September 3rd, 2010 - Motoring
This is Hyundai’s very first front-engine, rear-wheel drive sports coupe and I believe will go against Nissan’s G series.
Hyundai decided to retire the Tiburon brand and replaced it with this. It has proper transmission and brakes, 6-speed manual and four-piston Brembo’s.
Though what I am really interested at is the turbocharged 2.0 L Theta engine. [...]
September 3rd, 2010 - Motoring
We have the original UK series, and Australian and Russian versions. Finally, the US version is up and ready!
Top Gear USA will now be on the History Channel instead of NBC, though. It was originally scheduled on NBC but the network canned it because of high costs and low expectations.
There was only one episode (pilot) [...]
September 2nd, 2010 - Games
There are courses that can teach you how to make videogames. And there’s a course called “21st century Skills in Starcaft”. The University of Florida offers it.
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21st Century Skills in Starcraft
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21st Century Skills in Starcraft is an 8 week entirely online course that uses the popular real time strategy (RTS) game Starcraft to teach [...]
August 24th, 2010 - Lounge
Reportedly, a tourist bus full of Hong Kong nationals was on its way to a local establishment when former Philippine National Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza hijacked it with his ArmaLite M16 rifle.
The hostage-taking had ended with a negative result. News reports 8 tourists were killed and several others harmed. It all started when Rolando [...]
August 22nd, 2010 - Lounge, Motoring, Practical Shooting
Long time no post, everyone. It’s been awhile since my last entry and I do hope this would be a new start for my blogging (if you can call it blogging).
Now, let’s acknowledge it. In every angle that we look at it, newly elected P-Noy has indeed “inherited” lots of problems from the previous administration [...]
December 10th, 2009 - Practical Shooting
Just over 2 years of pistol shooting. I became a Champion!
2009 SSAA Steel Challenge National Championships
Category – Metallic Sight, Semi-Auto
Mabuhay ang mga Pinoy!
July 29th, 2009 - Motoring
Ferrari’s latest Berlinetta is here. The new 4.5-liter V8 engine can pump out over 560 HP @ 9,000 RPM.
July 27th, 2009 - Tech & Online
I’m quite sure you’ve heard about this new display technology called “LED” or light-emitting diode. I went to some stores to check some HDTVs and then I saw Samsung’s LED TV. It’s pretty impressive for its size and cheap price. But then, I noticed something odd.
July 24th, 2009 - Tech & Online
In the hunt for a new LCD? Know more about contrast ratios, response times, panels, makes and all those numbers and terms.
Okay, here’s the story, a fellow got a new LCD. We then decided to compare it with my “old” LCD, just to see which one performs better. On paper, the new LCD seemed far [...]
July 24th, 2009 - Lounge
Earthquake brings New Zealand closer to Australia.
July 16th, 2009 - Motoring
Aston Martin has always been about class and power. The company that Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford built almost a hundred years ago has never failed to exhibit quality and design. But today, we are experiencing various shifts in both commercial and environmental departments. Aston Martin, however, would never let themselves miss a blink. And [...]
July 15th, 2009 - Tech & Online
Manila’s largest electric company, Meralco, will be launching its own broadband internet over power lines service this quarter.
Power line communication or broadband over power lines (BPL) technology transmits data through electric power lines. The subscriber will only need a BPL modem and plug it directly into a power outlet. Hopefully, as long as there’s a [...]