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Ode to Flight

July 8th, 2009  |  Published in Technology  |  Comment

I decided to do a quick experiment using my Canon Powershot SD880 camera. I documented my flight from Burbank to Oakland this past Sunday night. I know its an everyday thing now since its been part of society since the early 20th century but its just crazy covering 350 miles in just an hour. The convenience of that versus driving a car for 5.5-6 hours between the Bay and LA.

Flight—its simply an amazing thing.

Here is the set that I compiled.

Quicksilver Shelf Plugin – My First Screencast

July 3rd, 2009  |  Published in Technology  |  2 Comments

As I was trying to kill time, I was researching Quicksilver extendability other than just quick-launching apps. Yes, I know Spotlight does it from the get-go.

My search led to a Lifehacker.com article (as usual, with this kind of things) written a while back about Gina Trapani’s Top 10 Quicksilver Plugins (at the time: November 2007). One of the plugins that intrigued me to check out was the Shelf module/plugin.

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News from Apple WWDC 2009

June 10th, 2009  |  Published in Technology  |  Comment

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For those that don’t know, Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2009 was this past Monday morning at Moscone West, San Francisco. It’s primarily for those developing for Apple’s products (OS X, iPhone apps, etc.) but it’s also for the Apple fans out there as the Keynote usually addresses new product releases, etc.

I was tuned in, listening to Ustream’s live stream of the Keynote.[1] Pretty cool as you can multitask versus having to read every new updates on a blog. Though you have to give it up though as the photos on the blog updates are more eye candy.

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  1. The recorded stream can be seen here. Apple’s official recorded video here. [↩]

URL Longer-er

June 8th, 2009  |  Published in Technology  |  Comment

I was just talking to James about the idea of having a URL “longer-er” service/site just for laughs. The idea of it is pretty much a reverse of most of the URL shortening services out there today like tr.im, is.gd, tinyurl.com, etc. Lo and behold, I guess they have one:

titanurl.com

Check out URL for this blog using the service:

http://titanurl.com/fd8b1f7f8284d85418b2fd45bdd4fd7bdacbb8418bd15b8f4bda5b58a2b2ba528b8ddd77fd8a81b8bfcd5d8d45b4abd8f81885addc88a81bbc52d8d8fb225bcad5882b444d87ab82148db8dd2bb8fbd22f7b811288c8b88bbd5a752c818bb222c88725dbbca258db5855b2582aba/252d5db8dd48bbddba51ca185d2b88dba5bb771b5ba28515a5bd58bd5c2db28b8dd2b5a24f55d1ad15818ba417528c818822dbdaf75588b25dd121485d8811842fa4b8d8bdbd7d2bb8b5d88bb1bb4bb75ccbab124dd8d5b45517b4ba7bfc5ac2bd18b88a8ab2c2dff8bc4d8c8f4b/da188db88288b2af1dbb5cf88588fa28d72722bddf5b1fb4785f55d55df1da2a2dbb15bd48dbcb88b8778d2a84d8b2a88bb88daab48bd18b4528b82454a22828ba5485b41a7dffbbbcfad1dd81cbad482b5dbbbb8f81bbcd5bfddc5ab48daa14488bbd882b7dbfb81dacb4b27285/5db17f2f44ddbb1844dd272a28d41add88a8afa78888d8b2f2b512885b728888415aa8a11dd51422848d4dbb4bcbac7d48fb885b587b48888db4bb2bd8bfb42d58d52475bdddfb882f5b4b14bfb8b8bab4871f542bd88d8b587b2b2ab8dd25bc8afd52dd8b785bd8c25fbd488b8d/5b845fc228b45b4fb528ddbd1b242d42175a78ba221b8a8bf8b4d75b84d2b8dbbbbfbf8a5a754b5b58bab5cb25228b15558b8d8a85ddf417abd28bb28a1bb5fabbb5f18f525f21bbc5dad18fb52ddcdd7d4f8bdb11d8ab42cf518158bbb448d8c55db88d18b225d8f844f572a8b8/a5b281daabbd58b8bbaa4bb2882828f1bb7f2b8812cbfbd2a55b82d5d58bab4b425cdd588d888d81fd854455db842b78f5b88b82ab5bdddad8b5ab58527b872bdf5b1f25d5d2bda1288cbaf12dfb5f4481442ad42a1a8bfad22d4d5d88f1f2218cddd8d25752582a8742fdb2dd7b/da8f55d7b8b8d8db28b48a88fbaf257b855bb88adb2b458a5cddd2db8b5f8f1b84b78b1858b8ba4bb5dbf22b8515ad28ac58d5bb5d8bdbbad1b742c5a1f84852bfbd11ad15bfafdd87b8ca518f4b44dba18b181dbbdccd1b58d8ff8bbc2b5f5ddb884dfd52282b5abbbd84dd87b4/d58bdb541f8d8cb1bfba152b2b248cd8d1b28881fba8852d55ffbb4ff5c5abbb85dafa55bab45b85b1d8a57bbbd81b8b88d48488575dbdab5bb52dc248bb1b14a1888844c5d18ffc1bd75448d1bb14d2d8821bbaab2cdfbfb52ada5ca1b5dd2fbdf2dba22b117a4f8a4db8d8522c/8822515cd58884b78b1458a44b2bb52dfd584b4a8dd782451b8cd4fdd2bbf4882fbda8d5f2d8ba4f15f2cf58bb2b8a4185ddd4dbd58588754f128dcf855df42854fb1bd888dadbbc281b588225f7c2da881f42db278d25884b882d2271b8b482d8acf75d5b858874dcbcbf5bd228

Nuts! That’s 2008 characters from 20. An increase of about 100 times. =p

Unlock Phones from AT&T

March 18th, 2009  |  Published in Technology  |  Comment

So in preparation to going to Europe, I wanted to be able to have a cellphone (mobile) handy in case of an emergency. I wanted to just use the iPhone 3G but I have updated to iPhone OS 2.2.1 with a baseband of 2.30.03, which there is no (software) unlock for. Luckily, I still have kept my Samsung Blackjack (1).

Here’s what I found out when getting my Blackjack unlocked:

  • Call 611 (Customer Service), and not the local AT&T store.
  • Unlocking is “free” (according to the CSR who helped me).
  • Give your IMEI number to the CSR to receive your phone’s unlock code.
  • To get your phone’s IMEI number, press *#06#
  • To proceed with the unlock process:
    • Take out the SIM card if there are any first.
    • You have to do the following keystrokes: #7465625*638*unlock_code# (unlock_code is your own of course).
    • Your phone’s display will then have some type of message that it has disabled a lock of some sort.

I hope that helps.

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