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Pacquiao vs. Morales

Manny Pacquiao loses to Erik Morales by unanimous decision 113-115.

Anyways, I had lunch with my dad today and we were listening to the game via DZMM (AM radio); and we could’ve sworn that Pacquiao would win by the way that blasted sportscaster was “describing” the fight. This guy [the commentator] was soooo into Pacquiao, that his blow-by-blow reporting was one sided. If his version was the truth, you wouldn’t be surprised if Pacquiao had accidentally killed Morales.

And yet, Morales won – which goes to show how awful that bit of commentator-ship was. It’s one thing to be rooting for your countrymen, but in professional sportscasting, it wouldn’t hurt to try not to be biased… especially if your listeners have nothing else to go with besides the words you’re spitting out. It’s not like watching an NBA game where it didn’t matter even if Charles Barkley himself would root for a particular team – because you can see for yourself how the two teams are doing. In radio, people don’t have a choice but to listen to you, so it would be nice that you relay your information as-is, without any biases.

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Thou art: good; thou art: bad


Why is it that people call art like this bad…
and this priceless?

Not that I’m judging any one of those artworks. It’s just that I don’t see the point of having something like The Museum of Bad Art, when bad art can be considered good – and vise versa. What exactly defines good/bad art? It would be easy to distinguish in the context of realism… but what about the abstract? Like those two up there, or Picasso’s works, or post-modernist artwork which just use a bunch of shapes and colors?

Sometimes I think that the art people look for is in the artist and not the art itself anymore. I dearly hope that’s not the case in the world today.

But in any case, I definitely think that sites like The Museum of Bad Art shouldn’t be in existence because they attempt to quantify something which cannot be quantified – in this case an artworks’ beauty. I say all art made for art’s sake is beautiful, unique, and should be given the chance to be appreciated.

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Evil empire?

3 tales of how a bit of success has made Apple evil–you be the judge

via MacMerc

Actually, in all honesty, Apple has never blindsided people when it comes to their technology. They release stuff with people fully aware what the limitations are (save for the iTunes part). The real issue for me is how Apple is losing its dedication to the people – which is one of the major reasons why they are still afloat despite a measly overall market-share.

As one article pointed out before – Apple supporters are loyal supporters. They may be a cultish lot, but hey, it works! This entails that [Apple] gaining market share is probably close to minimal (over time), but they sure aren’t losing any customers once they’ve gained them.

So the people aren’t going anywhere… despite what Apple has been doing. While true that Apple is “honest” with its customers most of the time, they tend to take advantage of the customers’ ignorance. They don’t read the fine print anyways, so might as well do this and that… charge em a hefty bill, and still come out looking good, and remaining honest”

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Stumped

What’s worse than losing car keys? Knowing that the only spare is with your sister – who’s out of the country. Why she has them with her is beyond me… but who am I to argue, I’m the one who lost stuff in the first place.

Oh well, time to find a way to get a duplicate… without anything to base it from. Can they even do that?

Oh another thing, my aircon just conked out. So now, I’ve temporarily migrated to my sis’ room… thank God for wireless LAN.

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Apple wins

Apple

It seems that Apple has been granted the right to search and destroy the sources of ThinkSecret’s information… and correct me if I’m wrong, but the case against ThinkSecret itself is different – Apple filed a separate suit against ThinkSecret alleging that they induced Apple employees to steal trade secrets. Dunno about you, but to me, thats just a convenient, valid legal excuse to sue the publisher.

Two of my favorite “read lines” with regards to the whole Apple charade.

There’s another old saying in my profession: The mission of journalists is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

A letter to Steve Jobs by Mike Langberg of San Jose Mercury News.

and…

Saying that no one has the right to publish information that could have been provided only by someone breaking the law, judge James Kleinberg ruled that online reporters for Apple Insider and PowerPage must reveal their sources.

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