I decided to redo my Moleskine pen holder hack this time with black duct tape – which I mentioned would probably look better. Sure enough, I was able to go from this:
To this:
Xmas wishlist
Everyone seems to be doing it. Nono even has a whole series on it (check out the october archive). I thought I might as well list the stuff that I might like in case some rich relative (or rich and generous friend) decides to read this and actually buys any of the items listed here.
It’s funny though that though I still have my “techno-lust,” as we would call it, that I can honestly say I’m pretty content with “what I have” as it were. Sure we can always use more if possible, but it’s not like I make it a point to focus my work and efforts to buying stuff (which was often the case in the past). Simply put, anything I may want is just that… a “want.” It’s not a really want. And if I really wanted something, I’d probably get it [myself] anyways, I’ve saved up quite a lot for my trip to the US during the holidays.
It’s here…
I got reprimanded by Juan last week during one of our conversations:
juanporu: bibili na dapat ako ng c2d
juanporu: kaso naubos pera ko dun sa<site we rather not mention>
nargz: “c2d”?
juanporu: core 2 duo
juanporu: you gotta be in with the linggo dude…
juanporu: you’re about to own one
Now, I am forced to “get with the linggo,” as it were – as I am now an owner of a MBP 15″ 2.33GHz C2D with 2GB RAM, 256MB VRAM, and sure, FW800 as well. That linggo-ed enough?
Kidding aside, I promised Juan a “review” of the new MBP in comparison to an old PowerBook G4 – I’ll be getting to the performance part soon enough. Meanwhile, let me focus on the aesthetics – which we know Apple fans go gaga over.
Moleskine hacking
NOTICE
This “hack” has been improved/superseded by a [cosmetically] better one that can be found here. Otherwise, feel free to read on about the “concept” and methodology behind it.
One of the problems a notebook owner will face is the fact that they will not only have to lug notebook all around, all the time; but that they would need their writing materials handy as well.
Moleskine owners often tend to take their writing materials just as seriously as the notebook they write on – just like me. I only want(ed) to use a [mechanical] pencil with the notebook, and that I like to have a “pen-eraser” (for lack of a better term) for mistakes I make (because mechanical pencil built-in erasers, if present at all, suck).
There have been a lot of “hacks” done with Moleskines in the internet that address just that: trying to integrate your writing materials into your notebook to make it easier to transport. We have hacks such as the Moleskine pen-hack, pencil holder hack, quiver hack, duct-tape pen hack, among others – feel free to post a comment if you know of another hack, I’m trying to check all options to see what might be the most effective (and cheap) implementation.
And so in this post, I present my own pen-holder hack, sort of a tutorial (actually more of a commentary) on the reasoning behind the materials used, and construction “decisions.” Read More
Merom MacBook Pros are out
The Apple Core2 Duo portables have been unleashed, and so I too, will start unleashing my savings and upgrade. The pricing is very impressive since you get a considerable upgrade from the previous generation MacBook Pros for the same price.
If you’ve been holding out to get a MacBook, waiting for the “right-time” to take the plunge, I’d say now is pretty much an ok time to get one. Consider this:
Comparing the USD 1,999 models (lowest-end) 15″ MacBook Pro line, for the newer model you’d be getting:
- CPU base speed matching the previous top model (2.16Ghz)
- A newer, more efficient CPU in general (Core2 Duo/Merom)
- A base RAM matching the previous top model (1GB)
- A base HDD size that’s bigger than the previous top model (120GB)
- A IEEE 1394 (FireWire) 800 port, which absent from the previous line.
- A faster (6x) and dual-layer capable superdrive
Now I’m sure that succeeding versions will still follow the trend, but for the price, I think the models that just came out are very competitive (as compared to the value of my powerbook when it came out)