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Oil Sending Unit Replacement

The Sentra had been leaking engine oil for the past few months. Not too much to be an environmental disaster (I hope not) but enough to leave unsightly black oil spots on the ground. Whenever I visit a car shop, I ask mechanics to look for the source but to no avail. Some recommended that I get an engine wash to make finding the leak easier.

Last week, I had a complete wash: body wash, under wash, and engine wash. I then gave it a week for the oil to leak out then I had it checked at a car shop. They found that the leak was at the oil sending unit (it’s actually sends oil pressure readings). I’ve had it replaced before but that was before the engine swap so it seems I need to change it for the new engine. I had it replaced (for P1,830).

I hope that was the only problem. But so far, the car doesn’t seem to be leaking oil anymore.

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MedRemind is Out!

MedRemind is out for both  iOS and Android.

If you are taking multiple medications, it is sometimes easy to forget which medication to take and at what time. MedRemind helps you take your medications on time.

  • Intuitive and easy to use
  • Reminds you on time, even when your phone is on standby.
  • See a list of reminders of what medications are due and tick them off as you take them.
  • Keep track of your prescriptions
  • Keep track of your medication stocks
  • Keep track of your medication intake history

Do check it out!

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Facebook Buys Oculus

Oculus, maker of the virtual reality device Oculus Rift has been acquired by Facebook. It doesn’t make sense to me. Although I wasn’t happy with it, it at least made some sense to me when they bought Instagram. There are some service and technology synergies there. But to me, Facebook buying Oculus is like Google buying Motorola Mobility (oh yeah they did, and promptly undid). Or like Microsoft buying the monitor division of Samsung. To me, Oculus is viewing hardware. It needs application (i.e. games for now) support to work. Now Facebook could be planning or working on some virtual reality system a la The Matrix. But other viewing hardware should be able to view it also. They could lock it into Oculus but that won’t help adoption. Maybe they really are just genuinely interested in pushing the state of the technology, provide Oculus the resources to make virtual reality a… reality. Or maybe they’re diversifying. Or maybe they could just as well have bought DropBox :P