Monthly Archives: October 2005

Rips

By deebeedee | Published: October 20, 2005

I should create a new category here called “Rips,” I’ve been covering copycats so much lately. A link to this article was sent to me yesterday by my boss. The Adfreak piece says that the new Apple video iPod commercial featuring Eminem is a rip-off of a 2001 ad for Lugz footwear . It indeed [...]

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Five Years Old Na

By deebeedee | Published: October 18, 2005

Happy Birthday to PhilWeavers, which turned 5 last October 15. I was one of the original members of this online organization of Filipino web designers when it was formed back in 1999. I also served as one of its moderators in the year 2001. Although I’m not currently active, I still keep abreast of its [...]

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Wind Power

By deebeedee | Published: October 15, 2005

A day after a story about new energy-generating giant windmills in Northern Philippines appeared in the news, an article on the unexpected downside of wind power appeared in Wired News. It mentions that hundreds of the five thousand windmills 30 miles east of where I live in Fremont will be shut down next month. [...]

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In Perspective

By deebeedee | Published: October 10, 2005

Even as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit tops the U.S. box-office in its opening over the weekend, the film’s studio warehouse in England is gutted by fire. All of their “sets, props, story boards and models from earlier productions” have been totally destroyed. Nick Park, Wallace & Gromit’s creator, has a good [...]

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National Porn Sunday

By deebeedee | Published: October 9, 2005

Did you know that today was National Porn Sunday? It is an event organized by web-based XXXChurch.com (”The #1 Christian Porn Site”) that is aimed at helping churches deal with the “dirty little secret” that is pornography use by some Christians. Over 100 churches participated.
As for me, I know my weakness so I’ve got self-imposed [...]

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