Tuesday, February 28, 2006
WTF Moment #0004: Does your Deity live in a Pineapple Under the Sea?
You often read the phrase "those crazy Japanese" on the Internet, but the Americans have their fair share of wacky, wild-eyed insanity. According to the BBC, fans of the show created a Church dedicated to our spineless, fictional, jelly-fishing, deep-sea friend. 700 members strong, the church says: "it wants to push 'simple things like having fun and using your imagination...'"

Hmm... maybe that's not so bad after all. It sure sounds a hell of a lot better than that Flying Spaghetti Monster nonsense.

Oi. Doze Krazy Amerikhans.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006
To the February Celebrants:
Happy Birthday y'all. Click on the image for the full size card. [UPDATE: Link to full resolution file can be found here.]

I'd also like to give a shout out to Tin and Kat's CCHQ which would've celebrated its anniversary this month. [sigh] I miss that store...

Good times... good times...
Friday, February 24, 2006
Take It as You Will
I'm not sure what to make of this:

Juggernaut Intended for Nocturnal Gratification
And Now Children, What Have We Learned Today?
We were joking around the office (before we were sent home) on how this has got to be one of the worst coups (or coup attempts if you want to get technical) ever. For starters, it seems that everyone knew about this "uprising" two weeks in advance. Then before it was even officially called a coup, the alleged ring leader was arrested. How pathetic is that?

Trying to to make sense of this morning's farce political events, and I've come up with some possible scenarios on why things are: (1) That General Lim chap has got to be the worst military strategist in history (which would lead you to wonder what kind of generals we have in this country); (2) to satisfy your conspiracy theory tendencies, all of this could just be an act to show "how much in control" President Arroyo is to the local and of course the ever important International community; and (3) if you believe in divine intervention, this probably means that PGMA has a divine mandate that can only be voided if a prophet finds and anoints a shepherd boy who recently killed a giant with a slingshot.

Now if you mash up all of those previous scenarios, you get:
But on the Bright Side...
... with all this ruckus, it means I get to go home early.
Coups, EDSA, and Erap. Oh My!
The TV and radio are ablaze with updates of the supposed [failed] coup d'etat. My mom texts me that there is a large crowd amassing near the hospital where Erap is being treated. They've just suspended all classes. Everything is happening so fast, I can barely keep up.

[sigh] My beloved Philippines, When will your children stop fighting amongst themselves? When will your hurting stop?

...

It's going to be a long day.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Webcomics: Anti-Proverbial Days
Brooding over (That was quick). All I needed was a good morning stroll through the Internet Funny Pages.

All is right in the world now.

While I'm on the subject, you should really check out Count Your Sheep by Adrian Ramos (no, he's not Filipino). CYS is being touted by the web community as the successor of Garfield. Or at least, just me.

So give it a try. I suggest reading through the archives. He's got a lot of really great strips in there. Click on the image for the full strip.

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It's One of those Proverbial Days...




Yup. It's one of those days everyone gets. When nothing ever seems to go right the moment you hop out of bed.

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It won't end soon enough.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Cryptic Nonsensical Outburst #0001
I'm such a fucking coward.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Oh Yeah. It's ON!!!
Stevie Spielberg has just confirmed that our beloved archeologist/
superhero is officially going for a fourth ride through the silver screen.

Sweeeeeeeeeee~t.

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Sunday, February 19, 2006
Every Dog has His Day (Off)

Just got back from a photo shoot trip to the La Luz Resort in Batangas. It was a most welcome break from all the work I've been doing these past few weeks. To top it all off, I had the privilege to be in the company of six lovely ladies (above) who were equally as willing to be my models for the past 2 days.

The abridged album can be found in my flickr and Multiply accounts. You need an account for both services to see the Photos. If you're still not part of my contact lists on any of those services, just send me an invite for either or both.

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Friday, February 17, 2006
When Size Matters

That, my dear friends, is the Canon EF 70mm-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens. Ah, how I covet thee.

Now I'm usually very disciplined about large purchases (pun inevitable). I just recently bought something quite big recently, so my current budget doesn't allow any more extravagant purchases in the next few months (By the way, I'm not rich. I'm just a pathetically single hermit). What drove me to this insatiable lust for a new lens is because someone, who shall be refered to under the psuedonym, "J.C.," recently got himself a Canon EOS Kiss Digital N kit with 2, count them, TWO lenses for only PhP46k. That's 20k less than what I got for my Digital SLR with a standard lens. Now I know that somewhere in the Bible it says "Thou shalt not cover thy neighbor's goods (another pun inevitable)" but still...

Curse you, "J.C."

[sigh] Why couldn't I have just gotten into Stamp Collecting instead of Photography?
Thursday, February 16, 2006
WTF Moment #0003: Is he fucking serious?
Paris Hilton as Mother Teresa??? What the hell? Apparently some bollywood director was impressed that her royal airhead refused to pose nude for Playboy and is now considering casting her for the part.

Hello! She doesn't need to pose for Playboy! We've already seen her skinny naked ass everywhere else! Talk about the potentially worst case of miscasting, ever! God! You'd at least think he'd cast someone who has talent!

It's like casting Anabelle Rama as the Virgin Mary...

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Monday, February 13, 2006
That's one hell of a case mod...

Damn. Mikey, when are you going to make something like this?

More pics here.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
WTF Moment #0002: What's up with these sequels to 80s movies?

Rambo 4??? What the f---!? I know that Stallone is currently filming Rocky 6, but isn't making another Rambo movie pushing it? Stallone is too old to make the Vietnam War setting believable. Where is John Rambo supposed to go now? Iraq? You do realize that this is all Schwarzenegger's fault.

What's up with Hollywood making these late movie sequels? And why are these old 80s action stars so eager to reprise their old macho men images now? God knows I'm all for Indiana Jones 4 but this is getting ridiculous! Now if they were making a sequel to Goonies, I think I'll let the Rambo thing slide.

Photo: © Artisan Entertainment (Home Video). All rights reserved.

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But... where's Johnny Depp??
I'm not a big fan a post-Lion King Disney. Everything else that followed that movie was either crap or mediocre. So when the first Disney-Square Enix game, Kingdom Hearts, was announced, I was extremely skeptical about the quality of the game. I mean, who would want to play a role-playing game where your partymates are Goofy and Donald Duck? But like many others, I was surprised and quickly became a fanboy.
(A quick background for you non-gaming geeks out there, Kingdom Hearts merged the worlds of various Disney Animated Movies with the Final Fantasy games and made an impressively cohesive game)

Most of the Disney voice actors reprised their roles of their respective Disney characters. The Final Fantasy cast had interesting voice choices (Mandy Moore as Aerith, thank God she didn't sing). They even got Haley Joel Osment to play the lead character.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is that the game was so successful that they produced a sequel. What stirred up the fanboy in me even more was that they were not limiting the tie-ins to Disney's animated franchises! Now, not only can I play alongside Aladdin or Mulan, I'm playing with Capt. Jack-fucking-Sparrow and Tron!

They recently announced the voice actors who will work on the English version of the game. James Woods (Hades), Ming Na (Mulan) and Haley Joel Osment (Sora) are reprising their roles. New additions in the cast include Christopher Lee(!), Zach Braff reprising Chicken Little (yes, that little bastard is in the game), and Rachel Leigh Cook(!!!) playing Final Fantasy VII's Tifa.

Yes, I am gushing with fanboy excitement right now.
Kingdom Hearts 2 will be released for the PlayStation 2 in the US on March 28. It won't come soon enough.

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Saturday, February 11, 2006
WTF Moment #0001
I should know better than to react the way that I did when I first saw this. I mean, a good friend of mine organizes speed dating events. I have been in one of those speed dating events myself. But there are things that you can never prepare for.

So as I was browsing through this morning's Manila Bulletin, I see this article:


So I think, "wow, Petita's group is getting all this good publicity," but in the corner of my eye, I see this:


HOLY SHIT! Camille???! With...??? HOLY SHIT!
[sigh] If only some of us could be that lucky (Nadiyaryo ka pa, bruha). I'm happy for you Camille! Fight on!

I'll talk more on the speed dating thing in another post.

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Podcasts… white meat for your iPod.

So you finally got one of those brand-spanking-new fifth-generation iPods (that’s the one with video for you non-geek people), and now you want it to load it with videos. But you’re too lazy smart for that and make your geek friend do all the work for you. Of course your geek friend makes these wild excuses of how much cumbersome it is to convert his existing collection of porn wholesome videos to an iPod compatible format. On the other hand, if your geek friend is truly madly deeply in love with you, he/she will do it in a heartbeat, but chances are you’ll just end up staring at him/her blankly.


So, as your geek friend toils to convert all his videos for you, what can you do in the mean time? Well, you can download Podcasts. Podcasts? What’s that, you may ask? Google the motherfucker (jeez, you’re on the internet, use it). Anyway, if you notice, your iPod came with a program called iTunes. You know that thing your geek friend uses to sync your songs to your iPod? For my his/her sake, try using it for yourself. If you have version 6, you’ll notice below your Library there’s a (gasp!) Podcasts button. Click that and if you aren’t subscribed to any yet, iTunes will promptly take you to the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) podcast directory. From there you can find all sorts of podcasts. Sports, TV, Film, you name it, if there’s a geek out there who likes it, chances are there’s a podcast about it. Now wait a minute! These are all audio! I want my videos damnit! Well, if you only use your eyes instead of flapping your mouth you’ll notice they have a video podcasts link smack dab in the fucking middle of the iTMS page. Click it, and download some good times.

But there are so many! Where do I start? I’m not a total prick all the time, so I’ll give you some of the stuff I watch/listen to (note: most of these are tech related stuff):

This WEEK in TECH (audio) Website | iTMS link
If you loved TechTV, then you’ll like this. Some of the old hosts from TechTV are back to discuss weekly tech news stories. Heavy geek talk inside.

Tiki Bar TV (video) Website | iTMS Link
Like I said, if there’s a geek out there who likes something, there’ll be a podcast about it. It’s about alcohol and it’s funny. If you like both, then you should watch it. (this is why I never got into the advertising business)

Diggnation (audio/video) Website | iTMS Link
A weekly tech/web culture show that talks about some of the top stories of the equally popular social bookmarking website digg.com. They drink beer and they’re funny. Well, geek funny anyway.

Adobe® Photoshop® Killer Tips (video) Website | iTMS Link
I (heart) Photoshop. Sometimes I make it look easy to use it. But I still need help. This is a daily video podcast that gives Photoshop tips and tricks. Even I learned a couple of things from this podcast. It’s a small podcast (about 4MB per episode) so you can try downloading it via dial up. Now if you have broadband, you might wanna check out its big brother video podcast: Photoshop TV.

Once you've downloaded the podcast, sync it to your iPod as you normally would. Then viola! Free video for your expensive geek toy your boy/girlfriend/sugardaddy/mommy gave you. (If you have your iPod to automatically sync, you may have to toggle the auto-sync of podcasts as well.)

There is a catch though (there always is, isn’t there?). You will need a broadband internet connection to download video content. You can always try downloading it with your slow ass dial up but make sure you have two copies of War & Peace to read beside you.

Now, if for some reason, you hate iTunes (you know who you are “p”), you can always download Juice. It’s for Windows and Mac and it’s free. If you still don’t like that one then go to Google and find some more.

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Friday, February 10, 2006
So it begins...
Welcome one and all to the first post of my first ever blog! I know I kept telling everyone that I'd make my own blog but it took me over 2 years to finally get off my lazy ass and make one.

Why New Age Pirate™? Well, for starters, I think it sounds cool. I kinda see myself as a pirate of sorts. While I don't go scouring the literal seven seas, looting and plundering, I do so all around the vast ocean of the Internet. (Yes, that's me painfully trying to be a writer. Unfortunately, you'll read more of these failed attempts in the future.)

So, I'd like to welcome y'all again to my blog. Grab a mug of Grog™ and brace yerselves, mateys, as the New Age Pirate™ prepares to set sail!

ARR!

Name: Jin
Occupation:
Graphic Artist/Pirate
Geek Toys:
20" iMac Core Duo, PSP, iPod (3G), EOS350D
Special Attack(s):
La Serpiente Strike
El Gato Fist
Being the mindless drone of fashion that I am, I decided to jump on the Blogging bandwagon. This site contains all my rants and raves about current events, technology, video gaming, cinema and the occasional snippets of my own geek life. (Yeah, quite original, I know.)

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Illustrations and Character Designs: Jin.

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