iPhone SE

broderic on April 16, 2020

iPhone SE is dead. Long live iPhone SE?

Yes. No. Maybe. It’s still too big for my taste. Just like my 6 year old MacBook Pro, I think I’ll hold onto my SE a little longer.

I was tempted at the tail end of last year, but I held onto the hope that we’ll get an update to the SE that would’ve kept its size but with modern internals. Sadly not happening.

Maybe in the future when quality components can be shrunk down to fit the smaller SE case size. For now, that is just a dream and a hope.

Link of the Day [10.28.11]

broderic on October 28, 2011

Android shoots itself in the foot.

One of the things that I wonder for all those Android fanbois is if they consider OS fragmentation a good thing for non-fanbois. I mean your all elite and shit, but what about your mom. Is the many versions of Android OS worth it for you average person? They don’t care right until they buy an app (or download a free one) that doesn’t work on their phone because it only works for a particular version.

And developers, can they really write apps that take advantage of things if you don’t know what the hardware is going to be?

We were discussing flashlight apps in work today and a co-worker showed us one on his phone. Someone asked if it supported flashing, strobing, or signaling. He said yeah and proceeded to show us. While it was flashing out an SOS, it also was beeping. Another co-worker asked why do you need it to beep. He then tried to turn it off, but the app was unresponsive. He made an excuse for it. I didn’t say anything, but I wondered how can you live like that.

Eventually, Google will understand. They’ll figure it out the they have to be more than an ad salesman in the tech world.

http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphans-visualizing-a-sad-history-of-support

Filipino Pastries

broderic on March 24, 2011

Red Ribbon Bakery

Once again I have to ask, why are all our vacations all about the eating? Here’s a shot of the cakes you can find at Red Ribbon Bakery, a Filipino bake shop. They also serve palabok, dinuguan, and empanada. After airplane food, after fish and chips, we end up here — my mom, Tita Mina, and Tito Rudy — looking for food. Again.

We got some to go.

Now, I’ve got a few enseymada and taisan to eat. I should get coffee with these pastries. I should’ve gotten some pan de sal, also.