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Pepsi’s mascot: Pepsiman!

carlo balicas — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:17:54 +0000

Did you know that Pepsi has a mascot?

As far as I can remember, Pepsi has no apparent mascot in their products; what you normally see in their packaging is the dominant color blue and of course, the round Pepsi logo.

Well, until I saw Pepsiman.

What? You don’t know who’s Pepsiman is?

Actually, Pepsiman is the official mascot of Pepsi Japan corporate branch. There are a number of Pepsiman commercials that were aired in Japan only (well, maybe some of them Pepsiman commercials were shown in the US but clearly, not everyone in other parts of the world got the chance to see these commercials).

Pepsiman, as his name implies, is a hero out to give anyone thirsty of carbonate soda a dose of Pepsi, of course . In the commercials, Pepsiman always appear in the nick of time to soothe the thirsty people with a can of Pepsi. The catch? Pepsiman always end up getting in trouble after helping other people. By that, I mean “trouble” in a very funny way.

Pepsiman also got a big break in the video game industry by having his own Playstation game back in the 90’s. Yes, I played and finished that game back when I was in highschool

Curious about Pepsiman? Then check out some of these Pepsiman commercial below.

What is that wuauclt.exe in your Windows system?

carlo balicas — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:12:07 +0000

If you’ve been working with your computer for too l ong (arou nd 15 hours or more in front of the computer), maybe you’ll get acquainted with numerous jargons relating to computers. Definitely, you’ll know what a wuauclt.exe is.

Errr…personally, I don’t even know what a wuauclt.exe is (or does ). From the syntax of wuauclt.exe itself, it seems like it’s an executable file, but what program does it execute?

A lot of people have been searching about this wuauclt.exe in the internet to know what this file do, and here’s what I found.

wuauclt.exe is apparently a Windows background application. wuauclt.exe is part of Windows Auto Update and checks the Microsoft website for any potential Windows update or hardware update.

So from that statement alone, wuauclt.exe therefore is a legitimate Windows background application. You can easily delete the wuauclt.exe process by;

1. press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys in your keyboard to bring out the Windows Task Manager.

2. Search for the wuauclt.exe entry in the list, click it, and then click “End Process” below.

There you go! It’s done. You can delete this wuauclt.exe process if you don’t need to automatically update your Windows operating system. Actually, you can update your Windows manually, so you really don’t need this wuauclt.exe process.

However, some malicious scripts have been associated with wuauclt.exe. You’ll know that your wuauclt.exe is not a legitimate Windows process if wuauclt.exe is not located in your System32 folder. If its not in your System32 folder, then there is a big chance that the you have is a malicious file. Better fire-up your Anti-virus!

Attack of the Computer Geeks.

carlo balicas — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:14:58 +0000

Do you have any idea what a geek is? Of course you do. Geeks are those type of people that are somewhat “obsessed” with something any other people wouldn’t bother about in the first place. Geeks are one of the stereotypes of our society, and unfortunately, they are considered somewhat at the “end” of the food-chain.

And to add to that, Geeks are those type of people that are prone to “predators” – the jocks, varsity player, and the rock star guy.

But this time around, geeks are on the top – they may even be the ones who created/ manufactured your computer you’re currently working on right now.

So what is a Geek anyway? According to wikipedia;

“The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as “One who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc.”

It may be considered that being a labeled as a geek is a “loser” thing. But recently, a lot of people have been embracing” geekiness” (is there such a word?) and converting it to “coolness” (here I go again ).

Consider Steph of Stephthegeek.com. Well, she is a alright, but you have to admit that she takes away the “loser look” of a geek in her own stylish way.

And of course, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are geeks way back during their childhood – and yet, they are considered as the “cool guys”. C’mon, creating two remarkable computer companies/ OS that is used virtually by everyone around the world? That is cool alright.

How about you? Do you think geeks are cool or not?

How to make a Spam Musubi.

carlo balicas — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:09:14 +0000

Do you know what a Spam Musubi is?

Well, if you have any idea of what a sushi is (or what it looks like for that matter) as well as what a Spam is (nope, not the Spam e-mails you have in your inbox, I’m referring to the food), then you will have an idea of what a Spam Musubi is.

Right from the name itself, Spam Musubi is a kind of food similar to a sushi but with a twist; its main ingredient is, well, you guessed it, Spam!

What is interesting with Spam Musubi is that, its actually a popular snack food/ lunch food in Hawaii. The Spam Musubi is composed of a block of rice and grilled spam wrapped in a piece of Nori. It looks cool actually, and i bet it tastes good too!

Anyone can make their own Spam Musubi in their kitchen. Do you want to know how to make your very own Spam Musubi? Check out the video below. Surprise your friends about your newly discovered food; Spam Musubi!

Whale jumping over a boat! (No Joke!)

carlo balicas — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:38:01 +0000

When I saw the headline regarding this story, I wasn’t shocked at all. But upon reading again the headline, I quickly realized that a “whale” is a big mammal that can really give a huge impact on a boat, literally.

So I checked out the article and what I found something that is shocking; a video of a whale actually jumping over a boat, and its for real!

The “whale jump” happened off the coast of Africa, and apparently, the whale jumped over the boat because it felt “attracted” to it. Talk about “love at first sight…err.. jump”.

As the whale jumped over the boat, neighboring sailors managed to snap a few pictures. Fortunately for the boat as well as the boat owner, Ralph Mothes, no one was hurt. The boat obviously got damaged like snapped matchsticks but fortunately, the boat managed to keep floating.

Check out the report by CBS about this whale jumping over a boat video.

The moral of the story? If you intend to watch whales in their natural habitat, be sure that you ARE NOT ON THEIR WAY.

Definition of an “unhealthy blog”.

carlo balicas — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:04:51 +0000

What is an “unhealthy blog“? Personally, my definition of an “unhealthy blog” is this blog. Yes, this blog that you are reading right now.

(Long silence).

What? Why did I say that my blog itself is an unhealthy blog? Well you can find that for yourself. Just take a quick peek of my whole blog and you’ll find the answer.

First off, my blog is not publishing that many blog posts as compared to last year. Well, on the contrary, this blog didn’t publish that much blogposts last year either.

The reason? The blogger here still has a “life” to live outside the blogging world. He still eats, socializes and of course, study (although I already graduated from college ). And because of that, this blog have been left to dust in the blogosphere.

Second, the overall design of this blog is not yet that complete, if not “SEO-optimized”. There are no footer links below the blog for search engine optimization, and some pages are still blank, like the Blogroll. Although I can do that by just copy-pasting from my previous blog, it will eat a large chunk of my time and at this point in time, I still have a lot of academic deadlines to catch.

Oddly, whenever I post something here in my blog, there are still a lot of people who reads it. The last time I checked my feeds, there are a number of readers who checked their e-mails and opened my blog feeds to them. It’s a good thing that there are people out there who reads this blog, although majority of my posts here are not that interesting. And to add to that, I now realized that those “subscribers” right there in the right are REAL PEOPLE, haha.

But of course, if I have the spare time, I will still update this blog’s content as well as its design. In a blog, everyone knows that “content is king“, and that a blog, in order to survive in the blogosphere, must be constantly updated with interesting blog posts.

God willing I’ll complete all the pages/ features of this blog by sembreak.

So again, thank you for visiting my “ “!

Toy Story 3 – A happy movie for everybody!

carlo balicas — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:13:35 +0000

Everybody has been waiting for this. Yes, a lot of people have been expecting Toy Story 3 to go at par with the original Toy Story and Toy Story 2. Frankly speaking, I just saw the original Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in DVD last year, and was quite confused why there haven’t been a “Toy Story 3” at that time, considering that Toy Story 2 ended years ago.

And yes, a lot of people thought that Toy Story 3 was way overdue. But that’s ok, because Toy Story 3 is here, and boy, it’s one beautiful and funny movie!

The whole premise of Toy Story 3 revolves around the adventures of Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang. , their human owner, is now a grown-up kid and is now going to college. Of course, part of that “transition” is disposing the old things he doesn’t need in college – including his old toys. The toys knew this was coming. Although Andy kept his old toys for safekeeping in their house attic, his mother mistakenly took his toys out and threw it all in the garbage. At that point, the whole toy gang thought that Andy didn’t need them anymore. But of course, Woody told them the opposite.

And the adventure of the toys began at that point.

Check out the video below of Toy Story 3. This movie is good “de-stresser”, if there is such a word. Highly recommended!

Theater Thrill with Twilight Saga: Eclipse!

carlo balicas — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:02:59 +0000

Twilight fans, it’s that time again to rejoice! (Well, except for me, I am not a Twilight fan, but I love to watch new movie releases ).

Twilight Saga: Eclipse premieres today on all movie theaters nationwide (Philippines). Fans will get to see again Bella and her two hunks of werewolf and vampire, Jacob and Edward.

So what should the Twilight fans expect from this new Twilight: Eclipse movie?

First of all, as expected, Twilight: Eclipse would be full of gorgeous special effects. The action scenes will be superb. And of course, the casts will be great.

A lot of people are saying that the Twilight Eclipse is the best among the 3 books. I may have to agree; A vampire, a cute girl, a werewolf plus action packed sequences rolled in a love-triangle theme? Sounds like ingredients for a great movie!

Check out a quick sneak-peak of Twilight Saga: Eclipse below!

Facebook Movie in theaters this October 2010.

carlo balicas — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:55:56 +0000

This I did not expect.

Facebook is actually having a movie this year, specifically this October. And of course, the premise of the whole movie itself is, yes, you guessed it right, Facebook.

Now, Friendster didn’t have a movie, as well as MySpace and Multiply. So what’s with Facebook that made itself worthy of having its own movie? Seriously?

As of now, the only hint that we can get about this movie is this short trailer of the

If you like Justin Timberlake then you are in luck – he is also in the movie, although his role is not the Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg.

Are you curious about this movie yourself? Will you watch it come October 2010?

Personally, I will have to see this movie to find out if the plot is anything worthy. But as of now, I think I will have to settle with Karate Kid and Toy Story 3 (which I haven’t watch yet, arg!).

Apple IPhone 4 Recall?

carlo balicas — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:33:50 +0000

The Apple IPhone 4 is now here. The much awaited new Apple IPhone model finally came out last June 24 and everybody is literally all over it. As expected, the Apple IPhone 4’s release in Japan, Great Britain, France, Germany and the United States were a great success.

But what’s this story looming around the internet regarding the recalling of IPhone 4 units by Apple? Is this true?

According to one article by Britain’s Daily Mail (www.dailymail.co.uk), a tweet from Steve Jobs stated the following;

“We may have to recall the new IPhone. This, I did not expect”

But fortunately, this story of IPhone recall is false. Apparently, the Twitter account was not Steve Job’s. Moreover, the Daily Mail have already taken out the article regarding the fake Iphone 4 recall.

Well at least this story didn’t get the hype unlike the IPhone 4 leakage that happened because of a Apple employee who accidentally left it in a public place.

So IPhone 4 users/ owners out there, you have nothing to worry about.