Angry Birds Rio, challenge accepted and it’s over.

Never underestimate boredom during sick time. Angry Birds Rio 14-8

Sick Days and Angry Birds Star Wars

Day 3 of being sick, and I could not sleep. I ended up playing Angry Birds Star Wars and finish the Hoth Episode. By the way, the Bespin Episode is coming out soon.

Rambo Blu-ray for $4.75

I stopped by Target after dinner with friends Saturday night for some essentials and found something on sale. It’s Rambo on Blu-ray for $4.75. Take that, Amazon.com! ($7.99 there) This version comes with standard definition of the movie on iTunes.

Letterpress, a great idea with a long way to go.

Atebits has a hit and it is called Letterpress. It is indeed an addictive game. Pretty sure that a lot of people are plying Letterpress at any moment. There is one big problem though. I could rarely play a game to the bitter end; winning or losing. The problem is that almost all of my …

Angry Birds Star Wars: Not sure if I should be proud or ashamed.

This Thanksgiving Weekend provides me enough time to get 3 stars on all available levels in Angry Birds Star Wars. Now it’s time to lay the iPad down.  

When Apple Maps works.

Pretty Accurate.

Repairing iPhone 5

I had a conversation with firstname@apple.com on Wednesday about iPhone 5. We were talking about the iPhone 5 design process. Apparently Apple is still looking for ways to make front glass replacement as easy as possible. I assumed that Apple Store Geniuses would be trained on replacing the front glass so they can perform the …

iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 to arrive on the same day.

According to a source who insisted that he/she is not Scott Forstall or Craig Federighi, iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 will be available for download on the same day. One really exciting feature of both iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 is the Unified Apple ID for FaceTime and iMessage. This means iPhone users …

Starting Over, day 2.

I found out that I needed the following applications: Apple Remote Desktop Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word) Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client I’m slowly adding the applications into the newly install OS X.

Starting Over

Once again, I stayed up all night reinstalling OS X on my MacBook Pro. It started with a Firmware Upgrade for ADATA S599 SSD. I cloned the content of the SSD to a hard drive using Carbon Copy Cloner. I then repartitioned and reformatted the SSD. I upgraded the firmware to version 3.6.5 on a computer …

Time for Star Trek 1 through 6 Marathon.

Just found out that the first six Star Trek movies are available at HBO GO. Lucky for me that friends of mine letting me use their account since they don’t use it at all. Now, do I even dare to watch Star Trek V: The Final Frontier?

Got the iPad, then what?

Unlike almost all the people who bought the iPad to use and not to resell for profit, I have not unbox the new iPad. There are a few things I need to get for the iPad: A case, or Smart Cover + protective shell Anti-glare screen overlay I did not get the AppleCare+ for the …