Do you want to join a video contest? This time, it'd be about your eyes. It's an iLASIK Video Contest!

Abbott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO) recently launched the “You Gotta See This” Video Contest. AMO is a global leader in laser vision correction. And now, they want to hear feedback on how better vision has helped improve people's lives. The “You Gotta See This” Video Contest invites everyone to create a video showing the impact of improved vision.

As of writing, original music videos, videos on boxing and swimming (sports that need a clear vision) and videos that show how better vision improved even the minutest details of life are swarming up the contest entries. But it's never too late to join! Before you start preparing your video camera and your script, here are the contest details, steps and mechanics:

Steps to winning:

1 Make a video that fall under any of the three categories:

• “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time” 
• “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision” 
• “You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure”

2 Ask help from your friends, let them vote for you!

• Votes are very important in winning the prize. Go on, beg your friends to vote for you.
  

3 After all the fun shooting yourself, think of the prizes

• One Grand Prize winner will win $5,000 — selected from all submitted videos
• Three First Prize winners will win an HDTV package(a $2,500 value) — one per video category
• Three Second Prize winners will win the Flip UltraHD camcorder (a $199.99 value) — one per video category

Users can submit videos, view and vote on all entries at www.GottaSeeThisNow.com.

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I'm bored, pissed off and bored. Ever since Mikyu and I put up Glee TV Show Guide last week, we've been overly busy and happy with our nighttime. Two reasons! One, we get to do some happy things with our site - add posts, see stats, etcetera etcetera. Two, nighttime is daytime in the USA. And most of our readers are from there. Sigh.

As of writing, my poor blogs hosted at iRock Web Hosting are down. Don't give me the 'I told you so' look as that won't take effect. Probably I'm just unlucky when it comes to hosting - been there done that might as well learn. Host owner said there are problems in the data center. I don't quite get this data center thing though. All I know is that he is also pissed off with what's happening. He's 'transferring' accounts and I don't what that means. I'm not angry with him. I don't blame him. And put me in his shoe and I'd stumble. The least I could do is bug him (and let Mikyu help me bug him), so I'll just shut up and wait for 12 sad hours (ETA for the server to be up again) in agony.

I'm bored because I'm supposed to do a lot of things in the Glee site and all are put on hold. And also on my The Extraordinary Kiddo blog - supposed to write something to fill my wallet. But GOOD NEWS! My lost domain BryanKarl.net is now returned to its rightful owner... me! Thanks Jon Towns for giving me my domain back. Sorry for calling you a loser before but you're less a loser now with what you did. Forward, forward to a currently dead blog, rarr.

Amf, with the 24+ hours Glee site is dead, we're losing a big amount of visitors. Huhu, we're supposed to get 100/200+ a day and we just missed them now. Hope hope that everything's well soon.

I'm bored. Sorry with bugging you with this rant. I'm just bored.

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Do you watch Fox's newest TV series Glee? Glee is a musical comedy-drama that revolves around high school students and a determined teacher. I'm just dropping by this short message here for you to check out Glee TV Show Guide. And if you want to exchange links with that site, e-mail contact[at]gleetvguide.com. Thanks! And don't forget to visit my main blog The Extraordinary Kiddo. :)

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After a very mind-boggling semester, my laptop which was using Windows Vista then became full, crappy and slow. I have been itching to use OSS ever since people claimed its wonders. Now that I am on my semestral break, I decided to borrow the installer of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, released last April 2009, from James.

Now my Vista's wiped out. I am using solely Ubuntu as of the moment because I felt I need some software refreshment. My Ubuntu's now fully functional; I hope I didn't miss anything. But here are some problems/not-much-of-a-problem that I faced during/after installation:

• There are so many libraries and files to update. This is since the installer is for April 2009 and we are now in October and prolly there are thousands of upgrades/updates done in between. It took me around 3 hours to update.
  
• No sound! This is the biggest problem I had. My soundcard doesn't seem to be recognized or what. I have to scour the web with all the possible solutions. I have tried a lot and most of them failed. I found the solution here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3103449.msg179195#msg179195. Just some minor file edits (I don't know and care what file that was) and a reboot and voila, I'm hearing That Girl by Plain White T's now.

One more question, will I stay with Ubuntu for a long time or do a dual boot with Vista? Of course I HAVE TO do a dual boot.

• I don't like Open Office that much. Though there has been lotsa improvements, Microsoft Office still has the twang I need to do all my school stuff.
• I think I'll be needing a Windows platform for my Special Problem next semester.
• Windows still has its advantages over Ubuntu/Linux vice versa. It's good to get the best of both worlds.

So that's it. Thanks James for letting me borrow the installer. I needed this. Now I'm done with this, I'll do some minor exploration and next focus on reviving my freaking dead blog. Screw Kinohost.

Adios! Visit http://www.ubuntu.com/, aryty?


PS: Ubuntu 9.10 coming soon, wanna test the Beta?

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As of writing my main blog is "suspended" and I don't know why they suspended it. No notice, announcement, email, anything! It frustrates you if that's the first thing that faces you in the morning! Rarr! I already sent an email to the owner Jon Towns asking for an explanation of such suspension of my bryankarl.net blog.

Now here's the deal, if my blog doesn't return tonight or I will not get a response from Mr. Jon Towns, I'd have to buy a new blog hosting service from bubblecrush.org or somewhere and I have no choice but to use my www.whataboutbryan.info domain since I still have it with me. And I have no money to buy a new domain in par with a new host so I'd have to recycle. And I don't care! Grrr.

Kinohost is dead. Booh!

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