Javajive Photography - Latest Comments

Re: Masuk Angin?

david — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:54:43 -0000

When it's time to buy a new ceiling fan, you'll undoubtedly want to look for one that is both high-quality and low in price. A Harbor Breeze fan from Lowe's can be the perfect solution.

Re: Jakarta floods 2009

Corina Mulder — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:16:38 -0000

Thank you for this blog post! I am researching Jakarta's flooding for an urban anthropology class and I'd love to provide a link to your blog. This way I have some personal insights rather than just statistics.

Re: Banaue Rice Terraces

twitter-861381 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:38:00 -0000

Glad you're familiar with 'man cold' term :) Always enjoy the pics, makes me want to go and visit The Phillippines!

Re: Boracay sunset with sailboat

mkoesnadi — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:13:50 -0000

hi mr. hoover !
im just blog-hopping and i happen to remember about ur photography blog !

turns out, im so much left behind with the many impressive photos you've posted here .
this shot is my absolute favorite ! love the way the light peeks out from the clouds..

hope you are enjoying your stay at the Philippines
(not sure if traffic is worst there.. hahaha)

Re: Digital downloads vs physical media: How will developing countries keep up?

john — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:52:21 -0000

A few points:

1) won't be long before developing nations get faster connections, there'll be a huge demand for it

2) As long as media companies can somehow force developing nations to part with more cash they'll be happy - e.g. thru digital downloads

but

3) developing countries' pirate industries are innovative enough to copy digital downloads to physical media, so not much will change

Re: Western Men, Indonesian Women.

twitter-67635465 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:25:25 -0000

everything has its own beauty but beauty isn't everything (like i thought)

Re: Twitter downturn? Nah, it’s just me, methinks. aka Twitter’s future in 2010.

hungry_traveler — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:42:46 -0000

Thought maybe you saw this article on techcrunch....

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/24/twitter-wo...

It's pretty much answers some of your questions regarding this very issue. Figure this: regardless of who or where the tweets originates, if the "convos" lies fallow, then the engagement also falls from the vine. Followers wither away. The sun also rises but, assuredly, spring follows winter.

I'm beginning to sound like Chance the Gardener from "Being There"

"This is just like television, only you can see much further."

Re: What’s the most exciting novel you’ve ever read?

vrys — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:42:17 -0000

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Re: Massive fire north of Makati, Manila – November 16, 2009

dean — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:16 -0000

brandon... any word on relief efforts on behalf of the 5,000 displaced families? i'd be interested in contributing if something is in place for these folks...

Re: Instructions for the Tourist

terregatley — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:56 -0000

that reminds me of the "engrish" site

Re: Warning - odd post ahead. Coincidence? Chance? Reverse Deja vu?

terregatley — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:33 -0000

Here is a story with amazing variables. My son's great grandfather and his girlfriend's great grandfather started the first medical rescue squad together back in 1930 in Kenosha Wisconsin. The kids met at High school in Portland Oregon. We discovered the connection a few months after they started dating. 80 years, hundreds of miles, crazy odds. It makes me wonder if we're magnetically drawn to people that have the same genetics as our ancestors friends.

Re: Massive fire north of Makati, Manila – November 16, 2009

Alice — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:32:28 -0000

Gosh I can only imagine the impact and devastation on those families. I hope there was little injury, but I suspect that isn't the case. Amazing images Brandon.

Re: In Bali for 9 days

wahya — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:47:26 -0000

Hi Brandon. love to know you were visiting Bali. Someday if you come again to bali, we welcome you to visit to our villas :)

Re: Massive fire north of Makati, Manila – November 16, 2009

enjayneer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:01:08 -0000

this is scary. nice shots by the way.

Re: Wrong on so many levels…

b4nch4 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:12:50 -0000

i also have similar topeng monyet pictures like this, but with barbie head.
http://yellowteacup.com/2009/08/18/topeng-monyet/

Re: Taxis in Manila – why we need a car (aka white whine)

azurelos — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:59:51 -0000

I came from Indonesia too and the Blue Bird service is simply awesome. Over here at the Philippines, while there are cab companies that you can call, they don't quite compare to the excellence of service provided by Blue Bird. Heck, the school I went to (Jakarta International School) almost begs of you to take nothing but BB, for your safety--that's how trusted it has become. It's wonderful.

The issue about the cab companies here in the Philippines is it's SO DAMN HARD to contact them. The phone lines are ALWAYS busy. In desperation I also "hit the Google machine" (sorry Pampanga I just thought it was quite cute :P) to see if there's a way to order a taxi online in the Philippines.

And to my luck, there is. There's this site called Mataxi.ph (http://www.mataxi.ph) which takes taxi orders online. I planned a trip the next day (the site currently requires you to place orders a day in advance) and I was greeted in the morning by a shiny new Vios taxi. The driver was courteous. I had a great day.

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

twitter-2782801 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:26:12 -0000

I've been quoted as saying that Twitter is blogging for people with ADHD.

Bad Twitter feeds are full of the minutiae of people's lives... good Twitter feeds are like little blogposts. But while 140 characters is wonderful for pithy aphorisms, it is no substitute for the rich language of a well-written blog post.

I will post maybe two to five tweets a week... and twice as many "real" blogposts. But I have seen other bloggers go off the deep end, neglecting their blogs but spewing forth hundreds of tweets. Feh.

In the ideal world, there's a scenario in which the quick, viral nature of Twitter, the "selected audience" character and interactivity of Facebook, and the "throw it on the wall and see what sticks" quality of blogging reach a dynamic equilibrium, complementing and enhancing each other. We'll see.

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

Lemi4 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:19:41 -0000

Speaking of which, has everyone read Evan William's recent take on this subject? EvHead: What Blogger Should Do

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

javajive — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:47:59 -0000

I find it intriguing, Brett, that you've upped your posting, but also could that correlate with the fact that you were new (unless I'm incorrect about you being new) to blogging, and naturally would have increased your tempo with or without FB / FF / Twitter?

800 posts a year is a lot! Good work man.

I agree, if utilized properly, Twitter can be a gold-mine for new ideas, conversations, links, etc.

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

javajive — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:42:38 -0000

Ironic that you commented first on Facebook and I responded to you a full 12 hours earlier there than here.... hmmm....

"Facebook and Twitter are not going away" .... let's quote you on that in, say, 5 years? Keen to know what their future will be and what is the next big thing after them both. Then again, Flickr is still alive and kicking after 5+ years.

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

javajive — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:38:09 -0000

I know it's easy to stop once you've taken a pause. I do that with working out; if I'm out of the gym for a month, those quickly turn into more months if I'm not disciplined (like in the summer when I'm traveling)

Sorry to give you a bout of depression.

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

javajive — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:36:48 -0000

Thank you for your insightful comment. Interesting that you prefer my tweets over my blog. Too bad I hold back a bit from both considering fellow coworkers follow on both sites. ;)

Re: Coin Rubbing for Healing?

ginnnn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:04:50 -0000

There's no english word enough to explain it. So they say (and fascinatingly accurate) that when human skin is exposed to cold air, human body will have 'excessive air; - enough to be clots in body's circulation. My mother never tells me what circulation it is, specifically. I'd like to believe it's energy circulation, otherwise calls for bigger bills instead, no?

It works is by scraping the coin through the hallow space between your bones, your skin must be lubricated by balsam. I suppose regular massage oil won't do. Must be heated massage oil? We call it balsam anyway. And I put lubricated because scraping your skin is painful. It's not stingy as some people who never tried it said, it's simply painful. It will create welts of red bumps. Tiny-tiny red bumps. When it's blood red, then it's cold air. When it's chili red, then it's cold air and your body is heaty. Heaty is another story.

If you have aches in your back and feeling dizzy or warm for no reason whatsoever, think back, maybe you have been exposed to cold air. It can be very uncomfortable, medical people call it 'cold'. Coining will miraculously take that cold away from you. I'm not sure how it works. But the red welts will be gone in a few days, unlike bruises.

The origin of coining is not known by me. Yet it came down to me from my mother's side. Although my mother is a straits Chinese, she is peranakan (nyonya) by culture. I believe if you understand everything I wrote, kerokan is a piece of cake.

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

twitter-21071546 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:48:02 -0000

No, micro-blogging REVIVED my blog. Twitter helped me build a readership (albeit relatively small).More importantly, I could figure out what to write about.

I am blogging much more than I ever have, and will hit 1,000 posts before the end of this month -- over 800 of those this year alone. There's also much greater variety in content. I am posting pictures, comments on websites, quotes from news articles, youtube videos... a lot of sound-bites, along with the longer more considered posts.

Re: Has micro-blogging destroyed your blog?

Pillowfight — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:17:16 -0000

Yes, they killed my blog. See my comment on Facebook--HA!

Culturally, I think the move to shorter and shorter posts is probably bad. But you can't close Pandora's box...it's here, and Facebook and Twitter are not going away.

Still not willing to delete the site or give up my domain, though. I guess I have a shred of hope somewhere that someday I might be able to resurrect it from the dead.