Saturday 28 Aug 2010 by Butch |
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Work
After a year of having my iPhone, I have decided to go Android. I was pretty happy with my iPhone until recently when I upgraded the phone to iOS4. After the upgrade, I immediately noticed a HUGE reduction in speed. Every app now took forever to open and switching between apps — forget it. The biggest difference was email, switching back and forth between my multiple email accounts and messages became a horrible experience. I do like the new threaded email feature, but again slow to use.
Using the iPod on the iPhone is so slow switching between screens and it now hangs on certain screens. I have to do a hard reboot on the phone at least every few days now, I did not have to do that before.
I understand the new iOS4 is more demanding on the hardware and RAM, I really do get that. Problem is the only way to remedy this is to buy a new iPhone 4 or revert back to the previous OS. I actually have considered reverting back to the previous OS, but then I could never update the phone with security patches or enhancements at all. Not an option for me.
At the time I bought my iPhone, I was really stuck between that and an Android phone. I decided on the iPhone because of the “coolness” factor. And that was nice for a time. Now, I am ready to give Android a try.
I looked at the new iPhone and was impressed with it. I looks cool and was considering it seriously. I was turned off by the way Apple handled the whole antenna issue.
So…bye bye iPhone — I am looking at the HTC Incredible, there is a photo of it above. What do you think?
Thursday 4 Feb 2010 by Butch |
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2005 Nissan Maxima
I bought a new car this week, 2005 Nissan Maxima. It is in great condition and the previous owner took great care of it. Interior is all leather and looks brand new!
My wife even bought me a custom licence plate. Can’t tell what the new plate will say, but will share once it comes in and post a photo.
Thursday 4 Feb 2010 by Butch |
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Wow, so far 2010 is off to a great start for me!
I left my employer, Park&Co, in late-January to pursue other opportunities. It was a little scary due to the economy and all, but risks are necessary to grow. And I was tired of feeling like I was not growing or going anywhere.
I am working on several freelance projects right now and also starting a new job next week. I will be working there part-time for two months, then moving to full-time in the beginning of April.
I did plan all this, but let’s face it, plans never seem to work out exactly how you thought. But so far, they have for me. I feel very fortunate.
Wednesday 30 Dec 2009 by Butch |
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Here are my 2010 New Year’s resolutions. Let’s see how well I do on these.
Personal
- more “me” time with a focus on growth
- work less hours
- eat better and exercise (I had to list it)
- read more books and devote time to study
Family
- spend more time with family
- two family trips this year
- work on house and backyard
Professional
- code more
- network myself better in local market
- create web app(s)
Financial
- save more money
- stay on a budget
Monday 28 Dec 2009 by Butch |
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Dell Mini 9 with OS X
My Dell mini has survived the road test at work. I have used it almost exclusively for about 2 weeks straight. I only had to fire up my MBP to open some proposals in Word (did not want to install MS Office on my mini). I am so impressed this $300 machine can satisfy my work requirement. Mind you I am a coder so, my requirements are pretty low.
For a short time, I worked with the stock version of Ubuntu installed when I opened the box. I was impressed with the speed of the machine early on. I guess I expected it to be sluggish at times and I am pleasantly surprised it has not been at all. The only disappointment I had that was the deal breaker was the lack of dual-monitor support. I quickly learned I could not plug my 22″ Dell monitor and run the native 1680 x 1050 resolution on the second monitor.
I found some articles for installing OS X on the machine and thought I’d give it a try. After purchasing a retail copy of OS X, I followed the instructions and within an hour had a functioning $300 Mac. I had a few hiccups, but overall it went very smooth. I installed my needed programs like Firefox, Chrome, BBEdit and an FTP client — and was up and running! I purchased the computer with a 16GB SSD drive so after the install I had about 5GB left. Obviously I will not be putting my music collection on this computer or storing tons of files, which is good. It will force me to maintain a lean installation and store all other files on the network. Besides I mostly listed to Last.fm or Pandora while at work.
I think it’s a keeper! Now I can leave my MBP at home.
