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New Hard Drive, iLife ’09, iWork ’09 and Canon EFS IS Lens.

January has been a relatively idle month, because I have been preoccupied with a lot of things. There are a lot of news that I could repost here, and there are a lot of subjects I could blog about.

Catching up on the “blogging” a little bit, these are a few things I’ll be talking about in the coming week:

  • Installing new hard-drive on my 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo 2GHz.
  • The Mac Box Set that includes iLife ’09, iWork ’09 and Mac OS X Leopard.
  • Canon EFS 55-250mm IS lens.

I’ve been playing with iPhoto ’09 for the past few days and planning to post a few fun stuff I found.

I guess I’d better stop slacking and write some more.

Before I forget, I’m eyeing Panasonic HDC-SD100 AVCHD Camcorder.

P.S. Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Meleán will be performing at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena on February 5th, 2009. Be There!

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Haven’t read this for a while.

Thanks to the introductions of the Unibody MacBook, Apple now can proudly add the following disclaimer:

Note: Not all Macintosh Computers include a FireWire port. Check your system configuration to confirm your Mac includes FireWire support before attempting to connect a DV or HDV camcorder.

It is not exactly new news, but I haven’t ever read something like that since the introductions of FireWire.

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iPhoto ’09: Faces

Apple introduces new features to iPhoto ’09 such as Places and Faces.

Faces automatically scans iPhoto library right after the upgrade, and it might take a while to process all the data. I have 3368 of assorted pictures in my iPhoto Library, and I’m looking at a good 80 minutes for my 15-inch MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.0GHz to process Faces data.

I’m going to post some screenshots from faces, if I remember to.

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Apple Releases iPhone Software 2.2.1

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Tuesday afternoon, Apple releases iPhone Software 2.2.1 with bug fixes and improvements including:

  • Improves the general stability of Safari.
  • Fixes an issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll.

This update is available for both iPhone and iPhone 3G.

  • iPhone Software 2.2.1: iPhone1,1_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw 245.7MB
  • iPhone 3G Software 2.2.1: iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw 246.4MB

By convention, iPod touch Software 2.2.1 should also be released today. I don’t have any iPod touch with me as of this moment.

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iLife ’09 and Mac Box Set are Arriving on Tuesday

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At MacWorld San Francisco 2009, Apple announced that iLife ’09 would be shipping sometimes in late January. On Monday January 26th, 2009 Apple announced that iLife ’09 would start shipping on January 27th, 2009. Some reported that Best Buy had started selling iLife ’09 on Monday January 26th.

Apple has started fulfilling pre-orders of iLife ’09 and Mac Box Set on Monday and most are arriving on Tuesday January 27th. I’m waiting for the Mac Box Set to arrive at anytime today as it is being delivered by FedEx.

Mac Box Set offers a great value for those buying both iLife ’09 and iWork ’09. It comes with the latest Mac OS X disc for an extra $10 on the retail price. Remember that most of newer Macs comes with its own Mac OS X install disc that wold only work with specific models. If you bought a Mac Pro 6 months prior and you could not find your discs, Mac Box Set is the answer.

iLife ’09, iWork ’09, and Mac Box Set are now available for purchase from Apple and many other retailers.

The usual disclaimer: We do not have any affiliate accounts with Apple Online Store, but we do have Associates account with Amazon.com. For your convenience (and the hope of getting tiny kickbacks from Amazon) we are providing links to both Apple Online Store and Amazon.com (U.S. stores only – because I can’t type all stores for different countries).

Another reminder for the disclaimer

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

“If you buy these fine Apple products, I can buy Canon Vixia HF10” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

All images are courtesy of Apple Inc.

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Drew Carey Brings The Crowd to Laugh Factory in Long Beach

Drew Carey performed at Laugh Factory in Long Beach on Saturday Night. Carey brought along some of the cast of Drew Carey Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway? to entertain the crowds in two sold out shows.

Laugh Factory’s Jamie Masada personally welcomed Drew Carey and his comedy troop to the venue.

Long Beach Laugh Factory first opened on September 4th, 2008. Well known comics such as Paul Rodriguez, Brett Garrett, John Lovitz and Dane Cook have graced the stage since then.

Stay tuned for more reports from the venue.