Archive for the 'Media' Category

Xangsane/Milenya Typhoon YouTube video

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

I made my first YouTube video today. It is not a great video but it was a pretty rough day.

Typhoon Xangsane hits Metro Manila

Fall 2006 season premieres

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Here are some of the fall season premieres with torrent links. In bold the ones I follow.
Survivor - September 18
Prison Break - August 21
Vanished - August 21
Bones - August 30
Justice - August 30
The Simpson’s - September 10
CSI:Maimi - September 18
Law and Order: Criminal Intent - September 19
Law and Order: Special […]

HD-DVD out

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

The first reviews of HD-DVD movies are now come out: Last Samurai, , Phantom of the Opera and Serenity. The reviewers are very positive although but they do not seem to be entirely objective. First Blu-ray movies will be out May 23. The classic, The Fifth Element, will be in the first batch.

Next generation discs - focus on wrong issue

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

DVD is truly a failed media format. And I am not talking about DRM.
No, it is so prone to scratching that is ridiculous. My kids do not handle them kindly and about 10 percent of all DVD are dead within a couple of months.
HD-DVD will be worse. It is as susceptible to scratches but […]

American idol torrents

Friday, February 24th, 2006

The fifth season of American Idol has been crushing all other shows showed at the same time including the Winter Olympics.
Episodes 1-10 are superb entertainment, you can find torrents here. Episode 11-12, where the infamous judges, critique less are not as good.
Check out memorabilia here: American idol, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson.

Times are changing for online video

Monday, January 30th, 2006

Media companies have been extremely careful about selling content online. Now they are offering TV shows online through the Itunes store.
And now they have started to do something even more unthinkable just a year ago, selling TV shows online before they air.
The shows might not be the hottest shows around, the Comedy Central “Drawn […]

Spooky as Mort the Mouse Lemur

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

My kids absolutely loved Mort the Mouse Lemur with his huge sad eyes in the movie Madagascar.

Mort the Mouse Lemur
They are for some reason not so happy with the makeover of their cat Spooky…

Spooky as Mort the Mouse Lemur

My Name is Earl casting losing it

Friday, November 18th, 2005

The first eposodes of, the pilot (the main characters), Quit Smoking episode (2, Silas Weir Mitchell), Faked His Own Death (episode 4, Beth Riesgraf) and Teacher Earl (episode 5, Giovanni Ribisi) all had great casting.
But recently the casting have been so-so. More crazy criminals like, Giovanni Ribisi and Silas Weir Mitchell are […]