Found this article via Pinky on Twitter again. It's rather long, but if you have a love for beauty, it's more than worth the read - it's a poignant reflection on our ability - or lack thereof - to recognize the transcendent in our everyday lives.

For the record, I am 100% positive I would have stopped to listen! Click on the link to see the article ( Read more... )

Got this article in an email from PCmag.  While the discussion is too technical ("Modular kernel," anyone?) for most people, the basic points are:

1. Microsoft learned its lesson from the Vista fiasco and seems to want to ship a new OS as soon as it can
2. The new Windows can be run either stripped-down (a la Linux, for emerging markets or for the ( Read more... )

Reposting from FirstShowing.net, which reposted from MTV.com

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69 And a Half - The Making of the Most Artistic Filipino Pornographic Film Ever Made
View the official trailer

This is what took up my time most of the past one and a half months. Worked as a technical assistant (i.e. glorified PA whose work required technical knowledge) on it. check it out!

Just something I thought you guys would find interesting. Personally, I CAN'T WAIT to buy a high-definition player, and one format winning out will hopefully pave the way for better availability here as well as lower prices. And yeah, yeah, I guess piracy.

From http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978760.html?categoryid=20&cs=1

Blu-ray could win ( Read more... )

"The young are taught that Hollywood and art are antithetical. The novice, therefore, wanting to be recognized as an artist, falls into the trap of writing a screenplay not for what it is, but for what it's not. He avoids closure, active characters, chronology, and causality to avoid the taint of commercialism.  As a result, pretentiousness poisons ( Read more... )

Found on this site: http://akosiyol.blogspot.com/2007/07/kilala-mo-ba-si-aaron-si-aaron-yung.html

So you finally know it feels. :|

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Kilala mo ba si Aaron?

Si Aaron, yung madalas na number 1 sa mga phone book ng cellphone dahil sa spelling ng pangalan niya. Si Aaron na tumatanggap ng hindi ( Read more... )

Full article here: http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4360/2007-photographer-of-the-year-marc-aviles.html

2007 Photographer of the Year: Marc Aviles
Judges Select Winner of Third Annual Shoot-Out

By Pop Photo Staff
July 2007
The editors of Popular Photography & Imaging have named Marc Aviles from San Juan, Metro Manila, ( Read more... )

"Spend five minutes every day chasing the impossible. It makes all the difference."

- Jerry Ghionis, one of the world's Top Ten Wedding Photographers.

Hi everyone! Just got a Flickr site. Do pay a visit and please give me a link if you have a Flickr site so I can put you in my network. :) This is going to be more of a "portfolio" gallery for me as my Multiply is a little too cluttered with personal stuff.