Just recently, I’ve been consuming my own ink for my personal printer really fast. But now, there are alternatives to saving money on printer ink.

The first, and obvious thing, is to have your ink cartridges refilled. Although this is the fast and easy way, the life of your “head” and toner cartridge  is limited and often does not give the same quality output.

Fortunately, there are other options. Learn more after the jump.

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Let’s face it. A lot of MMORPGs out there look the same. Except for a new “theme”, new monsters, or some subtle changes in gameplay, it’s not that all different. Go to a quest, kill a monster, get good item, level up. This evil cycle repeats itself ad nauseum.

Some games spend advertising money to harp about the better graphics and how real the light and shadows are. But do the real gamers care?

Meanwhile, I decided to come up with an informal poll on which features of a game would make one play. The choice is yours…

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But, boy oh boy! Wipe that drool off your cheek after watching the full trailer below. Gran Turismo 5 is a sight to behold! Bring this video back a couple of years (even just into the ’90’s) and you’d swear you were watching REAL CARS! Man, it’s THAT good!

Woot!

Trailer vid after the jump

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This means close monitoring of both supply, demand and the number of rare items in a given server. Fail to this, and the economy will falter. A game with a super-inflated economy will lose players faster than you can say “dupe”.

How do you monitor economies?

Hit jump to find out.

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Thanks to the efforts of FlyFF Brand Manager, GM Atma, Community Manager GM Kumiko and the rest of the FlyFF team, Destination Azria is now up and running in the commercial server. Well done! Great work, guys! We also got an official website for this latest episode.

Destination Azria features the snow-clad map, Azria with better monsters, drops and EXP. Getting to Azria requires you to purchase a ticket. Tickets are available at the item shop for P90.00 (7 days) and P160.00 (15 days).

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Seth says that we should skip a meeting a day for two weeks and see what happens.

Come to think about it, I have around 2 to 4 meetings a day on the average. Only when I’m done can I get back to doing work and reading my mail. I’m not saying that meetings should’t be done. Let’s just pick out the really important ones and keep it short.

Perhaps this ad might open your eyes…

Gotta end this post now. I have to rush - to a meeting. Lol.

Hard? For some, perhaps.

But if you think youtube is the only one out there (obviously it’s not), think again.

There are other (lesser known) websites that offer video uploads, streaming and services. One of the more ambitious projects yet is Yahoo’s Live (I kinda like the name. *snicker*) which offers live streaming of videos in your own channel.  Kinda like youtube on steroids. That service is currently on beta.

Anyways, I’ve come up with a short list of other video-sharing websites for you to try. Who knows? You might find other, funny and scandalous videos out there.

That list after the jump.

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It was a chance for us to unwind, take a break and NOT talk about work for at least 2 days. Everyone had a blast. The resort and the beach was great, the food was fantastic and the activities were… wild!

Thanks to the great efforts of the organizing committee led by our HR team (headed by our new senior HR manager, Joyce), the outing was a memorable and fun one. Yes, if success is defined by downing a LOT of beer kegs before midnight, then that’s one for the record books.

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For your online gaming needs (and if you could only pick one), would you rather have

• A faster broadband connection OR
• A faster (ergo, more expensive) video card?

Let’s jot down some of the obvious pros and cons for each…

Faster Broadband

• Your game won’t lag (obviously)
• You get to do a lot in less time
• You can multi-task… open Yahoo Messenger or Youtube at the same time (well, that’s extreme… but you can) while playing
• Use teamspeak

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They say that one close analogy to MMORPGs is a Barbie doll. Why? Come to think about it. 99% of us play online RPGs to “dress up” our characters. Isn’t that what collecting Barbies and clothes, accessories, etc. all about?

Is it a guy’s Barbie? Could be… I mean, we all started out as noobs, novices (call ‘em what you will) with mediocre chracters. After a few dozen quests, you finally find something nice for your character to wear, eh?

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