Prologue: I recently got Kirei back. Remember Kirei? Of course, she sports a new black look now. *wink*

Details from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (or TUAW for short) says that it’s just (1) Safari stability, (2) saved images from emails, (3) and Apple Lossless Playback skippers fixes. Kirei’s Wifi doesn’t work now, and was really hoping the firmware upgrade would solve that.

Hopefully Kirei would be better soon.

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Nope, this is not about your regular detergent company. This is about 2008 and how loopy it was for me, the way the zeros and the 8’s drove me to a roller coaster ride.

Gambles

I made a ton of “professional” stunts myself last year. I resigned from Xackup Inc. (thus leaving Bandwagon hanging, and am still hurting for leaving Bandwagon just like that), started a freelancing gig (and from there I met a lot of contacts), tried to look for more jobs (which opened my eyes about the employment process here in our country), hooked up with a very elite IT team (Stratpoint Solutions Inc., that is), and fell face-down with my financial and emotional struggles.

Almost three months I spent thinking and wallowing, and thinking more. And maybe just like casinos, I had beginner’s luck with Xackup Inc. Bandwagon was a big hit. Then I got distracted with personal issues, same way people get distracted with their first lost coin in that slot machine.

I wanted to learn how to not get distracted. I wanted to be productive but I just can’t.

Proctors

I met a lot of great people. There’s AJ Batac, Joseph Ross Lee, Diwa del Mundo, Marte Soliza (kid wonder of the CS Department), Waldemar Bautista, and Sir Bob Uy (My Software Applications Lab Mentor / Proctor). Then came Sir Paco (Sandejas), Sir Mon (Dalde), and Sir Ernie (Tarroza). I just realized that I’m being connected to awesome people, and I guess the one person (exactly how I described him while I was talking to him) who exudes this awesome kind of awesomeness, it would be Gramps (Terence Pua).

I have so many cool mentors (and colleagues) but last year, I was still as sucky as a racing horse who delays the conclusion of the race because he crawls from start to finish. “What’s wrong then?” you would ask.

The thing about proctors is that they are there to watch over you. Tell you what seemingly wrong stuff you might be doing. But like normal exam proctors, they just give you comments, prying eyes, or perhaps that slight kicking-your-ass gesture. Proctors give us direction. We take hold of the reins. We decide how fast our paces should be. We decide if we crawl from start to finish. We make that imaginary burden weigh 10 tons.

Back on the Loop

2009 is a great year for me, and for every one of us, not because optimism is the *it* mentality nowadays (with all the recession crap we hear on CNN and BBC World News), but because we, being intelligent beings, after a big blow of recession, depression, and confusion, we manage to keep things going. We still breathe air even if it’s polluted. We still manage to blog about things considering the crumbling world we’re currently in. We still persist. I persist.

Now I’m back in the loop, fixing tangles, starting to become less greedy, calculating every step of my way, without compromising my ability to dream. I can even write long articles now. I’m back on the loop, back to where I’m supposed to be.

I see “Gramps” smiling now. (Haha!)

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Recently, I moved to Quezon City (home of the no-redipping-of-fishballs stands, and the very famous Oblation Run), in a small room-for-rent in Krus na Ligas. I feel like college these days… (also felt like online casinos to me – risky but well worth the cold sweat, if you know what I mean)

Anyway, along with the moving in comes with it the problems of finding food places (BIG PROBLEM!), and, being the techie that I am (or so I thought), unlimited connectivity. My old senior project-mate Alvin had to install lines for his Bayantel connection. Bayantel has a fair connectivity service, but it’s just too expensive, I can’t describe how sucky I felt acquiring such service. So, I turned to 3G wifi. I looked at Smart Bro and (the now defunct) Globe Visibility, and they seem pretty expensive as they charge a hefty amount per minute. Then James, a friend of mine, received this SMS announcing Sun Cellular’s Easy Broadband Plan. I checked it out, asked around, and settled to getting this service (because it’s cheap).

Lo and behold!

Yeah! You saw it right. Mind you, I wasn’t paid to post this b*sh*t here (as for most of my posts are b*sh*t), but this is some sweet sh*t! Just now, it hit 278 KBps! It’s even better than my old Php ~3k Bayantel net connection.

To learn more about Sun Cellular’s Easy Broadband Service, go to their website and choose whichever fits your pocket. Php 800 worth of 1 month unlimited connectivity, virtually anywhere in Metro Manila (it’s a shame Taguig wasn’t included).

This post is to help out as testimonial of a very satisfied customer .

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Something’s cooking at PiKitchen! Check out their latest app, Flash Me!

According to the Flash Me Website, Flash Me helps iPhone users share their numbers, email addresses and phone numbers in a more intuitive way. Terence, my “old” boss (or colleague, ‘coz he doesn’t really want the idea of us calling him “boss”). I saw this app myself (still under development and under progress).

Update: To purchase the new app, go to Flash Me’s iTunes Home Page.

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Recently, it was reported that the great Zune got a major meltdown this Thursday due to the so-called Z2k bug. Microsoft already apologized for the “inconveniece” (which I read as “incompetence”) and promised to resolve this as soon as possible.

They already found out the reason, and here is what they said: (From related Inquirer.net article)

“There is a bug in the internal clock driver causing the 30GB device to improperly handle the last day of a leap year,” Microsoft said.

“The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009,” it said. “We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow.

“By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on,” it advised users.

Okay… so leap year… I think that’s pretty basic stuff right? So when’s going to be the next meltdown? 2010? Because they can’t differentiate 2009 from 2010? Or maybe the year has a zero at the end?

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