13. The Lives of Others (2006)
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
15. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
16. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
17. Up (2009)
18. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
19. The Prestige (2006)
20. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
21. Downfall (2004)
22. Gran Torino (2008)
23. Sin City (2005)
24. District 9 (2009)
25. Batman Begins (2005)

Not bad. Not bad at all. I’ve seen 16 of these 25 movies. Great list IMDb!

Source

[PHP User Group Philippines] PHP Developers Summit 2010 – January 30, 2010

aj — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:03:56 PST

In partnership with Microsoft Philippines, PHP User Group Philippines presents PHP Developers Summit 2010. We are inviting you to come and join us in this gathering of the country’s best tech-talents, professionals and web developers promoting the use of PHP and open source solutions in the enterprise and schools. Free flowing coffee with lots of freebies and raffle prizes!

So what are you waiting for? Registration starts at 8 AM. See you all there!

Date: January 30, 2010, Saturday
Time: 8.00 AM – 5.00 PM
Venue: Hotel Rembrandt
26 Tomas Morato Extension Quezon City, Philippines
Location Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=13146968077348134590&q=hotel%2Brembrandt%2Bquezon%2Bcity%2Baddress

Speakers:
Dominick Nowell A. Danao (CEO of Happy Mobile Inc.)
- Former VASHead of Sun Cellular. Founder of Pinoymail which he sold to Smart’s Orlando Vea for P100M back in the early 2000s. He is also a Palanca
Awardee. He will discuss PHP Development with Yahoo Developer’s Network. He recently won in the Yahoo Open Hack’s Day in Indonesia.

Bing Bryan Tan (President and CEO of Brewed Concepts)
- Keynote Speaker

Paolo Alexis Falcone (Senior Developer, Friendster Inc.)
- Will discuss PHP Scaling

Alezandra Nicholas (Microsoft Developer Evangelist)
- Website spark and Bizspark

Rodney Jao (MCP)
- PHP in IIS7 (using Fast CGI) and about PHP and ASP.NET interop via SOAP

Rick Bahague, Jr. (Computer Professionals’ Union)
- Windows Cache Extension for PHP

Globe Labs
- Globe Labs API

Sponsors:
Microsoft Philippines
Zend
Globe Labs

Limited Special Offer
If you register early and pay within the year 2009, you’ll get a ticket for only Php 1,000.00 and we’ll give you One (1) FREE Microsoft limited edition thumb drive.

Registration and Ticket Payment Instructions
Online registration website is currently being tested right now. In the mean time, you could pre-register by sending your name, position, company and contact details to chean@phpugph.com and by settling your ticket payment through bank deposit:

Bank Name: Banco de Oro (BDO)
Account Name: PHP User Group Philippines Inc.
Savings Account No. 290226988
Branch: San Juan Branch

To all who would pay for the event tickets, kindly send me a scanned copy of the deposit slip for payment confirmation.

Cherrie Ann B. Domingo
President
PHP User Group Philippines Inc.
Web: http://www.phpugph.com

[AWESOME] Shorewood High School Recreates ‘500 Days’ Musical Number

aj — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:37:58 PST

[AWESOME] Shorewood High School Recreates ‘500 Days’ Musical Number

One of the most original concept I’ve seen in a long time. Students from Shorewood High School made this SUPER DOOPER AWESOME viral video! They did it in one unbroken take. Oh, and they did it backwards. THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!!

Cute video of a dad that went inside a baby crib [HQ]

aj — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:26:37 PST

Video below:

This is a video of his daughter Michela who for several months just can’t get to sleep without waking up every 2 hours. So the dad had enough and decided to help her sleep, but would not recommend this to anyone as it kind of backfired on him. His height is 5″ 10 in. and managed to fit in the crib.

Made my day.

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody in High Definition 1080p

aj — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:28 PST

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody in High Definition 1080p

Awesome!

Sound of Music’s Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do @ Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)

aj — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:50 PST

Sound of Music’s Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do @ Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)

More than 200 dancers were performing their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt! Those 4 fantastic minutes started the 23 of march 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role, in the musical of “The Sound of Music”.

It made my day.

EA Sports simulated the Pacquiao vs. Cotto fight and can you guess who won?

aj — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:50:48 PST

EA SPORTS FIGHT NIGHT Round 4 Predicts Victory by Unanimous Decision for Manny Pacquiao over Miguel Cotto!

Go Manny!

See the Fight Night Round 4 video below:

Prince of Persia Trailer in HD. Turn back the Sands of Time.

aj — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:32:13 PST

Prince of Persia Trailer

Turn back the Sands of Time.

Video of how Microsoft Office team envisions future of the communications.

aj — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:16:10 PST

Video of how Microsoft Office team envisions future of the communications

CSI Season 10 Bullet Time Opening Sequence

aj — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:55:59 PDT

CSI Season 10 Bullet Time Opening Sequence

It look very similar to Carousel that was directed by Adam Berg.

Same set of people or CSI copied it?

Raw Video: NASA Probe Slams Into the Moon

aj — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:14:34 PDT

Raw Video: NASA Probe Slams Into the Moon

NASA has successfully steered an empty rocket hull into the moon’s south pole in a search for hidden ice.

Personally, I think this is a bit extreme. Yes I know it’s expensive to bring water to space but aren’t there any much more pressing matters at hand? Like instead of using the money on this, donate a very small portion of it to people who just had a natural disaster or something like that. On Earth.

That’s just me I guess.

Pachelbel Canon in D Major Perfect Version

aj — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:24:07 PDT

Pachelbel Canon in D Major Perfect Version

When you get older, you get to appreciate these kind of music.

Jason McElway, Autistic basketball hero out of Greece Athena High School, Rochester New York.

aj — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:01:09 PDT

Jason McElway, Autistic basketball hero out of Greece Athena High School, Rochester New York.

Jason McElwain is an autistic American man who graduated from Greece Athena High School in Rochester, New York, USA, in 2006. He is noted for scoring twenty points in four minutes during a high school basketball game on February 16, 2006. His story was immediately broadcast national wide.

You are my hero! Keep this up!

Yahoo! acquires Xoopit. Shuts down its Gmail service.

aj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:19:54 PDT

Here’s an announcement on their site:

Yahoo! acquires Xoopit.
Xoopit is joining Yahoo! to make the world’s best email even better.

Yahoo! will be integrating both our photo sharing applications and our content indexing and discovery technology into Yahoo! Mail and other services over the coming months.

Xoopit has emerged as a leader in mail applications, indexing and content discovery. Yahoo! has recognized that Xoopit’s technology elevates photos to the forefront of people’s everyday email experiences. Mail is the original online photo sharing experience, and combining these two products results in an evolved inbox experience. Yahoo! Mail users can expect to see their mail become even more efficient, social and fun!

The Xoopit team would like to thank our users for all the support and guidance in developing a service that people love. We would also like to thank our angels and venture investors, Charles Moldow from Foundation Capital and Theresia Gouw Ranzetta from Accel Partners for wisdom and commitment along the way!

The official announcement from Yahoo! can be found here.

Dear Xoopit team, I hope you’ll never share our Gmail account information to Yahoo! Thanks and looking forward to the Yahoo! Mail integration.

Technorati Tags: xoopit,gmail,yahoo,ymail,google

Massive Flooding in Manila, Philippines from Heavy rains brought by tropical storm ‘Ondoy’

aj — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:18:57 PDT

I’ve received emails, IMs, Twitpics, Facebook updates, etc. on the socialmediasphere reports of massive flooding in Manila, Philippines. Some say it’s the worst in decades.

I feel for my kababayans out there. So sorry to hear this. I hope all my family, friends and everyone in the eye of the storm keep safe during this time.

We’ll pray for you.

Here are some pictures I’ve found on the netosphere.

To all you people out there, be safe.

Technorati Tags: manila,storm,ondoy,philippines,flood

(All images found in this post are not mine. I’ve gathered them from all over the net to find out what’s happening in Manila today.)

Graphic Designer VS Client [90% profanity might not be safe for work]

aj — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:30:32 PDT

Graphic Designer vs client [90% profanity might not be safe for work]