Fourth of July in Long Beach, California.

I’m ready to watch new episode of Futurama.

“Decision 3012” premiers tonight, and I subconsciously dressed up for it.

John Gruber invited Paul Thurrott to guess on The Talk Show.

This might be last week news but still worth mentioning. John Gruber invited Paul Thurrott to guess on The Talk Show. On The Talk Show With John Grubber – “2: Dare I Say, Kubrick?” 5 minutes and 38 seconds into the show Gruber mentioned that he would like to have Thurrott on the show. Joking …

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 …

I still can bail out of buying the iPad.

I got a ticket for an iPad, but I have yet given them any money. I can still walk away.

So it begins, or am I still sleeping?

What the hell am I doing here. It’s drizzling and I am standing in line outside a building. I still am not sure if I want to drop the cash for a new iPad. I’m at Apple Store South Coast Plaza. Nice of them to let us in the building.

firstname@apple.com

The last name starts with an “S” and ends with an “r”. Could it be phil@apple.com? I’m kidding. Phil Schiller wouldn’t take his time telling me about upcoming Apple products. If Schiller were to tell me anything, he would give me carefully worded hints laced with winks, cough and nods. Anyway. Here’s a non-spoiler spoiler for …

Dear Congress, please do not censor the web!

In solidarity with many who oppose Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), I’m blanking out my personal site. Thanks to Grassroutes for providing the widget to contact local representatives about SOPA and PIPA.

IMAP and Exchange.

Note to UC Davis students: Your @ucdavis.edu email is actually a Gmail account. It is easy to set up your email on your computer. Incoming Server: imap.gmail.com Connection Security: SSL Port: 993 Outgoing Server: smtp.gmail.com Use Authentication: Yes Connection Security: STARTTLS Port: 465 or 587 For further instructions, read this Gmail support page. Exchange support …

2012 and “2012”.

As I have mentioned before, I am watching “2012” the movie to welcome 2012 the year. Few things come to mind: In 2012 Barack Obama is the President of The United States. In “2012” Danny Glover is the President of The United States. On January 1st, 2012 Japan was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake. …