How I Interpret the Bill Gates / Jerry Seinfeld Advertisement

September 9th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Life, Video

The much talked about new ad from Microsoft has not yet reached our local networks (I doubt if it will even be shown here), but no thanks to the Internet, it made me watched a commercial intently quite a few times. The thing is, that ad doesn’t let you easily get the message and is open to a lot of interpretations. Many people think the Shoe Circus store is an Apple Store and Bill and Seinfeld subtly pokes fun at Apple products just like the Mac vs PC ads. I didn’t see it that way. In fact if there was any hint of making fun of Apple’s products it was really, really very subtle. More »

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Google: “Don’t Be Evil”

June 27th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Video



When I first had access to the Internet in the mid 90s, Google was non-existent. Popular search engines then were Excite, Alta Vista, Infoseek, Lycos and of course Yahoo! Well, except for Yahoo, the other web search engine pioneers may now be unheard of today. I learned about Google in 1999 and since then it has become my default search engine, and I guess so too with most people today. So how did two Stanford University students created the search engine that practically ended all other search engines and built a company that is now one of the biggest software companies in the world? With Google’s slogan of “Don’t be evil”, can we trust them to keep our information in its vast databases safe from others? Find out in this video about this company that was rated by Fortune Magazine multiple times as the #1 Best Place to Work, and its drive to become the #1 software company in the world.

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Your iPhone or Your Life?

June 26th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Life, Video, iPhone



For some people, the iPhone has taken away their lives. Make sure it doesn’t happen literally.

A surveillance video inside a bus in Columbus, OH, caught on tape a hooded teen lunging on a man who was wearing headphones and beating him up when he tried to hang on to his iPhone. Interestingly, nobody tried to do something and stop the attack… not even the driver of the bus.

This is nothing new in my country. Many passengers in buses, jeepneys and tricycles have become victims of public transportation robberies, some mercilessly killed while trying to hang on to their valued possessions. The usual targets are cellphones, bags, jewelries and sometimes laptops. Robbers usually work in teams, some acting as lookouts to watch for anyone who will try to help other passengers. Deployed policemen in civilian clothes inside these transportations have not deterred these crimes and some resulted in shootouts inside the buses. I always tell my children that nothing is worth hanging on to except their lives.

So, luckily for this guy on the video, he was only beaten up and still end up holding his precious iPhone.

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How to Watch Hi-Res YouTube Videos Online

June 17th, 2008 | Comments | Posted in Video

Ok, so there is this nice Fathers Day video on YouTube that shows every father’s ultimate toys–Lambos and Ferraris–being pulled-over by cops. Sad thing is, just like most YouTube videos, it’s like watching old silent movies with sound. There is actually a neat trick that you can use to make these videos look much better. Just add “&fmt=6″ to the end of the video URL.

Here’s a regular YouTube Video:

Here’s the same video with the “&fmt=6″ added to the URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoFmHbv4hYk&fmt=6

Videos that are already optimized will no longer benefit from this trick. It’s not HD, but hey, at least you can now view your favorite YouTube videos on a different light.

Warning: When making your own home videos for YouTube, check your nose in the mirror first!

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