Nothing But Random

What’s Hot on YouTube

Here are some amazing accident captured in still images. Most are unbelievable and hard to explain but it happened nonetheless. Check it out.

My favorite is at 0:16, whats yours?

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/digg_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/reddit_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/stumbleupon_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/delicious_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/technorati_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/google_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/facebook_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/yahoobuzz_32.png

http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/wp-content/plugins/sociofluid/images/twitter_32.png

I’ve been looking for a good replacement for my HTC Touch because I’m planning to get a new phone by summer. I’m actually considering some phones like LG Chocolate, HTC HD2 or Samsung Omnia 2. Then I thought of Nexus One. It’s pretty out of my budget right now (new unlocked @ $600) but come summer time I know price will drop maybe to less than $500 and it will be within reach.

Having a good phone is like having a good mobile broadband provider. You need to weigh things like price, support and value for money. Nexus One has a great design with slim and sexy body not to mention screen big enough for web browsing. I’m pretty sold with Nexus One so I decided to check the reviews.

Most reviews gave Nexus One a thumbs up sign. It scored high in the responsiveness category and its one of the most noticeable aspect of Nexus one compared with other phones. It’s pretty frustrating waiting for 5 seconds for your phone app to run just when you need it fast. Then I also have read about complaints over 3G connections. Forums and blogs are reporting about people having crappy 3G connections but I also noticed that most of the complains were using T-mobile which happens to have the smallest footprint of 3G among carriers in the US.

Sure enough, some Nexus one users outside of US has no issue over their 3G connection. I’ve checked Whirpool forum which is an Australian forum and very few people complain about their 3G and because I’m in the Philippines I’ve browse some blogs too and so far it was mentioned that Nexus One in the Philippines doesn’t have any 3G issues at all. I’m glad that its not a hardware issue albeit a provider with poor 3G reception.

I think I’ll get the Nexus One and this will be my first ever Google phone. Or I will stick with Windows Mobile (now called Windows Phone) and get the HTC HD2.

15th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta part 2

This is a continuation of Hot Air Balloon Fiesta part 1. The 15th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta program was from 5:30am to 6:30pm. We’ve been only there for 3 hours but it seems like the whole day already. The day consists of planes, choppers, kites, sky divers, air stunts and of course hot air balloons. Good thing it was a cloudy day so everyone can stay out in the open without getting burn but the sky divers had to fly lower because of the clouds. We decided to see the chopper demonsrtation before leaving for early lunch, then some more skydiving. Here are the pics.

One hour before noon we decided to take lunch at a nearby SM Mall and we slept in the car for an hour to recharge our batteries because there’s still a long day ahead of us. We went back around 3pm and again a couple of planes were doing maneuvers in the sky and its actually my first time to see airplane exhibition in live. By now, the kites doubled which I think was close to a hundred which comes in all shapes and sizes and flies in all directions.

Continue reading 15th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta part 2

What’s Hot on YouTube

This might be the longest What’s Hot on YouTube feature here. This is a short film about corporate spy John Logue vs billionaire CEO Bruce Leeks. Watch how both guys try to out smart each other. Quite entertaining I must say.

What do you think? The CEO acting is a little off but I’m not complaining.

Earthlingorgeous 2nd Blogversary Treat

It’s been awhile since I posted another blogger contest here so I think its about time. I was browsing local blogs and I chanced upon Earthling Gorgeous blog once again. This blog is having a contest about it’s 2nd year anniversary and the grand prize is $100 in cold paypal cash

There will be 2nd and 3rd winners too and prizes are supoer cool ranging from free ads, avon products and cash prizes too. Earthlingorgeous.com 2nd Blogversary Treat runs from Feb 13 to March 18, 2010. The sponsor list are huge…last time I’ve checked its more the 60, yes six and zero and some more.

Part of the contest procedure is to answer these questions:

How did you learn about Earthlingorgeous.com? – From another pinoy blog a few of months ago
What is your favorite post at Earthlingorgeous.com and why? -Insurance questions answered - because I know a thing or two about insurance and I agree with the article.
What topics would you like to read at Earthlingorgeous more often? – Local events and contest

If you want to join the contest, then go to EarthlinGorgeous.com and follow the procedure for joining the contest.

Continue reading Earthlingorgeous 2nd Blogversary Treat

15th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta part 1

It’s been a grueling day, from Sunrise to Sundown. I’ve been meaning to go to Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta year after year but for some reason I wasn’t able to. Finally this weekend I was able to go. We woke up 3am in the morning and left house at 4am. The Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is in Clark Airfield in Pampanga, some 100 kilometers from our house. We just cruised at the expressway between 100 to 140 kilometers depending on the traffic and reached the place at 5:10 am but traffic is bad at the Clark Airfield Gate. It took us 20 minutes from the gate to the field which is less than 6 kilometers.

It’s 5:30 when we reached the parking lot which was full of cars (maybe a couple of thousands) and got a space about 200 meters from the main entry of the event. I was walking when the first parachute jump happened and I wasn’t able to capture the army guy with Philippine Flag tied to his foot. The line to the ticket booth is uber long, the longest line I’ve seen in my life so far. From the end of the line, you can see the balloons starting to fill up so I decided to take pictures first. Luckily I chance upon a small group of people outside running a travel agency and they got spare ticketd so I asked if they can sell some to me. They are friendly and sold me three tickets at a regular price of 150 pesos each. They are from Discover Asia International and they offer good deals for local tourist destination like Sagada up in the north which I might try soon.

We got inside and the tickets saved us at least half an hour standing in line. Kites are flying everywhere, people camping from all directions and ultra light planes just took off for their formation flight. Only people with official ID’s are allowed inside the field but we decided to climb the fence so we can get good vantage point. Let me post the first batch of pictures I got while I’m still outside.

The 2nd pic shows balloons are ready to go in a few minutes so I broke out of the line to the ticket booth to catch some pictures. There are German, Swedish balloons in the pictures and some cool balloons as well like the Barn, Turtle, Beer bottle and the Sun. Toyota and Caltex have their own balloons too. Once we are inside we were greeted with more people like 5 thousand more with a thousand left outside lining to the booth.

Continue reading 15th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta part 1

Sunday’s Babe of the Week

It’s Sunday and it’s Valentine’s Day. So my Sunday babe feature is no other than Faye Valentine. Faye Valentine also known as Faye Regan is an American adult actress. Faye is a 21 year old Las Vegas native.

She appeared at the 12th annual Erotic LA convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center in June 2008. She appeared in a print ad for American Apparel in mid-2008, credited as “Jillian”.

So check out Faye Valentine pictures and tell me if she doesn’t deserve to be this week’s Sunday Babe.