So it has been a few years since I bought my Bear Apprentice bow with the intention to hunt. And I have been practicing on and off with the bow since then, at least up to a proficiency and confidence level which I am comfortable to being able to hunt with and make ethical kills.
So the fall of 2013 marked my first season of bowhunting. I wished I am able to say that I have been able to harvest lots of meat and been able to stock up the freezer for the next year or so. But unfortunately for me, it was a quiet learning season for me. I was only able to go out on two short occasions and both being in unfamiliar and un-scouted territories, so the results are not too surprising that I was unable to get anything.
However, despite the lack of being able to harvest anything, I have been feeling very positive and happy about the over experience. It wasn't the result of the hunt that mattered. It was the experience and the ability to be in the woods and to learn to be one with nature that were important. In general, life have been so hectic in the last three years.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Friday, August 06, 2010
Revisiting the Macbook Pro Wifi Issue
Read about the original issue about the MacBook Pro Wifi issue HERE.
So in the last half year since I blogged about the WiFi issue concerning the Macbook Pro and its random connection drop, I have found a new and more permanent solution. I bought a new router. Bought a Linksys WRT54G2 router and installed DD-WRT on it. So far in the last 2 weeks of wireless usage, I have not experience any connection drop or issues. So my theory on the WiFi instability and drop is due to hardware incompatibility between the WiFi card installed in the Macbook Pro and that of the router's chipset. So for those of you out there that is still experiencing problems, buy a new router. I know it is not the most economical solution but it helps with the stress level incurred due to the random connection issues when you really need the internet.
So in the last half year since I blogged about the WiFi issue concerning the Macbook Pro and its random connection drop, I have found a new and more permanent solution. I bought a new router. Bought a Linksys WRT54G2 router and installed DD-WRT on it. So far in the last 2 weeks of wireless usage, I have not experience any connection drop or issues. So my theory on the WiFi instability and drop is due to hardware incompatibility between the WiFi card installed in the Macbook Pro and that of the router's chipset. So for those of you out there that is still experiencing problems, buy a new router. I know it is not the most economical solution but it helps with the stress level incurred due to the random connection issues when you really need the internet.
Friday, July 02, 2010
iOS4 for the iPod Touch battery non-issue
Anyhow, don't know if anyone has notice but probably have been wondering. If you own a previous generation of the iPod Touch and have recently updated to iOS4 you may have noticed that your battery life doesn't quite live up to the original state or potential that was present in iOS3.x.x.
So as to recap, over the course of the past week and a bit I have noticed that my iPod Touch tend to require charging more often. Generally, I would recharge every 2-3 days previously when I use it to listen to mp3, play a couple games, twitter, facebook, check email and also using it as a PDA. However without changing my usage habits I have noticed that I needed to charge the iPod every night or sometimes in the middle of the afternoon. This got to me to wondering if there was something wrong with the device for the massive battery drain. So, I decided to do some investigating on the Apple Support Forum and found that this problem is plaguing quite a number of people. There was a lot of work around solutions that entails turning off Push, Notification, Auto Fetching of Emails, WiFi, etc. However, these are inherently work-around. In reality there should be a problem or issue, considering that this issue did not arise until after the iOS4 update. So with further investigation and digging I found that a complete reformat and reinstall of iOS4 on the iPod as a clean installation may do the trick. And guess what, it did do the trick. Although, this would also mean that any previous data backup is now null. So you may want to proceed with caution before trying this as a fix, if you are likewise plagued by this vampirish issue.
After this fix, my iPod Touch has regained it battery life to similar level before the iOS upgrade. I am guessing that there was a bump on the upgrade that wasn't noted before that left some bits and pieces that was messing with the battery usage and consumption.
So as to recap, over the course of the past week and a bit I have noticed that my iPod Touch tend to require charging more often. Generally, I would recharge every 2-3 days previously when I use it to listen to mp3, play a couple games, twitter, facebook, check email and also using it as a PDA. However without changing my usage habits I have noticed that I needed to charge the iPod every night or sometimes in the middle of the afternoon. This got to me to wondering if there was something wrong with the device for the massive battery drain. So, I decided to do some investigating on the Apple Support Forum and found that this problem is plaguing quite a number of people. There was a lot of work around solutions that entails turning off Push, Notification, Auto Fetching of Emails, WiFi, etc. However, these are inherently work-around. In reality there should be a problem or issue, considering that this issue did not arise until after the iOS4 update. So with further investigation and digging I found that a complete reformat and reinstall of iOS4 on the iPod as a clean installation may do the trick. And guess what, it did do the trick. Although, this would also mean that any previous data backup is now null. So you may want to proceed with caution before trying this as a fix, if you are likewise plagued by this vampirish issue.
After this fix, my iPod Touch has regained it battery life to similar level before the iOS upgrade. I am guessing that there was a bump on the upgrade that wasn't noted before that left some bits and pieces that was messing with the battery usage and consumption.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
iOS4 for the iPod Touch 2G 8GB MC-Model
As the title clearly states, this is a personal reflection and review of iOS4 running on the iPod Touch 2nd Gen 8GB MC-Model.
For those that didn't know this is the current 8GB model that is available. It is virtually identical to a normal 2nd Gen model except for the bump to "MC" which is generally designated as a 3rd Gen device. However, Apple still view this as a 2nd Gen device despite the MC-model moniker.
In a previous post, I had mentioned that I had jailbreak my iPod Touch with the Spirit Jailbreak Tool. With the update to iOS4, this jailbreak was automatically uninstalled.
The download and installation of iOS4 was pretty smooth. There wasn't any issue with downloading from Apple's servers roughly an hour or two after it was released. The installation went smoothly (I presume since I was actually not there to physically monitor the installation process but there wasn't any error nor issues afterward). The re-installation of all my apps, files, settings, etc. went off without a hitch. It was a pretty smooth upgrade process.
iOS4 gained some notable improvement over iOS3.1.3. The first is the ability to have folders. For someone like me that have about 300 apps in iTune and generally having about 7 pages of apps, this was a God-send function. The second most important new function in my view was the new email app. The unified inbox is awesome and the ability to tweak your personal preference of archiving email or actually having the delete command equal to moving the email to the trash. This works out pretty well overall for my accounts synced with Gmail. An interesting new function was the ability to create notes on IMAP servers (like Gmail). Aside from these named new features there are quite a number of other ones that aren't named but those didn't quite standout as much.
Now the question is whether it was worth the upgrade, considering that my device is a generation old. I would have to say, Yes. The upgrade was definitely worthwhile, if not only for the ability to have folders or even just the unified inbox. An added bonus to the upgrade to iOS4 is the ability to use iBooks and its corresponding online book store from Apple. Although I have had previously been a devote user of Stanza as my ebook reader, I do not mind having another one that has a large online store behind it. Especially a store that stock more of the newer books.
Overall, the upgrade to iOS4 was worthwhile. So far there hasn't been any major issues with the new o/s. There has been occasional 'glitches' but I'm sure those will be work out in time.
For those that didn't know this is the current 8GB model that is available. It is virtually identical to a normal 2nd Gen model except for the bump to "MC" which is generally designated as a 3rd Gen device. However, Apple still view this as a 2nd Gen device despite the MC-model moniker.
In a previous post, I had mentioned that I had jailbreak my iPod Touch with the Spirit Jailbreak Tool. With the update to iOS4, this jailbreak was automatically uninstalled.
The download and installation of iOS4 was pretty smooth. There wasn't any issue with downloading from Apple's servers roughly an hour or two after it was released. The installation went smoothly (I presume since I was actually not there to physically monitor the installation process but there wasn't any error nor issues afterward). The re-installation of all my apps, files, settings, etc. went off without a hitch. It was a pretty smooth upgrade process.
iOS4 gained some notable improvement over iOS3.1.3. The first is the ability to have folders. For someone like me that have about 300 apps in iTune and generally having about 7 pages of apps, this was a God-send function. The second most important new function in my view was the new email app. The unified inbox is awesome and the ability to tweak your personal preference of archiving email or actually having the delete command equal to moving the email to the trash. This works out pretty well overall for my accounts synced with Gmail. An interesting new function was the ability to create notes on IMAP servers (like Gmail). Aside from these named new features there are quite a number of other ones that aren't named but those didn't quite standout as much.
Now the question is whether it was worth the upgrade, considering that my device is a generation old. I would have to say, Yes. The upgrade was definitely worthwhile, if not only for the ability to have folders or even just the unified inbox. An added bonus to the upgrade to iOS4 is the ability to use iBooks and its corresponding online book store from Apple. Although I have had previously been a devote user of Stanza as my ebook reader, I do not mind having another one that has a large online store behind it. Especially a store that stock more of the newer books.
Overall, the upgrade to iOS4 was worthwhile. So far there hasn't been any major issues with the new o/s. There has been occasional 'glitches' but I'm sure those will be work out in time.
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