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July 10, 2009

Our Friend, Comedian Cain Lopez Passed Away.

Sad news, our Comedian Friend Cain Lopez passed away at 2:00 PM Thursday July 9th, 2009. He was hospitalized since May 30th for an illness that was later found to be lung cancer.

Cain was diagnosed and treated for jaw cancer back in 2003. He reportedly was having trouble breathing back in May 2009 and was admitted to the hospital where he’s diagnosed with some form of lung cancer.

Cain’s family were by his side during his stay in the ICU. Many of his comedian friends visited him during his last few days. A pleasant surprise came from George Lopez who left a moving message through Darren Carter.

Cain Lopez, December 23rd, 2008.

I saw Cain Lopez performed number of times before introduced to him by Darren Carter. I took Lopez’s picture at Denny’s in Fullerton on December 23rd, 2009.

WordPress 2.8.1 is Released.

The great folks at WordPress.org have just released maintenance update to WordPress software. WordPress 2.8.1 can be obtained through WordPress.org site or can be automatically upgraded through WordPress Dashboard.

Info on WordPress 2.8.1 can be found at WordPress blog.

The automatic upgrade process was fast and painless.

WordPress 2.8.1 Upgrade in Dashboard

Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.1

July 9, 2009

Apple Seeds Snow Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A402

Thursday July 9th, 2009 afternoon; Apple seeds Mac OS X Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A402. The update is available through Software Update and weighs in on 1.31GB.

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As usual, Apple Developer Connection members are bound by the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

From Software Update:

This Snow Leopard Developer Preview Update is recommended for all users running the Snow Leopard Developer Preview Build 10A394 or later. This update includes general operating system fixes for stability, compatibility, and security.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Developer Preview is not recommended for casual users and production system since it still contains numbers of software bugs.

Snow Leopard 10A402 Update

July 9, 2009

RENO 911!: The Complete Sixth Season DVD Set

RENO 911!: The Complete Sixth Season DVD Set was released on Tuesday July 7th, preempting the Season 6 Finale that was due on Wednesday July 8th. The two-disc set contains total of 15 episodes from the “shocking” season premiere episode to the season finale episode.

RENO 911!: The Complete Sixth Season DVD Set from Amazon.com

Season 6 starts with no mentions of the presumably killed Deputies. Fans are crying foul over the absence of Deputy Johnson, Deputy Kimball and especially Deputy Garcia (played by Wendi McLendon-Covey, Mary Birdsong and Carlos Alazraqui respectively). Enter Seargant Jack Declan and Deputy Frank Rizzo (played by Ian Roberts and Joe Lo Truglio respectively).

Fans of the show are divided in two, those who still like the show and those who now hate Season 6.

I am planning to buy the DVD set for two particular episodes. The first one with George Lopez and Jill-Michele Meleán. The second one with the tribute for Garcia involving some explosives and a canon.

There is no official word yet about the Seventh Season.

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Disclaimer 1:

I have done a few projects with Carlos Alazraqui and plan to continue doing so. In addition to that I am also working with Jill-Michele Meleán who plays Maria Garcia (James Garcia’s Sister) and Gloria (Mayor Hernandez’s girlfriend in Season 6 Episode 8).

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Disclaimer 2:

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Fifth Season, I can buy this Canon Vixia HV40 HDV Camcorder” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

July 7, 2009

Random Picture July 7th, 2009 Edition.

Taken using an iPhone 3GS and a polarized sunglasses.

July 7, 2009

VLC 1.0.0 is Released.

The VideoLAN project has officially released VLC 1.0.0 codenamed Goldeneye. Download it now.

VLC 1.0.0 is a cross-platform media player, available for Linux, Mac, Windows and other Operating Systems.

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac …) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See the full features list.

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