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Getting Down and Dirty with iPhone FW2.0 and App Store

Thanks to the iPhone Dev Team, my first-gen iPhone is now running App Store apps courtesy of the unlocked and jailbroken iPhone 2.0 firmware. After fiddling with it for a couple of hours, here’s what I found:

The Not-So-Good Stuff:

• iPhone FW2.0 is a bit sluggish compared to its predecesor, FW1.1.4
• MobileME is still very buggy. I added two contacts on the web version and it got pushed to my laptop a few minutes later and to my iPhone 10 minutes later. Not good considering it’s supposed to PUSH information instantly or at the very least after a few seconds.

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Yup, the Eraserheads are at it Again

Yes, the buzz you’ve been hearing is true. The band that energized the Philippine pop rock scene in the 90’s will be doing a reunion concert on August 30, 2008.

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I’ve Got My Game Face On!

The kid in me is kicking and screaming wanting to get out.

I have been browsing the interwebs lately and I learned that two of my all-time favorite games back in College are due for a much deserved re-incarnation this year.

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Compaq Presario C794TU Laptop User Review

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As a gift to myself and to further my blogging stint, I decided to purchase a laptop.

The selection process was hard.  I was torn between getting an Apple Macbook or a PC laptop. Financial constraints led me to stick it with a familiar friend — PC. This review is a bit long so I suggest watching this funny or annoying ad (depending on which side you’re on) as an ice breaker.

On to the actual review…

Out of the box, the Compaq Presario C794TU notebook comes pre-installed with a licensed copy of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic. Initially, I was thinking of buying the lower model (C767TU) pre-installed with FreeDOS as I had concerns with Vista’s performance but went on to buy this higher-end model because of the faster processor and bigger hard drive capacity.

For a Vista laptop, I can say that it performs well given the limited 1 x 1 GB DDR 2 RAM that came pre-installed. Typical applications such as Yahoo Messenger, Skype, MS Office 2007, and Adobe Photoshop CS2 load in under six (6) seconds. The manual says that this lappy can accomodate an additional 1 GB for a maximum of 2 GB system RAM.

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Dabbing My Hands at Web Design

Back in my elementary days, I joined every art contest in school. I had two reasons for joining. One, I wanted to get away from the boring class lectures as our school conveniently excuses students who join school contests from any classroom work. Two, I had a misplaced belief that I had a hidden talent in art.

In college, I dabbled in “web-design” by editing existing webpages I downloaded from the internet. I really believed that I had a knack for art. But art didn’t agree with me.

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The Anatomy of My Brain

Since I was little, I was never a diary person but I always liked reading and envisioned my self to be writing for an audience some day.  Yes, I was and still is some sort of a nerd. But leave all your preconceived notions of nerds at the door. I don’t look, walk, or talk like your stereo-typical nerd that hollywood tirelessly portrays in TV shows and movies.

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