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The Star Wars Episode III scrolling intro is out, for you Star Wars fans who just can’t wait for the next crumb to drop from Lucas’ table. Here’s the first half of it: It is a time of uncertainty. The empire’s ambiguous tariff statutes mandate close reexamination of galactic import quotas. Interim Princess Agoomba has […]
“…after 12 years on the Internet and thousands of registrations and forms filled out, the advertising I am seeing still does not appear to reflect my tastes, interests, previous buying habits, professional background, academic background, or income level. They have yet to successfully target me …. Or else they are simply targeting the stupid, the […]
As earlier mentioned, I got my mobile blog, MoBrownpau, back up, with help from a Communicam and Flickr’s mail-to-blog features. One shortcoming of this go-between method, however, is that Flickr only publishes the photo and title to your blog, with no caption or description; you must click on the link back to the Flickr photo […]
Just three weeks to May 2010 elections, and it looks like Raul Roco is out of the race, having left for the U.S. to seek treatment for what might be cancer. Back before May, he says, but the damage is done: already trailing in surveys, now he is unable to make campaign appearances or attend […]
“diffract fluffy dodecahedron bolshevist heretofore fondle astronaut compulsory biracial germantown covert eskimo material b</bluefish>u</deconvolve>y<bismuth> amen” Welcome to spam’s new can: “hash-busting”: long strings of randomized words which spammers send to try and confound your mail application’s spam filters. Joke’s on them, of course. Mail filters don’t just hash out specific words, they also check other […]
I’m not normally a fan of Ralph Vaughan Williams, him being one of those notoriously blaring, dissonant, Romantic-Modern transition composers; but I find that some of his work can be wondrous, especially where the English background shines through. Today we sang Today We Are Called To Be Disciples of the Lord, a hymn based on […]
I’ve been up into the wee hours trying to come up with some kind of input on this situation in the Philippines. Other government officials have called the “grievances” of these soldiers “legitimate” — accusations of military corruption and government schemes to maintain power through Martial Law — but these simply do not strike me […]
Brother James P. Dunne, high school guidance counselor and irreplaceable mentor to the Days With the Lord spiritual retreat in Ateneo, passed away yesterday. Bro. Dunne was a pillar of the Days experience and an inspiration to the entire Ateneo community. You could never miss him in our high school days, a huge Catholic Scotsman, […]
Sparticus has a quick primer on cult-starting: Part 1, Part 2. Kaanibs and Benevolents should take note. Speaking of which, my two favorite Filipino cults have a web presence once again: Kaanib.net, your *cough* “Christian community portal” is back, with stories of a festive mood and a wip of fresh spirit. (Never fear that the […]
Another bombing in Mindanao, this time right outside Davao Airport. Among the dead is William Hyde, an American Baptist missionary. Davao is a beautiful little town, notable for beautiful native crafts and the constantly wafting fragrance of durian. It would be an idyllic and peaceful vacation spot were it not for the violence of various […]