O’Reilly vs. Letterman

31Oct06

Most of the time (in fact almost 99% of the time), David Letterman isn’t funny. His jokes are tired and forced, and his band leader is more annoying than Jar Jar Binks. Sometimes however, sometimes, he gets a guest over and THIS happens:[...]

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This just in…

27Oct06

The University of the Philippines Debate Society,
 
after more than a decade of competing,
 
has finally acquired,
 
the National Debating Championship.
 
Congratulations to Nicolo Cabrera() and Claudia Poon, UPD-A and also the Top 2 best speakers of the Philippines.
 
Finally…!

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Very short stories

26Oct06

A few months ago I talked about the nifty writing practice that was the 100-word short story particularly one of Warren Ellis’ go at it. Apparently there’s something that tops that - a six-word short story. And Wired has asked a few writers to write their own.
The first (or one of the first) person to [...]

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Chicken Soup for the Nerd’s Soul

25Oct06

As most of you probably now, Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, is one of the biggest nerds on the planet.
What most of you didn’t know was how big that could get.
18 months ago, Scott Adams was diagnosed with Spasmodic Dysphonia. It’s a condition wherein a part of your brain that controls speech shuts down, leaving [...]

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Amazing Racing

24Oct06

The Amazing Race Asia, as a concept, leaves much to be desired. Essentially, there’s nothing that separates it from the original Amazing Race. Mechanics will probably be the same. Editing, music, production values will also probably be the same (or at least, try to be). All it has going for it is the gimmick of [...]

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