The Walkman is Dead! Long Live the Walkman!

Today Sony terminated the production of the tape based walkman. It has been 31 years since the first walkman brought music closer to our ears and our hearts.

I still remember the sound of the Clash blaring all over my ears and right into my brain; I started jogging with the music of Rocky pushing me on to that extra mile; I was moonwalking on Michael Jackson`s Billy Jean tune;  I was just oblivious of the world around me when music was fodder on my soul.

Though we have now the Ipods, the bluetooth headsets, the hi-fidelity Bose headsets, music from the walkman was never been that good. The hissing noise made by an overused cassette tape makes the music more surreal. Yeah, I am old school. I like vinyl records more than CDs, more  the than 320 kbps VBR AAC files. I still like it with the static noises. I still like it when music was music to my ears.

Yes, Walkman, you can now fly somewhere.

Jailbreaking iOS 4.1

Today I was able to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on my iPhone 4. I used Geohot's boot rom exploit Limera1n. I was actually waiting for Chronic dev team's Greenpois0n jailbreak but Geohot, for whatever reasons he had, released his Limera1n jailbreak even if it is still in beta. This has caused the Chronic dev team to postpone the release of the Greenpois0n as they don't want Apple to be able to patch two jailbreaks at the same time. This has also made them angry at Geohot because apparently they think that Geohot's motive of releasing his jailbreak a day before the planned release of Greenpois0n was to steal the limelight from them.

Anyway, Limera1n was working well for me and I am now able to install personalized apps and configure my iPhone to my liking. The jail breaking process was a breeze.Just follow the instructions from the many blogs and sites that have also used Gehot's Limera1n boot rom exploit. And to think this jailbreak is for the life of the device as this can only be patched by Apple through releasing new devices. I hope it will stay that way.

My Kind of DSLR

If I can have this kind of DSLR camera I would be shooting 24 hours a day.

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Books I Am Reading

I love reading. Ever since I was a kid reading books, magazines, newspapers was a way of life. Now paired with the latest technology reading was never been better or easier. E-book readers are getting cheaper too. The iBooks app on the Ipad is such a delight. I am currently reading different books at the same time jumping from one book to another at a flick of a finger.

Chill Out Music

It has been awhile since I last posted on this blog. Lately I had been trying to organize my collection of songs in my i-Tunes library. Chill out and alternative music are few of my favorite genre. Lately I am listening frequently on one of my favorite album "The Rainbow Goblins" by Masayoshi Takanaka. It feels so good to listen to this kind of music. It just relaxes your soul and refreshes your mind.

Please try his music too. I know you will like it.

IPHONE 4i IS HERE

Yes folks I call it 4i instead of 4G as 4G can be confused to a 4th generation of mobile wireless transmission. 4i on the other hand is more accurate as it means 4th iteration of the Iphone which is what it really is.

There were no surprises here as most of what we expect were already discussed, blogged and posted on numerous websites.

Does the Iphone 4i leapfrogs the 3GS? I doubt it. Though there are some nifty and nice new features, these are things that will be covered, leapfrogged by the gazillion of Android phones coming in the next few months. But this Iphone 4i is still much better overall than the rest of the smartphone in the market already or those coming out in the open.

Learning Java

Want to learn Java programming? Go this dude's Youtube site. You will be amazed by his skills.