{"id":329,"date":"2005-07-07T11:21:18","date_gmt":"2005-07-07T03:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2005\/07\/2005_07_07_1121.php"},"modified":"2005-07-07T11:21:18","modified_gmt":"2005-07-07T03:21:18","slug":"testing-and-random-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/07\/07\/testing-and-random-thoughts","title":{"rendered":"Testing&#8230; and random thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok now I&#8217;m testing Ecto to post once more. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movabletype.org\" title=\"visit site\">MovableType.org<\/a>, the internal error problems have been resolved by their own developer working with the <a href=\"http:\/\/search.cpan.org\/dist\/DBD-mysql\/\" title=\"what?\">DBD::MYSQL<\/a> author to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Other topics in this post (for the heck of it)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My powerbook warranty<\/li>\n<li>PhilMUG meeting<\/li>\n<li>LCD Calibration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--more-->\n<h3>Warranty<\/h3>\n<p>Another would be that Apple <em>finally<\/em> approved my request for a replacement . It was initially denied, then I got on their asses because similar cases have successfully claimed their warranty. Suffice to say that they realized that I&#8217;m <em>not<\/em> stupid, and are sending a replacement for the top case of my Powerbook. The &#8220;top case&#8221; is the entire surface where the trackpad and the keyboard are found (including those last mentioned)<\/p>\n<h3>PhilMUG<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also attended my first PhilMUG meeting (Philippine Mac Users Group) Prizes were cool, everyone got one.<\/p>\n<p>There was this guy who taught how to create widgets, which was kind of disappointing since he did an overly simple widget that <em>anyone<\/em> could&#8217;ve done. He basically just reiterated, through practical application, that widgets are basically HTML files that adhere to the rules of a language.<\/p>\n<p>So basically, if you can make a webpage, you can make a widget. What was <em>supposed<\/em> to be cool is a quick rundown on how to interact with the system itself via the <em>webkit<\/em> included in Tiger. Unfortunately, this guy just stuck to the basics (which essentially was synonimous to <em>how to rename an html to wdgt<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Aside from that, it was good to finally get to see the faces behind the handles\/avatars.<\/p>\n<h3>LCD Calibration<\/h3>\n<p>Another cool thing that happened in the meeting was that Nono brought his LCD calibrator. So now my display has been&#8230; err&#8230; calibrated<\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t quite grasp the full significance of having a real hardware calibration setup, here&#8217;s why it is extremely useful compared to your regular &#8220;color\/gamma adjustment software&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hardware calibrators make sure that what <em>your eyes<\/em> see in the display also how the software is &#8220;seeing&#8221; it. Your image may be a block of red, and the computer detects it as red, but how sure are you that your monitor settings are accurately representing that tint of red? Hence the calibration devices.<\/p>\n<p>In all fairness, Apple&#8217;s built in colorsync software provides a way to also calibrate your monitor&#8230; assuming your eyesight is &#8220;netral&#8221; enough. I was surprised to see that the hardware calibrated settings were very close the  personal settings I&#8217;ve calibrated using my own eyes. The only difference was I tended to prefer more green (or yellow I guess) in the display.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working with my images now and I honestly don&#8217;t notice any change from when I was using my old settings. I <em>did<\/em> notice however, is that the name box in my Adium notifications are actually violet instead of blue (hence proving again my bias for yellow in my early settings), so I&#8217;m glad I got to calibrate this puppy.<\/p>\n<h3>EM3s<\/h3>\n<p>EM3s are sounding better and better! But the foam is really getting on my nerves, they&#8217;re noticably darker now (suggesting dust buildup). On the bright side, they seem to be comfortable now, I can even sleep with them on and not experience ear fatigue the next day. I can also sleep on my side with them on and not feel a difference, which makes me able to listen to podcasts as my bedtime &#8220;stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m decided on replacing the foam with custom ear molds. I&#8217;m currently looking for an audiologist that can do it. A friend with a hearing impaired sister suggested the Manila Hearing Aid Center, so I&#8217;ll have to swing by there one of these days and check if they can cater to my needs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok now I&#8217;m testing Ecto to post once more. According to MovableType.org, the internal error problems have been resolved by their own developer working with the DBD::MYSQL author to resolve the problem. 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