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While VivirLatino was Down, Mala Was Out
7:21 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Fashion| HPVT| Lifestyle| Marketing| New York City| Tech · 4 Comments
21 Feb 2009While behind the scenes an entire team was frantically dealing with hackers and figuring out how to get VivirLatino back online, your truely was also engaging in a little fashion frivolity and networking gracias to Buzz Corps, HP and Vivienne Tam.
First on the agenda: A visit to Vivienne Tam’s boutique at 40 Mercer Street, NYC, on February 18, 2009, for a look at her Fall/Winter 2009 collection which revolved around the theme of an Exploration of Nothingness.
One of the reasons I was there is not cuz I’m such a fashionista. I was sent the HP Mini Vivienne Tam edition to review and this was all part of the marketing and promotional fun, porque carajo, especially when our site was down and we were pulling our hair out trying to get it up for you, the VL team needed some fun.
Ay pero lest you think that as I was having fun that I wasn’t paying attention to the multiple ironies around me, I’m working on a follow up that will go into the politics of this adventure porque you know mala, I make everything personal and professional political.
Salud!
Post Valentine’s Giveaway : HP Vivienne Tam Edition Wireless Optical Mouse
9:43 am By Maegan La Mala · Fashion| Marketing| Tech| VivirLatino · 7 Comments
17 Feb 2009
Last week I wrote about the HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition that HP had sent for me to play with.
Originally, I had gifts to give away for Valentine’s day, pero since we were under a not so loving attack that took us offline, let’s just call this VivirLatino’s post-Valentine’s Day/Fashion Week Giveaway.
This week in NYC is Fashion Week, and I will be at the Vivienne Tam boutique tomorrow for a fashion show. Since I can’t bring all of you with me (although it looks like I’ll be able to live blog the event), we are giving away 3 HP wireless optical mice with the Vivienne Tam peony design.
It’s ready to use, with a micro USB receiver, and batteries. Apparently you can’t even get these in the U.S. Pero, sorry Apple heads (this even applies to me), the mouse only works with Windows.
The first three comments with email addresses will win.
Jueves Jugetes : HP Mini Vivienne Tam Edition
12 Feb 2009
That’s yours truly at a reading last month and no I am not looking into my makeup case to read poetry. I am reading off the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam edition sent to me to test out and review.
Netbooks are all the rage now and after a few weeks of playing around with this one I can see why. The HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam edition is super light and portable and yes it’s pretty too, with is red background/purple peony cover design.
I don’t care much about the pretty pero when others see me using it, they notice, and usually want it. Pero pretty comes at a cost.
More Latin Americans Logging onto the Internet
11:52 am By Maegan La Mala · Latin America| Tech · Comments Off
13 Jan 2009
Access to the internet in parts of Latin America is growing. According to a survey conducted by Pyramid Research for Google, the reasons include more affordable computers and an expanding broadband network.
In 2007, for example, Colombia added 5.4 million Internet users, or about 12% of its population of 45 million — an 80% increase in the number of Colombia’s Internet users that year.
Brazil added 7.4 million Internet users in 2007 (17% growth), Mexico more than 2.2 million (an 11% increase) and Venezuela 1.58 million (38% growth).
Domestic Violence Over the Wii?
12:01 pm By Maegan La Mala · Bizarro| Family| Games| Tech| society · Comments Off
30 Dec 2008
Last week Mala told us that some experts think that Nintendo’s Wii could be dangerous for your health. Also dangerous for one’s health is domestic violence, and the Wii was at the center of at least one heated incident in which two people were arrested. GameTab reports
Blom and his 24 year-old girlfriend, Randi Young, were both arrested for misdemeanor “domestic-related” assault charges. An altercation broke out over Christmas presents. Police arrived at the Blom residence on Christmas Day to discover the couple bruised and battered.“Heath Blom wanted a remote-controlled airplane for Christmas, and not the Wii,” said Sgt. Kuffer Kaltenborn. Blom’s grandmother gave him a Nintendo Wii, which he scoffed at, causing his girlfriend to call him names “for not liking the Wii.”
According to Young, “He [Heath Blom] said he hated it. It hurt her [his grandmother's] feelings… When he didn’t get the plane, he got really upset. He acted like a 10-year-old kid.”
A fight ensued with Blom supposedly dragging Young down two flights of stairs — by her hair. Blom claims Young punched him in the eye three times.
Turns out it wasn’t Wii’s fault. The guy was just an ungrateful bastard, and violent to boot.
Via / GameTab
We Think Wii is Dangerous
26 Dec 2008As I write this, my older daughter is playing Animal Crossing: City Folk. My sister is playing with the Wii Fit. Wii and it’s games were hot items in my family this navidad, but doctors are saying that the Nintendo game system is bringing business, with up to ten people coming into the hospital with Wii related injuries.
“There has been a 100 percent increase in patients complaining of Wii-itis,” Dr. Dev Mukerjee of Broomfield Hospital, Essex, told The Sun newspaper.
Most patients are admitted after playing tennis or running games which involve sudden movements, resulting in tendon stretching or tearing.
“It’s possible Wii-itis may lead to rheumatism or arthritis later in life. Patients often have inflamation of the shoulder or wrist,” said Dr. Mukerjee.
Another common injury is dubbed Wii-knee, blamed on the bending of the knee from the Wii-Fit game. This involves a special platform and a series of movements ranging from yoga to strength-training moves.
In extreme cases, the kneecap can be dislocated or pop out of joint.
Maybe it’s just the English that are too out of shape to play with the Wii? Or maybe people are just playing the Wii too damn much and need to step away from the videogames.
Via / Orlando Sentinel.
Spanish blogger Polonio 210 credits President Bush’s shoe ducking skills to the latest Wii game : “Wii Zapatilla”.
Now if only there was a game where we could throw shoes at Bush. My kids would love it and so would I.
Via / Mi Blog es Tu Blog
Tagging The Sexual Activities of Indonesia’s HIV/AIDS Population
9:06 am By Maegan La Mala · Health| Indonesia| Politics| Tech| sex · Comments Off
25 Nov 2008
I say it was only a matter of time before a class of those monitored because of their “dangerousness” happen. Not surprisingly this dangerousness has been linked to sex.
Indonesia’s Papua province is set to pass a bylaw that requires some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips in a bid to prevent them infecting others, a lawmaker said on Saturday.
Under the bylaw, which has caused uproar among human rights activists, patients who had shown “actively sexual behavior” could be implanted with a microchip to monitor their activity, lawmaker John Manangsang said…If a patient with HIV/AIDS was found to have infected a healthy person, there would be a penalty, he said without elaborating.
Who does this really protect?
231 Dominicans Tweet
1:03 pm By Maegan La Mala · Dominican Republic| Tech · Comments Off
19 Aug 2008
There’s a really interesting article up about the use of Twitter in the Dominican Republic. According to the article there are 231 tweeters in D.R. 11 of them being non-Dominicans who live/work there. 26% of the Dominican users have protected entries (hmm what are you hiding). 42% of the tweeters have blogs. 1 of the tweeters is a politician.
For more on who tweets in D.R. check out the full post here.
Via / Global Voices, My 2 K-Cents
Head for the Border, But Leave Your Laptop at Home
8:36 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Tech| travel · 2 Comments
1 Aug 2008
If you are entering the U.S., Department of Homeland Security wants your laptop, and maybe your cellphone, iPods, pager, beepers, video and audio tapes. and “all papers and other written documentation,” including books, pamphlets and “written materials commonly referred to as ‘pocket trash’ or ‘pocket litter.”.
According to an article in the Washington Post, there has been a policy in place for some time that authorizes Homeland security to:
take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.Also, officials may share copies of the laptop’s contents with other agencies and private entities for language translation, data decryption or other reasons, according to the policies, dated July 16…
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- Transgender Day of Remembrance and Latin@s
- Dear Troll(s):
- Puerto Rican, Latino Clergy, Theology Professors, Community Members To Condemn Brutal Hate Killing of Gay Puerto Rican Man
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