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pwn3d

I was in the market (still am, actually) in replacing some of my home recording equipment, and during my “research” there was this one product video in YouTube that just made me laugh. The product doesn’t matter… it’s the comments.

So it starts with a commenter trolling (or maybe he was sincere, who really cares?) by saying this:

gubbakiller: heep of shit…i had 1…i sent it bac cause it had noise..then they sent it bac n said there was nothing wrong wit it…they have n pro sound…if u is n artis n just wnt 2 mess around then get 1…other wise get a pro tools mini… pro tools hav the best interfaces eva 100%

Then apparently, the grammar police came into the picture and said:

tanner0472: Learn to speak proper english!

The makings of a regular pissing contest (based on users’ command of the english language) right? And it does start off that way – which really ain’t so special if you think about it.

gubbakiller: fuck your mother in the ass…hows my english now dog shit

But then Mr Tanner sends this witty, legitimate answer:

tanner0472: You forgot to capitalize the beginning of each of your sentences, the spacing is wrong on the second sentence, English should be capitalized, and you didn’t punctuate your last sentence. Congratulations, you write the English language like a 3rd grader.

There was a [pathetic] retort by gubbakiller, but it was clear he got burned.
I Dunno, I just found it hilarious… I probably better get some sleep.

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Sta. Elena bike run

w/ Ria, Vic, Cyn, Arnold, Jingle, Elbert, King, Joby, Kiko, Ali, Arnel, Joy, and their daughter

YouTube was muting the audio on mine because of the soundtrack. I tried switching soundtracks with the same result. After 3 uploads of 450MB files, I figured “fuck it, I’ll just use Vimeo for this one” It’s slower to load, but at least it’s not finicky about matching background audio.

Gallery here, and full footage of one of the trails below. Read More

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Tu-be, or not tu-be

As I have announced, I’ve switched to a tubeless setup. Thankfully, my rims are UST ready (actually, so are Cris’) so all I had to invest in was the new tires (Schwalbe Jimmys) and sealant. Furthermore, I still had credit on the shop I got the tires from (from stuff I had them sell for me) so I really just spent 500 bucks on the new set of tires 🙂

A bunch of friends have been asking me for the reason why I preferred to switch to tubeless despite the weight penalty… and some are even wondering about all this tubeless hulaballoo altogether. So I guess this post would also make a good reference of my understanding on the matter.

I’d normally put it in the Orbea Alma post; which I’ve updated to reflect the upgrade, but this topic requires more discussion to get a real handle of issues one might have to consider in making the decision of going tubeless or not.

Before anything else, it’s worth mentioning that this whole discussion applies mostly to off-road riding. If you’re a roadie, a tubed or tubeless setup isn’t much of an issue; you just go with what’s lighter and more practical for you and be happy. On MTBing however, this can be a cause of concern depending on where and how you ride – which is why I’m posting this entry. Read More

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Sta. Rosa bike run

Ria hooked me up with her rider friends (Alabang and Sta Rosa peeps). We had an awesome 13-mile run. The nice thing about the route is that there’s a lot of loooong descents on both dirt and pavement… and we ended up circling back to where we came from.

Pardon the shaky video… it’s the hardtail’s fault hahahaha. But at least I got it well below 10 mins to appease YouTube specs (annotations and HD toggling FTW!). And yes, nagpaalam ako ke Ria isama yung footage ng hulog niya, hehehehe

Looking forward to the next ride! Read More

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Camp Aguinaldo bike run

Last friday afternoon (2009.08.21), I took a long break from work, picked up Cris, then joined Bruno, Alan, Paul, et all to try out the Aguinaldo track. Then after, I went back to work until the evening hahahaha. Talk about making time for cycling.

This is first use of my HD helmet cam… and my first attempt at After Affects (since I found out it was installed along with CS4.

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