The song wafting through your mind calls to memory an eternal summer spent with a first love… or of a rainy afternoon spent in the warm indoors—never mind that the lyrics sing of ironic love, a boy’s girl troubles or life’s everyday pickle—what you remember is the warm, daydream-y sensation the song leaves you with.
For those who have seen the movie, did you wait until the credit ends before leaving the theater? If not, well there is another reason for you to watch it again.
For those who haven’t watched, I suggest you do so! (more…)
A German Shepherd named Buddy was honored for helping policemen & firefighters reach their burning house. Policemen had a problem reaching the house since their GPS was not working. This video was taken from the police car’s dashboard camera- showing how Buddy lead the police to the house. After that, he then went back to the main road to get the firemen.
Hope my Chow Chow, Magic, would do that in case of emergency! (more…)
This video shows how the 7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes a hotel’s swimming pool. Imagine how big the damage could be. One could feel like he is in a washing machine. Wait until the video reach 50 secs.
In the middle east, many of the Al Qaeda suicide bombers are female. Intelligence reports revealed that they implant explosives inside their breasts similar to how breast implants are inserted- like breast augmentation.
Air clicking is the best way to describe the way you use this cellphone interface invented in Tokyo University. Just point to the screen without touching it, and the cursor will follow your finger, then air click! Very interesting, just do not know if it is practical.
We have been using binder clips for organizing our paper files, now we can use them in organizing USB cables. This can be done by attaching the binder clips on the edge of the tables and use the loops to carry the cords so that we forget about reaching the back of our computers or avoid cable tangles..
The script for Avatar was developed 16 years ago (1994) by James Camron (the director of Titanic, which the the highest grossing film ever), but the technology needed for the film was not yet available. In 2005, further improvements took place. It is even shown in 3D!
Budget was said to be around $300 million, but what the heck! If this film grosses as much as Titanic, each second of waiting will be worth it! (more…)
A new vaccine was developed that prevents nicotine from reaching your brain, eliminating its addicting effect.
Typhoon Ondoy brought one month’s worth of rainfall in six hours. It submerged Metro Manila and almost the whole of Luzon in flood waters, killed hundreds, end injured even more. It also destroyed millions worth of properties.
My mom said it happens almost every decade, that a strong typhoon, bringing huge floods come to the Philippines. Yeah, maybe. But this was the first time that I really experienced it, that it affected our family. Being stranded from the high waters in the highway was not unusual for us back then. But our house, for the first time, was reached by flood waters. It even entered the house and made damage to the flooring, wooden and electrical items, and our cars. (more…)
