Photo of the day – TEDxMcGill 2010

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Yesterday I went to the TEDxMcGill 2010 event. It was really great, well organized, and had great speakers. Like most TED or TEDx events it was inspirational. There were many stories told, philosophies, and ideas shared (which is what TED is about). I will now try to go to any TED or TEDx event I can, and maybe even try to organize some back home if I can. Shout out to Tara for getting me to go to this amazing event! On the way out the organizers surprised the attendees with three TEDxs made out of Diet Coke cans, Coke cans, and water bottles.

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Amazing CGI Commercial – Silestone Above Everything Else

I was bored and was on Gizmodo.com when I saw this post. Anyways it’s a commercial made in CGI that looks so realistic its just breaks your brain. It is called Above Everything Else created by Alex Roman for Silestone. I would have thought it would be some sort of insurance commercial based on the name and everything falling, however it’s just the counter tops throughout the commercial.

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Photo of the day – On the Road (Freeman’s Electrical Goods)

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Yesterday they were filming a movie outside my building called On the Road. It is a film adaptation of the Novel written by Jack Kerouac. Anyways they setup this fake electrical goods store next to my house and even had old street lamps for a pedestrian scene. It has some big Hollywood names like Kristen Dunst and Kristen Stewart. Check it out in 2011. 

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Pacquiao Margarito Fight

Pacquiao Margarito Pacquiao Margarito Fight

Photo taken from http://boxeoveleno.blogspot.com/2010/10/robert-garcia-el-peso-no-afectara-tony.html

Recently two of my friends have got me into boxing. I usually would not be into such a sport because I don’t like violence, however this is organized violence. It definitely trumps UFC any day. Anyways I have become a Pacquiao fan not only because I feel that he is the best (along with everyone), but I have a connection with Filipino people. The working class back home is mostly Filipino and Indian, and I have grown to really appreciate what they do. To top it all off Manny Pacquiao is very humble even though he is making millions now. He is said to be the next president of the Philippines, and is the most famous Filipino in the world. If you watch the 60 Minutes episode that features Barack Obama and Manny you can learn that when Manny is fighting everyone in the Philippines is watching even police and criminals as they take the day off too!

I won’t post any spoilers on here, and I would just like to say that there not many people that have become so loved by their respective country as Manny has, which is truly amazing.

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Photo of the day – Happy Pills

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While buying some BCAAs for my friend today I saw these Happy Pills. It says that it is a non prescription feel good formula, which means it’s just herbs and over the counter ingredients. The name made me laugh and the packaging just added to it. To the left there were some happy dreams pills, which help you sleep easier. I picked one of those up as I have sleeping problems. I will report back on how effective it is.

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iTunes 10.1 released

iTunes 10.1 Software Update iTunes 10.1 released

Hot on the heels of 10.6.5 iTunes 10.1 has been released today. It was rumored on the interwebs that this update along with the iOS 4.2 (which has not been released yet) would hit the web shortly after  10.6.5. Soon all iPad owners will be rejoice as they can then multitask!

As described in the picture above, this update to iTunes lets you stream video using Airplay on the new (black) Apple TV, sync with iOS devices running 4.2, and bug fixes. I predict 4.2 will be released this weekend or on Monday maximum since it has already been in Golden Master for a while now.

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Mac OS X 10.6.5 hits the pipes

10.6.5 Software Update Mac OS X 10.6.5 hits the pipes

As usual thanks to Engadget for tipping me off. Today Apple released 10.6.5 on Software Update. No link to the Delta or Combo update dmgs yet, once I have found them I shall link to them. For those who don’t know what Delta and Combo mean, Delta means you must have 10.6.4 to install the update and comes in at a significant less file size than the Combo update. The Combo update on the other hand allows you to install it on any version of 10.6, so basically 10.6-10.6.4 or in computer geek terms 10.6.x. Anyways fire up software update from the top left of your Mac on the Apple menu. The bugfixes can be seen in the image above, Enjoy!

Update: Here is the link to the Combo DMG file. Delta update can be found here.

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Skype 5 Beta hits OS X

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When Skype 5 Beta hit Windows, I was really upset that it didn’t hit OS X. The reason for that was the video conferencing, which is a really cool feature. Today thanks to my friend Michael, I learned that it has finally made its way over to my favorite Operating System. The startup screen and the main application window look much better! Finally Skype users on Mac OS X can rejoice as Skype has a long history of taking its sweet time with Mac OS X and Linux releases. Anyways you can download the beta here!

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Google Adsense V3 Beta

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Google has just updated the Adsense with a new beta (version 3). From first looks it is just a cleaner interface and a lot of the data that took up different tabs are now displayed in one area. I haven’t had time to check out all the other features listed here.

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MacX Video Converter Pro Giveaway

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Again the friendly people at MacX (Digiarty) have created a giveaway and this time I am more on time with posting it! There are six (6) days left to nab yourself a free copy of this video converting software for OS X. There are 420+ codecs built in so it can convert many types of video files. The converter supports many outputs and youtube conversion. So give it a try if you are always converting videos.

MacX Video Converter Pro Giveaway

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