02.09.09
Google Sync for iPhone
Note to self:
Try out Google Sync for iPhone. It’s available for Mac and Windows.
02.04.09
The joy of editing using Final Cut Pro.
Wednesday evening, I still am editing the video of Carlos Alazraqui’s stand-up from December 2008. I was brave enough to produce a three-camera shoot with three completely different cameras.
Tomorrow, I’ll be heading to The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena with more gears to capture another show with Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán. This can only mean that Final Cut Pro will be my best friend for the next few weeks.
Impression Off with Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán
01.27.09
The Mac Box Set
I picked up the Mac Box Set at FedEx earlier today.
I’m installing iLife ’09 as I’m typing this.
The Mac Box Set comes with Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6, just as I expected.
12.03.08
eSATA Card for Mac Pro
I’m troubleshooting the installation of HighPoint RocketRaid 2314 on an 8-core Mac Pro. Originally it wouldn’t recognized any eSATA drives connected to it. I downloaded the latest driver and utility from hptmac.com and it now works. I connected a G-Speed eS (Amazon | G-Tech) to the Mac Pro through eSATA. Well, the eSATA card comes with the G-Speed eS.
09.17.08
Things To Write About – September 17th, 2008
Stuffit 2009 is out.
Windows Task Manager is disabled.
Mozilla Firefox Failed Chrome Registrations (in Windows Vista).
09.15.08
The New Macs Are Coming, The New Macs Are Coming!
Apple is expected to release new Mac models for the next few weeks. This October would be three years to the last PowerBook G4 model released before the switch to Intel processors. The first Intel-based Macs were announced in January at MacWorld San Francisco 2006, and the first batch of MacBook Pros were shipped a month after.
We are getting close for the first Intel iMac and MacBook Pro AppleCare to expire. That would be sometimes in January/February 2009. Since its introductions, the Intel iMac has gone through one significant design. Gone are the plastic fronts, replaced with Aluminum and Glass. Meanwhile, the Macbook Pro design still borrows a lot from the Aluminum Powerbook G4. The 15-inch MacBook Pro resembles the 17″ PowerBook G4 than its 15″ counterpart.
Apple has been looking into the redesign for its Macbook and MacBook Pro line. Rumors have been circulating and loudly whispering that the next MacBook will clad Aluminum enclosures instead of Polycarbonate. If so, what would the MacBook Pro new design be?
Based on the incoherent chatters, Apple’s patent applications and many others, The new MacBook Pro would have an easily accessible hard drive bay, tapered bezel, and Intel’s new Quad-Core mobile CPU. This is the necessary upgrade that Mac users have been waiting for. A few months back, we received some unconfirmed information regarding the struggles that Apple engineers were facing with thermal issues. There is no denying that the MacBook Pros can get really hot. Thanks to the CPU, GPU, power supply and its heat-conducting Aluminum body. We will see what kind of design Apple engineers would use for the new MacBook Pro line.
Meanwhile, on the iMac front there wouldn’t be any major changes with the body design, but it will sport Intel’s Quad-Core CPU.
Mac mini might see a major redesign, since the current model is a little bit underpowered by comparisons. Apple should reconsider the “lower-end” market, and price the Mac mini more competitively. Even better if Apple would release an intermediate Mac desktop, larger than Mac mini and definitely smaller than the Mac Pro. A “consumer” Mac with upgradeable hard-drive, optical drive, etc. It will still have the same Mac core, but priced competitively with the rest of PC-market. A sub $1,000 Mac desktop that is still powerful. Apple could see a huge boost in Mac adoptions if they’d release such model.
Mac Pro models should see more powerful CPU, GPU, faster hard drive and higher capacity optical storage option. It might not see a new design anytime soon unless Apple has the need to do so.
All in all Apple must refresh their product line with some new innovations. In the time when most if not all technology pundits think that computers have reach its maturity, companies must innovate and improve their products.
08.31.08
The iPhone Effect: Back on Facebook and MySpace
I have abandoned MySpace and Facebook for a while now. Thanks to the iPhone apps, I opened a new MySpace account and got back on Facebook again.
I never thought that I’d linger around both sites, but this time it is for communication sake. There are a few people I know (Mr. Alazraqui, you’re one of them) who use MySpace as their primary communications.
Thanks to the MySpace and Facebook apps on the iPhone, I am back on these sites.
08.27.08
Sounds Like The 80′s
I finished recording the first part of the song and it sounded like The Police for some reasons. In addition to that it sounded like it’s from the 80′s
I don’t think the final arrangement of the song will sound like that.
I recorded the tracks using GarageBand on my MacBook Pro.
I also recorded some video of me “writing” and recording the demo.
08.17.08
New MacBook Pro for Late 2008
Fake news alert (or is it not?)
According to an imaginary Apple executive employee (he claimed that he is not imaginary) that Apple has designated “late 2008″ to the next version of MacBook Pro. According to this person who is not Phil Schiller, Apple has been working on MacBook Pro for sometimes now and recently was tackling thermal and structural issues for the new design.
Based on all the lies told by the person who is definitely not Steve Jobs, the new Macbook Pro will sport quad-core Intel CPU and easily accessible hard drive.
When we asked our made-up person regarding the ultra-wide trackpad rumor, laughter ensued. The person who is for sure not Jonathan Ives assured us that we still net the area to rest our palms. Then briefly mentioned something about the improved iSight camera, whatever that means.
How sure are we about these fakes informations? We can surely say that we are not really sure if the informations are fake at all. One thing we know that our imaginary source who is not Greg Jowziak told us not to believe any rumors started by Endgadget or Gizmodo. Instead, we should learn to recognize the purposely leaked informations by Apple’s own Steve Jobs. We agree that we are now so confused, but definitely will buy the first new Late 2008 MacBook Pro as soon as it comes out and complain to/blame Apple for all the hardware bugs.
04.14.08
Panasonic HDC-SD9: 1080p/24p Video Sample
Since I can now use Final Cut Pro 6 to “Log and Transfer” 1080p/24p clip from my Panasonic HDC-SD9, I will be posting more video sample from this camera.
It was a nice day, so I took a little walk and film some footage using Panasonic HDC-SD9. Check out the video, QuickTime 7 is required for playback.
Video info:
- Format: H.264, 1920×1080
- File Size: 16.66 MB
- Frame Rate: 23.98 FPS
- Data rate: 8.73 mbits/s
- Length: 16.01 seconds
Panasonic HDC-SD9 settings:
- Recording Mode: HA1920
- 24p Digital Cinema: On
- Intelligent Contrast: On
Software info:
- Imported using Final Cut Pro 6.0.3 with Perian QuickTime Component 1.1
- Exported using Compressor 3.0.3
I will post more videos.
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