June 3rd, 2009
Apple products are quality, no doubt. And for all the right reasons their popularity has never been higher. But one must think how Apple squandered away the opportunity (gift) that was Vista. It has been perfect timing for Apple to capture a larger market share but they didn’t. They didn’t offer a product that catered to the many people like myself; whether it be a netbook, a mid-range desktop or a business laptop. Perhaps they were too focused on the iPods and iPhone market.
At the end of last year, I was in the market for a new PC as my laptop died and my other PC was just out of date to run any programs. I had seriously debated of heading to the Apple store and picking up a MacBook Pro or an iMac. I still had my reservations because even though friends that switched... Continue Reading...
Tags: Apple, business opportunity lost, Mac products, Microsoft Vista, PC World
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June 2nd, 2009
Every day there are news stories where some are inspiring and some are funny. This story is on the inspiring side because it is of a man who never had an ounce of artistic talent who underwent a 16 hour surgery to recover and suddenly have amazing artistic talent! There truly is life after brain damage and I guess in this case, a blessing in disguise although he lost his ability to use his left arm. Which makes me wonder if artistic ability has anything to do with the right side of the brain? A great book for learning how to draw for people who never thought they were able to is the book The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence which I personally bought to help me with my artistic side.
Now I wonder how many aspiring artists... Continue Reading...
Tags: art, brain damage, drawing, post stroke surgey
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June 2nd, 2009
I’ve never seen a full feature film in 3D so this was my first time experiencing it. What better way than to watch the highly reviewed new Disney-Pixar’s flick UP. I did not know what to expect in terms of the 3D effects but with the huge 60 feet screen digitally projected and immersive sounds, it definitely exceeded my own expectations. Particularly the trailer previews of upcoming films that were all going to be done in 3D, you can definitely tell that they pushed the envelope on these special effects. As for the movie, as good as expected just like all the other recent quality movies like Wall-E (I actually wish I can watch Wall-E in 3D now.)
Like other Disney-Pixar films, the short film in the beginning like always was entertaining. This film short was centered around... Continue Reading...
Tags: disney, IMAX, liemax, pixar, UP in 3D
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May 31st, 2009
Ever since the Tim Donaghy referee scandal tarnished the NBA last year, the league has been heavily repairing its image. The 2009 NBA playoffs has been one of the most exciting in recent memory because of the hard battles and games played so far evidenced in the Boston Celtics versus Chicago Bulls match up and the Los Angeles Lakers versus Houston Rockets match ups. However, a lot of this positive has been headlined by the piss poor refereeing that has been going on.
Here are several examples:
Boston Celtics versus Chicago Bulls
Rajon Rondo nearly takes off Brad Miller’s head yet its not called a flagrant foul.
Rajon Rondo throws an elbow at Kirk Hinrich yet no punishment is taken from the league.
Los Angeles Lakers versus Denver Nuggets
Dahntay Jones purposely trips Kobe Bryant;... Continue Reading...
Tags: 2009 playoffs, cavs, lakers, magic, nba, referees
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May 31st, 2009
Since building my new computer, I have been tinkering around with multiple operating systems and for the first time getting lots of play time with Apple’s Mac OS X. Altogether, I’ve switched to using my Hackintosh for about 8 months now. I started off using the iDeneb version of 10.5.5 install disc based on the specs of the component parts I used to piece my PC together. Alas, several weeks ago, Apple released the 10.5.7 update and I had to update because I had skipped out on 10.5.6.
I am a hardcore PC user as long as I can remember but since Vista was such a miserable failure in my opinion, I wanted to try alternative operating systems. After trying different flavors of Linux, I came to settle on using OS X. It just feels much more polished than what any other desktop... Continue Reading...
Tags: Apple, hackintosh, os x, osx86
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