Daily Link Share = 7/19/10 - Old Spice Remix

'Cuz sharing is caring...

In the spirit of Old Spice...

Here's another video!



And on an unrelated side note, the book should be out within the next 48 hours!

Saturday Seven - Proudly Pinoy

‘Cuz a list of 11 would be copying and a list of 10 is just too much work…

For this week’s edition of Saturday Seven I wanted to put a pinoy spin to the blog.

Seeing that I’ve lived in the Philippines for most of my life and I’m Filipino it seems like I should do more Pinoy-related posts.

The list for today is more of things I’ve noticed that are either uniquely pinoy or things that are present in other countries but seem to just be so pinoy. I’ll try to avoid the more obvious ones (like jeepneys).

Let’s start…

1) The cheap-o metal door with matching spring (that breaks) and screen (that ends up having huge holes in it).

You know which one I’m talking about. The one that looks like they all came from the same supplier in China.

C’mon. Go down the street there has to be one house or establishment that has this door (even the rich bastards probably have this door in their dirty kitchen or maid’s quarters).

2) The door on gate combo

Well, it seems practical. We do cage ourselves behind cement walls and gates. The door might as well be on the gate to save space.

3) The makeshift tabo.

The tabo is a Filipino staple. The makeshift tabo (from cut-up chemical cleaner containers) is just a great representation of Filipino ingenuity (and blatant disregard for health standards and safety).

Not just for cleaning and etching stone but for asses too!

4) Unknowingly racist mothers/titas + their comments

I don’t know if it is just the generation gap but my mother is a racist and she doesn’t even know it (well most pinoys are but it seems like the moms and titas have it down to a science). The kind of casual use of “Bombay” or “Negro” (pronounced neh and not nee) while trying to use it endearingly is just so mom-ish.

Example: “Your negro friend is so nice.”

“He’s so nice.” I bet she doesn’t know why this is racist…

5) The maid/houseboy that’s also kind of your cousin/distant relative.

Weird but true.

6) Hand-me-downs from your “first world” relatives

I know for a fact I wouldn’t have a pair of Chucks if my cousins from New York didn’t send me a pair of their old ones.

7) Broken-glass rimmed cement walls

I couldn’t help it. I had to go for one of the obvious ones. It’s just so entertaining. I always imagine crimes being foiled by a broken Sprite bottle caught on someone’s left nut.

“Damn you Salazar!”

Friday Follow Up

The power outage didn’t really help me keep my schedule with blogging.

So, my Daily Link Shares and my Thursday Thought will end up turning into a Friday Follow Up (that sadly is being posted on Saturday). Procrastination wins again.

I just wanted to share the greatness that is the Old Spice online marketing campaign.

They have managed to not only get me to start using their products (like a mindless drone) but also keep me wanting more.

To make up for all the missing link shares, here’s the link for their channel.

They most recently had a wild campaign involving twitter, yahoo answers and other online forms of social media.

The Old Spice guys does a personalized reply to several tweets (including Ellen Degeneres, Alyssa Milano and Ryan Seacrest). He’s done a lot and I’m pretty impressed.

Some of the ones I liked were:

Re: Alyssa Milano series
Re: bballgirl
Re: Ellen Degeneres

You should check them out.

I’m on a horse.

Daily Link Share - 7/13/10 - Fliptop!

'Cuz sharing is caring...

I'm not that patient to post all of the battle clips. But if you have the time you should look for Fliptop on youtube.

What I'm sharing now is not the battles (which are becoming insanely viral like an STD), but one of the events they are presenting.

They usually have hip-hop nights on Tuesdays (including tonight).

So you should check it out!

Beer is 25php! Support Local Hip-hop!

Daily Link Share - 7/12/10 - That High

Cuz sharing is caring...

I was stumbling and found this hilarious site. It's a lot like My life is average but a lot more funny...

Check it out!

Puff, puff, pass!

Daily Link Share - 7/11/10 - Man Creates Life

'Cuz sharing is caring...

I was watching Discovery Channel today. There was a documentary on the path to creating synthetic life.

Turns out...

Someone has done it...

I don't know about you... but I'm a little scared.

Saturday Seven - 7 Videogame-Inspired Videos

‘Cuz a list of 11 would be copying and a list of 10 is just too much work…

I’ve been really busy lately so I think the best I can do for a list is something really simple. I spent most of my week preparing to discuss some of the philosophical themes in Plato’s 50+ page dialogue, Phaedo, so, this is a good change in pace for me.

These aren’t all my favorites but these are the ones that come to mind while writing this post. Feel free to share yours by commenting! Remember: Sharing is caring!

Some of the vids embedding was disabled so all I have is a link:

1) RPG Heroes are Jerks

This one is for the people who used to play The Legend of Zelda…

2) Mediated Mortal Kombat

Get over here! You mean the world to me!

3) Koopa’s Hell

I always kind of felt Mario was a douche. It could have been the moustache…

4) Mortal Kombat is not a Tournament

Goro…

5) A Complaint to Mario Bros. Plumbing

It all makes sense now…

6) Pixels


PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. - Watch original web videos.

7) Cal Band Video Game Show



This one doesn’t really follow the general theme of the last few videos but it is quite awesome nonetheless. I feel bad for the dudes running…

Daily Link Share - 7/9/10 - Nowhere Boy

'Cuz sharing is caring...

Today's share is the official trailer to Nowhere Boy.

It's the "untold" story of The Beatles (a.k.a. John Lennon's childhood). Hope it doesn't disappoint.

Here's the link because embedding has been disabled: