The Beanster Blog

Native Advertising 101: cross promote Kanye West + Glastonbury Festival, write "news article" pitting asshole "performer (?)" vs rock fans / attendees. No mention of comments from event organizers or the artist being petitioned off the stage, be sure you have the dates and line up link in the article.  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thousands-sign-petition-to-cancel-kanye-west-glastonbury-2015-performance/   When I read this article, it felt more like native advertisement for the Festival with a dab of promotion for Kanye West.  https://www.change.org/p/glastonbury-festival-cancel-kanye-west-s-headline-slot-and-get-a-rock-band   As of this writing 118,450 people (or bots) signed the petition but is this really the best use for change.org ? Does the performer care? Do the event organizers care? Why should we care?  I think Mr. West's music is garbage but should the event organizers go back on their plans (I'm sure a contract was signed at some point) opening the...

I saw that Star Wars Battlefront from EA will be featured during Star Wars Celebration 2015. Good news for FPS gamers but what I want is an RTS set in the Star Wars Universe... Something like "Red Alert" or "StarCraft" Imagine it! Missions set in the Prequel Trilogy, Original Trilogy, and possibly DLC / expansions for The Force Awakens!!! That would be so wizard!!! (See what I did there? Ha!)

posting on social media is not enough Are you pro or against Bansang Moro Basic Law, you should write your representative. Remember: PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL Mandaluyong residents our representative is: Hon. Neptali M. Gonzales II District Representative Mandaluyong City, Lone District  Email address: nmg@nmgonzales.com Source: called his office for the email address. Look for your representative here: http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/ Tips: You can type your letter in word and export it as PDF then sign it electronically. Export Microsoft Office Document to PDF  [Office support] How to Electronically Sign Documents Without Printing and Scanning Them  [how-to-geek] I copied the text of my letter as the body of the email and then attached the electronically signed pdf. 

More thoughts on Bansang Moro Basic Law The National Gov't wants to give them: territory, money, resources, their own parliamentary gov't, allow shar'iah law, their own flag and whatever else they plug into the Bansang Moro Basic Law (if it's passed) In return we get peace, resource sharing, and probably some taxes. Is this really a good idea? I do not believe the Moros view themselves as Filipinos. They are Moros, and want to live as Moros and they want to do it their own way. So after 30 or 50 years when they get their shit together they will probably secede from the Philippines fully and create their own Moro state, it is highly unlikely that Indonesia or Malaysia will accept them (the balance of power in those nations would be upset if that is allowed). So they will go at it on their own Malaysia and Indonesia will support them tho. I do not believe for a second they will be content with autonomy. I do not believe there is a clause that expires their a...

Zero interest in the Papal visit, except for the fact that the government is actually telling telcos to shut down their network and the dumbasses are actually complying, I'm talking to your SMART. I think it's all just security theater anyway. Working during the holiday. Spent most of the day yesterday working on Excel files and Blogger for my day job. Work would have been faster if SkyCable's broadband connection stayed up most of the time. It's been three (3) months and still having intermittent connection daily. I get the standard "we are sorry" but service is still poo. Well my head is spinning and my eyes hurt from staring at the screen for majority of the day yesterday so it's time to rest. Check out my work blog here [ vdararealty.com ]

If you're a returning reader you know that I was heavy into PocketPC / Windows Mobile before jumping to iOS & Android. I have been having issues with the RedMi 1S messaging app always crashing, and I have always been curious on how far Microsoft has come after they reset their mobile device program. So the prodigal user returns...  A ( few days) few weeks ago I decided to purchase a Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM. Yes, you read that correctly: Microsoft Lumia, not Nokia. Product page: http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/phone/lumia535-dual-sim/ The orange color was not in stock so I went with boring black. Price ₱ 5,990.00 (US$ 133).  The display is 5in with a resolution of qHD (960 x 540), IPS LCD, all in all it’s ok. The finish feels plasticky and slippery. I suggest you get a case, speaking of cases, I can't find any in both Greenhills and Megamall. Goes the same for screen protectors, so I had to get stuff from eBay, which will take up to a month or more to arrive....