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Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Carlo Maglinao

On May 2nd, Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton engaged in battle for the right to be called boxing’s “pound-for-pound” champion. Pacquiao and Hatton have aggressive relentless ring styles. They are two of the most exciting fighters in the world. Each man has stayed close to his roots, geographically and in terms of character. Both have special meaning to their constituents. No two fighters are more loved in their native lands. - Carlo Maglinao

Antillon immediately began stalking Pacquiao who danced with his back against the ropes, matching his opponent jab for jab as both men got comfortable and found their range. The man from Maywood dug in with body shots immediately and Pacquiao popped his jab and escaped the ropes. The action moved center ring as Pacquiao turned Antillon and popped his jab in rapid succession. He tried working his lead left but Antillon, with a high and tight guard picked off his jabs and pressed forward, getting in a sneaky lead right to the head and body. Pacquiao was having none of that as he opened up with a flurry of lead lefts and a right hand to head and body of his own. Antillon came back with a body attack as Manny backed off and lay against the ropes. Antillon go t in some solid shots. A hard right and a left to the body thudded through the room. Pacquiao again spun out and popped the jab as the bell sounded. A close, even round. - Carlo Maglinao

At least that's what Rashad Holloway, former sparring partner of Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito, had to say. Holloway, who, like Margarito, is naturally bigger than Pacquiao, has fought the majority of his career as a jr. middleweight. He's sparred with some of the best fighters in and around the division including Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito. - Carlo Maglinao

"I've been fighting since I was 5 years old, and I had tons of amateur fights and I have been in training most of my life. I think that had something to do with it. It's like they say in boxing: Sometimes you turn old overnight. It could be that. I refuse to accept that, but maybe that's what happened. I just have to come to realize it. That's why the decision is so hard to make. Maybe I have to accept that I turned old overnight. But us fighters are very stubborn. Sometimes we don't want to accept it." - Carlo Maglinao

“It was devastating," he said. "I’m over it now, but I was devastated. I was embarrassed. The embarrassment was the worst part. It was hard for me the first couple of weeks to show my face anywhere. I just didn’t know how people were going to react to me. When you start getting people, random people in the street or playing golf somewhere, and they’re telling me, 'Hey champ, you’re still the champ. One fight isn’t going to make you or break you.' It’s like, 'Wow.' It makes you feel good. It doesn’t erase everything that happened that night but it gives you back your dignity somewhat. - Carlo Maglinao

In the sports universe, no bigger stars shine in the heavens than “Pretty Boy” Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. Rabid fans from both hardcore boxing fanatics as well as the casual sporting observer follow both living legends. It has been said that Manny Pacquiao is our psyche’s physical manifestation of a warrior archetype. - Carlo Maglinao

An easy way to understand Pacquiao’s ability in the ring is to realize how much respect he has from the Mexican fan base. One of his many nicknames is “The Mexicutioner,” and with good reason. He has defeated the likes of Oscar Larios and Hector Velazquez. His beating of David Diaz was possibly the most brutal of 2008. He has come out on top after two all out wars with Juan Manuel Marquez. And for all intensive purposes he has ended the careers of Mexican greats like, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, and now Oscar De La Hoya. - Carlo Maglinao

As you well know, Mexican fans are some of the most loyal fans in the sport. With that laundry list of defeated Mexican fighters, you would think that Pacquiao would be despised. However, most have a great deal of respect for him and the fan friendly style he brings to the ring, along with beautifully polished boxing ability. With his resume, if he can win over Mexican fans, he can win over anybody. - Carlo Maglinao

De la Hoya needs to be added to this video - John Chavez of BoxingConfidential.com. - Carlo Maglinao

Not only did pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao have an incredible year, he had one for the ages. The Filipino icon's fabulous year harkened back to a time 70 years ago when the great Hall of Famer Henry Armstrong claimed, in order, the world featherweight, welterweight and lightweight championships -- when there were only eight total divisions, instead of today's 17 -- during a 10-month period from October 1937 to August 1938. - Carlo Maglinao

Dan Rafael of ESPN: Frankly, with apologies to Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, Pacquiao should be in the conversation for athlete of the year, regardless of sport. - Carlo Maglinao

I'll be customer number 2 for one of Joel's ideas: "Make a power strip with a built-in Ethernet hub that clips onto the back of a desk. That way when you bring a laptop into work or need to charge your cell phone, you can plug it in without crawling on the floor. Hotels catering to business travelers have something like this, but it's always custom-wired by electricians." - Carlo Maglinao

FAQ: http://www.flickr.com/help... - Kevin Fox

It's the twitter of video! - Jim Norris

I'm sort of afraid to 'Like' this image. Yep. - Jason Shellen

Not sure, why 12+ peeps - flaged as "liked" ?? 2nd'ly- creative fashion w/food stuffs when half the world is in near starvation mode, jus shows the metal state of the person who did it. GROSS is an understateme - Peter Dawson

Number 6 is key, IMHO. - Rubin Sfadj

Looks like they are still listening. I now see the number of people subbed to me now as well as all the pictures. - Tony, Paradox of FF

This is great. Anybody who wants an invite to Toluu, just send me an e-mail to louisgray@mac.com and I'll get you one. - Louis Gray

Thanks Louis for the invite! - Carlo Maglinao

That would be interesting. - Carlo Maglinao

great question, would love to know the same. - Stepan Mazurov

Jules Verne ATV prepares for first automated docking in space - Carlo Maglinao

Jules Verne ATV prepares for first automated docking in space - Carlo Maglinao

Well, 200,000 social networks, so yes, apparently 100s of billions or even trillions of people use this. - j1m

It's not how many connections you have, it's the quality and relevance of the conversation. - Mike Reynolds

I like the Human TETRIS performance =) - Carlo Maglinao

Wow, have to say I'm surprised at all the negativity....how could someone *not* like friendfeed? - Benjamin Golub

A.T. there's an official bookmarklet, http://friendfeed.com/share... - David Vasileff

Wow... I can't believe he just blew up like that. It doesn't look like you were attacking him at all and all of a sudden he just comes after you. - Brandon Titus

With FriendFeed's introduction of search capability, this issue is effectively solved. Try a search for the words more hyped yawn. - Ontario Emperor

Not promising anything. I just like to hear from folks. - Kevin Fox

I'm not keen on adding a bunch of extra style to the comments. Linkification might be useful, but I think it would be okay to only automagically linkify stuff that starts with the http:// header. All that said, I would like there to be some kind of style on new comments that bump an older item back to the top of my pile, so my eye can go straight to the new jazz. I don't have a specific request for what that would look like, just as long as I could tell new stuff from old stuff along for the ride. - Keith Pelczarski

I'm #10! I should be #9 by EOD. - Kevin Fox

How do I find out where I stand? - April Buchheit

Carlo, you can see Facebook as a service I have listed in my FriendFeed. (http://friendfeed.com/louisgr...) If that option has gone away, it's due to Facebook's news feed being closed. I've seen other services grab your "status updates", but little else from FB. - Louis Gray

Wishing Facebook would be more open to sharing its data... - Voyagerfan5761

I do ... sometimes :) - Rose

Funny. I just did too. Bonus: I'll subscribe to your feed, Jack. Yebah! - Carlo Maglinao

I did a while back, after using Spokeo to grab my Friendster data, I questioned why I had an account there. So I pulled it, as well as my Friendster contacts in Spokeo. - Louis Gray

Friendster is still where I see most of my Asian friends. Slowly however they are using Facebook. - Carlo Maglinao

first glimpse of WWT by Curtis Wong of Microsoft - Carlo Maglinao

first glimpse of WWT by Curtis Wong of Microsoft - Carlo Maglinao

welcome to the party, Robert. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

I manually added all people on friendfeed. - Robert Scoble