2014: Seven dot Eight

July 8, 1889 – The Wall Street Journal was founded, first issue was published. ——- A Kitten is curious about the IKEA SPÖKA LED Night Light. Taken with Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. ISO: 1600 Focal Length: 123mm Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Cropped and resized using Acorn 4 for Mac.

2014: Five dot Twenty-Three

May 23, 1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released It is an Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset, still sealed in the box. Taken with Canon EOS 60D and Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Lens. ISO: 800 Focal Length: 40mm Aperture: f/2.8 Exposure time: 1/200 Flash: On/Fired Cropped and resized using Acorn 4 for Mac.

The New York Times Loves Mazda 3, as I Do.

I’d like to say that The New York Times‘ Lawrence Ulrich and James G. Cobb agree with me, the 2014 Mazda 3 is awesome. I like Mazda 3 a lot.

The Death of TWiT

As of December 30, 2013 Tom Merritt wrapped up his last episode of Tech News Today as TWiT employee. Leo Laporte has decided not to renew Merritt’s contract because TWiT needs an in-studio anchor for Tech News Today. Merritt moved from Petaluma, California to Los Angeles, California in January 2013 as his wife, Eileen Rivera …

Apollo 11

Does anyone remember when Apollo 11 launched? I don’t, because I wasn’t even born yet. Among all friends, I seem to be the only one to care about the mission to put man on the Moon.

This one is for Boston

I was speechless when I heard the news of the bombings at Boston Marathon. I finished a few marathons in the past and was planning one day I would do Boston Marathon. My heart goes out to the victims and the City of Boston.

Proven Innocent

It’s back up. After more than 48 hours of erroneous suspension, this blog is back up! Hi there, Thank you for getting in touch. Your site was flagged by our automated anti-spam controls. We have reviewed your site and have removed the suspension notice. We greatly apologize for this error and any inconvenience it may …

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 …