Hello readers!
I’m reposting a whole bunch of information from the PBA 2008 website. The team has been working hard on the logistics and filtering entries for our much awaited awards night at One Esplanade. This is also our first sneak peek at our sponsors who have been very generous in giving away raffle prizes and making this HUGE EVENT possible!
At Wordcamp ’08, RebelPixel’s Markku Segguera unveiled his Strip! plugin for WordPress. From his talk, the Strip! plugin is applicable in the following scenario:
Let’s say you have a really good thread that generates a lot of comments. Sometimes you have friends who want to ride on with that thread and post unrelated URLs. It isn’t spam, but since “nahihiya” kayo, you also can’t delete it. Strip! removes the URL link with a simple click of a button. You can also “unstrip” the comment in case you decide to show the link.
Above is the screenshot in my comments section where I can strip “bad” comments. Since those comments and trackbacks are good (yay!) I don’t need to do it. I’ve only used it twice so far. Never mind which comments those were. 🙂
So the email thread, turned phone conversation went like this:
Me: Of course I remember you! (High School)
AJ: Guess what? We’re having a Wii party at my place! Can you invite your friends?
Me: Sure, where’s your house?
AJ: No, no, no, it’s the Wii party place called FriiSpirit
Me: Huwhatt???? All this time AJ, and you never told me you owned that place???
AJ: Well… yeah! So we’re having a party this Friday. Can you invite some of your blogger friends?
Me: OK. I can post it… how many can you accomodate? 30? 50?
AJ: Up to 100!
Me: Wew.
Rock Band! Guitar Hero Aerosmith! (and yes, it doesn’t come with Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing!) and Wii games from 9PM onwards!
So can you make it? Aside from several Wiis, they have 6 Guitar Hero accessories and … 2 ROCK BAND SETS!!! Everyone’s invited! Although there’s really no need RSVP, it would be nice to (WALK THIS WAY and …) get a head count. You can sign up via this Google Docs sheet.
FriiSpirit
G/F One Burgundy Plaza, Katipunan Ave.,
Loyola Heights, QC
Tel: 434-5434
Mobile: 0929-698-6738
Wow, so many sales at the TriNoMa. I’m listing two of them here. If you’re not like me (I cram all the shopping come November / December at the Cuenca Bazaar in Alabang), you might want to check out the freebies, promos and discounts that TriNoMa is offering. Think of it as an early Christmas shopping spreeeee!
If you are from Ateneo or La Salle, all you need to do is (1) present your school ID or alumni ID or (2) simply print this coupon and bring it to the mall. The sale will be at the cinema lobby. Simply right click + save the image and print it out.
There are tons of promos and discounts across the entire mall. Here is a partial listing (about 25%) of the total sale coverage. Want the full listing? Proceed here. The discounts for SLRs and Crumpler bags are cool, but the best discount listed here is the 20% off on Bleach Catastrophe!!! They have the best and most affordable shirts and jackets. Here’s a photo of my Bleach Catastrophe jacket I bought while browsing with a few friends a couple of months ago.
Alterations Plus- 10% off on services
Bleach Catastrophe – 20% off on purchases
Brookstone – 10% off on purchases
Canon D Zone – 10% off on cash purchases and 5% off on card purchases. Offer valid only for digital cameras, SLRs, digital video cameras, and non-Canon products and accessories
Crumpler – 10% off on accessories and bags
Firma – 5% off on card purchases and 10% off on regular items
Mango – Get free Mango candles.
Olympic World – Get a free tote bag or sling bag.
Schu – 20% off on purchases
Tough Jeansmith – 10% of on all regular items
S.E.E. Optics – 10% to 30% off on selected items
TRU – 5% off on purchases
This one is for BPI card holders. Darn, no Zara! But that’s OK. Here are the brands that will be on sale from the 11th to the 14th:
Aerosoles
Anne Klein
Anne Klein Watches
Bass
Beauty Bar
Beka
Calvin Klein Jeans
Calvin Klein Underwear
Charriol
Citre Shine
Conair
Debenhams
Denman
Dep
Designer Fragrances
DKNY Jeans
Ecco
Fruits and Passion
Gap
Hawaiian Tropic
Jack Nicklaus
Kenneth Cole
Lacoste
Liz Claiborne
Marks & Spencer
Max Factor
Mexx
Nine West
Oka B
Polo Ralph Lauren
Princess
Rowenta
Springfield
Tefal
Zero Frizz
I hear there’s a third sale coming up. Will post more details about it later. I love the shopping holiday bliss!
More details on the SSI sale here.
So I clocked in about 5 hours of beta testing Warhammer today. Now I can finally quantify all the excitement that I’ve channeled since World of Warcraft. All in all, Mythic had an interesting take on how video games sort of encourage you to grind the same thing over and over again. After a while, it gets tedious. I realized that I’m not the same gamer I was from 5 years ago. I’m less patient and I have less time to dedicate to gaming (yeah right, I’ve clocked in 5 hours!).
The first five hours of play brings so much engagement to players. Compared to other MMO’s (especially to World of Warcraft), Warhammer: Age of Reckoning has a crap-load of things that can be done in almost all parts of the map. The quests are fun, if not downright stupid – I had to load myself onto a catapult to be flung into the enemy’s castle, and I had to load up unconscious dwarves into barrels and toss them from the castle walls.
Warhammer Online succeeds in bringing something for every gamer, whether you only have 30 minutes, 3 hours, or 10 hours of free time. It’s exactly what I hoped it to be – a breath of fresh air from my previous experiences with online role playing games. It has a Team Fortress 2 co-op flavor to it, which is, I think, why I found it appealing.
To put my beta impressions in a nutshell, unlike other MMO’s that reward players based on how long or how hard they play, Warhammer Online rewards players by simply playing the game at their own pace.
So far the only other Filipino I know who’s playing the open beta is Kiven. We’re both parked on Oceanic servers. We’re playing Chaos. Anyone else into this stuff?