Saturday, 31 July 2010

Zerg Units Drone

Zerg Units has been featured few days ago and perhaps we need a explore the Zerg race a bit more detailed.

Drone, most commonly known as the worker unit. In-charge for gathering resources and minerals enable for you to operate and build armies. Zerg's unit Drone are usually morphed into buildings, turned into attacking units like rRoach, Hydralisk and etc.

Basic techniques to make your Drone work faster and gather more resources is to strategically build your buildings near the source of minerals. By this, you will shorten the distance to be traveled by your Drone unit.

Zerg unit's Drone

You might have some ideas and techniques how to make Zerg units dominant among the 2 other race namely Protoss units and Terran Units.

Friday, 30 July 2010

Dinner for Schmucks Review

Dinner for Schmucks Reviews shows that the movies was not really well, satisfactory. Got only 52% out 105 comments from a popular movie critic site Rottentomatoes.com.

Not really a fan of Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, though I like some of their movies. Steve Carell failed my expectation to the movie Evan Almighty (Guess, I expect a lot.) Steve Carells' Get Smart is pretty awesome, maybe because of Anne Hathaway

As to Paul Rudd, I like his movie Role Models together with Seann William Scott who was also one of my favorite from the movie American Pie (He's good actor for a jerk role). Paul Rudd is not really a funny guy but I really wonder why he got comedy project movies? But somehow did make me laugh from the movie Role Models.

Now, let's go back to Dinner for Schmuck reviews, I just can't imagine how their chemistry works. How will the writers and directory blend their portrayals. But based from movie critic site Rottentomates, it sounds like the movie will not even make it to top 5 weekend box office.

Here are some comments form Rottentomatoes.com
With apologies to Vin Scelsa, Dinner for Schmucks is an idiot's delight

Hollywood used to produced great comedies that made you laugh until your sides

Unless you're a hard-core Carell fan, this is one Dinner reservation I'd consider canceling.

Filled with audacious silly behavior, none of which has an edge to make its comedy sharp.

Veber’s comic conceit, which stopped short of actually showing the dinner,

Ambles along waywardly for the first half hour before losing steam altogether.

The blend of styles with Rudd's everyman realism, Roach's pedestrian visual sense, and the script's "wacky" humor results in a stew of a comedy in which the divergent ingredients never gel into one coherent movie dish.

That the film would be funny, at times hilarious, despite having the potential to be needlessly cruel, is not exactly a surprise given the two actors' proven chemistry in those prior films.

Dinner With Schmucks may actually be the funniest movie currently in the marketplace -- but that’s pretty much by default.
 
Much less energy, delight, wit, humor and fun than the original was able to muster without any evident strain.

It's just too bad you have to sit through a less than appetizing main course before you get to sink your teeth into the mouthwatering dessert.

All the disorderly or anarchistic possibilities of its premise get channeled back toward a message of symbolic pseudo-redemption, which is what Hollywood movies have to deliver at all costs.

With moments of fitful hilarity, the pairing of Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and a talented cast of secondary actors, there’s plenty here to keep summer comedy fans satiated, if not entirely satisfied.

Pure, tasteless slapstick silliness with little on its mind beyond cheap yuks.

In adapting Francis Veber’s 1998 French farce Le Dîner des cons (The Dinner Game), Roach and his writers David Guion and Michael Handelman have completely defanged it.

A satisfactory meal, but not quite the comedic feast that it might have been had it possessed some spicier ingredients.
 For more click here.

Credits: Rottentomatoes.com for commentaries.

Justin Bieber Smoking Weed - Indeed?

Yo! Justin Bieber, smoking weed? For real?

Is Justin Bieber a singing sensation or a rumor targeted sensation?

The worst was Justin impregnated his mother. After his videos at Youtube was rickrolled (see rickrolling) and make Justin Bieber world tour to North Korea.

Justin Bieber smoking weed is just another of those rumors that are spread over the internet today.
Are these rumors good or bad? Well, there was one rumor that was not negative actually. Justin converts to Scientology rumor was not bad all. 

IMO, I guess these rumors is really making Justin Bieber more popular. Yah, undeniably I known him over the Internet too, the time I checked Google's hot trends last year.

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Ellen DeGeneres leaves American Idol Season 10

In the upcoming American Idol season 10, Ellen DeGeneres will not be judge anymore. The news was confirmed today by Fox representative.

DeGeneres would not appear at the auditions this summer or on the show next winter. Reason for leaving might be connected to the come back of original producer Nigel Lythgoe which was reported this week. According to the reports, Lythgoe is planning to revamp the setup of judges.

 In a statement issued by DeGeneres, she said that the decision was her.

“A couple months ago, I let Fox and the ‘American Idol’ producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me,” she said. “I told them I wouldn’t leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next.”

500M Facebook users, ready to answer your Facebook Questions

The giant social networking site Facebook is cooking the latest feature named Facebook Questions (Still in Beta).


500M Facebook users, ready to answer your Questions. Yes that's right! 500M Facebook users might be answering your question. I could compare this Twitter and Plurk but the difference is, your question is publicly seen by the said number of users. Unlike in two popular micro-blogging site, your status or question only available to your followers.

Well, it's not really the two micro-blogging sites Facebook's trying to compete but rather Yahoo! answers.

Here's a bit of information from Facbook's Blog.

Ask Anything, Get Quality Answers

Facebook Questions helps you tap into the collective knowledge of the more than 500 million people on Facebook. For example, if you're vacationing in Costa Rica and want to know the best places to surf, you can use Facebook Questions to get answers from nearby surfing enthusiasts. Because questions will also appear to your friends and their friends, you'll receive answers that are more personalized to you.


To ask a question to the community, just click the "Ask Question" button at the top of the homepage. You can also ask questions about your friends from their profiles, similarly to how you would post on their Walls.

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Kanye West Twitter, first tweet :Silicone Valley

You a fan of @Kanyewest ? Have a Twitter account? Guess you're not late to know that Kanye West twitter account is now up.

Kanye West has a similar story with Lebron James Twitter who was also hesitant to register back then. 



Kanye West early tweets : 

Maybe Kanye's still sleepy when first tweeted this.
  • "Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone Valley"   
After an hour, guess he already took his breakfast and wide awake.

  • Lol I spelled Silicon wrong ( I guess I was still thinking about the other type of silicone ITS A PROCESS!! : ) 
Let's skipped the following hours and move after 9hours of creating Kanye West Twitter account. 
  •  I got 90,000 followers in 8 hrs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you everybody
  •  
That's a huge number of followers huh? But wait, is Taylor Swift one of them?


Hey Kanye, I know you're trying to gain followers but I'm a let you finish Taylor Swift already have 3,693,254 followers.  
Tha

Jack Roush survives plane crash

NASCAR team owner Jack Roush survives in a plane crash today. His condition is now stable after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said in a text message to The Associated Press:  "There are injuries. Possible surgery, But he walked out of the plane."

The plane was owned by Jack Roush confirmed by medias. The team said that Roush was already landing the plane when the accident happened at 6:15 p.m. CDT.

Jack Roush was with his friend Brenda Strickland of Plymouth, Mich when the plane crash happened confirmed by EAA, the National Transportation Safety Board and Winnebago County Sheriff's Department.

Monday, 26 July 2010

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty The Zerg Units

Blizzard's StarCraft II is set to release on July 27. StarCraft superstars, addicted and regular players are now gearing up their PC's to experience the StarCraft's sequel dubbed as StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. 14 years in the making, launching was delayed or to be exact postponed but finally it will be out tomorrow.

First let me introduce StarCraft II.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment as a sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft. The game was developed for concurrent release on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. StarCraft II is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. On May 3, 2010, publisher Activision Blizzard announced that Wings of Liberty would be released worldwide on July 27, 2010. Source Wikipedia

StarCraft II is real-time strategy game composed of different unique units under different races namely Terran, humans exiled from Earth skilled at adapting to any situation,Protoss, a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities and Zerg, a race of reptilian aliens in pursuit of genetic perfection obsessed with assimilating other races.

Since, StarCraft II units are too many to share I will merely focus on Zerg units.

Drone
The drone is the basic economic unit in the Zerg Swarm. It can mine minerals, harvest gas, and morph into buildings.

Zergling
Morphing from the larva crawling amongst the creep come the tiny Zerglings. These creatures might be small but they are anything but what you want to meet face to face.

Roach
The Roach as very low hit points, but an extremely high hit point regeneration rate.

Hydralisk
The backbone of any Zerg army in the original Starcraft is back in Starcraft 2, and well its backbone has grown as it now stands at the height of a Protoss Stalker.

Infester
The Infester replaces the role of the Defiler from the original Starcraft, in that it cannot attach units out straight, but rather has a myriad of various abilities.

Ultralisk
This massive unit is able to take a tremendous amount of damage , being the tank of any Zerg army.

Baneling
Morphing from Zerglings, these are one of the first new units announced for the race of the Zerg. These creatures are made for one and only one purpose, suicide.

Mutalisk
Just as the Zerg ground units do below, the Mutalisks swarm in dark clouds above. The Mutalisk is a light air unit that does best in large numbers.

Nydus Worm
The Nydus worms were seen in Blizzards video popping out of the ground and releasing swarms of Zerglings on the enemies above.

Overlord
The Zerg is a race that survives and thrives by assimilating other species. The Zerg Overlord is one such example, coming from the species called Gargantis Proximae.

List of Zerg Units, credits to Gamereplays.org
A friendly reminder, be sure to check StarCraft 2 System requirements before installing and getting hooked.

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Redford White Died at 54

Comedian actor Redford White died today 6:47am as posted by Jim Paredes via his Twitter,member of the trio-group APO Hiking Society. According to sources, Redford White, Cipriano Cermeno in real life, died because of lung and brain cancer. The disease he has been battling for a long time.

Jim Paredes' tweet. Check his Twitter here.

“At 6:47 am today, my great friend, fellow diver and a wonderful human being known to all as Redford White passed away peacefully. I was with him yesterday and we had our last hugs. I will miss you ‘pre. Love you. Your great spirit has left many sad. “I have been expecting this. My only consolation is that his physical suffering has stopped. I will never forget you dear friend. I love you. In truth, he counts among the most wonderful human beings I have ever known–generous, kind, light, uncomplicated, funny and loving. Your passing leaves a hole in my heart.”
Redford White's manager or he himself hid his situation in public. When rumors came out, no one from Redford's family confirmed it, his manager has even sent a message to ABS-CBN’s “The Buzz” that the actor is in “good shape.

Condolence to Redford's family and love ones. Thank you for making us laugh the time you were still alive.

Paulina Porizkova at The Late Late Show


Paulina Pořízková, top model in Paris during the early 80's. Born April 9, 1965.

Now known as Paulina Porizkova-Ocasek (Czech:Pavlína Pořízková, ) is a Czechoslovakian-born Swedish-American model and actress.

Married to Ric Ocasek lead vocal of popular new wave band The Cars, the band popularized the song "Drive". Watch embedded video below. The two met also from the making of the said video and eventually "drive" them together to the church.

Aside from modeling and acting, she also writes. She first co-authored a children's book, The Adventures of Ralphie the Roach with Joanne Russell and illustrated by stepson Adam Ocasek, that was published in September 1992. While have her first novel published in 2007 entitled A Model Summer. A story about a 15-year-old Swedish girl (Jirina) chosen by a modeling agent to spend a summer working in Paris in 1980.


Appearances in television: Source: Wikipedia

She was part of the panel of judges on America's Next Top Model, starting on Cycle 10 replacing the fashion icon, Twiggy.  Pořízková continued to conduct regular weekly evaluations of Top Model participants on the show until she announced she'd been fired from Top Model during a 12 May 2009 appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS.

Pořízková was a participant on the Spring 2007 series Dancing with the Stars, but she was voted off on the first results show which aired 27 March 2007. In January 2010, she played the minor role of Clarissa, in the CBS Daytime soap opera, As The World Turns.


Tonight, Paulina Porizkova will be on "The Late Late Show" (12:37 a.m., CBS).

Watch Paulina Porizkova from "Drive" music video below

Friday, 23 July 2010

Salt movie review : So far FAIR

Looking for Salt movie reviews because it's already out in big screen?

A bit of information about Salt movie:

Movie plot:

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt’s efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who is Salt?” Source: IMDB.com

Casts:

    Angelina Jolie    ...     Evelyn Salt

    Liev Schreiber    ...     Ted Winter

    Chiwetel Ejiofor    ...     Peabody
    Daniel Olbrychski    ...     Orlov
    August Diehl    ...     Mike Krause

    Daniel Pearce    ...     Young Orlov
    Hunt Block    ...     U.S. President Lewis

    Andre Braugher    ...     Secretary of Defense

    Olek Krupa    ...     Russian President Matveyev

    Cassidy Hinkle    ...     12-Year-Old Chenkov
    Corey Stoll    ...     Shnaider
    Vladislav Koulikov    ...     Chenkov's Father
    Olya Zueva    ...     Chenkov's Mother

    Kevin O'Donnell    ...     Young CIA Officer

More at IMDB.com
---- UPDATE 1 ----

Here are some Salt movie reviews from Rottentomatoes.com

  • Salt is essentially the same movie as The A Team, [except] you don't feel quite as stupid afterwards for having watched it. 
  • It's pretty much all chase flick and very little exposition. The problem is the film becomes SO far-fetched, you can't possibly turn your brain off and buy into its dizzying pace and twisting, turning storyline. (Parental Review also Available)
  • We need a reason to root for the hero. 'That's whose name is in the title' doesn't cut it.
  • Devoid of thrills, excitement and cleverness, despite an abundance of slick action sequences and Angelina Jolie's sizzling physique---errr---performance. For more bang for your buck, go watch Inception instead.

As for the information about Salt movie you can check this site.

IMDB
Salt Online Free

If you're still undecided to watch Salt movie and wanted to read for review first, you can check it here:

Watch the Salt movie trailer below.


Thursday, 22 July 2010

Jessi Slaughter bullied appears in Good morning America

4chan is family oriented was posted on the site 4chan.org after the site was featured in Good Morning America. GMA, interviewed Jessi Slaughter and her family on their special segment. [Watch the video embedded below.] 

Jessi Slaughter the 11-year old girl who received cyberbullying and appeared in Good Morning America for an interview. She wouldn't have gotten this far if in the first place behaves herself as she should be. According to comments, Jessi gave details "in which she describes her sexual activity or how much she has claimed to love having s*& on her blogs." Exact phrase.


There was also a video of her chatting online and said “I don’t care, any type of fame I’ll take”. The video came out after the alleged video"emotional breakdown" was out. Check links provided. What were Jessi's thinking? Is she or her family is just after for fame? Sounds like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJiveT4onUQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkBZpMkZGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-0UgowsVo

4chan.org, users' activities is known to work in anonymous. The site is an image board wherein users post a picture while other comment on.

Youtube 3 Days - Lifeinaday

As of this writing, Youtube 3 days logo is down to two.  Means we only have two days to go.


Youtube 3 days? Still looking what Youtube is really up to? Just click the logo and you will be forwarded to a certain Youtube channel Life In a day.

Life in a day, a historic experiment by Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald together with the Youtube community. 

Life In A Day is a historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film shot in a single day. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera. The most compelling and distinctive footage will be edited into a feature film, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald. Youtube.com/lifeinaday

So, are you gonna join? I also wanted to document my day that's I'm thinking of joining it, who knows I'll be considered and get featured.

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

How true that Justin Bieber converts to Scientology

Yet another rumor to Justin Bieber :). Let's consider this rumor somehow positive. Not really attacking the teen pop superstar.

Are people attacking Justin Bieber ran out of ideas? Maybe, The Justin Bieber Converts to Scientology is already flooding Google with volume of searches. Maybe members of Scientology are also confirming the truths and of course the Bieber fever.


If Justin Bieber converted to Scientology, that would be great at least we'll see him sometime go along with Tom Cruise.

The rumor today is really astonishing because it didn’t attack Justin Bieber negatively.

I'm just wondering who invited Justin Bieber to join Scientology. Related to this story from Showbizspy.com, Katie Holmes, wife of Cruise also invited her former fiancée to join the said religion

Blogger Stats

Innovation, add-ons, latest features or whatever you call them that's still cool for me. Statistics is always been a part of our life, from our day to day activities, tv to radio and now to Internet.

Statistics, as defined from Dictionary.com - The mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data, especially the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling.
From a site owner's point of view, we need to monitor our visits statistics to simply identify our sources of traffic like keywords, country, referring sites, operating system and browsers and many more. For more about this, you may search "importance of web stats".

Image 1 : Dashboard
I'm not really going to discuss importance of web stats but how I came up with this post. The latest feature I've seen at Blogger in Draft last night caught my attention.

From my Dashboard, I saw the "Stats" at the rightmost of my blog. Checked out immediately and displayed with Stats overview (Image 2).

Image 2 : Stats Overview


See images embedded below :

Image 3 : Posts and Pages Stats
Image 4 Traffic Sources


Image 5 : Audience

From the Audience stats, I didn't know that I actually have a visitor using a PlayStation Portable, PLAYSTATION 3 and iPod. That was cool.

Now comparing it to WP Stats, I don't think they have difference at all because both will give us the same information. For now, I like Blogger's Stats.



Check also Blogger in Draft blog or click here to know more about this latest feature.

Justin Bieber's rides his Lamborghini with Sean Kingston

I'm pretty sure people who regularly attacks and spread rumors against Justin Bieber must have envied his new wheels.

Justin Bieber recently got his hands on Lamborghini, a gift promised by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs when he turns sixteen. The promise that Justin Bieber didn't took seriously.
'[Diddy] said when I turn 16 he will give me his Lamborghini.
'But we all know Diddy's not going to give me his Lamborghini, he's all talk.'
Said Bieber in People Magazine back in March.

According to DailyMail, Usher, gave Justin Bieber a brand new Range Rover on his birthday last March 1.while P. Diddy is in the habit of gifting teenagers with ludicrously expensive cars.

I wish I have millionaire / billionaire friends around me.

Imagesource: Dailymail.co.uk

Monday, 19 July 2010

Mel Gibson Dead. Of course NOT!

Mel Gibson Dead! Yes you read it right! Mel Gibson's dead is just number one keyphrase or let me say "rumor" spreading over the Internet today.

No one can really deny that Internet is the fastest way to spread rumor/s. Since I start checking Google trends last year, I've been seeing issues like these. With the trends coming up everyday, rumors are always in the top 20. Mel Gibson dead? Not really new! Last year, Matt Damon was dead from a unreliable site. And yes, the popular teen pop star of today's generation (clap, clap, clap) Justin Bieber dead.

I guess Mel Gibson dead rumor issue is just brought maybe because of the racism issue. According to media, it was from a recorded rant of Mel Gibson by her ex-girlfriend. From the tape, Mel was heard shouting "You're an embarrassment to me. You look like a f***ing bitch in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault." RadarOnline.com had heard the tape.

Sunday, 18 July 2010

Tea Party Express and Mark Williams booted out from National Tea Party

A resolution has been passed by the NAACP denouncing racist elements within the Tea Party movement. 

In response to the resolution, Tea Party Express chairman Mark Williams lashed out against the civil rights group, claiming that "they make more money off of race than any slave trader ever."

MSNBC Report on Tea Party Express

Tea Party political movement saw a major split over the weekend, with the National Tea Party Federation expelling a member group after its spokesman wrote an online post satirizing a fictional letter from what he called “Colored People” to President Abraham Lincoln.


On its website, the federation stated it had given the Tea Party Express, through direct contact with one of its leaders, a deadline to rebuke and remove spokesman Mark Williams.


“That leader’s response was clear: they have no intention of taking the action we required for their group to continue as a member of the National Tea Party Federation,” the federation stated.


Therefore, effective immediately the National Tea Party Federation is expelling Tea Party Express from the ranks of our membership.”


Federation spokesman David Webb, interviewed Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” called the blog post “clearly offensive.”


Williams, who said his letter was satirical, started it like this: “Dear Mr. Lincoln, We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!”


“Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn’t that what we want all Coloreds to strive for?” he added. “What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us Coloreds!”

Enjoy the National Ice Cream Day

national icream day
Are you enjoying your Ice Cream Day today? Perhaps one of the greatest treat for ice cream lover is the National Ice Cream Day. 

The National Ice Cream Day was part of the proclamation of President Ronald Reagan when July was proclaimed as National Ice Cream Month in 1984 while every third Sunday of the month as the National Ice Cream Day.

So, what are you waiting for? Grab a vanilla ice cream near you! Have a delicious Ice Cream Day ahead of you.

Saturday, 17 July 2010

MTV Unplugged Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains, one of the hottest band during the grunge era. Composed of Jerry Cantrell, William DuVall
Mike Inez and Sean Kinney. The group can line up with the great grunge rock band back then with Nirvana, Soundgarden and of course Pearl Jam.

Though Pearl Jam's MTV Unplugged was and still my favorite live performance, Alice in Chains considerably established a great reputation for a rock band. The live performance was really emotional. I just miss the good old days grunge and alternative rock days.

The MTV Unplugged by Alice N' Chains was also the last appearance of Layne Staley, the former vocalist/member and the one organized the band. Staley was found dead in his apartment April 20,2002

Here's an entry from Wikipedia about the death of Layne Staley, Alice in Chain former vocalist:

His mother and stepfather became alarmed when accountants noticed that money was no longer being withdrawn from his accounts. With assistance from the police, they broke into his condo and made the gruesome discovery. An autopsy revealed Staley had died from a mixture of heroin and cocaine. His friends speculate that in addition to drugs, he may have contracted an illness that his body could not fight off, due to a compromised immune system. His body was discovered two weeks after his death.  In his last interview, which was given months before his death, Staley admitted, "I know I'm near death, I did crack and heroin for years. I never wanted to end my life this way." Cantrell dedicated his 2002 solo album, released two months after Staley's death, to his memory.

Watch Alice in Chains' unplugged No Excuses below




Alice in Chains Over Now MTV Unplugged

Friday, 16 July 2010

Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern. Costume sneak peak.

How do you find Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern costume? Like it or not?

The sneak peak is just a preview of what Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern costume looks like. I must agree to some people who commented, the costume doesn't look like what Green Lantern's wears in comics. It seems organic. I guess that's what suppose to be. 

On the other hand, Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern costume is merely a costume. What really counts in the long run is the quality of the movie and how the story will run.