- Audacity: An open source program that can record and edit sound.
- Ad-Aware Free: An excellent utility that can destroy spywares.
- BitTorrent: A tool for downloading games, movies, software and music and lets you pause or resume downloads, and change the queue in any ways.
- Dropbox: This gives you access to free 2GB of online storage space, and offers dead-simple file syncing among any number of PCs and the Web.
- Evite: this site offers free creation of e-mail party which invites and easily track RSVPs online.
- FreeConference.com: This makes unlimited free conference calls with this service.
- IMDb: This gives a free updated movie database.
- OpenOffice.org: A full-featured, downloadable Microsoft Office competitor gives you a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation program, a database, and a drawing application.
- The GIMP: In this image editor, you'll find many of the same services of photo tools available in adobe Photoshop, including filters, effects, masks, and layers.
- Trillian Basic: From a free single interface, you can use the services of the many popular instant messengers, such as AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger.
The Top 10 All-time Best Free Downloads and Services
HAWAII TSUNAMI VIDEO
Video shown on Hawaii News Now showed water receding, leaving rocks exposed around Coconut Island.
Vancouver Olympics Closing Ceremony Video February 28, 2010
Blueberries {Photo Mosaic}
Tsunami threatens Pacific Ocean; Chile experienced a huge earthquake February 27, 2010
Experts warned that a tsunami could strike anywhere in the Pacific, and Hawaii could face its largest waves since 1964 starting at 11:19 a.m. (4:19 p.m. EST, 2119 GMT), according to Charles McCreery, director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. - Yahoo
Tsunami waves were predicted and threatens to hit Australian, and Asian shores including the Philippines within 24 hours.
According to news, the death toll was at 78 and rising, but still no exact information of how many were injured.
Several hospitals there were evacuated due to the horrible effects of the huge quake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center called for "urgent action to protect lives and property" in Hawaii, which is among 53 nations and territories subject to tsunami warnings.
The largest earthquake ever recorded struck the same area of Chile on May 22, 1960. The magnitude-9.5 quake killed 1,655 people and left 2 million homeless. The tsunami that it caused killed people in Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines and caused damage to the west coast of the United States.
Let's just be ready for anything that will happen. Let us pray that this would not bring so much effect as we are fresh from the tragic outcome brought by the quake that hits Haiti.
For live stream of news from chile: www.ustream.tv
Manny Pacquiao versus Joshua Clottey fight on March 13, 2010
PBB Teen Edition: Clash of 2010 Audition Schedules
Metro Manila Auditions
- March 6 or 7 – Metro Manila (first 6,000 persons only)
- March 4 – SM Davao (8 AM to 3 PM)
- March 9 – Dipolog City (8 AM to 3 PM)
- March 11 – Tacloban City (8 AM to 3 PM)
- March 14 – Cebu (8 AM to 3 PM)
- Original and Photocopy of Birth Certificate
- 1 close-up and 1 full body picture
- Valid ID
- ball pen
Jason Francisco PBB College Pictures
He became known in PBB (Pinoy Big Brother) for his respect and admiration for girls, this is because he lived his life with his grandmother. He is an avid fan of Binoe (Robin Padilla), that’s why he imitated the way he talks, the way he stands and the way he acts. Jason knows how to find ways in getting what he wants. Now that he became one of the PBB grand winners, I don’t think he still remember us.
Plants vs Zombies Music Video
I am an avid fan of Plants vs. Zombies, actually I had just finished the flash game last night and was surprised with the music video at the end. Plants vs. zombies is a game made by Popcop and was selling for $19.95. To all fanatics of Plants vs. Zombies, here is the music video that I am talking about:
AGB Nielsen TV General Metro Manila Area TV Ratings February 2010
- Dragon Ball GT (GMA-7) 8.8%; Melason in Love (ABS-CBN) 14.3%
- Diz Iz It! (GMA-7) 8.4%; Showtime (ABS-CBN) 22.7%
- Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 21%; Daisy Siete: Bebe & Me (GMA-7) 14.7%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 19.3%
- Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak (GMA-7) 15.1%; Magkano ang Iyong Dangal? (ABS-CBN) 13%
- Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? (GMA-7) 14.3%; Maria de Jesus: Anghel Sa Lansangan (ABS-CBN) 10.6%; Banana Split Daily Servings (ABS-CBN) 9.9%
- Joey’s Quirky World (GMA-7) 7.8%; Pilipinas Got More Talent (ABS-CBN) 10.2%
- Family Feud (GMA-7) 11.4%; The Substitute Bride (ABS-CBN) 11.3%
- First Time (GMA-7) 20.2%; Tanging Yaman (ABS-CBN) 18.8%
- 24 Oras (GMA-7) 32.3%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 25.6%
- Panday Kids (GMA-7) 34.8%; Agua Bendita (ABS-CBN) 31.9%
- The Last Prince (GMA-7) 32.7%; Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo (ABS-CBN) 30.3%; Habang May Buhay (ABS-CBN) 27.4%
- Full House (GMA-7) 25.7%; Rubi (ABS-CBN) 25%
- Queen Seon Deok (GMA-7) 20.4%; SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (ABS-CBN) 13.5%
TNS Philippines also has their nationwide survey in the same date.
Winners in 2010 Philippine Presidential Elections
PRESIDENTIABLES
ANDREW KOENIG found dead
Andrew’s parents reported the actor who played Boner in the 1980’s television series as missing after they received a letter from him. The young Koenig sounded distraught in the letter, according to Walter. Andrew was last seen alive on February 14 when he left a friend’s apartment in Vancouver.
Koenig's body was found in an isolated section of the more than 1000 acre park. Pains was axed in 1992. He also dabbled as a stand-up comedian, film producer, and voice talent. He provided the voice for Ambush and Night Creeper Leader in the G.I. Joe cartoon series in the 1990s.
Police spent about a week searching for Andrew, who was reportedly suffering from clinical depression.
Andrew was born on August 17, 1968 and died February 25, 2010. He is known as Josh Andrew Koenig or Andrew Koenig, born in Los Angeles, California. He was an American character actor, film director, editor and writer and a son of actor Walter Koenig. He was known for his role Pavel Chekov in Star Trek.
Story of Star Cinema's Miss you like Crazy
DIRECTED BY: Cathy Garcia Molina
Whale kills trainer as horrified audience watch
Dawn Brancheau, trainer, was rubbing Tilikum after a noontime show when the 12,000-pound whale grabbed her and pulled her in, said Chuck Tompkins, head of animal training at all SeaWorld parks. Park officials said that the trainer drowned.
Skaggs, 72, said an alarm sounded and staff rushed the audience out of the stadium as workers scrambled around with nets.
Skaggs said he heard that during an earlier show the whale was not responding to directions. Others who attended the earlier show said the whale was behaving like an ornery child.
He left with his wife and didn't find out until later that the trainer had died. The retired couple from Michigan had been among some stragglers in the audience who had stayed to watch the animals and trainers when the accident occurred.
The experience of Dawn Bracheau is the not first attack, during November 2006, a trainer was bitten and held underwater several times by a killer whale during a show at SeaWorld's San Diego park.
The trainer, Kenneth Peters, escaped with a broken foot. The 17-foot orca that attacked him was the dominant female of SeaWorld San Diego's seven killer whales. She had attacked Peters two other times, in 1993 and 1999.
Wednesday's attack was the second time in two months that an orca trainer was killed at a marine park. On Dec. 24, 29-year-old Alexis Martinez Hernandez fell from a whale and crushed his ribcage at Loro Parque on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Park officials said the whale, a 14-year-old named Keto, made an unusual move as the two practiced a trick in which the whale lifts the trainer.
Nintendo DSi XL launching March 28, 2010 in North America
It costs $190. It will have two screens like its predecessors, but as the name suggests, the the device and screen is larger than their previous devices. The Nintendo DSi XL is already available in Japan.
Nintendo Co. also says it's launching "Super Mario Galaxy 2" for the Wii console on May 23 and "Metroid: Other M" on June 27.
TNS Philippines TV ratings Survey February 2010
• Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) 5.6%; Unang Hirit (GMA-7) 4.6%
• Mr. Bean (ABS-CBN) 8.8%; Gintama (ABS-CBN) 9.1%;
• Hunter X Hunter (GMA-7) 8.4%; Naruto Shippuuden (ABS-CBN) 10.1%
• Pokemon Master Quest (GMA-7) 12%
• Melason In Love (ABS-CBN) 18.1%
• Dragon Ball GT (GMA-7) 10.8% ; Knock Out (GMA-7) 9.9%
• Showtime (ABS-CBN) 27.6% ; Diz Iz It! (GMA-7) 7%
• Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 24.5%; Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 14.8%;
• Daisy Siete: Bebe ; Me (GMA-7) 10.3% Magkano ang Iyong Dangal? (ABS-CBN) 17.2%;
• Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak (GMA-7) 9%; Maria de Jesus: Ang Anghel sa Lansangan (ABS-CBN) 12.7%; Ina, Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? (GMA-7) 10.3%
• Banana Split Daily Servings (ABS-CBN) 13.6%; Pilipinas Got More Talent (ABS-CBN) 16.2%; Joey’s Quirky World (GMA-7) 6.2%
• The Substitute Bride (ABS-CBN) 15.1%; Family Feud (GMA-7) 10.1%
• Tanging Yaman (ABS-CBN) 25.8%; First Time (GMA-7) 17.5%
• TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 35.2%; 24 Oras (GMA-7) 24.1%
• Agua Bendita (ABS-CBN) 40.9%; Panday Kids (GMA-7) 28.9%
• Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo (ABS-CBN) 38.7%; The Last Prince (GMA-7) 29.2%
• Habang May Buhay (ABS-CBN) 31.8%; Rubi (ABS-CBN) 26.7%; Full House (GMA-7) 22.3%
• SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (ABS-CBN) 15.4%; Queen Seon Deok (GMA-7) 17.8% Bandila (ABS-CBN) 8.6%; Saksi (GMA-7) 7.5%
• XXX (ABS-CBN) 5.3%; I Witness (GMA-7) 4.4%
Melason in Love Episode 3 Video (February 24, 2010)
"Twitter is stressing out a bit right now, so this feature is temporarily disabled."
As a am searching for my College friends who might signed up already in twitter, i came up to discovering this message, that it is a little bit stress. What might be the reasons?
a. Twitter as of the moment is experiencing a bulk of users trying to find people who already joined.
b. Twitter is currently responding to millions of posts per second being sent through their social networking site.
c. Twitter might have an online maintenance and temporarily disabled the feature.
Nokia VP admits Nokia N97 "sucked" and a tremendous disappointment
Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's Vice President said in an interview that the Nokia N97 clicked to its market but was sucked and tremendous disappointment in terms of quality which the consumers did not anticipate.
He also added that they have learned lessons and those lessons were applied already in the new firmware version. Symbian 3 will roll out in the future where Nokia has a huge promise about it, "we have taken the learnings and when the Symbian 3 comes out, rest assured that it will be perfect" Nokia VP added.
Jansson's Frestelse (Janssons's Temptation) Recipe
If you are curious about the origin of the name, you can look it up here.
Ingredients:
- 5 medium-large potatoes
- 2 large red or yellow onions
- 2 cans or bottles Swedish anchovies (about 25) (According to my friend, the origin of the anchovies is very important, and results may differ if another anchovies are used).
- 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream
- salt
- pepper
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 Tbsp. melted butter
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 425º. Peel potatoes and either julienne into matchsticks, grate roughly, or cut into ultra-thin slices.
Peel and thinly slice onions. Grease a frying pan with butter and lightly fry onions over medium heat until tender but not brown. Remove from heat.
Lightly grease or butter a casserole dish. Place a third of the potatoes in bottom of dish. Layer half of the onions and half of the anchovies on top of the potatoes; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Repeat layer; use remaining third of potatoes as top layer.
Pour enough cream over potatoes to fill dish 3/4 of the way up. Combine bread crumbs and melted butter and spread across top of casserole.
Bake in oven until browned and cooked through, 50 minutes to 1 hour.
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Melason in Love Episode 2 Video (February 23, 2010)
Provincial Audition Schedules of PBB Teen Edition Clash of 2010
To all fans of PBB Teen Edition Season 3 2010, once the show doesn't start yet, we all have our chance.
Stormy Weather {Photo Mosaic}
So here´s my mosaic, remembering the storm.
And here few pictures of the consecuences on the Islands:
And in the end, the rainbow... :)
Twitter users creating 50 million 'tweets' per day
In short, tweets in twitter is approximately 600 tweets per second as of the day. Spam are not included here. The number of actual tweets is far higher because many messages are being delivered from multiple accounts, According to Weil.
Suhag Ki Woh Raat
Kaisi thi woh raat kuch keh sakta nahi main
Chahoon kehna to bayan kar sakta nahi mai,
Dulhan ban ke meri jab woh bahoon main aayee thi
Sej saji thi phoolon ki par us ne mehkai thi,
Ghunghat mein ik chand tha aur sirf tanhai thi
Awaaz dil ke dhadak ne ki bhi phir zor se aayee thi,
Pyar se jo maine ghunghat chand par se hataya tha
Pyar ka rang bhi utarkar uske chehre par aya tha,
Bahoon mein le kar usko phir laboo ki lali churai thi
Us sard raat mein saanse bhi shola ban kar takrai thi,
Tika,bindi,kangna, payal sabne shor machaya tha
Jab uske shokh badan ko maine haath lagaya tha,
Doob gaye the hum dono us dehekti pyar ki aag mein
Tod diya tha hum ne kaliyo ko uske pyar ke baag mein,
Kya batlaaye ab hum, woh raat kis kadar nirali thi
Hamare suhag ki woh raat,jo itni matwali thi……..