Diablo III rumors have been milling for the longest time.  However, recent developments *might* suggest that its release is nearing fruition.  Blizzard’s splash page is… I don’t know… something?

Allegedly, the domain name “diablo3.com” has been bought by or transferred to Blizzard.  Read more »

Allegedly, blogging has therapeutic benefits:

Scientists have long known the therapeutic benefits of writing about personal experiences. Blogs provide another convenient avenue for writing about personal experiences. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery.

What if you often drink while you blog? I guess, in that case, it will only improve your sleep.

Death Magnetic… Metallica’s ninth album.

Mission Metallica… view the trailer.

Metallica… still the best heavy metal band of all time.

I already heard some riffs from some songs and they sounded like 80’s and 90’s Metallica. Hopefully most, if not all, songs sound like those what I’ve heard.

… and they brought back the solos.

Mozilla dared the world to be counted… and apparently Mozilla is not prepared for it.  All of their sites were unavailable.  So what did they really want to achieve - a Guinness world record or a denial of service situation?

A funny thing happened last night (or this morning).  It was already 12:56 am, Philippine time, so I decided to log-off and sleep.  I really am not into world records unless I earn money from it (which is unlikely).  Anyways, just before closing my mail client, a feed alert reminded me that at 1:00 am Philippine time, the Firefox 3 download day will commence.  Four minutes to go… I decided to wait and download out of curiosity.  I already have Firefox 3 RC3 after all. Read more »

I’ll put my geek hat on for a while.

I hate it when sites like microsoft.com use buttons, instead of links, for their download services. Here in the Philippines, when you download a 300+ megabyte file, you will need a download tool like Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) because, chances are, you will get disconnected from the Net from time to time and your download gets broken.

DAP, of course, can resume broken downloads. DAP can catch your download clicks and make the request itself. However, when a particular site’s download link is not a link but a button, DAP doesn’t quite catch it. I don’t know if this is possible but I tinkered DAP for about 5 minutes and I couldn’t quite figure it out. Read more »

Happy fathers day to all fathers, but most especially, to my one and only father.

My father used to tell us (or did he just tell it to my siblings?) that one day we will understand where he’s coming from. Of course, he often told that when there were disagreements between offspring and parent. Read more »

Rafael Nadal recently defeated Roger Federer for the French Open title. It’s another setback for Federer’s quest for the highest number of grand slams won in tennis. Of course, the record holder is “Pistol Pete” Sampras. I wrote earlier that Pistol Pete is my all-time tennis hero. Read more »

I hate it. Sometimes, when I’m googling, I’m having a hard time finding the Google site tab in my browser. Maybe I’ll get used to it, eventually. I like the old favicon because you remember the Google logo when you see it. Whatever.

I recently purchased a Michael Jackson concert DVD. I know he’s yesterday’s news but I have always been in awe of his performance since I was a child.

Through the years, my musical inclination changed from folk to hip-hop to heavy metal (and all genres of rock) and back to folk to hip-hop and to any good music, but my admiration of Michael Jackson’s music (or performance) never dwindled. He may be the king of pop but he should be on a genre of his own. You can’t categorize Michael Jackson. He’s like the exception to a rule. Well, in my book at least.

By the way, when the time comes and you appreciate any genre of music, it means you are getting old. I’m still a die-hard Metallica fan but I have “softened up” to appreciate music by Josh Groban(!), Black Eyed Peas, Usher, etc. Read more »