News: Archive for the ‘Kuryus’ Category
Bugging Me the Entire Day
Just recently, I (in my usual release of frustration) went to panic mode when I saw this crash report about Flash Me. I was so upset that the customer / user kept on telling is it started up with the “John Doe” screen. I asked myself, did I even have the words “John” or “Doe” inside my code?
I searched far and wide, and not even a variable name did I find the words “john” or “doe”. So what was he referring? And I also searched the code for any case of crashing. I localized the possible bugs to getting the information from the Address Book, but I still can’t find anything that would hurt the iPhone. Even the “lens” bug we had I already fixed even before release.
What bothers me most is that he insists he saw the name “John Doe” in the screen. I really want to reach out to him but apparently we lost contact and all. If “you” are seeing this blog post, please help us kill this bug, or at least tell us how it really looks like.
Anyway, hope to also hear from other “Flash Me” users.
“I Am Rich” Walkthrough
I got this funny video from The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Enjoy!
I saw the news that eight people purchased the same app. Then I had a thought, which I gladly shared in iPhoneMatters.com, that since only a handful of people downloaded (and painfully stripped a gran from their pockets) “I Am Rich”, it could be worth a fortune to sell their iPhones with the installed app, making it a rare item. Suddenly, purchasing “I Am Rich” became a blessing.
What do you guys think?
Snow Way!
An article in inquirer.net caught my attention, and though will this be ever possible in the Philippines. The article says, “Light snow fell in Baghdad early on Friday in what weather officials said was the first time in about a 100 years.”
Humid and warm (typically eastern / Asian) combined with cold and dry (typically European) equals snow. No way that is going to happen in the Philippines. We’re frickin’ surrounded by bodies of water, not to mention we’re just above the equator.
Technorati Tags: baghdad, philippines, snow
Robot Does the Violin
The first thing that came in mind was, “Why can’t I be just like that gears guy?!? I can’t even play the frickin’ maracas!” I guess Asimo still more superior than this mecha.
Shows That I Watch: Kyle XY on January, 2008
Yup, you guys heard that right. Apart from the fact that most of my traffic here in this site comes from my articles about shows that I watch, I’ve always made my personal site a news site for all US series fans here in the Philippines. Wikipedia has this article about Kyle XY:
Kyle XY – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
According to Jean-Luc Bilodeau’s MySpace Page, and reported by Kyle Talk, and confirmed by ABC Family, the show will resume Monday, January 14th, 2008.
Apparently, Jean-Luc, portraying the role of Josh Trager, is pretty excited about January 14. If you recall, the rumors about “Kyle” coming back on the first few weeks of 2008 also came from Josh. So I guess for all those “Kyle” fans waiting for episode release dates, you can just subscribe to his MySpace fan page (I won’t) and get the latest from the horse’s mouth himself.
Technorati Tags: jean-luc bilodeau, kyle xy, tv shows
My New Gallery Site
Everything in my iPhoto will now be moved to my gallery website for backup. I always wanted to backup my pictures. Dreamhost really is the best!
You can go to gallery.jofell.com to view my pics.
Shows That I Watch: Lastikman
Being sick had its advantages and disadvantages. It’s a big bummer that I am forced to be in a very low-speed connection (I can’t work as fast as I can at home), and I can’t talk with my workmates as if they’re sitting right beside me (IM clients and Skype won’t help). However, I was lucky to see the first few episodes of Lastikman, a story of a “Mr. Fantastic-ish” Filipino superhero who allegedly came from a distant planet and landed on Earth to save it and fulfill his destiny of being its only defense against extinction.
Lastikman really looks like the awesomest series in Philippine TV since Darna, or maybe the best ever. I really love love the CGI, and the cinematography is so glossy it even looked like one of those Pinoy fantasy movie trailers we see during the MMFF season. This Tuesday night, they showcased a CGI-filled chase scene where Eskappar (young Lastikman) and his father Irroian (played by Tonton Guttierez) tried to get away from the earthling-allergic planet. The chase reminded me of both movies “Minority Report” and “Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones.” I daresay that this is the best CGI that a Filipino outfit could do. It was so good in lighting and Physics it could even beat any CGI made in any Philippine movie made! It was sooo beautiful!
But like any other series in the Philippines, its only disadvantage was the pacing. It was so slow-paced and cheesy, and the sounds wasn’t really fixed up. I mean imagine a scene with lasers firing and exploding stalactites in a cave, and all you can hear were gusty winds. very disappointing. The music was too loud to the point that it didn’t match the scenes. There was this part of the scene that they somehow slowed down, but the music kept on rolling so fast, it felt awkward. Also, the chroma scenes (the scenes where production teams use a green screen to replace breathtaking backgrounds, which are usually seen in the latest Star Wars trilogy) were so choppy, it felt like one frames per second.
Another defect of every ABS-CBN soap series is being “ningas-cogon” (we have this grass called cogon, that when you burn them, they only burn wild in the beginning, but immediately stops after a small area is scorched black), meaning they just show the bells and whistles in the first few episodes, and the next weeks will be so dragging you would want to change channels (just like what happened in Panday and Rounin). They have to make each episode as exciting and fast-paced as Mari Mar (which already got into its d’enouement just this evening) or they would lose audiences again, like the way they lost audiences in Kokey.
Also, I already watched two Lastikman movies, and they all say that Lastikman was an earthling who had an asteroid encounter beside a rubber tree, and not some goo-earthling-born alien hybrid who came to Earth to save it from aliens. Sounds like Smallville for me, not to mention that he has three leading ladies, played by Iya Villania (the cheerleader and school crush, like Lana), Roxanne Guinoo (the bestfriend, like Chloe), and Toni Gonzaga (the reporter, like Lois). This was also the case for Captain Barbell and Darna.
I also saw in the beginning credits that Chito Rono is “Director for Lastikman Origins”, meaning expect Lastikman to “lose its pilot week’s flare” next week and the weeks to come.
At least, it was way better than the ever-dragging Zaido. Me and my brothers scream our hearts out to switch to Channel 2′s commercial run rather than watching Zaido. Yuck! (Take note, I watch Mari Mar so I’m not a network fan of neither Channel 2′s nor Channel 7′s).
Scary Adsense Earnings…
I have an all-time earnings of, guess what?
See those numbers?
Really scary, I just wish it just goes out of that amount 
I wonder…
Setting Up CoverCove.com
OK, the idea about a “Cover Idol” type of website was a bit uncool because, first off, there’s no prize for winning entries, and it just sucks that one person gets to choose the top three to be polled out. I don’t want to be a 3rd-rate Simon Cowell for YouTube videos. What I’ll do instead is maintain a blog with categories being the artist and title of the song, and I’ll do reviews of them, just like your old blogger / critic. Maybe someday, if the blog does become big, we can set up cyber-competitions for these untapped talents.
So, like this post’s title says, the name of the site will be covercove.com. I actually like the idea that the site’s name is an alliteration, and I can’t f***ing believe that the domain is available! And since I’m a Dreamhoster, and I haven’t used my free domain from the package, the domain setup really came in handy.
So guys, if you want your covers reviewed or shown to the entire blogging community, aside from being hidden inside YouTube, try emailing me your YouTube video links, or your videos files themselves (email me first before sending them to me, OK?), or suggest a song for me to pitch on the website. Email me any stuff (aside from SPAM) to suggest@covercove.com. Be the first to be featured in CoverCove.com.
Get out of the shower. Uncover your talent!
Just a booster / motivation for you guys, I present to you, the best cover artist I’ve heard so far, David Choi:
Carbs Do Give You Energy!
Jolo recently sent me a link about batteries made of biochemicals, like carbohydrates (sugar), amino acids (building blocks of protein), and enzymes (helps convert these complex / big-ass molecules into a bunch of small particles that could enter our cell membranes).
SONY ‘BIO-BATTERY’ RUNS ENTIRELY ON SUGAR
The bad news is it’s like carrying a car battery for your walkman. It’s almost 4 centimeters on all dimensions (it’s cubical, basically), but somehow strong enough to power a walkman.
Well, it’s not that I don’t really expect these guys to rule digital devices in the near future. I mean the idea of asking your neighbor for sugar to power your iPod alone is pretty neat. And you don’t have to plug these things to your outlet, so it’s green and economical (no more charging times, and sugar is very cheap). I still buy the “carbon paper-like” battery I posted before.
