Thou shall not fall
Thou shall not die
Thou shall not fear
Thou shall not kill
rip Corey Haim
Let’s see if this works. I’m using the Wordpress 2 iPhone app to post this on my site. This is getting easier than I thought. Nice.
What a great birthday celebration this year. Being back in Miami after a mini stint in California makes it all too familiar with family, great new friends and an amazing new work place. After years of trying and a solid connection through an old friend, I’ve finally landed one of the coolest and most laid back jobs on South Beach. Top notch management and the easiest employees to get along with. Show business has been virtually non existent for the entire year but it looks a little more promising in 2010.
Some very big things are planned for the new decade starting with the Canon 7D, a copy of Final Cut Studio and probably one of those 27″ iMac Quad Core i5’s for the main workstation. After many years of shooting silly videos and cutting my teeth into editing with endless mistakes, I’ll be making legitimate, film festival worthy short films. All by myself if I have to but what I do know is that it’s about time. The 14 months alone in California has been eye opening and extremely educational by getting lost in classic films, self exploration, learning dialogue pace and character development by watching every single episode of Alias, Lost, Heroes and Fringe on a 140″ projected screen. Plenty of gaming and countless hours of listening to original soundtracks and film composers. Honestly, I couldn’t tell you what’s on the radio.
All in all I would say that even though I’m back in South Florida, California and I have a score to settle. I look forward to moving back to my beloved City of Angles but this time with my Lisa by my side. When will that happen? I don’t know and only time will tell but maybe in three years or as soon as the entire state of California gets their shit together. Happy new year to all.
Just found this at usingmac’s Tweek Screencapture Behavior post. There a few more tweaks in their article but this is the one that works for me personally.
When we used key combination [Cmd-Shift-4] + [Space], we will be able to capture a snapshot of window along with the shadow. The following command lines are used to disable the shadow.
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
killall SystemUIServer
You can change -bool true to -bool false to enable back the shadow.
I don’t use Safari as much as I do Firefox for many little frustrating reasons. One of the reasons is how Safari by default opens links in a new window instead of a new tab and this drives many new Safari users nuts. This feature should automatically be implemented just like in Firefox. I found a small Terminal hack that takes care of that.
Launch terminal and type in the following command:
defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true
Restart Safari and all of your clicked links will open in a new tab. If you want to go back, just replace “true” with “false.”
I just picked up my second paid app in the App Store since owning my iPhone. I Dig It from InMotion Software, LLC. is a nice throw back on the likes of the classic Dig Dug in which you’re a farmer trying to save your land from the New World Order, corrupt, gangster organization, mafia bankers who are trying to seize hard working Americans. Okay, I kind of got carried away there and now you know how I feel about the international banking system but you get the gist of it. You play farmer Lewis who has converted an old bulldozer into a high tech digging machine designed to collect rare underground items and precious gems along with the help of his wife. Plenty of duties including fuel management, temperature control, and hull damage keep you alert while returning to the farm to trade in your treasures for cold cash. From here you can save your cash to pay for the mortgage, upgrade your digger with better radar, bigger cargo bay, high tech temperature gauges, stronger hull and drills, larger fuel tanks for longer trips, clever power ups like dynamite and 1 ups or just make simple repairs. The controls are very smooth, the upgrades and customizations to your vehicle are constantly being upgraded through the developer but I wish it had a soundtrack to go along with the gameplay. Achievements are nice and you can also log on through Facebook Connect. It’s on sale for a limited time at $0.99 which is not bad at all for a solid little gaming title. For me to pay for an app speaks volumes because I’m still stuck with the mentality that great games will eventually be offered free of charge. Not entirely so. You’ll get your money’s worth with I Dig It. Check it out in the App Store here. Game on.
One of the most dynamic individuals has passed and the influence he left on me and throughout my early childhood will always be an unforgettable experience. His collaborations with Quincy Jones and the magic they produced during Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad was one of the main reasons why I became a musician and eventually involved in the arts. His ideology behind acting was something that I literally ran with. Just like Leonardo DiCaprio and countless other performers who never took an acting lesson, Michael Jackson simply said that he believed to “be the character” and lived his life as if it were true to him. The true King Of Pop finally lays his glove to rest.
1 PM EDT – 10 AM EDT. That’s the official word from Cupertino as to when 3.0’s bomb will drop and cut, copy and paste, which is probably one of the few must have and long awaited features, will be at our fingertips. No more writing down html code on a piece of paper or memorizing text to hopefully email later. Now we can join the rest of the world. There’s already a loop with the new Voice Recorder app. Just record a message and send via MMS (when it becomes available of course) and guess what, no phone call! Let the roll over minutes build up like a dirty litter box! Check back for updates or just follow me on twitter.
Finally, the new iPhone debuted today at WWDC, named iPhone 3G S. I kind of feel jipped because I won’t get to enjoy the new Data speeds clocking at 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and a 3MP camera that can shoot video at 30fps. Unlike the rest of the world who already had voice commands, the iPhone now features Voice Control. Forget about just calling your friends or family through the sound of your voice, you can now control iTunes through pre-set commands! “New Contract” pricing starts at $199 for the for 16GB and $299 for the new 32GB unit when they go on sale June 18th. If you’re a mid-contract user like me, we’ll have to bend over and pay out an extra $200 for the 16GB or the 32GB. It kind of sucks but at least a new customer can now pick up a last gen iPhone 3G for a cool $99! The presentation and the few new surprises in firmware 3.0 were interesting but I don’t think that it’s a worthy upgrade just yet for many existing 3G users. Even though 3.0 firmware will drop on June 17th, new features like MMS will not be available through AT&T until the end of Summer due to network upgrade issues and the lost or stolen retrievable feature is only available for MobileMe members. That’s a huge fail in my book. I just hope that the new Voice Control and Compass is for all users. We’ll see. Until then, enjoy the new TV Spot. In HD of course!
I have to admit that after Microsoft’s E3 press conference on Monday, they are definitely a hard act to follow. Gaming will always be the bread and butter on the 360 but their relentless efforts to flourish in the social media sector and integrating that experience into the 360 is just getting more attractive with every update. I think it’s time to renew my Xbox Live Gold membership! Coming this fall only on the 360, you will be able to log into your facebook with a design specific interface for Xbox gamers.
Friend Linker allows you to see your facebook friends and your Xbox Live friends together. You’ll be able to see their entire gamer profile and achievements and then invite them to Xbox Live.
Another neat feature will be the ability to post screen shots, scores and text from your 360 gamertag to your facebook profile in real time directly through your gaming experience. One of the first participating titles will be Tiger Woods PGA Tour for the 360 with its facebook connect feature.
Twitter is finally coming to a gaming console and so far, it seems as if the PS3 is yet again falling behind with its social features. (More on Sony’s Press Conference soon.) Just like the 360’s facebook feature, twitter comes completely redesigned for the Xbox by using your avatar. Very cool.
