Cyberbaguioboy

I recently wrote an entry on Soundtrip, aptly titled “What is Pinoy Music?”
Excerpt:
I WAS “lost” last weekend in the piles of books in a local bookstore. I was hunting for a book that was recommended to me earlier by a literary friend. But fate brought me to the “entertainment section” of this bookstore. There I [...]

It was a tense day yesterday for more than 20 children and their tutors. For 10 hours, children and their teachers were held hostage inside a bus parked near the Manila City Hall. The children were freed later. While I was covering the happenings at the Commission on Elections (Comelec), everyone was distracted by this [...]

Here’s some good news:
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino cinematographer Paolo Dy is now closer to making it in Hollywood.
Dy is now among the aspiring filmmakers featured on “On The Lot,” a competition produced by Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg that offers a $1-million development deal with DreamWorks.
Dy’s suspense short film QWERTY is now featured on the [...]

Finally, the travel story I wrote about Saigon has come out. You can read it on INQUIRER.net’s Roadtrip.
Excerpt:
HO CHI MINH CITY–It was hard to miss the swarm [...]

Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down
-Gravity, John Mayer (Continuum)

I love the Blues. Thanks to Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Freddie King, and other countless guitar slingers, I’ve been addicted to the Blues. So when I picked up John Mayer’s new album, Continuum, I was surprised to find blues [...]

Here’s an article I wrote about my hands-on experience with Vista.
Microsoft Windows Vista was launched to consumers today here at the country’s biggest mall. The software company promised to create a spectacle, a big bang hoping to generate more interest in the new operating system. This morning I saw people lining up to get goodies [...]

Type an artist that you want to listen to, say, Joe Satriani. Pandora finds this artist, creates a personalized radio station and starts playing it (Thanks En for sharing this online find ;-)). But wait, it doesn’t stop there. It will also start playing similar music based on your taste. Welcome to Pandora, an Internet [...]

Hackenslash reporter Alex Villafania tries his hands on a new Saitek GM-3200 gaming mouse and Pro Gamer Command Unit. Watch the video review on Hackenslash TV.

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hackenslash TV: Saitek mouse and Pro Gamer Command Unit

Put the hours in; do it for long enough and magical life-transforming things happen eventually.
-Hugh McLeod, How to be Creative (cartoon also by McLeod)

I was up all night (or morning) trying to come up with a crude podcast. After hours of trial and error, I think I’ve done it! Why did I do it, you [...]

Here’s a preview (video) of the new free-to-play MMO from IP e-Games from Hackenslash TV.

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hackenslash TV: Supreme Destiny trailer