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Cinema Rip-off

digitalchain — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:22:03 +0000

I was at the theater this afternoon with family and friends. We enjoyed the show, I’m sure. But I think theaters are not only entertaining us but ripping us off as well. Here’s an example- we watch a 3D movie and pay the 3D fee (to include the glasses) after the show you see these boxes asking you to recycle. Congratulations, mother earth thanks you for that! But guess what happens? They repackage them and sell them back again for $3.50 to the next 3D movie goer! The cycle then repeats itself.

Where’s my overpriced popcorn?

Filed under: Ramblings Tagged: Theater

Hamster grows on tree

digitalchain — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:01:21 +0000

We once had a hamster. We found it near the dumpster. The poor creature was abandoned by its owner. We took it in and cared for it and we called it Panasonic. One fine day, while walking Miki, I found this interesting thing. Hamsters grow on trees?

Filed under: Bakersfield, Funny, Ramblings

Lazy or useless?

digitalchain — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:10:26 +0000

Filed under: Funny, Ramblings

Take on mobile blogging

digitalchain — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:49:23 +0000

One might call it a haitus but personally, I don’t know what to call it. My blogging has waned and I am running out of ideas to write about. Writer’s block? Laziness? Brain dead? It can be a number of things. I remember one of the tips was to “just write”. Write about anything until the creative juices start flowing again. So, I ramble while I use my handy dandy iPhone to type out an idea or something.

Maybe the ideas will flow tomorrow. For now I tap away one finger tap at a time.

Filed under: Thinking Aloud Tagged: blog, iphone 4, mobile

Revisiting.

digitalchain — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:12:33 +0000

Although Cesar Chavez was known to have championed farm workers in America and later became the founder of the United Farm Workers it is also fitting to remember that a number of Filipinos were instrumental in the creation of the most important labor movement in American history.

Here’s an interesting story told by one of the first Filipinos to join the 1965 strike. He was a Filipino farmer who helped organize and unify latino and filipino farm workers into a formidable union.

To name these labor union pioneers and leaders is also to honor their contributions and their legacy. I only named a few, those that I can find in public records, surely there are many more out there.

Ben Gines
Pete Manuel
Larry Itliong
Andy Imutan
Pete Velasco

Filed under: Thinking Aloud

2010 in review

digitalchain — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:19:17 +0000

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 9,800 times in 2010. That’s about 24 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 27 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 269 posts. There were 35 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 83mb. That’s about 3 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was March 2nd with 86 views. The most popular post that day was The sunsets.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, networkedblogs.com, google.com.ph, en.wordpress.com, and android-vs-ipad.co.cc.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for efren penaflorida, gang signs with hand, model dress, kamote, and pandesal.