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Somebody had a lot of time in their hands creating textures for the characters which are taken from different movies used in the trailer. Let’s see, there’s a clip from Troy, Death Race, X-men and even Garfield. Hahaha. This one took a lot of effort and is quite impressive.

If Hollywood is really gonna create a Thundercats movie then the cast is almost set, Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman and Vin Diesel.

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When I visited my site earlier, I get the “Error establishing database connection” message. I cannot access my cpanel because the server crashed or something and the only thing I could do was to contact support and wait. I didn’t think too much about it because there’s nothing else I can do.

Fortunately it was repaired after a few hours. But what if your site went down for a day? or 2 days? Or every other day for weeks? Will you stay up late just to see if you’ve done everything you can?

Hehehe, that’s the problem on having a successful blog, you will get attached to it and will be thinking about it a lot whenever a problem occurs. Like an itch that won’t go away.

All I can say is relax… and be thankful that it only went down and didn’t get deleted. Hehehe.

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Slumdog Millionaire is a screenplay adaptation of a book by Vikas Swarup entitled Q & A and is directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach). It tells of a story of a teenager born in the slums of Bombay who joined Who Wants To Be A Millionaire hoping that his childhood sweetheart will see him on TV.

I really don’t want to spoil the whole story but it starts with a couple of policemen torturing him because they couldn’t believe that a boy from the slums could answer all questions up to the 10 million rupee one correctly.

I assure you that the story is not that shallow. Fans of the book will say that the movie is way much better. Not to take away anything from the concept of the story but the way it was adapted in film was better than the way it was written.

Everything about this movie is gorgeous and fits perfectly. From the unknown actors (kid version to the teen version), cinematography and even the soundtrack. The bollywood dance right before the credits is pretty amusing too.

The movie is filmed in India and some of the language used is Hindi (with subtitles) while the English ones have Indian accent but don’t let that discourage you from watching this gem of a film.

Verdict: 5 out of 5 stars. I kid you not, you will feel good after watching this movie. Please watch this film and let me know if I’m right.

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Anyway, ABS-CBN has denied that they will be having such teleserye. That’s well and good. Although you can’t deny the cleverly Photoshop done on its supposed-to-be poster.

Not to mention that the fictitious show already had a Wikipedia entry (already deleted). Even Perez Hilton wrote about it that sparked the internet buzz which forced ABS-CBN to issue a press release.

All I can say is that it’s a good thing there’s no truth about it.

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This is really disappointing if you want to save lots of online images for offline viewing. Users have reported this bug months ago but there’s still no word from Apple for a fix.

Here’s a screenshot of a saved image that I viewed from my Photos:

Looks bad right?

Until we get a firmware update that will fix this bug, a workaround would be to view your photos using B-base.mobi’s Discover. It’s a free app that allows you to upload photos, videos, documents from your PC to your iPod and even share them to others but I’m not gonna talk about that.

Discover also works well as an alternate photo viewer. Check out the same saved image when viewed using Discover:

Much better no? Even if you zoom in the iamge, the quality will be retained and it won’t pixelate.

All saved photos will appear in Discover but you can’t delete or move it from within the app.

100APPLE will have the saved images and 999APPLE stores screenshots taken with your iPod.

So don’t lose hope saving those images from Flickr or Myspace, you can still view them perfectly well in your iPod Touch or iPhone.

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I am fortunate enough to still have the passion for blogging and saw a great deal of growth for my blog in terms of readership and posts.

Some of you know that I switched to a self-hosted domain at the end of September. I left Wordpress.com with around 76,000 hits from January until late September.

Monthly hits ever since I moved out of WP.com

For the remaining of the year with my own domain, I was surprised to still be able to reach 63000 total hits.

Not bad for 3 and a half months and 76% of those visitors came from Search Engines. Average time for my visitors is around 2 minutes which means that they do read my posts.

If you’re wondering what my top pages and searches are, here it is:

If you’re gonna remove the Logo game pages from that list, the next top posts are my Amazing Race recaps and Ilocos travel guide.

I must say that there is growth happening in my blog. I hope it would grow more this year. If you’re not experiencing the same success, don’t feel bad as most of my posts are for readers.

If your blog is more of a journal or a diary then you shouldn’t care for the number of hits. Also don’t feel obliged to write daily as long as you don’t abandon it for a month before writing again.

I hope you don’t lose the passion for blogging. It can be quite fulfilling to see it grow and sometimes you just want an outlet where you can share your thoughts or knowledge to the public.

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Happy New Year everyone! Thank you very much to my regular readers who constantly give me regular traffic all throughout the year! I must say that this blog is really growing and it’s quite a blast writing on it.

See you next year!!

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10. Meet Dave

Eddie Murphy plays the leader of a crew of miniature humanoid aliens who board a human-looking spacecraft (also played by Murphy — shocker!) and head to Earth in the hopes of saving their dying world. Yes, it is as bad as it sounds. And if Murphy didn’t have nightmare flashbacks to his notorious cinematic debacle ‘The Adventures of Pluto Nash’ while filming ‘Dave,’ you bet he has since the flick debuted to horrific reviews and a box office even more miniature than the film’s alien stars.

My wife and I have seen this movie and although we didn’t hate it at first (Dave Min Chang, hahaha) I had to admit that it’s sure is one of the worst this year. Murphy’s Pluto Nash was a flop so why make a similar film?

9. The Hottie and the Nottie

It didn’t take long to figure out which one was the hottie — no, not because Paris Hilton is, like, the prettiest person ever. Because they made poor Christine Lakin (Al from ‘Step by Step’!) so … not. But the pounds of makeup, prosthetic mole and yellowing fake teeth couldn’t hide the movie’s shallow plot and insipid lesson. Oh wait, it’s about inner beauty?

I think people just saw this movie because they’re fans of Paris Hilton. We haven’t seen this and I didn’t even bother downloading it.

8. 88 Minutes

Oh, Al Pacino, what happened? Once you were one of our most acclaimed thespians; now you star in swill like this "thriller," whose implausible storyline and ridiculous characters pale next to a performance in which you seem to be either half-asleep or yelling. And the worst part? The movie’s 108 — not 88 — painful minutes long, which makes it both literally and figuratively the longest ‘88 Minutes’ of our lives.

One Saturday afternoon, my wife and I decided to watch this movie at home. 20 minutes later, we both fell asleep. I finished watching this in my PC and regretted wasting my time.

7. Fool’s Gold

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson must’ve depleted their supply of chemistry with ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.’ We only say that because, well, there’s zero sizzle in this loser rom-com, even with the sexy pair in skimpy scuba gear. And, as if that’s not bad enough, there are enough offensive stereotypes — ultra-effeminate gay men, criminally stereotyped rapper — to keep everyone away. ‘Fool’s,’ yes, but ‘Gold’? No way.

Hmm I don’t know. I’ve seen this one and it’s not that bad. There must be another film worthy of this spot… like College or Redbelt perhaps.

6. Saw V

Grinding out five films in as many years has taken a toll on the blood-and-guts franchise. With villain Jigsaw pretty much out of the picture, the fifth-generation flick tries too hard to one-up itself with plot twists. Sure, there are still some cringe-worthy moments. But even if you’re just looking for gore, it’s a bit of a bore. The most torturous thing of all? ‘Saw VI’ is already in the works.

After seeing Saw I, II, III and IV, I just gave up on this movie series. I won’t even bother with Saw VI.

5. Jumper

We expected more from director Doug Liman, who has helmed action gems like ‘The Bourne Identity’ and ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith.’ But with its erratically incoherent storyline, mediocre special effects and laughable line readings by Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson, ‘Jumper’ landed with a resounding thud. Too fast for its own good, it made us want to jump right out of a window.

I don’t agree with this one 100%. The concept is kinda unique and the movie is fast paced. Maybe I was just in for the action scenes for this one but I know a lot of people didn’t like this movie one bit.

4. 10,000 BC

If there’s non-fiction, fiction and science-fiction, than Roland Emmerich’s awful wannabe blockbuster deserves a distinction all its own: We’ll call it garbage-fiction. Like a Disney-fied version of ‘Apocalypto’ (the plots are ridiculously similar), the film follows a prehistoric tribe on an epic quest as they encounter one historical inaccuracy and impossibility after another. And worst of all, it’s boring as hell.

This one’s not that boring. Or maybe I was just too bored at the office the time I’ve watched this. Anyway, I enjoyed this film more than Burn After Reading or Smart People.

3. Disaster Movie

From Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the makers of ‘Date Movie,’ ‘Epic Movie’ and ‘Meet the Spartans’ comes … something even worse! The spoof "masters" hit an all-time low (if that’s possible) with this rubbish, which doesn’t even lampoon disaster films, it lampoons scenes from memorable (if completely random) movie trailers (’Juno,’ ‘Enchanted,’ ‘Hancock’). Apparently they’re too busy collecting paychecks to watch full movies for ideas.

Hahaha I just saw this movie a couple of nights ago and it really does suck! I’m just a sucker for such spoofed movies that’s why I finished watching it.

2. The Love Guru

Saying funny words like "Mariska Hargitay" with an exaggerated foreign accent — hilarious right? Hardly. Mike Myers’ new spiritual leader character left audiences subjected to blatant discrimination — against various cultures, physical attributes and, worst of all, people who like laughing. Because even with a laundry list of (what-were-they-thinking) co-stars, the one thing Guru Pitka couldn’t find was comedy enlightenment.

I like Mike Meyer films and I almost watched this movie but fortunately, my friend deleted his copy before I get to see it sparing me the agony. Whew.

1. The Happening

Some jumped off the M. Night Shyamalan bandwagon as early as ‘Signs,’ while others waited for the divisive ‘Village’ or the roundly despised ‘Lady in the Water.’ With ‘The Happening,’ a laughable eco-horror movie with B-movie "shocks," C-grade acting and F-marks writing, that wagon seems headed straight toward the junkyard. The director’s latest is a disaster movie in every way.

I’ve been following Night Shyamalan’s movies ever since The Sixth Sense which was superb. Then came Signs which was kinda good. The Village was ok but kinda mediocre and I stopped watching his films after that, including this one. I hope he can bounce back from this one though.

There you go the Top 10 worst films this year. Is there a movie you think that is missing from the list?

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If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here he is with President GMA having a Christmas meal at the Malacanang Palace.

Is it just me or are there angles where he looked like Vic Sotto? Hehehe.

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I followed this Upgrading Wordpress Extended guide which was pretty detailed and I was able to upgrade quite easily. You won’t see much changes since most only affected the admin pages. But if you’re an admin on a WP blog then you would appreciate the upgrades that they did.

Hopefully, my plug-ins won’t break and send my host crashing after this upgrade. By the way, threaded comments is now available courtesy of WP 2.7. Check out my comment section which I still need to style but it will have to do for now.

Hmm, should I go for a theme change next?

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