Monday, August 28, 2006

Flickr maps...



This is really cool. Flickr has added a mapping tool, dubbed 'geotagging' where you can tag your images to a specific location on a map. No need to wonder anymore where Honduras is - my flickr locations are all updated - cheers!

been Yelping lately...

Can't help to wonder there are some poor souls out there that want some insside scoop about G'boro. This really started when I wanted to get good reviews about Cirque du Soleil and could not find anyting and somehow stumbled upon this site. Well amigos.... Davicho to da rescue!
Yelp is a website that allows users to write and share reviews of local businesses. It also has social networking features (adding friends, groups, etc.) to share reviews with a trust network. The idea is that people generally trust their freinds’ recommendations.

So have at it - start your own and help a brotha out, Yelp your hood, I have!

Sunday, August 27, 2006

stiffy lube!

So you think you get your moneys worth at Jiffy Lube? Might have to dig out those ol' receipts.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

"O" as in N'O'

"Never been to a Cirque show before and after much reviewing and friend influences to go see these shows - we reviewed 'o', got the most expensive seats and really looked forward to it...

VERY DISAPPOINTED... lots of non-sense... randomness... no story line (and that could be my fault for expecting a story), stunts/acrobatics... blah, nothing out of this world... u see better stuff on TV. Water acrobatics? Please... bunch of people diving in and out of a water with cute costumes... and that is really it - lots of eye-candy... nice costumes and that is all... music was terrible... not my taste at all... was expecting something more eclectic/operatic.... very pop-Hindi cookie cutter compositions.

What saved the show? The clown interludes were real funny... real cute... and well done.

In a nutshell... I am a very open-minded person, cultured and artsy and really anything goes but this show inspires nothing. I went to this particular show because it had the best ratings everywhere I looked. But still, I don't regret not going - at least I know what they are about (will never pay to see another one). If you are unsure - trust me, get the cheap seats - at least you can say you've done a show. But expect no storyline, sub par acrobatics/stunts, lots of non-sense movement and sequences... very long, and emotionless.

People next to me were oohing and aahing - I can't understand why - if you are easily amused, think germans cars are better then japanese cars, have and ipod but use a pc, use ShutterFly instead of Flickr, or use Hotmail/Yahoo instead of Gmail - then you will like it - if not, you know there are better things out there. Hope this helps... I could have used a young, urban, real-rating to this show."


UPDATE - forgot to mention I posted this review on www.yelp.com. Wish I had know about this site before hand - now YOU know! ;-)
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