Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins the Academy Best Actor Award

It's the Oscars awards and biggest news of all: Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins an Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in The Revenant.  

Waze App gets a celebrity Navigator Voice

If you are using the Waze app to avoid traffic, you will be surprise to know that the app developers has recently added the voice of renowned actor Morgan Freeman's voice as one of the app's navigator voice.  Just imagine this voice over while navigating to work or to any destination. Personally it gives me the chills. I would hope they would add Sean Connery as the next celebrity to do the navigation voice. 

Video courtesy of The Late Late Show with James Corden

SuperBowl XL: A Match-Up Of Two Top Draft Picks

The 50th installment of SuperBowl would be a match up between two of the league's top draft picks yet have different paths to success. It would be a battle of Quarterbacks with distinct style of plays. Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning has epitome of old school quarterback play to go along with his legendary football intelligence. In contrast, Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton, who is also potential league MVP, has lead his team to a impressive 15-1 record behind his playmaking skills as both a passer and a runner.   

Despite the contrast in quarterback plays, both teams basically have the same philosophy as teams both run the ball to set up the pass and both teams play have very tough defense to compliment their respective offenses.

This game is possibly Peyton Manning's final game as he hopes to end his career on top and capture his second Superbowl title since winning one for the Indianapolis Colts. For Cam Newton, it's about becoming the new face of the league and to lead his team to the very first SuperBowl title in franchise history.

The transition from engineer to an IT professional

First and foremost, I'm glad to be back blogging despite being busy as a family man and also transitioning myself into a full fledged information technologist soon. 

The personal transition from an engineer to information technologist basically was a smooth one since most of my mathematics subjects where basically the same with the only difference is Discrete Mathematics.

My foundation as an engineer center around the use of applied mathematics (meaning math was used for purpose of solving real world problems like in physics or in.. engineering). In information technology, the foundation is mostly focused on programming and some electronics which I can say is closely related. The math is mostly focused on logical analysis.

Despite the difference, I felt that I was having some review of the mathematics that I have learn through the years which is refreshing. 

Ingress: Arguably The Best Augmented Reality Game Every Created

Ingress is an augmented reality, massive multiplayer online, GPS online game that created by Niantic Labs, a startup within Google. The game originally can be played only on Android devices but has recently been ported to Apple's iOS devices.

The gameplay consists of establishing "portals" at places with religious and geographic landmarks, great architectural works, etc, and linking them to produce a virtual triangular fields over geographic areas. Progress in the game is measured by the number of "mind units" (MUs).



The game consists of two factions, the Enlightened (which is represented by the color green ) and the Resistance (which is represented by the color blue).


To my fellow bloggers who are either travel bloggers or frequently travel to various places, this kind of game would suit your lifestyle.

Resistance players working on a "Op" 

Lessons Learn From the Leaked Jennifer Lawrence Nude Photos Scandal

The Internet is a very a nice tool that we use to get information and to interact with other people.  Unfortunately though it can be a detrimental to an individual if that person is not careful. The latest news about the Jennifer Lawrence,  Kate Upton,  et al. nude photos that were leaked online through hacked iCloud accounts only shows that online privacy is not what it seems. 

As a person who has worked in the Information Technology industry, the only REAL online security is NOT to take the photos and videos at all. 

So to everyone who already took racy photos or videos of themselves or with your significant others,  you should start making efforts on moving your materials into a more offline AND secure storage.  For those who thinking of doing it for the first time,  I suggest you don't. If you think your mobile devices are secured you might want to think again and ask yourself "Is it worth the risk?"

The San Antonio Spurs are the 2014 NBA Champions

Finally after a year being robbed of a title the San Antonio Spurs finally captured their 5th NBA title from the Miami Heat in an all-out beat down winning the series 4-1.

As always the Spurs old-school style of play has been their key to success. Passing the ball like the Harlem Globetrotter which is so amazing to watch.



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How to Cross Post Automatically From Google+ to Twitter

As as SEO/Social Media professional, using social media has been the tool to share to the public any information your social networks. We all know that you can cross-post between Facebook to Twitter or the other way around.

With the arrival of Google+ there has not been a good third party service that caters to automatically cross posting from Google+ to Twitter until I discover ManageFlitter.com.

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Back from a Long Haitus

It's been a while since I posted an updated on this blog. I can blame this on how hectic my work is. Being an SEO specialist is so demanding at times, I'm burned out when I arrive home. Good thing for vacation leaves.

While I am in my blog hiatus, I have been immersing myself on listening to several podcast show. Entertainment podcast like Good Times With Mo: The Podcast, That Show,  and a podcast about IT outsourcers called The Call Center Show. Aside from these entertainment podcast, I am also into sports talk shows mostly form 101 ESPN. Show like The Kevin Wheeler Show, The Turn and my personal favorite, The Fast Lane. Aside from these show from the St. Louis areas, Football related podcast like The Ross Tucker Football podcast, RamsAddiction Podcast and ESPN Football Today podcast.

Aside from listening to these podcast show, I'll have been blogging on my Rams football blog called GridIron Rams.

The St. Louis Cardinals are going to the World Series

Last year the St. Louis Cardinals failed to reach the World Series as they were beaten by the eventual world series champions, the San Francisco Giants. This year they are in the National League Championship this time against the popular team, Los Angeles Dodgers.

Today, the St. Louis Cardinal finally beat Los Angeles Dodger 9-0 with a very dominant pitching performance by the series MVP Michael Wacha. The Cardinal will wait for the winner Boston Red Sox - Detroit Tigers ALCS series as the World series will be held first on the American League Champions home field.

Apple to Announce iOS 7 and iPhone 5C & iPhone 5S

For gadget geeks like me the announcement of the Apple's upcoming release of the iOS 7 operating system as well as the announcement of the two new version of the iPhone aptly call the iPhone 5C and the iPhone 5S.  What's interesting about the new iPhones is that the latest versions uses gold casing which is change from it previous hard glass back casing. 

There will be a Live Blogging Event from the Cupertino headquarters on the day of the release so it would be wise for Apple lovers to mark this event on your calendars.