Sunday, July 28, 2013

The Overtime Feeling..



This week was really hectic for me since it was the first time to experience true overtime in our line of work. I had to do this because of something that needed to be finished in a short amount of time and I wasn't able to commit to an overtime last weekend because I needed to get the other wisdom tooth removed.

At first I thought that it would be a very different experience than just having a lot of assignments that need to be submitted the next day. I thought wrong. It felt EXACTLY like that time, maybe even a bit worse than the time when I had to do my thesis alongside the normal schoolwork. It really makes you think a lot of things especially sleep and a lot of cheesy and love stuff. It drains your brain until you can no longer make sense of what you're doing and what's going on in your surroundings. Sure this may sound overly exaggerated but that's really what I feel. Put that on top of the pain I have to deal with due to the 2nd wisdom tooth that was removed and I really really felt over-the-top tired.

Though I really wanna go overtime again, I just hope I don't have to do it too much and do it unnecessarily.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Salivating over the HTC One Mini...



I've heard so many rumors about HTC coming out with a competitor to that annoying Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. At first I was hesitant, thinking that it may be too underpowered to be a flagship-caliber mini smartphone since the Galaxy S III Mini was really underpowered. Thankfully, HTC wanted to dispel some myths about that when they announced the HTC One Mini.

The One Mini pretty much kept the older sibling's core experiences: the all-metal design, those dual frontal speakers with BoomSound, the social news aggregator BlinkFeed, and the UltraPixel camera. Despite that, there are shortcomings due to its mini size. It has a 1.4 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor unlike the 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor found on the One, a 4.3" screen, 16GB storage, and an 1800mAh battery. The One Mini also doesn't have the NFC antenna and the IR blaster that was found on the One.

Despite the shortcomings, I'm glad HTC did this. I wanted to try an Android phone but I didn't like the huge screens I'm seeing with the One and the S4 because I wanted a phone that would be more pocketable. I wanna try to be more open to what mobile OS I use (I went through a test drive of the Lumia 720 and it ran Windows Phone).  I've already known why Android's very popular but I wanna experience it for myself. Even though HTC is really hanging in the balance, I love how they work hard to regain the mindshare from people. So far, the One's doing a pretty good job and the One mini's gonna do great as well.

Anyone from HTC, if ever you're reading this, I really wanna try one. I would do ANYTHING just to try one and eventually own one. Like I said in the title, I'm really salivating over this. -_-

Sunday, July 14, 2013

While In Pain...


Don't misunderstand this. I'm not hurt emotionally. I'm perfectly okay. It's just that I have this weird pain I got after undergoing a surgery that involved my wisdom tooth.

On the hour after the surgery, I felt a weird kind of pain. A pain that felt like there's a hole inside of me. I know it seems overrated but it was like something that could spread throughout my whole body. Or maybe it's just a reaction from my brain if something like that happens.

Eating really seemed hard to do since I couldn't chew properly. My jaw seemed like it was sprained which could be the reason that I could barely move my mouth. There's also this weird swelling happening inside my mouth which could be an effect of removing a tooth. All I could eat was porridge. Sigh.

The day after, I tried to ignore the pain by going to SM with family. Although I couldn't eat hard food yet, I drank cold drinks and ate a donut. Shortly after we arrived at home from the mall, I got a mild fever. It didn't last long since I felt okay the next morning, but it came back while I was working.

The reason why it happens is due to the infection of the bone that showed after the tooth has been removed. I have to take medicine for fever alongside the antibiotics so that I won't feel weak at work. I also have to lie down on a lot of pillows so that it wouldn't be painful when I sleep.

Last Thursday, I was already able to eat normally. It was a good thing too because I thought I would have to go through a whole week eating porridge. Whew! Here I am today, recovered from the pain of that surgery. The bad news is that I have to go through all this again since I have to have the wisdom tooth in the lower right. With this experience, I know now what to do and what NOT to do.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The iOS 7 2-Week Beta Cycle



iOS 7 may be the most significant and most important thing Apple's going for right now. There may be a mixed bag when it comes to the design overhaul, but it may be what iOS needs right now.

That said, even Apple makes mistakes and there may be parts of the user interface that doesn't work well with users. This is why Beta software comes out early for Developers so that they can check out the new OS and make their apps jive with the new UI. When Beta 1 came out the same time iOS 7 was announced on June 10, it was just for the iPhone. 2 weeks later, the iPad got a taste of it in Beta 2. This morning (July 8th in the US), Beta 3 came out this time with more bug fixes and UI tweaks. What does this tell us?

I think Apple's 2-week cycle for Beta releases is good since it can help the developers in tweaking the apps well in preparation for the final release and at the same time, lets Apple improve the OS through immediate feedback from them. If they keep up the pace of the releases, here's the roadmap for iOS 7 Beta Releases:


  • Beta 4 - July 22
  • Beta 5 - August 5
  • Beta 6 - August 19
  • Beta 7 (if possible) - September 2
After Beta 6 or 7, they're gonna release a Golden Master to all developers. A week after that, the final version will be out for all users. Having the 2-week Beta cycle will be good since there will be a lot of opportunities to squash a lot of bugs well ahead of the final release. I really hope that Apple will hit the nail on the head with this one, and compelling hardware to come along with it.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

My Life Weekly..


You may have noticed that I always put pictures on top of my posts. There's a reason why I'm not doing it on this one. I wanna tell you guys something good.

I want to blog diligently. Before, I used to blog when I really feel like it and I never actually finish the post on the day that I really want it to be posted. Most of the times, they get posted during the night. Sure it's effective since most people of my age go online during the evening but I wanna share it to more people.

Of course, there are only so many things I can control, so I may post at night like I always have. But I'll make sure to post one every week just so you know that I'm really committed to blogging this way. It doesn't mean that I'll just stick to this though. I would blog about tech and special events when they pop up.

This is all I have to say for now. If you read this, thank you. ^_^