Help me choose a tablet

Christmas is coming! Hopefully I can save enough money by christmas or early 2013 to get a tablet. :)
My problem is I cannot decide! :(

I'm choosing between the New iPad, Asus Transformer Infinity and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

The Cyber crime law

Let me just paste an article that gives a brief discussion on the newly legislated Cyber crime law in the Philippines. 

This article is taken from abscbn news it is written by Cecile Morella, AFP



"A new cybercrime law in the Philippines that could see people jailed for 12 years for posting defamatory comments on Facebook or Twitter is generating outrage among netizens and rights groups.

The stated aim of the wide-ranging law is to tackle a multiplicity of online crimes, including pornography, hacking, identity theft and spamming, following police complaints that they lacked the legal tools to combat them.

However, the act also includes a provision that puts the country's criminal libel law into force in cyberspace -- but with far tougher penalties for Internet defamation than in traditional print media.

Anyone posting a libellous comment online, be it on Facebook, Twitter or anywhere else, faces a maximum prison sentence of 12 years and a fine of one million pesos ($24,000).

Meanwhile, newspaper editors and other trained professionals working in traditional media face prison terms of just four years and fines of 6,000 pesos for defamation.

The Cybercrime Act also allows authorities to collect data from personal user accounts on social media and listen in on voice/video applications, such as Skype, without a warrant.

Prominent Manila blogger Noemi Dado, who edits a citizen media site called Blog Watch, said unwary teenagers retweeting or re-posting libellous material could find themselves facing the full force of the law.

"Not everyone is an expert on what constitutes libel. Imagine a mother like me, or teenagers and kids who love to rant. It really hits our freedoms," Dado told AFP.

While harsh criminal libel remains in force in other parts of Asia, Dado said the new law sent the wrong signal in a country that overthrew the military-backed Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship just 26 years ago.

Dado, a lawyer's wife known online as the "momblogger", is among a group of critics campaigning for the libel element of the cybercrime law to be repealed.

Bruce Adams, Asia director for New York-based Human Rights Watch, said the law was having a chilling effect in the Philippines, which, with its population of almost 95 million, is one of the world's biggest users of Facebook and Twitter.

"Anybody using popular social networks or who publishes online is now at risk of a long prison term should a reader -- including government officials -- bring a libel charge," Adams said.

Five petitions claiming the law is unconstitutional have been filed with the Supreme Court. The petitions all say the law infringes on freedom of expression, due process, equal protection and privacy of communication.

The lone opponent when the bill was voted on in the Senate, Senator Teofisto Guingona, filed one of the petitions.

"Without a clear definition of the crime of libel and the persons liable, virtually any person can now be charged with a crime -- even if you just re-tweet or comment on an online update or blog post," Guingona told the Supreme Court. "The questioned provisions... throw us back to the Dark Ages."

The petitions all state that the law infringes on freedom of expression, due process, equal protection and privacy of communication.

Law professor Harry Roque from the University of the Philippines, who filed another, said the country was one of a shrinking number worldwide where defamation remained a crime punishable by prison.

He said the Philippines libel laws -- part of a penal code that was drawn up 82 years ago -- go against the trend in many advanced democracies, such as the United States and Britain, where defamation is now punished with fines rather than imprisonment.

Amid the public backlash, a number of senators who voted for the Cybercrime Act have started to disassociate themselves from it, with some even saying they did not read the provision on libel.

However presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda has defended the law.

"The Cybercrime Act sought to attach responsibilities in cyberspace... freedom of expression is always recognised but freedom of expression is not absolute," he told reporters on Thursday.

Nevertheless, Lacierda said the law could yet be refined. He has called for critics to submit their concerns to a government panel that will issue by the end of the year specific definitions of the law, such as who may be prosecuted."

(taken from http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/09/29/12/outrage-over-philippine-cybercrime-law)

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Join PIFA's Cyber crime Law Protest at Supreme Court on October 2! 

(taken from http://pifa.ph/event-october-2-cybercrime-law-protest-at-supreme-court/)

STOP CYBER MARTIAL LAW!

The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 or Republic Act No. 10175 threatens our basic rights and freedoms. This law works against ordinary netizens — bloggers, freelance writers, website owners, social network users. etc. — and disregards, among other things, our right to privacy and freedom of expression.To safeguard these rights and freedoms, we, the members of the Philippine Internet Freedom Alliance (PIFA), ask you to leave the virtual world for a while, and join BLACK TUESDAY, a SILENT and PEACEFUL PROTEST against CYBER MARTIAL LAW.

At 10 am, we assemble at the Padre Faura entrance of Robinsons Manila.At 10:30 am, with our central banner saying STOP CYBER MARTIAL LAW and our mouths covered with black tape (to be provided by PIFA), we march to the Supreme Court. Everyone is encouraged (but not required) to bring black cartolina or placards/signs that are all black, signifying the silencing of free speech.At 11 am, we read our Unity Statement in front of the Supreme Court to let the three branches of our government and the Filipino nation know why this law should be stopped.Join us netizens, and STOP CYBER MARTIAL LAW!For inquiries, please text Kenneth Keng at 0915 790 00 18, or send him a Facebook private message at https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.keng.3

Just a share!

Hello!
I haven't been able to update this sketch blog because I've been busy with school stuff PLUS! my one year old Lenovo laptop crashed. I have learned my lesson never to purchase a LENOVO laptop. :))
Anyway...

This is what I wanted to share. Sarah Wenger of LearnStuff.com has created a new infographic which she wanted me to share :) It's called "Big Bad Corn" please take time to read it it's very interesting. :)

A brief flashback...

Hello!!

So I was cleaning out my old files from my old computer which I sold a couple of months ago and found a couple of screencast videos from when I was still learning how to digitally paint. Here is a quick video.. I think this was my 4rth try at digital painting at that time.

I've added a few captions to it so I'd advise you to watch it in full screen mode. I used to record myself painting to see what I was getting wrong with my process and help better my composition the next time. But also the problem was I wasn't that good of a drawer.. well, I still am not that good of a drawer but still trying to learn digital painting at that time. :)

I'd appreciate a some comments and feedback. :)
I might post a couple of more videos later on I just have to figure out how to convert them to good quality though. :)


Here's another video of me and my dog, Shar pei after our 40 minute walk the other day :))
It was sooooo hot outside and she just couldn't take it so I decided to bring her back to the condo before she got heat stroke. But check out the video she looks so cute. :)

...so til the next blog post.
Cheers,

Carrie

5 minute sketch

I got inspired by some works from Wouter Tulp  so I ended up doing a quick head sketch :) 

Japanese woman WIP

Paintbrush Pen, water color on Moleskine

French toast morning [updated]

I was watching FRIENDS where Joey asks Ross to make him french toast and just suddenly got a hankering for some french toast. This time though I altered the recipe a bit. 

This is what I used: 

2 eggs 

3/4 cup milk 

A pinch of Italian seasoning 

A pinch of salt and pepper 

3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese 

Bread (you choose the amount, I used about 4 slices) 

a few slices of butter for frying

*note: if you can't find italian seasoning I suggest using rosemary or thyme 

Mix in all the ingredients (except bread) in a large bowl and beat the eggs until mixed. Next, heat a pan at low heat add butter all over the pan and now add the bread dipped in the ingredients mix. Wait til the bread turns a bit brown and golden then turn over. You might want to add some butter on the uncooked side of the bread before turning it over. Repeat til all slices of bread have been cooked. 

HAPPY COOKING! 

xoxo 

Carrie

[updated]
here is a sketch dump as well. :)