Win an Overnight Stay at Sofitel Care of PowerMac Center!

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Here’s a fairly interesting and easy contest to join! Plus the prizes are pretty great, too!

Winner: Sofitel GCs (Overnight stay at Superior Room with Breakfast and Lunch at Spiral for 2)
Consolation: 1,000 GC for 5 runner-ups

The contest will be running from February 1 – February 28. I guess this is Power Mac Center’s way of joining in on the Valentine’s Day bandwagon.

How to Join: Simply upload entries to the Power Mac Center Fan Page

ForeverGeek: His and Hers WoW Henna Tattoo!

This is a post long overdue! The photo above was taken last December when we went to Boracay for our friend’s beach wedding.

Of course, being the geeky couple and avid WoW player that we both were (though if you ask us again, we’ll probably deny it and pretend to be ‘cool’, haha!) we decided to get matching Horde Insignia henna tattoos at the beach!

This is probably the closest thing I would get to a tattoo. I’ve been actually thinking of getting a tiny one, but the thought of needles and pain is giving me the heebeejeebies.

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Gadgenista: Gadgenista Loves Hello Kitty Instax Mini!

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I haz a new toy! Guess what it is! *points to the photo above*

Yay, you got that right, it’s the new limited edition Hello Kitty Instax Mini 25! I’m still giddy-happy so here I am posting about it! This awesome little gadget is given by the fiance. I personally think it’s a bribery of some sort. Maybe to make up for the sad, lonely nights he made me go thru when he was in Taiwan last week for a business trip, hehe.

Well, I won’t complain because I totally looooove it. I have an obsession with Polaroids and instant films. Don’t get me wrong, digital cameras are probably one of the best inventions of all time, but there’s just something really nostalgic with analog film photos!

Anyway, the Hello Kitty Instax Mini 25 package comes with the following:

  • a white Hello Kitty Instax Mini camera
  • 2 x Panasonic CR2 Lithium batteries
  • a close-up lens for focusing from 35cm
  • a manual (which unfortunately isn’t in English!) and a little booklet
  • a sheet of Hello Kitty stickers
  • and a red strap

I’m not sure if it came with any Instax Mini films. There wasn’t any included in the box, but the fiance bought me 2 boxes of 10s (I wish he bought more… hehe!)

I’ve used up 3 shots already and I’m saving the other shots when a special occasion comes up! Like what my sister said, “Make the shots count!”

Where to buy: Japan Gadget Shop / Amazon
Price: around $150 (but I’m pretending I don’t know how much it costs, hehe)

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Gadgenista: Finally, the Apple iPad is Out!

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Everyone is writing about the Apple iPad, so might as well join in the bandwagon! I stayed up until 3AM in the morning (Philipine time!) just so I can be among the first to get a glimpse of the well-speculated and most-talked about Apple Tablet.

What you can do with the Apple iPad:

  • You can surf the internet via WiF or 3G using it’s large multi-touch screen
  • You can send e-mail, view your calendar and organize your contats.
  • You can view photos and watch videos, from podcasts to music videos and YouTube videos.
  • You can listen to music, too, just like with an iPod.
  • You can also browse thru the iTunes and Apps Store.
  • The iPad also serves as an e-book reader and uses the app called iBooks. (e-books all over the world, you just got pawned!)
  • You can view Maps.
  • Note-taking and jotting down is definitely made easier with the iPad.

The iPad comes in two (2) kinds: the WiFi only models and the WiFi + 3G models. Both models come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flash drive capacity.

The iPad Wifi will be available by March while the WiFi + 3G model will start shipping by April. Prices start at $499!

I’m actually intrigued by this gadget and that feeling of intrigue is enough to make me actually want one. There’s just something really nice about the image of myself lying in bed and typing out an email with both my hands using the Apple iPad, haha! It’s just so geekily futuristic! Geek-gasm, haha!

But for now, I’m just going to let the dust settle and be happy with my so-called iPad Nano, the iPod Touch, haha!

Read more: Apple iPad

[ Image courtesy of Apple ]

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iPad: Finally, Apple Tablet Unveiled!

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Finally, after months and months of waiting and speculating, Apple finally unveils the Apple Tablet, the iPad.

Seriously though, what’s with the name?! iPad, how original.

Anyway, live blogging from gdgt! God, I wish I was there right now! Rawr!

[ Image courtesy of gdgt ]

I Am Super Slug!

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The fiance is out of town until Saturday so I’ve been having some ‘me’ time for the past 2 days.

I have perfected the art of being a slug! Ta-da! Like what my friend said, I’m lucky that I don’t gain weight, or else I would have probably gained a few pounds by now and gotten curves in all the wrong places, hehe. (I’ve been missing yoga, too recently. *boink*)

It doesn’t help that I just recently bought this cheap-ass Rainbow DVD player from Shopwise last Friday! Just for Php999! Seriously!Php999 freaking bucks! The original price though was Php1,499 but it was on sale. Yahooo.

As long as it can play videos straight from my USB flash drive, I’m good to go. If you plan to buy one of these DVDs, I have to warn you, they have this bright blue light that could become very annoying. See photo above, there’s a bright blue glow about it, haha!

WoWeekly: Azure Drake From Heroic Oculus? Wow! – ForeverGeek.Com

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Admit it, like most people, you probably drop from your daily dungeon group when you see the Oculus loading screen come up after you get teleported to a dungeon via the new LFG system. And this will result in the annoying 15 minute dungeon cooldown, preventing you from queuing for the next 15 minutes.

I’m occasionally guilty of this, especially when I’m in a hurry and I just want to do the random daily dungeon for the Emblem of Frost quickly. I do the Random Heroic Dungeon on three toons everyday so sometimes I just want to get it done and over so I can do other things.

You know, when you really think about it, Heroic Oculus isn’t exactly that hard anymore, unlike before. It’s been extremely nerfed and it’s actually really quite easy if everyone knows what to do. But the idea of summoning and dismissing your drake to get around a dungeon gives you this really uncomfortable feeling that just makes you want to avoid the dungeon altogether, hehe!

As for me, the first time we did Heroic Oculus during its earlier months, we spent a total of 3 hours inside the dungeon and spent hundreds of gold for repair bills. That pretty much left a bad taste in our mouth, and every time we see or hear Oculus, we kind of remember how it was.

But anyway, Blizzard has decided to give a little incentive to people who decide to brave Heroic Oculus when they get it from a random heroic dungeon queue. After you’ve killed Ley Guardian Eregos, each player will get a loot bag as a special reward. The loot bag will contain the following: Emblems of Triumph x 2, rare gems and a chance to get the Reins of the Azure Drake. (You can also get the Reins of the Azure Drake from Malygos in the Eye of Eternity as well, for both 10 and 25 mans)

So how’s that for a bribe? Is it enough to make you go in and raid Heroic Oculus? Maybe, maybe not!

Official Blizzard News: Oculus Loot Improvements

[ Image courtesy of WoW Head / Re-post from Forever Geek ]

GEEK TIP: How To Make An Inexpensive Light Tent!

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This geek tip is just too good to put off till tomorrow!

My friend, Lester commented on my post about the 4-Port USB Hub saying he liked my product shots. (Aw, thanks) I’m flattered but I think I could do better hahaha.

While I was taking those photos, I just placed white bond paper on my bed just so I have a white background and tried to rely on natural light coming from my window. But the photos came out dark and blurry so I just opted to use flash instead. At that time, I was thinking, “I wish I had those portable product box tent thingie.”

So I googled about it and guess what I found?! This great DIY tutorial on how to make your own makeshift, inexpensive portable light box/tent!

Amazing! You just need a box, a few pieces of white bond paper, adhesive tape and viola, there you go!

But if you do have money to spare, just go ahead and buy a portable light tent. I would, if I could!

Visit: How to make an inexpensive light tent
Buy: Portable Light Tent (approx $25) / Portable Photo Studio Product Shooting Kit ($64.95)

[ Image courtesy of Digital Photography School ]

Geek Shopping: NewMan 4-Port USB Hub!

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My fiance and I went around the mall yesterday before our yoga class. He had to go to Globe to pay his bill and have his plan downgraded since he’s been able to save a lot because of that SUPER DUO promo.

I, on the other hand, had to buy a birthday gift for my brother (Happy Birthday, Kuya!). We were on a tight schedule so the first store that I thought of going to was CD-R King, haha!

Seriously, there are so many nice and affordable geek finds there! I was planning on getting him an 8GB USB thumb drive and a card reader (since he always seem to be “borrowing” mine and never returns it). Bwahaha, talk about geek gifts!

I couldn’t decide so I crossed over to another store called Octagon. Probably one of my favorite computer stores as well. I’ve seen a lot of really cute computer accessories here from earphones, to mouses (mice?), to card readers and 4-port USB Hubs. And Octagon carries the brand Elecom, too! I love Elecom products! Most, if not all of their products are geek chic!

So anyway, I ended up getting my brother something else and I got myself a 4-Port USB Hub!

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Bianca King Endorses The New HTC Hero!

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Just in case anyone is a big fan of Bianca King, she is now the new celebrity endorser for Hero, HTC’s latest Android-powered mobile phone.

Interesting. It’s actually the first time for me to hear of a local celebrity endorse an international brand, much less a big brand like HTC. I wonder if we’ll be seeing a lot of Bianca King alongside the Hero, in posters and advertisements.

I also wonder why she was chosen as the celebrity endorser. Makes me wonder if she’s a geek girl in disguise!

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Be brave, be yourself. Actress, model, and TV host Bianca King, shown here with HTC Philippines country manager Mark Sergio, smile for the HTC doodle wall and photo booth during the unveiling of the new HTC brand positioning and HTC Hero launch. Bianca King is the new celebrity endorser for the Hero, HTC’s latest Android-powered mobile phone. – Press Release

Oh, and apparently Bianca King has a Twitter account! Looks like she’s been using the new HTC Hero to tweet! See what she has to say about the HTC Hero in Twitter :)

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