Yeah, quite fast actually. 😀 And it kicks off with this:
Yup, the very first obligation for the upcoming school year is the registration and I have to go to school for this duty. It was not as fun as before, though, when people were battling LSAT positions because of one thing and that would be a secret. Those who have experienced this “thing” knows what I am talking about.
But who said it’s not fun anymore? It is still fun as I learn a lot about the service as well as the nature of the people who come in and go. It taught me team management, learned a lot from people who are actually handling team lead positions in the real world.
Of course, more hellish stuff are coming up. My First Sem is garnished with Theo, Philo and FLC subjects and and in the main course, my majors! 😀 There’s my trusty laptop (which can now project and control whatever is displayed on my PSP’s screen! Yay!), with CMR2005 and F1 2002. 😀 The very reliable library! 😀 I miss the library!
I will just give all my observations on Nokia’s latest firmware release for Nokia 5800 since everyone with this phone is anticipating an update with significant changes… and indeed it brought significant changes particularly on the cosmetic side. 😀 So let me list down the things I’ve seen so far:
1. Kinetic Scrolling – This was apparent on the v40 firmware but not applicable to all parts of the user interface. This time, almost all of the user interface areas can now be navigated using kinetic scrolling. Of course, the scroll bar is still present.
2. Home Screen – There isn’t much change in the Home Screen options except for the Contacts Bar option which now features the same recipe as the one in Nokia 5230 and probably on 5530 XM.
3. New Music Player – Now, the music player displays Album Art on the music selection. It also has the music controls widget at the Contacts Bar Homescreen and displays the Album Art alongside.
4. Revised Text Input – Among the options, the full screen Keyboard was removed and this is because they made that feature accessible when you tilt the phone.
5. Changing Themes – When you view a theme, it doesn’t change the theme of the phone bit by bit. It slowly changes with smooth transition. 😀
6. Improved Performance – well, others say it was very slow but for me, it was quite faster than v31… There’s probably one thing why at some phones, it is slow and this is because some countries have updates with a lot of applications to be installed. Mine just got that Ovi Sync, Ovi Store and Ovi Contacts. My internal memory displayed a significant change in free space, from 65 MB to 71MB.
7. Battery Life (either stable/same) – Some people said that v50 is a battery eater. Well I was about to believe it when after updating, the phone killed off one bar after a day but I’ve noticed that I was so fascinated by the cosmetic changes that I kept on opening the phone, using a lot of battery life displaying the screen, RAM for the kinetic scrolling as well as the vibration from unlocking the screen. I also opened videos but did not watch them and immediately closed them. Also for few hours, I did not notice that my phone was switched to 3G after updating. Now, at my normal standby operation with few texting, didn’t lose a bar after a day. 😀
So far, that is what I’ve observed. They also said (including the change log from Nokia) that it punches a better browser but since I don’t use the phone as an internet browser, I was not able to check if there’s a significant change in that aspect.
Couple of worries though as my phone was emitting more heat from the battery than usual but that was right after the update. Right now, it is just the same as when it was running v31…
I think this firmware is way better than all of its predecessors. There’s no feature in here that made me wish to come back to v31.:D
Recently, few people asked me to design some graphics. One of which, is Lauan, where I stay most of the time for get-togethers and some workshops and even my formation. The one I designed for them is the poster for the upcoming FarmCamp, this is where they help develop a farm and the school nearby by replacing old and broken structure parts like roofs as well as teach the children staying in the school.
If any of you is interested, please visit their website for the Farmcamp.
Another design was for the book lending program of my home organization in Ateneo, AECES:
MY set of speakers from Edifier gathered so much dust that I wanted to replace the broken audio jack immediately. And so I asked my Dad to get me a replacement jack from an electronics shop, borrowed his soldering iron, Digital Multimeter and some tools like wire cutter and long nose pliers. Yes, definitely sounds like Electronics Engineering. I don’t know how this thing works, especially when I removed all insulations and found out that there’s three wires, instead of the supposedly-obvious two. Nevertheless, I pushed through, assuming that the big wire goes to ground (nah, skip that term).
The anatomy of a 3.5mm audio jack.
So I tried to know first the places to solder by checking the continuity of the terminals. After knowing where to solder the specific wires, I encountered the problem of knowing which one goes for the left and right speaker. Happily, the wires the same color indicators as the speaker plugs. 😀 However, I don’t know also where on the jack to solder the left and right wires. So I resorted to the last thing to do: internet. After knowing everything I need to know, I pushed through with soldering the wires. BOOM, it’s now working and working BAD-ASS again! 😀
Time to remove the dust! 😀
Now my BOOM BOX is working again. I still have one spare jack left and I think I’ll use it to replace the jack of the SENNHEISER headphones here. Now, there’s no need for me to pay the damages, I can mend the damages myself! Or maybe not… unless I get my own set of equipment. Oh well, cheers to heavy BASS! xD
Now, PSP is now going down, if I’m honest but there are still few games that are stuggling and hopeful to pull PSP back into the spotlight. Mind you, this system has been the same for nearly five years and it seems that the PSP is one big proof that technology is improving so quick. Nevertheless, the system is still impressive. Despite the corroding audience, there are still games that will make you happy. For instance this game GTi Club. Yes, GTI Club is one game I really like although even if the game was good, it never really clicked into the arcade world here in the country. I luckily played the very first GTi Club and to be honest, it was not a kid’s game but it was fun once you get the necessary things you need to know. It’s basically a tarmac/city rally game that uses hot hatchbacks from the past. 😀 For instance, the Mini. There also other cars in the first gen game that I don’t know but what’s nice about the first gen game is that it featured the monstrous Bugatti EB110. Imagine, a game with Minis and other hatchbacks that were used in rallying had a hidden Bugatti in the game! Nevertheless, this game was a hit for me. And now, they released one for the system I have, the PlayStation Portable.
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