10.24.10

Things I learned about the future from Movies: Star Trek

Posted in Comedy, Entertainment, Humor, Media, Movies, News, Resources, Tech at 3:06 am by 37prime

I picked up Apple TV on October 1st, 2010 and I have been watching a few movies from the past few years. For this installment, I’d like to say a few thing about Star Trek movie. The one with young Kirk and Spock. The one from J.J. Abrams.

I would like to focus a few things about the future that I learnd from this movie.

  1. Apparently Nokia will still be around. Where are Android and iPhone?
  2. The Beastie Boys will still be rocking the future.
  3. People still drink Budweiser.

OK, back to watching the movie.

10.19.10

Ray Ozzie to leave his post as Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect.

Posted in Announcements, Media, Microsoft, News, Resources, Tech at 12:02 am by 37prime

Steve Ballmer announced that Ray Ozzie will be stepping down as Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect.

Maybe Microsoft has not been supporting Ray Ozzie’s ideas. Now he’s getting pushed out.

10.13.10

Thank You Apple Genius and AppleCare.

Posted in Announcements, Apple, iPhone, Media, News, Resources, Tech, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized at 5:39 am by 37prime

On Monday October 11th, 2010 I was having problem with my iPhone 3GS which is also my primary phone. After losing all network connections, it rebooted and going into DFU mode. I tried reinstalling the latest iOS available for the iPhone 3GS but I kept getting a baseband error message. I spent quite a lot of time looking for a way to get the iPhone 3GS working again. Unfortunately I found out that the problem was hardware related.

Tuesday Afternoon, I tried installing the latest iOS available again. The same baseband problem persisted. So I called AppleCare for assistance. Unfortunately during the conversations with an AppleCare representative the phone connection was interrupted. I managed to set up an appointment at an Apple Store Genius Bar.

I arrived at the Apple Store Genius Bar a few hours later. Shortly after explaining the circumstance, the Apple Genius took down the iPhone 3GS serial number and told me the good news. I was getting a replacement for the iPhone 3GS. I also noticed on the Genius Bar Work Authorization & Service Confirmation sheet the informations I provided to the AppleCare representative a few hours earlier.

Within minutes I had an iPhone 3GS replacement in my hand.

I now have a working iPhone 3GS again. Thank You Apple Genius and AppleCare.

I really am grateful for the help from the Apple Genius for going out of his way to make sure I have my problems resolved.

10.04.10

Bad Nightly Build of WordPress.

Posted in Announcements, Applications, Apps, Media, News, Resources, Tech, Troubleshooting at 4:42 pm by 37prime

Just updated to the latest Nightly Build of WordPress today and it broke the Visual Editor. I could revert it back to the previous Nightly Build, but it’s going to take a while to do that.

I’m going to look if the bug has been reported.

10.01.10

Where’s The Outrage? Microsoft is going after Motorola for Android.

Posted in Announcements, Apple, Linux, Media, Microsoft, News, Rants, Resources, Tech at 1:00 pm by 37prime

Fortune reports that Microsoft is going after Motorola for Patent violations related to Android. Apparently Motorola won’t be going the Windows Phone 7 way in favor of Android. It is obvious that Microsoft is losing the grip and going lawsuit happy.

Anyone remembers that HTC signed a “Patent deal” related to Android with Microsoft? I really thought that Android is an Open Source Project led by Google. How can Microsoft asserting Patent right to someone else’s product?

Well, Microsoft has been claiming that another Open Source Project named Linux is violating their Patents. Novell was quick to “collaborate” with Microsoft. Linus Torvald disagrees.

There are a lot of people who feel disgusted with Apple suing HTC, and a lot of them cheered when HTC signe a deal with Microsoft. What is wrong with this picture? It is just like defending a castle from attacks by surrendering to another enemy with a bigger army. You still lose!

Shame on you, Microsoft. Is this how you innovate?

09.19.10

Seriously? Facebook is making phone?

Posted in Announcements, Media, News, Resources, Security, Tech at 10:57 am by 37prime

So the rumor has it that Facebook is making a phone of their own. I’m pretty sure the FaceBook phone or “FacePhone” will have the following features:

  • It will automatically checks you in to places whether you want to or not.
  • It will add a post on FaceBook every time you placed or received a call.
  • It will post all the pictures you took with the phone to your Facebook page.
  • It will display ads whenever you nearby a spot.
  • It will share the content of your address book to Facebook Partners.
  • You can only store phone numbers of people with Facebook profile.
  • The GPS is tracking you at all times.

There are a lot more, I just need to do something else now.

09.14.10

Jill-Michele Meleán Headline Show Tonight.

Posted in Announcements, Comedy, Entertainment, Humor, Media, Movies, News, Resources, TV at 6:23 pm by 37prime

Getting ready to capture Jill-Michele Meleán show on the camera tonight at the Irvine Improv.

I will be using at least two cameras for the whole show. More info to come.

07.16.10

Everyone is an RF Antenna Expert Now.

Posted in Apple, iPhone, Media, News, Tech at 4:15 pm by 37prime

iPhone 4 has apparently encouraged people to become RF Antenna experts. Just look at the comments at Digg or Reddit, Apple-centric sites and anti-Apple sites. Everyone knows exactly what’s going on in the RF Antenna world. Not that it requires some kind of education in certain field to become RF Antenna expert.

I am for sure not an RF Antenna expert, but I always tkae everything I read with a grain or sometimes a boulder of salt. The last time I checked both iPhone 3GS and Nexus One suffers from the death grip issue. Even further, bot iPhone 3GS and Nexus One are dropping calls in the usual spots. Thanks AT&T. I do not have an iPhone 4, but I have tested a few of them. From what I’ve experience, my death grip skill must be really rusty. I could not drop any calls on the iPhone whichever way I held it. Then again it is likely that I was in the area where AT&T really pays attention to and providing really strong signals.

iPhone 4 is a big and convenient target. Everybody wants to be William Tell. Everybody is an RF Antenna Expert now.

07.01.10

Rant-o-rama: Leo Laporte needs to take a deep breath.

Posted in Announcements, Entertainment, Media, News, Rants, Tech at 8:12 pm by very

It is getting harder and harder to take Leo Laporte seriously. More and more Leo becomes more emotional about the news. Recently Leo calls Audible for the Android to be the killer app. Audible for sure has a great software for Android, but that’s not the problem. Let us all remind ourself that Leo Laporte and his TWiT network are sponsored by Audible. There are a lot of bias there. In the past, Leo was bashing WordPress and recommends SquareSpace. SquareSpace is also a sponsor of TWiT network.

Leo, whenever you read a news-piece you should stop for a second. You have been trolled too many times lately. Then again you’re still listening to the Microsoft P.R. that is Paul Thurrott.

Leo, your radio show becomes a playground for your own mistakes. A lot of “advice” you’re giving to your callers tend to be useless and wrong.

Anyway, this is all I can rant about for now.

06.15.10

Dear Steve Jobs, All I want for June 24th is a White iPhone 4.

Posted in Announcements, Apple, iPhone, Media, News, Resources, Tech at 1:21 pm by very

So, the iPhone 4 pre-order has begun. AT&T is having so much problems with the account verification. So, it’s not really a surprise. This is the fourth year AT&T having problems with regards to iPhone.

Besides the whole AT&T problems, apparently the White iPhone 4 is not available for pre-order or reservations. Should I send an email to Steve Jobs?

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