Archive for May, 2008

PC Games’ Graphics Settings - Toning them Down Before the Dogs of War get Unleashed

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Pushing the Envelope
Games nowadays are mostly all about eye candy — they are about blinding the consumers with bleeding edge graphics that most of the time their background stories have been all but left out.

My article for today however, is not about the debatable intricacies of eye-candy vs. plots but by how [...]

Hair Care

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Provided here are tips on how to take care of your hair, making it healthy and presentable as well.
SPLIT ENDS: Put three or four drops of almond oil into your hand. Heat it up by rubbing your palms together then run through hair before styling. Trim your hair about 1/2 to 1 inch every three [...]

I Want an Xbox 360 that Glows in the Dark

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Thanks to XCM, our favorite gaming console the Xbox 360 now has a new commercially modified replacement case that glows when the lights are out. This new shell modification called the XCM Glow Pearl case replaces your 360’s interior and emits a glowing green light that looks awesome when there’s no light around. The device, [...]

The Women’s Murder Club

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

I love reading. It transports me to a world that exists only in my dreams. It introduces me to interesting people of different backgrounds. Every time I take out a book and read, I discover something new about myself. And I marvel at these discoveries. Like the time I started reading James Patterson’s Women’s Murder [...]

Doom 4 is Coming

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The last three years or so saw me visiting my friends’ now-defunct Internet café, where I played Doom 3 and completed its single player campaign no less than three times — the first in beginner mode, the 2nd in Veteran and the third (also in Veteran) when they upgraded their computers. (I just had to [...]

Random Money Saving Tips

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

1.) Do garage sales. It not only frees you of unused stuff that clutters the house and eats up space; the sales can help augment your cash-on-hand.
2.) Bake your own bread or cook your own meal instead of buying or dining in restaurants.
3.) Conserve water. Instead of using the shower, fill up a large basin [...]

Miami Heat’s new head coach is a Fil-Am

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

 
Erik Spoeltra, a 37-year-old bachelor with Filipino heritage, is now manning the Miami Heat. Spoelstra is born to Jon Spoelstra, an American of Dutch-Irish lineage, and to Elisa Caridad Celino, a former professor in the Mindanao State University-Marawi.
Even though Spoelstra came to the Philippines once (he was then three years old), he said that he [...]

For Gamers: Getting the Most Out of Your PC

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

 
 
 
 
“35-46 frames per second at this level of eye-candy. Not bad for a 4-year old piece of junk. It still astounds me why some PC owners don’t tweak their systems even if you show them how.“
So read my YM message yesterday.
Do you know that you may not be getting the most out of that rig [...]

Painting outdoors

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

I watched another film called “Dreams” by Akira Kurosawa. It’s actually a compilation of short films put together in just one film. In one of the short films, the film maker, Akira, was viewing some paintings made by the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh in an art gallery. All of a sudden, he was transported [...]

Emphasis in drawing

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

There are three elements of a drawing. The first is the subject. Second is the foreground and last is the background.
This is very important to know if we’ll start drawing. Suppose we have a ball placed on top of a table in a dark room and only the ball is well lighted, which one is [...]