DBS posted this entry at 7:44 PM on Thursday, the 2nd of August 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: tips, tricks, & tidbits; photography.101.
I don’t own one, but I’m a fan of Timbuk2’s line of bags. I toyed with the idea of building my own Timbuk2 bag a few years ago when I got my laptop, but I ended up with something I could get locally.
Like I said though, I’m still a fan, so when I received an invitation to the launch of their Blogger Bag, I braved the Friday night Makati traffic and trooped over to Outback in Glorietta 4.
Did I finally get a Timbuk2 bag? Not really - I took home a goodie bag, but that doesn’t count. I could have won the one they raffled off, but nope - that bag went to Anton.
Yesterday I ranted about the quality of political ads in the Philippines. Today, I’m sharing some information I have on elections. It might not be much, but my point is this - I shouldn’t rant if I don’t offer some sort of solution or some kind of way to improve the situation.
Now, the things I will mention will not necessarily improve political ads, but I think they just might give is more information about our candidates - at least more information than they can (try to) sing to you in a jingle.
I wonder why our own political ads couldn’t be more like this. I admit - it doesn’t really present any tangible solutions to Argentina’s ills, but it’s still so much better than any crappy jingle Philippine politicians use.
Silver - Cannes Lions 2006.
Category: Public Awareness Messages
Title: TRUTH
Advertiser: RECREAR
Product or Service: POLITICAL MESSAGE
Entrant Company, City: SAVAGLIO\TBWA, Buenos Aires
Country: ARGENTINA
Creative Director: Ernesto Savaglio
Copywriter: Ernesto Savaglio - Alexis Alvarez
Art Director: Pablo Carrera
Agency Producer: Eduardo Suárez
Production Company, City: AWARDS CINE, Buenos Aires
Country: ARGENTINA
Director: Jojó/Bosco
Producer: Fernando Rambo Damiano
Editor: Awards Cine
Music: Fernando Sorín
Account Supervisor: Ricardo Martino/Diego Campos Galante
DBS posted this entry at 6:38 AM on Thursday, the 3rd of May 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: rants; media; raves; this beautiful country.
A little over a month ago, I installed Performancing Metrics with the expectation that it would give me “an unrivaled per visitor level of detail.”
In the same post, I also mentioned a fact from their help page:
Performancing Metrics is available for FREE to all users with sites that average less than 1,000 page views per day, which is the vast majority of blogs and web sites out there.
In the same post, I asked two questions: First, does Performancing Metrics live up to its claim? Second, is it really free?
We’ve already answered the second question - it’s free. That is, as long as you don’t get too much traffic on your blog.
The first question, on the other hand, I didn’t answer.
DBS posted this entry at 1:12 PM on Wednesday, the 2nd of May 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: blogging; technology.
In celebration of the month that was, I’m sharing with you a picture that would have been perfect for an April Fool’s day joke. I say would have been because this picture isn’t part of a prank - it’s real.
Three years ago on the 31st of March, an Aratiles (or Muntingia) tree fell on my car.
I don’t know what I would give right now to be lying on the sand. I don’t particularly care if I’m in Boracay or in Batangas - the point is that I’m on the beach.
I’m envious of that Coppertone bottle in the image on the right - it’s only a picture, but at least it’s surrounded by surf, sand, sun, and sky. Me, I’ve only got the latter two.
I want to bask in the sun and go swimming. Yes, I could do that in a pool, but I want something more than that. I want to feel the sea breeze kissing my face. I want to feel the waves lapping at my toes. I want to feel the sand swallowing my feet.
Like I said, I don’t care if I’m in Batangas or Guimaras, Caticlan or Bantayan - I just want to be at the beach.
DBS posted this entry at 7:16 AM on Monday, the 16th of April 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: ramblings; travel; this beautiful country.
One of my images on Flickr has gotten a whole lot of attention lately. It has gotten almost 10,000 views in the past few days and I didn’t know why - that is, until now.
My image has been Dugg.
Well, maybe that isn’t entirely accurate. You could say it got dragged along when a story on lifehack.org got dugg.
Confused? So was I, but I finally got to the bottom of it. You can read the story below.
DBS posted this entry at 2:39 PM on Wednesday, the 28th of March 2007. He may have also posted related entries in the following categories: blogging; technology; gadgets & things; funny.
I don’t own one, but I’m a fan of 
