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Xcode Update

By Jay Lagare on Thursday, August 1, 2013

I was finally able to use a decent Internet connection (PLDT DSL) and was able to download my long-desired XCode 4.6.3. It was only available on the Mac App Store but my regular Internet connection wouldn’t let me download anything significantly big.

After the upgrade, I ended up with two versions installed. It turned out that the old version (3.x.x) was still there in the /Developer folder. But I’m not planning on using it anymore. Apple themselves have recommend deleting it since Xcode 4.3. The safest way is detailed by OSXDaily but the quick way is outlined below

Open terminal
sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
rm -rf /Developer

That’s it.

Note: I did as outlined above and I encountered no problem. However, I take no responsibility for any problems you encounter :P

General

Laguindingan International Airport

By Jay Lagare on Thursday, August 1, 2013

After so many delays, the Laguindingan International Airport finally opened last June 15, 2013. And today I was finally able to see it. It was quite impressive. Definitely better than the old Lumbia Airport (which is a pretty low bar admittedly).

As I previously mentioned, the airport strategically situated between CDO and Iligan. It is just about an hour away from either cities. Soon we can expect a wider highway between the two cities and maybe even a high-speed railway system. This increases the potential for an influx of more tourists, investments, business opportunities, and general benefit to the region’s economy.

For example, the airport is far from densely populated urban areas (as it should be) but I can already see there will be a level of development in the surrounding areas as a direct result of the airport opening. That in itself is already an big economic benefit to the local economy.

General

MacBook Pro Memory Upgrade

By Jay Lagare on Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Last week, I decided to upgrade the memory of my MacBook Pro from 4GB to 8GB. I did my research and then went to Villman which is my usual go to place for hardware components. Ever since their humble beginnings with Boyet at the People’s Park, I’ve almost always gone for Villman. Lucky for me, they got the modules that I asked for.

When I got home, I excitedly swapped the old memory modules with the new ones. It won’t boot! I rechecked my research and it turned out that I was wrong. I got PC3-12800 (DDR3 1600 MHz) modules when I should have gotten PC3-8500 (DDR3 1066 MHz). Bummer.

So I went back to Villman and returned the memory modules. They didn’t have PC3-8500 modules but they told me they can order replacements which should be available in 5-15 days. It was quick and painless. And that is why I always come back to Villman.

So today, eight days after ordering, Villman called me that my memory has been delivered to the store. I had no plans of going out but I just had to go and pick them up. Michelle and Jeanne went with me to get snacks. As soon as we got home, I (still) excitedly swapped the old memory modules with the news ones. And this time, it booted up perfectly. And performed whoa so much faster. Memory is definitely the best bang-for-the-buck upgrade!

General

iOS 7 beta 4

By Jay Lagare on Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Apple has released iOS 7 beta 4. This one took 3 weeks. Either the developer site hacking incident disrupted the release or they’ve shifted to a longer release cycle as the beta stabilizes. It certainly looks like the latter to me. Stability and battery life were already good with the previous beta 3 and didn’t look like it changed much with beta 4. Most of the obvious changes were UI tweaks. Unfortunately they still haven’t fixed the Safari and Settings icons :P

At this rate, there’s probably going to be one or two more betas before the golden master and then the final around September or October… Along with the new iPhone. Or iPhones since a budget iPhone is rumored to be in the works.

General

The Wolverine

By Jay Lagare on Monday, July 29, 2013

Well, what do you know? Logan (the Wolverine) is a comedian. After sleeping with the very-much-engaged Mariko he confronted Noburu, Mariko’s fiancé, and chastised the latter for being engaged and cavorting with two working ladies. Now that’s real tongue-in-cheek humor from the normally grumpy Logan :P

Overall, I like the movie. It follows the trend of more real-world superheroes. Or superhumans. Or mutants. The mutants here look like normal people and wear regular clothes. No fancy skin-tight costumes. Except maybe Viper’s but it was still within the realm of normal wear. Even the action scenes are almost realistic. Except for the one on top of a speeding bullet train. That was simply preposterous. Logan himself is pretty mortal, almost human, for most of the running time so he toned down his heroics. A bit.

Instead of the action, the movie focuses more on the story, Logan’s story. After an invitation from a Japanese mutant, he travels to Japan to say goodbye to a dying acquaintance, Yashida, whose life he had saved and had built up one of the world’s biggest conglomerates. But all is not what it seemed with Yashida, his son, and his grandaughter (Mariko). And the mystery quickly thickens as Yashida dies and the funeral is attacked.

But instead of leaving it all behind, Logan, decides to stick around and untangle the web of deceit. Or maybe it’s because of the ethereal Mariko. If Logan wasn’t a comic book with a need to show off some comic book action, it could have been a suspense thriller. And a would have been good one, too.