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Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
padded
do i need it? no.
but do i want it?
yeah.
but do i want it?
yeah.
it may even break my rule against early adopting, especially Apple products. i've managed to wait till the iPod became Windows-friendly, and the iPhone wind down its Gen 1.0 period. didn't spring for the iTouch, nor when the iPhone became 3G/3GS.
will it replace my laptops? no.
will it cut down my time on my laptops? yes.
will it replace my phone? no.
will it make me kill and waste time? hell to the yeah.
will it replace my laptops? no.
will it cut down my time on my laptops? yes.
will it replace my phone? no.
will it make me kill and waste time? hell to the yeah.
i'm not a voracious e-book reader. i'm pretty sure i can hold off being tempted by all the e-books that the iTunes store might sell. that being said, within the next year or so, am sure someone's gonna be able to provide readable books (though not as extensive as Amazon's offerings), right after they hack the iPad.
listening to music should be done only because i want to flick through Cover Flow with my fingertips - but my iPod already holds about 60 Gb worth and fat chance even moving half of that to the iPad. it's going to be like a "greatest hits" only kind of playlist.
the one thing i'd be more concerned about - and would prefer - is playing video files (movies and TV shows). this being Apple, now we're stuck with the MP4 format - and now I have to waste time either looking for those files or reconverting what I have (but even so, it may not be in the native resolution and all that). watching videos is a much more practical use for the iPad, especially if you don't have to be wired to the Web all the time.
listening to music should be done only because i want to flick through Cover Flow with my fingertips - but my iPod already holds about 60 Gb worth and fat chance even moving half of that to the iPad. it's going to be like a "greatest hits" only kind of playlist.
the one thing i'd be more concerned about - and would prefer - is playing video files (movies and TV shows). this being Apple, now we're stuck with the MP4 format - and now I have to waste time either looking for those files or reconverting what I have (but even so, it may not be in the native resolution and all that). watching videos is a much more practical use for the iPad, especially if you don't have to be wired to the Web all the time.
the one other thing i may go crazy for are the apps. i didn't join the app revolution on the iPhone. i may do so here. at least for those worth the dollar and the use.
i thought the price point was going to be much higher. but 16 Gb is really bare-bones minimum these days. if an MP4 is already a Gb, 16 Gb would be gone in half a day. and i would rather not do file transfers that often. for an extra $100 or $200 you double or quadruple that.
there's also the question of sticking with Wi-Fi or getting a dedicated 3G link. being tethered to the web is the future, and the future is now. but then again, looking at the costs, do i really need it? maybe not now, but for later, perhaps?
given that Apple reduced iPhone prices previously to the consternation of early adopters, there's still a chance that could happen. so maybe patience is a virtue here ... until Christmas this year. maybe.
i thought the price point was going to be much higher. but 16 Gb is really bare-bones minimum these days. if an MP4 is already a Gb, 16 Gb would be gone in half a day. and i would rather not do file transfers that often. for an extra $100 or $200 you double or quadruple that.
there's also the question of sticking with Wi-Fi or getting a dedicated 3G link. being tethered to the web is the future, and the future is now. but then again, looking at the costs, do i really need it? maybe not now, but for later, perhaps?
given that Apple reduced iPhone prices previously to the consternation of early adopters, there's still a chance that could happen. so maybe patience is a virtue here ... until Christmas this year. maybe.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
fever pitch
McGraw-Hill CEO confirms Apple Tablet.
also, why would Steve Jobs not work with anyone who jumps the gun? it's not like its a very closely-guarded secret and comes out of the blue. that being said, get that iPhone out of Jobs' ass.
and also that being said, if i agree with the price point, i might be an early adopter. maybe within a couple of months.
also, why would Steve Jobs not work with anyone who jumps the gun? it's not like its a very closely-guarded secret and comes out of the blue. that being said, get that iPhone out of Jobs' ass.
and also that being said, if i agree with the price point, i might be an early adopter. maybe within a couple of months.
Friday, July 31, 2009
the difficulty of putting thoughts down (or not)
damn, haven't blogged in a while. maybe the blog is largely dead.
ever since i started using a PC, my pencraft has completely deteriorated. i used to write prose and poetry with ink and paper. now i've done away with all of them (including the prose and poetry part).
blogging solved the itch to write somewhat, even if i was just doing it for myself (my comic blog has lots of funny gems - well, to me that is). but the volume of that does rival or exceed anything i wrote pre-computer era.
but at the same time, you run into the risk of not being able to put anything interesting (again, primarily to yourself) on your blog, with time considerations, and if it isn't your bread and butter. or you go into a funk and brood with writer's block.
recently, i've found myself reborn in a way with twitter, microblogging as much of my thoughts as i can. i had a great run tweeting inside an ER, and i was wondering if my friends were actually witnessing my death via the internet.
the loss of lengthy exposition, both in reading and writing, is pretty much the sign of the times. nothing much holds our attention span for so long, and we can't even write a decent email at times. i try to compensate by committing thoughts to the web, but even that requires you fire up the computer. in the last holdouts i see, my wife is fond of sending actual cards to family, even with just a few written words meant to connect somehow.
despite twitter's 140 character limit, i find myself not being hampered by it, and expanding my train of thoughts to several tweets. of course, this may be the issue with text messages, because you're actually paying for it, and thus are constrained to squeeze in as much info as you can in one message. which is crap because so much is lost in the message, you run the risk of being misunderstood, and also not to mention, you perpetuate the devolution of spelling, grammar and punctuation. i try not to fall into that trap with twitter.
perhaps soon we will just be down to communicating with mashed letters, numbers and symbols (u a$$!). the spoken word could devolve into grunting. oh, the irony.
ever since i started using a PC, my pencraft has completely deteriorated. i used to write prose and poetry with ink and paper. now i've done away with all of them (including the prose and poetry part).
blogging solved the itch to write somewhat, even if i was just doing it for myself (my comic blog has lots of funny gems - well, to me that is). but the volume of that does rival or exceed anything i wrote pre-computer era.
but at the same time, you run into the risk of not being able to put anything interesting (again, primarily to yourself) on your blog, with time considerations, and if it isn't your bread and butter. or you go into a funk and brood with writer's block.
recently, i've found myself reborn in a way with twitter, microblogging as much of my thoughts as i can. i had a great run tweeting inside an ER, and i was wondering if my friends were actually witnessing my death via the internet.
the loss of lengthy exposition, both in reading and writing, is pretty much the sign of the times. nothing much holds our attention span for so long, and we can't even write a decent email at times. i try to compensate by committing thoughts to the web, but even that requires you fire up the computer. in the last holdouts i see, my wife is fond of sending actual cards to family, even with just a few written words meant to connect somehow.
despite twitter's 140 character limit, i find myself not being hampered by it, and expanding my train of thoughts to several tweets. of course, this may be the issue with text messages, because you're actually paying for it, and thus are constrained to squeeze in as much info as you can in one message. which is crap because so much is lost in the message, you run the risk of being misunderstood, and also not to mention, you perpetuate the devolution of spelling, grammar and punctuation. i try not to fall into that trap with twitter.
perhaps soon we will just be down to communicating with mashed letters, numbers and symbols (u a$$!). the spoken word could devolve into grunting. oh, the irony.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
"walk" is in the name, after all ...
uh, will somebody tell Sony they're at least two years too late?
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
i guess the gap didn't last long
with my second iPod also biting the dust a few months back (apparently, the software wasn't fast enough for my very quick thumb - and just quit on me), i was wondering if i should still go for an MP3 player, considering i already have my Jesus Phone (refurbed and still ticking - take that, 3G!) and the Touch was a ... touch too expensive for its specs (but once you've tried CoverFlow, you really gotta have it).
along comes the wife who probably saw me not just once surfing the Apple website and looking forlornly at the iPod page. surprised the hell out of me today, and i'm even reluctant to take it out of its wrappings because its so cool. a black 120Gb classic will go a long way. its not a Touch, but its the best thing for these times. hopefully, it would keep up with my Flash-like fingers this time.
thanks, booboo. (now i have to think hard on what to get you for yours)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
laptop life
for months on end, i've been scouring the Web for a great laptop deal, preferably a Lenovo-branded one, that would allow me to put Linux in. last year, Lenovo themselves had a SUSE Linux series that kinda straddled the thousand dollar price fence, but that seems to have disappeared eventually. i was either stuck buying a brand new one directly from Lenovo at preferred specs, costing much more than a grand, or find a reputable eBay dealer who sells fairly new Thinkpads. i even flirted with System76 for awhile.
the first laptop i bought back in 2003 was a T42 costing the same prices as today brand new for their replacement models. to date its monitor died due to the humid Philippine weather, but i would say its still running. i've gotten used to the IBM quality and i quite rightly use an R60 at work. however, i got tired of lugging it back and forth every working day, and longed for the day that i got a new one.
so, with the economy tanking and frugality is the name of the game, its quite serendipitous that TigerDirect came out with this promo. ideally, i would like a laptop without an O/S, but it seems Vista is a bane we can never avoid 100%. you can always wipe it out, or install Linux alongside it, which is what i did last night. given my experiences with Windows (yes, XP, even you), i'd rather not have it in my house, thank you. let's just keep it in the office machines.
as soon as i got home, Vista tried to complete the system updates it started when i plugged it in the office network, and couldn't because it wasn't finding my wireless. after a few attempts, i gave up and just used IBM's Access Connections, which found it in less time that you need to read this sentence. stupid, stupid Vista.
now, the shrinking. i need free up some space for Ubuntu, my preferred Linux flavor. my desktop is running Ubuntu for a year now, and my wife has had no issues with it (Flash Media Player on Firefox/YouTube is hit or miss sometimes). for the 160Gb drive, 22 Gb was being used by Vista (22?? WTF?), so that left around 140 Gb. i figured i'd leave around 40 to 50 for the primary drive/OS, and claim 100 for Ubuntu. no dice. it only wanted to shrink up to 40 Gb. oh well.
shut it down, put the Ubuntu installer in, and turned it on again. it took around 10 minutes of fiddling because F2, F10 or the Lenovo Care button wasn't really bringing me to the BIOS to switch boot devices (kept going back to Vista). turns out it was the F1 button (hey, it wasn't in TFM). then Ubuntu gets installed. i figured it works fine, i'll have to do another install later and wipe out the whole disk.
following instructions i got from the interWebs, i used the contiguous space i just freed up and see if i get any problems getting to a happy working point with this N500. my fears were unfounded. Ubuntu found my wireless connection fairly easily (much faster than fiddling with Vista). and after a 15-minute system updates (for 287 packages ... Vista only had 39 and it took forever), i was ready to roll. my videos were working and i can't wait to watch MKV files on the 15-inch vibrant widescreen (it's really vibrant, i tells ya).
one caveat with the $500 price point is the 1 Gb RAM which i accepted and planned to buy additional anyway. it makes Vista crawl (from what i am used to), but Ubuntu trots, without any visible delays.
messing about in Ubuntu, i found out that you could mount the Lenovo rescue drives, and the primary Vista drive, which means (yesssssss!) i don't have to waste space in the Vista drive, which i don't plan to be in often. i can treat it as a separate drive and do whatever the hell i want with it.
still a few tests to be run heading to this weekend; primarily, the DVD burning part. my experience in previous Ubuntu DVD burning is sometimes the disc is unreadable in Windows machines (or maybe it was just bad media). anyway, i can hop back to Vista for burning if i have to (hah! it found a way to be useful).
overall, weight and RAM are cons (for the former, i don't plan to lug it up Bear Mountain; the latter is easily remedied). clean, fast, and aesthetically pleasing (not a Mac, but who cares? you really want to flaunt your spending power in this climate?), i'd recommend this to anyone who wants a cheap desktop replacement - if you are willing to part with Vista, moreso the better.
the first laptop i bought back in 2003 was a T42 costing the same prices as today brand new for their replacement models. to date its monitor died due to the humid Philippine weather, but i would say its still running. i've gotten used to the IBM quality and i quite rightly use an R60 at work. however, i got tired of lugging it back and forth every working day, and longed for the day that i got a new one.
so, with the economy tanking and frugality is the name of the game, its quite serendipitous that TigerDirect came out with this promo. ideally, i would like a laptop without an O/S, but it seems Vista is a bane we can never avoid 100%. you can always wipe it out, or install Linux alongside it, which is what i did last night. given my experiences with Windows (yes, XP, even you), i'd rather not have it in my house, thank you. let's just keep it in the office machines.
as soon as i got home, Vista tried to complete the system updates it started when i plugged it in the office network, and couldn't because it wasn't finding my wireless. after a few attempts, i gave up and just used IBM's Access Connections, which found it in less time that you need to read this sentence. stupid, stupid Vista.
now, the shrinking. i need free up some space for Ubuntu, my preferred Linux flavor. my desktop is running Ubuntu for a year now, and my wife has had no issues with it (Flash Media Player on Firefox/YouTube is hit or miss sometimes). for the 160Gb drive, 22 Gb was being used by Vista (22?? WTF?), so that left around 140 Gb. i figured i'd leave around 40 to 50 for the primary drive/OS, and claim 100 for Ubuntu. no dice. it only wanted to shrink up to 40 Gb. oh well.
shut it down, put the Ubuntu installer in, and turned it on again. it took around 10 minutes of fiddling because F2, F10 or the Lenovo Care button wasn't really bringing me to the BIOS to switch boot devices (kept going back to Vista). turns out it was the F1 button (hey, it wasn't in TFM). then Ubuntu gets installed. i figured it works fine, i'll have to do another install later and wipe out the whole disk.
following instructions i got from the interWebs, i used the contiguous space i just freed up and see if i get any problems getting to a happy working point with this N500. my fears were unfounded. Ubuntu found my wireless connection fairly easily (much faster than fiddling with Vista). and after a 15-minute system updates (for 287 packages ... Vista only had 39 and it took forever), i was ready to roll. my videos were working and i can't wait to watch MKV files on the 15-inch vibrant widescreen (it's really vibrant, i tells ya).
one caveat with the $500 price point is the 1 Gb RAM which i accepted and planned to buy additional anyway. it makes Vista crawl (from what i am used to), but Ubuntu trots, without any visible delays.
messing about in Ubuntu, i found out that you could mount the Lenovo rescue drives, and the primary Vista drive, which means (yesssssss!) i don't have to waste space in the Vista drive, which i don't plan to be in often. i can treat it as a separate drive and do whatever the hell i want with it.
still a few tests to be run heading to this weekend; primarily, the DVD burning part. my experience in previous Ubuntu DVD burning is sometimes the disc is unreadable in Windows machines (or maybe it was just bad media). anyway, i can hop back to Vista for burning if i have to (hah! it found a way to be useful).
overall, weight and RAM are cons (for the former, i don't plan to lug it up Bear Mountain; the latter is easily remedied). clean, fast, and aesthetically pleasing (not a Mac, but who cares? you really want to flaunt your spending power in this climate?), i'd recommend this to anyone who wants a cheap desktop replacement - if you are willing to part with Vista, moreso the better.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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