Jennylyn Mercado and Mark Fraiden

Mark Herras and Jennylyn Mercado in New York
Grabbed from Jen’s thread the PEx. Thanks to the one who took the shot.

I don’t want to use my newly acquired credit card just to try either of Second Life or Project Entropia. But I really want to know, is spending on this virtual land worth it?

Better forums (fora?): Lussumo Vanilla vs. bbPress
I’m still deciding which of the two is better.
You must host your own site to be able to use eiter one.

Pero sa Jollibee, palaging parang palengke sa dami ng tao.
I like McDo for its lonely and sterile qualities. For the food, I choose KFC, kahit antagaaal ng service.
Sometime in the late 1970s, Tony Tan Caktiong, the owner of a small ice cream parlor in a lower- middle-class neighborhood here, learned that an American hamburger chain was coming to invade the Philippines.
Worried that his store, which had just started selling burgers, might get floored by the new competition, Tan Caktiong, a Filipino of Chinese descent, took a leaf from the Chinese …

A computerized typewriter that translates electrical impulses from brainwave signals into letters and words could be available in the next five years.
In the short term, the technology will allow its developers, from the Fraunhofer Institute and the Charité Hospital in Berlin, Germany, to watch a thinking and behaving brain function in real time.
But in the long term, such a brain-machine interface could replace the joystick in electronic gaming or serve as a communication tool for people unable to speak or sign.
“We are dreaming of something like a baseball cap with …

Xero mobile is on the move. Will it succeed? Starting with zero subcribers, Xero will target the campus and retiree market.
If this were to happen in the Philippines, would it be free TXT in exchange for spam TXT ads? But we’re already paying and still getting those ads!
On Apr. 11, a little-known outfit called Xero Mobile became public through a reverse merger, making available 46 million shares trading at about $1 apiece. What’s remarkable about this newly public outfit is that it doesn’t have any products, customers, or revenue. Even …

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The laser that zaps fat
David Richardson
A FAT-BUSTING laser could make cellulite, acne and even heart disease dissapear, scientists say.
The device – developed in the US – is able to heat-up fat in the body without harming the skin above it.
The heated fat is then broken down and excreted by the body.
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Prof Rox Anderson at Massachusetts General Hospital, led experiments using pig fat and skin samples.
He said results showed that the process could have many medical applications in the future, including treating acne. He added: “The root …

“I stil hear people say I had an abortion. But at this point, I really don’t care anymore. The good thing is, after dealing with that painful experience, I remain unscathed. I’m proud that I handled it well.”
Actress and commercial model Heart Evangelista was speaking with Inquirer Entertainment weeks after her battle with tabloid news that she was made pregnant by a man other than her current boyfriend, Jericho Rosales.
“I still deserve to be a role model for youngsters,” Heart said in an exclusive interview at her Makati City home. …

“We use viruses to synthesize and assemble nanowires of cobalt oxide at room temperature,” the researchers wrote.
The international team of researchers, led by a group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, used the M13 virus, a simple and easily manipulated virus. [source]