Pixel Pete on September 29th, 2008

We all know there’s a lot of pretty lame content on youTube. It’s free after all and it’s the biggest portal for sharing video.

The video above is by Glenda Watson Hyatt–a blogger who uses Wordpress.
I’m excited that my proposal to teach this blogging platform has been accepted by UC Riverside’s Extension Center. More about [...]

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Pixel Pete on August 28th, 2008

Despite its share of controversies, this year’s Beijing Olympic Games will stay with me a long time.
The awe and magnitude of the Opening Ceremony had me glued to the tv.
Was it the sheer number of participants 2,008 drummers, the huge LED screen which was unrolled, the choreography and direction of acclaimed director Zhang Zimou, [...]

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I couldn’t believe it if I didn’t see it with my own eyes. The Los Angeles Times actually ran a photograph on its A-1 cover from a dubious source.
And I thought only Malaysian newspapers were capable of such questionable standards in judgement.. So it appears newspapers in this country are not incapable of horrible [...]

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Pixel Pete on July 11th, 2008

When I discovered Google Earth a while back, I was quite amazed with its capabilities.
After downloading the application and playing with it for about 10 minutes, the novelty wore off.
So much of what and how we remember events in our everyday lives is through scenes in movies we’ve seen.

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