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Well, WebKit, which is essentially what Safari is, is now open source, and the newest version is the first to pass the Acid2 test!

Anyways, I find it pretty good, now that it complies to most likely all the web standards, I’ve switched back from Camino to Safari/WebKit.

You can find info on WebKit here.

Get WebKit the easy way, using NightShift. It installs WebKit for you, updates to the most recent nightly build for you if you want to, and offers you the option to revert to a previous version if the new one is too buggy, all without touching Safari.

It’s pretty good if you ask me. I’ll report back if there are any problems.

Well, I finally recieved my E2C in-ear headphones. Well, when I tried it with the default (type: flex, size: medium) plugs, I couldn’t stick it into my ear, and also the sound was just horrid. Then, I took out the other plugs that came with the whole package and tried the ultra soft small ones, wow, just, wow.

I can now hear each part of the music quite clearly, especially in the big fat symphonies (tried it with Dvorak’s 9th). The quality is simply amazing. Compared to my friend’s Sony EX-71s, the bass isn’t as “strong” but it is way tighter and much more accurate. And from a non-audiophile’s point of view, this set of cans (do these qualify as cans?) is well worth the money.

Outside noise is almost totally filtered out. If I have these E2C’s on, and am playing music, it was quite hard for my sister to grab my attention. She had to scream very loud, or to get my attention visually.

Oh, and if you are looking for just boomy bass, go for the Sony’s, if you are looking for a nice pair of in-ears that isolate outside noise well, and reproduce music in an accurate manner, look no further. Well, unless you have more money to spend, then, the higher grade Shures or the Etymotics would do even better.

Perhaps I’ll throw in another write-up after the so-called “burn-in” period, and see if the sound quality really improves.

Well, after looking at all the Etymotics ER6i and the Shure E2C in-ear canalphones, I took the dive today and ordered the E2C’s from Amazon.com for $65 with super saver shipping, which I found to be a pretty darn good deal, since they retail for $99 at shure.com.

Let’s just hope they sound as good as they say online. Will post a review after I get them and try them out.

Oh, and if you are interested in new, perhaps better headphones, head-fi is a great place to ask questions and do research.

CVS Camcorder download alpha - hack a day

This is awesome, I can capture those little embarrassing moments on video! If only I had a CVS in the area.

Anyways, I think I’ll go look for a CVS, get one of these, and have a little fun.

Too bad some of the software seems to be for MS Windows. Hope they come out with a *nix variant soon.

According to ifoapplestore.com, Apple stores will begin carrying Apple logo merchandise.

I myself wouldn’t mind a shirt and a hat. Hope they will have them at the Beverly Center opening.

P.S. Gah, I didn’t even know that the Company store at Cupertino sold the stuff. I went there during Christmas break, and it turned out that Apple HQ was empty, and the store wasn’t open. I should’ve went back the next day to buy some stuff.

And, sadly, I don’t think I can go.

The one at Century City was right on the day of my SAT II Physics test, so I couldn’t go. And this one at Manhattan Village falls directly on the Dragon Boating competition.

The good part is that I heard that there will be one around Beverly Hills or Hollywood somewhere, and is opening soon. Hope I can make it to that one, and join the celebration. Also to grab a free über-cool Apple T-shirt

Ah, back in California, the nice dry warm weather.

Well, folks, I just got back from the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge and, man, it was FUN(What else could this mean?!)!

We raced from Round Rock, TX to JPL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory) in Pasadena, CA in 8 days, and our team made second place in the classic division.

Well, that’s all for now. I gotta get ready for some sleep, so I can take care of some business tomorrow.

Perhaps I’ll talk about it more when I get some of my pictures and some other stuff in.

I personally can’t stand Microsoft Windows. I’m looking for a nice fast one that has most of the tools I need to use, like OO.o, gaim, Firefox, XChat, GIMP(GNU Image Manipulation Program), and also a decent GUI(Graphical User Interface).

I’m posting this with a Ubuntu LiveCD x86 distro. It seems decent, boots fast *enough*, but I wouldn’t mind something faster.

I ran a Ubuntu LiveCD PPC(PowerPC) distro, and it turned out that it didn’t support my Airport Extreme card by default. Maybe I’ll tinker with it and try to get it to work.

Any suggestions?

Security Awareness for Ma, Pa and the Corporate Clueless

Here’s the rage of the internet right now. The blog of a company that switched from Wintel to Macs, including a Wintel bigot that now “sees the light”.

I find the posts interesting, and worth reading. The posts are not really biased in any way, other than the guy being pissed at Windows, causing the switch.

Oh, and, man, it feels good when a previous Win-bigot begins to see that he was wrong.

Well, I am right now at the Vegas Apple Store at Fashion Show. It looks a bit different from the “common” ones, and is actually a bit smaller than both the Pasadena and the San Diego ones I’ve been to.

Well, time to go off and have a little fun with the Dual 2.7 GHz G5 with the 30″ monitor