Another Fanboy Wish Comes True!

I learned from Jamie that there finally is a Blade of the Immortal animé!!!

This deserves another: "IT'S ABOUT TIME"

Update:

It's yet to start on April 27. I also forgot to note that the manga is still ongoing (at least, the English version being published by Dark Horse)..

Brainwashed

Saw this in the bus this morning, on my way home from Makati..



Young Jennifer Connelly FTW!


The vid in the bus had subtitles of the lyrics -- which somehow mesmerized me into nodding to the beat.. and almost lip synching! @_@


Maybe it was because they sounded like girls, and I had trouble putting it together with the sight of the blonde mullet guy's creepy smile..

A YouTube comment: "Can u get more g-- then that ? like lord of the g--?"

The limp arm waving a pointed finger (1:06)


"Brother Louie, Louie, Louie! Oooh, Doin' what he's doin'.." ..this guy has a creepy smile.. (1:22)


"Forever.. EVER.." ..creepy stare! (1:59)


Tag team creepiness.... ..and blonde mullet guy is still doing his fist-thing.. (2:48)



While taking screenshots, I didn't try to seek to the exact frame.. I went back for, not just a couple of, but several seconds before and re-played it again and again and again... gaaaaaahhh!

I have it on Firefox, on IE and on a downloaded FLV version at the same time....

@_@

Laughing Out Loud

DM of the Rings!
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612

A moderately-long running webcomic, this is one of those rare ones that never failed to make me laugh at almost every other strip (I embarass myself when I laugh uncontrollably and I'm alone!)! The only other ones I could recall is SMBC and XKCD..

I Will Spoil You!

*** SPOILER ALERT! (expires at around 2pm later today) ***

Pacquiao won his rematch over Marquez on a surprising split decision!

We at home were quite relieved that Pacquiao still won, after his very shaky performance and his lack of aggression in the 12th round. Marquez's cut over his right eye was ugly, but it was started by a headbutt. We thought Pacquiao's attempt to "counter [punch] the counter [puncher]" failed miserably! Marquez was obviously the more accurate puncher, landing punches on Pacquiao's cut with great timing. I was actually scared for Pacquiao after his cut opened up, and especially when he seemed to careful about it.

We also sympathize with Marquez when he expressed disappointment that Pacquiao did not want a rematch. And I winced a lot during Pacquiao's interview (an extra wince for Chavit's presence).

We watched the match on our local cable provider's channel, live with no commercial breaks! Aaand I don't think I'm spoiling it for anybody else, since I'm expecting those who are watching the delayed telecast to still be glued to your TV sets.. or not.. =p

Dumbing Down..

I really need to kick my brain and get it started..

I couldn't load my Blogger Dashboard a while ago, and kept getting this page. So I clicked on the link to the Help Page, and I deleted the browser cookies from blogger.com.

I refresh the page a dozen times.

Until I look at the URL and realized that I am indeed reloading the same gosh-darned page!

Ashamed and defeated, I click on the Blogger logo..

What is your..

..short term goal? Finish Patapon and God of War. =p

..mid term goal? Get started on my pet project!

..long term goal? Uhhmm.. get rich?


From JAm!

*feel free to answer the same questions on your blog. (yes meme time!)

YouTube Gripe

There is no immediately available RSS feed for my own favorites?! What the hey! My first idea was that it should be really simple and therefore it might just be a particular way of constructing a URL.

And in my searching, there are a lot of other users who are looking for this same feed. I found several solutions that go deep into parsing the XML result of a REST request using the YouTube Developer's API or *gasp* the actual My Favorites page!

Fortunately, I found a solution done using Yahoo! Pipes. I took a peek into how it was done. And it WAS simple!

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/users/<insert username>/favorites

Now I just have to test if it works on the PSP's RSS Channel! =D

(UPDATE 2008-03-10 7:52PM -- Awww, man! It's an Atom feed, not RSS!)

(UPDATE 2008-03-11 12:03AM -- Before Jaemark posted his FeedBurner comment, I was already playing with Yahoo! Pipes plus a bit more research.. aaand it seems that you just can't get video direct from YouTube onto the PSP.. there are a lot of PSP-compatible video sites, but YouTube still has the bulk of the videos worth sharing.. oh, well..)

Something Wrong..

..in my head?

I.. I don't have Tekken in my PSP..

(In the rush of packing my stuff, I moved Tekken out of my memory stick in favor of God of War: Chains of Olympus and Patapon..)

CAPTCHA Is Broken?

Says this article: CAPTCHA is Dead, Long Live CAPTCHA!

The most reliable CAPTCHA implementations were announce to have been defeated.

I don't know much about CAPTCHA, but couldn't they somehow mimic the "salting" done in password hashing? Maybe split the CAPTCHA images into random partitions: "gh9p3845" for example could be posted as two images with "gh9" and "p3845", or maybe even 4 partitions with "gh" + "9" + "p38" + "45" or, better yet, one image per letter -- what's important is the partitioning being random.

The article suggests "Distinguish pictures of dogs from cats". Since this might boil down to a somewhat a multiple choice question, bot could possibly get lucky. I'm thinking we could extend the salting to use a picture: CAPTCHA phrase "lk2s" + dog picture + some instructions that it should be typed as "lkDOG2s"..

Dunno..

Jump!

Jump! Jump! Jump!

Cheap?

"iPod shuffle. Now just $49.", says Apple. Cool. I was willing to buy the thing when it was twice as expensive.

I hope they drop iPhone prices again soon! >:)

Time Lapse

I did a double take on my personal time logs.

I've been tagging the dates since Feb. 15 with the year 2005.

@_@

Blank Stares..

..are what my monitors get from me..

Yeah, monitors. I have two workstations here at work (WinXP and XUbuntu), and I like it! Supposedly, my teammate and I should be working on Linux, but our old Windows machines haven't been revoked yet. I hope we do keep them. The load per machine has considerably lessened, and it feels really great to no longer wait for Eclipse or Aptana to respond!

Anyway, my brain doesn't want to work. I try to rev my figurative engines, but all I get are sputters.

My teammate and I are expecting a bulk of work to be assigned to us in a while. I would have enjoyed it last week, when I could still think.

I hate it when I can't work despite wanting to.

Yyyyyup, Still Alive

Almost 3 months since I last posted. =p

Most bloggers try to avoid bullet points -- but I don't! Bwahahaha!

What's up?

» Mark mirrored his blog in Multiply?!

Although I already reacted (quite aversely -- his Blogger blog had over 300 posts and my Multiply account had email notifications turned on, so just at the time when I was checking my mail on my cellphone, I had 369 new messages in my Inbox! A dozen of those notifications actually fell into Spam.. Nice one.. =p), I haven't asked him why. I don't think stuff like that needs to be justified.. Hehehe..

» Mike shares A LOT OF STUFF from the intarwebz..

His blog is quiet -- his Google Reader Shared Items ROOAAARRR!!!

» I have a new job. I started way back in November, marked by a very annoying, almost negligible and lame post. =p

• I finally convinced Caesar to give our company a chance! =D


• Randell, whom I worked with in my previous job, is back to being my officemate! =p


• When I first joined the company, I was the only one from UPLB. Now there are 4 of us! =D


• I've been into Java since way back in college. This year, I'm hitchhiking on the Ruby on Rails bandwagon. =p


• PhRUG (Philippine Ruby Users' Group) held their last meet-up at our office! It was cool! There was pizza even! =D

» With the new job in Bonifacio Global City, I actually survived 2 months of commuting to work -- from LB! >_<

And after those 2 months, I finally have a place to stay in Makati!

» A-ha! I join the likes of Mike, Kaye and Randell..

I bought a PSP last week! Serves me well, since I'm away from my PC at home.. =p Free wi-fi at Burger King Glorietta, yey!

» I still like (fake) tennis..

But the live action Prince of Tennis movie was disappointing (except for seeing the special moves "in real life"..).

So, I reeeaaally like Virtua Tennis 3 for the PSP.

• Federer was beatable in the World Tour compared to a Very Hard Exhibition match.


• Juan Carlos Ferrero was a nightmare for my player! I couldn't beat him! His description in the game was Strong Forehand, if I recall correctly, but it should have been Technical Player! I hate his drop shots and stupid lobs. Despite my animosity, I learned a lot from his play style.


• My preferred doubles partners were Nadal and Hingis. Because I also prefer them in real life. =p


• I like how the game had special dialogue to the player I beat the most (Nalbandian, who emphasizes that he hasn't beaten me yet =p).

» Tekken 6 was released in the Philippines -- earlier than in North America and Europe!

Thanks, Namco! =D I've only tried the game one night/three games, but the only thing I didn't like was how the characters were too shiny. But Nap said that that was how we saw the PS2 version of TTT, so we would probably get used to it soon. Yoshimitsu (punch costume) scared me!

» I have a new nephew!

Ate gave birth to Ash last week! =) (I didn't bother visiting during the long weekend?! :-o)

» New puppy!

Ma named her Jenny. She's hyper!

» This is an old pet peeve: I can't post on Blogger on the Opera Mini!

So when I wanted to post something, I had to do so via email. Not that I've been blogging much recently. =p

These aren't even good bullet-points!

I KNOW I missed a lot of stuff (intentionally? subconsciously? =p), but this is already a lot for a comeback post! Not a lot of details but still a lot of: BULLET-POINTS!

Yarrr..

Tekken 6 Released!

Tekken 6 has finally been released (in Japan =p)!

The TZ headline notes the revelation of the new Final Boss -- a new monster, Azazel!

link: http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/news/index.php?mode=article&newsid=470

Adjusting..

..to the new office..

38 questions

Tagged by Kei!
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1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Ex-officemate Kaye. =D

2. What were you doing at 0800? Going to my ex-office with my ex-officemates in my ex-office service! =p

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Re-reading posts for our current game in our Mafia mailing list -- I AM SCUUUM!!!

4. What happened to you in 2006? Someone liked me back! =D I submitted my first resignation letter -- which I also withdrew. =p I also gave away Christmas presents! =)

5. What was the last thing you said out loud? "What the heck was that?!" -- while playing Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection on ex-officemate Kaye's PSP and I couldn't understand Lili's moves!!!

6. How many beverages did you have today? 1 glass and 1 bottle of water.. Oh my! :-o

7. What color is your hairbrush? I have a comb instead, black.

8. What was the last thing you paid for? Bus fare from Buendia to Los Baños, P84.

9. Where were you last night? Ex-office's staffhouse!

10. What color is your front door? Brown.

11. Where do you keep your change? Both in my coin purse and in my watch pocket.

12. What’s the weather like today? Right now, the rain has already passed. Earler, the rain came down hard.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Quezo Real? The only flavor I don't get tired of.. =p

14. What excites you? Tekken! =p

15. Do you want to cut your hair? No.

16. Are you over the age of 25? *gasp* Yes.

17. Do you talk a lot? No. (chuckle)

18. Do you watch the O.C.? No.

19. Do you know anyone named Steven? No.

20. Do you make up your own words? Yes! But not in front of my friends.. =p Terrible traffic = Terraffic!

21. Are you a jealous person? Actually, I don't know. =)

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Arian Lisbog (copied from Kei who copied from Sarah =p) -- without outside influence, my answer would have been Alekos. =D

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Kei! =D

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? Kei! (last night) =D

25. What does the last text message you received say? From Kei: "Condo n pla kami ni Sarah. Ü" =)

26. Do you chew on your straw? No.

27. Do you have curly hair? It used to be wavy, but it doesn't show it now, since I've been having my hair cut shorter than I used to. =p

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? I'll be meeting with Kei and company tomorrow at LB Square for their yearbook launch! =D

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? I sometimes find myself rude.. =p I can't recall anyone else.. Hmmm.. Ah! I know a group of people who are rude to a particular personality. =p

30. What was the last thing you ate? Pininyahang manok and fried rice! =D

31. Will you get married in the future? Yes. :->

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? Thank You For Smoking is tied with Hot Fuzz! =D My brothers and I watched these last weekend. =)

33. Is there anyone you like right now? Yes! -- Hi gelps! =P

34. When was the last time you did the dishes? Last night.

35. Are you currently depressed? No. I used to get depressed so often, but I rarely get depressed now. =)

36. Did you cry today? No.

37. Why did you answer and post this? It's been so long since I did something like this and I kinda missed it! =D

38. 5 people you tag next? Ah, wala. =p

Ah, Envy

Mike and Kaye already bought PSPs.

"No, Not Yet"

My (now ex-)officemates and I are hooked on.. Prince of Tennis!

The anime looks great, even with the exaggerated moves. I've also read that the manga, which began in 1999, is only set to finish later this year! 8 years running?! So cool!

Nap also mentioned that there's a live action version! Of course, I looked it up. I was a bit disappointed that it was only a movie (not a series). I also checked YouTube, and I got to watch the movie trailer -- I liked it! I'm still undecided whether to watch the movie from YouTube, or wait for a higher quality version (probably from Mike)..

---

I used to watch a lot of tennis back in high school. I was introduced to it by no less than Noel Singidas! Haven't played the sport yet, though..

Anyway, I was prompted to post something like this because I wouldn't pass up on this:

Nalbandian knocks off Federer again
(Davydenko's serving draws rebuke from chair umpire)
(http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/tennis/11/01/paris.masters.thursday.ap/index.html)

I don't watch any tennis now, so I'm not familiar with the players, but how the current No. 1 lost consecutive matches with a particular player IS COOL!

Another thing worth pointing out is that subtitle -- a player "was fined $2,000 by the ATP for "lack of best effort"". Whoa. Tennis is hardcore!

Can't Get Rid Of This Creepy Feeling

Woke up past 3:30am to the feeling of a cockroach creeping over and
biting my thigh. I flail my limbs around.

After surveying the area, I tried to get back to sleep. I figured I
might've just imagined it -- despite finding some mark under my thigh
that resembled a cockroach bite. It felt like one, too. But I did have
to wake up at 7am, since I'm meeting with Nap at 9am. I just wondered
whether one can have nightmares about feelings of touch. I shiver.

Just a couple of minutes later, I hadn't even closed my eyes yet, I
feel something crawl up my knee. More flailing of limbs. I look around
again and I actually find a medium-sized cockroach! I ran out of the
room to get the spray can of Baygon I had just near our doorway. I got
the roach in a single spray. Relief. For me.

I put back the spray can. As I turned around to get back into the
room, I see an almost identical cockroach! But it was different. It
was bathing in Baygon, but it just kept crawling away. It was able to
fall off six stair steps, withstanding five more sprayings, before
turning turtle. Not much relief for me.

I am now in another bed, in another room in the staffhouse, still
trying to ignore this feeling I have under my skin.