I took my 13" back and got the 15" with dedicated graphics. And I'm happy I did. The 13" would have gotten me by just fine, but I do love the bigger screen, and the graphics! It's a little different getting used to after having the 13" for two weeks... but I'm managing. I still need a case for it. It's hard to find a good case I'll like. All I really need is the bottom part. I've been looking at stickers to put on the lid. But then again... Why do I need a case? No other laptop I've had has had a case... I suppose when you spend so much money on something so sleek, you have that feeling of not wanting it to get scratched.
Aside from all that. I've finally gotten most of the links fixed on the site. Got the database routes corrected and the style links fixed, everything looks pretty again! Now to start up on some projects again :D
Let the good times roll.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Fruit of the spoils
I've purchased myself a little 13" Macbook Pro Retina. As expected, I've received some banter from friends on facebook, most particularly those with IT backgrounds. The thing is though, most of them have never had quality time with a Mac. I used to be rather anti-Mac myself. But after playing with them enough and just being around them, I decided I wanted to try one for myself. If I didn't like it, I could take it back within a few days, or just never purchase one again.
While no experience in life seems to go exactly the same as it plays over in dreams, my transition into the Apple world has been a rather positive one. It could also be that I came from a 20 pound 17" beast of a computer, which had all the power I wanted, just in way too heavy and bulky a form. The eight hour battery life on this laptop is awesome too! Last night something happened after I used it in the cafe I was at, and it didn't go to sleep... (everything's gonna have some bugs) When I got to work the next morning, it still had 10% battery life, and wasn't on fire (thank goodness). All in all, the Macbook Pro is a sturdy little laptop. Expensive, yes. But durable and very high quality. I'm still kind of debating returning it to get the 15", but in reality the 13" is doing great for what I need. The main thing I expect from screen size is more pixel space. That's why I had the 17" before. It was a 1080p screen. This one is much greater than 1080p. In a way it's 1600p, and in a smaller "per inch" size. The only downfall is no built in disc drive or LAN port... I've already bought myself the thunderbolt ethernet adapter, which really isn't too bad. And I honestly disc drives aren't used too much anymore. Not enough to make them worth the extra size and weight to put into a laptop. For the occasion I need to use a disc, I have a ghetto rigged usb DVD drive I've been using. Eventually I'll get a fancy blu-ray drive. It would be nice to be able to burn blu-rays for file keeping sake. Or watching/copying movies. I was pondering getting an internal blu-ray drive for my server. But if I had a USB drive I'll use it just as much as I would the internal, with the benefit of using it on either my server or my laptop.
"You can get so much more power for cheaper if you got a windows laptop." In terms of raw power, I could most definitely get more power for cheaper. However, the quality of the laptop is still a key factor... Getting a windows laptop with the same Ram, processor and hard drive space as my mac would run me less than $800 (vs $2000 for this one). But, It would be made out of plastic vs. aluminum. The screen resolution would be about 190% smaller, and the hard drive would most likely be 5400rpm (rather slow). My Macbook has what's called "PCIe" memory. A hard drive at 5400rpm has a transfer rate around 50-70 Megabits per second. A Solid State Hard drive is capable of 300-500Megabits per second. The Macbook's PCIe hard drive is capable of 700-1200
I just feel legit sometimes! I've got myself a server which I'm saving up to add a few hard drives to for a raid array, and I've got my little portable laptop, and all my devices are synced together in one way or another. All I need now is to jail-break my phone so I can use it as a hotspot on the go...
To sum it all up. The Apple laptop has been a good investment so far. For the most part it's been easier for me to configure and use than it was to fight my windows 8 laptop to do what I wanted it do. Windows 8 (especially 8.1) has put a very sour taste in my mouth towards windows. I still love windows 7. I have it installed on my apple as well for the few programs I need that I can't use on mac. (some networking tools, educational programs, HTML editing program, Quicken without paying for another license...). It's all working out quite well for me. I am a happy camper thus far. Maybe my standards have lowered? Maybe my previous laptop was a worse experience than I thought. Or maybe I'm being fooled. If I am apple is sure doing a good job. The next time my moms office needs a new desktop I'll most likely be getting a Mac Mini to replace the massive PC.
While no experience in life seems to go exactly the same as it plays over in dreams, my transition into the Apple world has been a rather positive one. It could also be that I came from a 20 pound 17" beast of a computer, which had all the power I wanted, just in way too heavy and bulky a form. The eight hour battery life on this laptop is awesome too! Last night something happened after I used it in the cafe I was at, and it didn't go to sleep... (everything's gonna have some bugs) When I got to work the next morning, it still had 10% battery life, and wasn't on fire (thank goodness). All in all, the Macbook Pro is a sturdy little laptop. Expensive, yes. But durable and very high quality. I'm still kind of debating returning it to get the 15", but in reality the 13" is doing great for what I need. The main thing I expect from screen size is more pixel space. That's why I had the 17" before. It was a 1080p screen. This one is much greater than 1080p. In a way it's 1600p, and in a smaller "per inch" size. The only downfall is no built in disc drive or LAN port... I've already bought myself the thunderbolt ethernet adapter, which really isn't too bad. And I honestly disc drives aren't used too much anymore. Not enough to make them worth the extra size and weight to put into a laptop. For the occasion I need to use a disc, I have a ghetto rigged usb DVD drive I've been using. Eventually I'll get a fancy blu-ray drive. It would be nice to be able to burn blu-rays for file keeping sake. Or watching/copying movies. I was pondering getting an internal blu-ray drive for my server. But if I had a USB drive I'll use it just as much as I would the internal, with the benefit of using it on either my server or my laptop.
"You can get so much more power for cheaper if you got a windows laptop." In terms of raw power, I could most definitely get more power for cheaper. However, the quality of the laptop is still a key factor... Getting a windows laptop with the same Ram, processor and hard drive space as my mac would run me less than $800 (vs $2000 for this one). But, It would be made out of plastic vs. aluminum. The screen resolution would be about 190% smaller, and the hard drive would most likely be 5400rpm (rather slow). My Macbook has what's called "PCIe" memory. A hard drive at 5400rpm has a transfer rate around 50-70 Megabits per second. A Solid State Hard drive is capable of 300-500Megabits per second. The Macbook's PCIe hard drive is capable of 700-1200
I just feel legit sometimes! I've got myself a server which I'm saving up to add a few hard drives to for a raid array, and I've got my little portable laptop, and all my devices are synced together in one way or another. All I need now is to jail-break my phone so I can use it as a hotspot on the go...
To sum it all up. The Apple laptop has been a good investment so far. For the most part it's been easier for me to configure and use than it was to fight my windows 8 laptop to do what I wanted it do. Windows 8 (especially 8.1) has put a very sour taste in my mouth towards windows. I still love windows 7. I have it installed on my apple as well for the few programs I need that I can't use on mac. (some networking tools, educational programs, HTML editing program, Quicken without paying for another license...). It's all working out quite well for me. I am a happy camper thus far. Maybe my standards have lowered? Maybe my previous laptop was a worse experience than I thought. Or maybe I'm being fooled. If I am apple is sure doing a good job. The next time my moms office needs a new desktop I'll most likely be getting a Mac Mini to replace the massive PC.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Fort Worth YSA Dance
DJ'd a good dance last night. I am with satisfied how it went. I'm glad my friend Brock was there to help out. We had a good experiment mixing a couple songs together It was a little rough, but great for being his first time live mixing. He managed taking requests and finding those songs, which I put the songs into the right places and put in the slow and fast songs according to how I felt the crowd was feeling it. I even got to through in a little dub-step here and there. Krewella's Party Monster was a huge hit! The TRAP genre felt pretty good to hear here and there. My only wish was that we had more power to allow heavier kicks in the bass. I am not impressed with the built in power of the the Behringer Europower PMP2000. But then again, when I DJ'd youth dances in Fort Worth several years ago, we had the PMP3000 which had a lot more power. I'm still frustrated the downgraded without asking me... I'll just have to invest in my own equipment. Those poor speakers are begging for more power. They'll easily handle 80% more than what they've gotten in their lifetime. Sweet speakers.
For those interested, here's the list of songs that we played:
For those interested, here's the list of songs that we played:
- Glad You Came (Skybearers Dubstep Remix) - The Wanted
- I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull
- Boom Boom Power [Clean] - Black Eyed Peas
- Burn [Clean] - Ellie Goulding
- Ready When You Are - Trapt
- Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Club Can't Handle Me (feat. David Guetta) - Flo Rida
- Sandstorm (Candylands OG Remix) - Darude
- Party Monster - Krewella
- Never Stop (Wedding Version) - SafetySuit
- Here for a Good Time - George Strait
- Roar - Katy Perry
- Cruise - Florida/Georgia Line
- Vivir Mi Vida - Marc Anthony
- No One Knows Who We Are (feat. Lights) [Kaskade's Atmosphere Mix] - Kaskade & Swanky Tunes
- Wake me Up - Avicii
- Live Your Live (feat. Rihanna) - T.I.
- This is What It Feels Like (Radio Edit) - Armin Van Buuren
- Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey
- Gangnam Style (Radio Edit) - Opa
- Beam Me Up - Cazzette
- Harlem Shake (30 Sec Version)
- Airplanes, Part II [Clean] - B.O.B.
- Out Of My League - Stephen Speaks
- Thrift Shop [Clean] - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Royals - Lorde
- Million Dollar Bills - Lorde
- Mambo Swing - Charlotte Swing Band
- What Is Love - Haddaway
- Only One In Color - Trapt
- Lights (Dubstep Remix) - Ellie Goulding
- Bangarang (Original Mix) - Skrillex
- Clarity - Zedd
- Promise - Romeo Santos feat. usher
- A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
We live mixed the Wop and the Wobble songs at one point. If I remember where we played it, I'll update the post.
Hope you enjoyed our performance last night! Hope to see you next time.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
New Blog Fantasia!
Many years ago I created a blog using my Google email, and hosted it to one of my first websites. Overtime, this blog was transferred from site to site, until the time came I chose to change my email. Now to make blog posts, I have to sign in to a separate email! Either without the option to transfer a blog to another email, or lacking the patience and determination to find and utilize such a feature, I decided to create a new blog entirely. A new pair of shoes is always nice from time to time. The hardest part was changing the blogger bar at the top of my webpage, www.livinglegit.com. After finally figuring that mess out, here I am writing my new post!!
I also got a new phone a few days ago; the Galaxy S4 Active! Previously I had the iPhone 5. It's been an interesting transition, and to be honest, I really miss some things the iPhone had to offer me. My opinions on the ups and downs of iPhone vs. Galaxy will be saved for another day. But the new phone is was sparked the desire to begin my web log once more. Whilst perusing new apps to install on my fancy new toy, the Blogger app was highly suggested. The brought back old memories of blogging and web scripting. So I immediately took at it to update my website enough to present a newly created blog site.
Still in the works is a new site layout. I may need to find a new domain name for my personal as well... Perhaps I'll take over my clan site for it... Long periods of idleness call for drastic measures of renovations!
I also got a new phone a few days ago; the Galaxy S4 Active! Previously I had the iPhone 5. It's been an interesting transition, and to be honest, I really miss some things the iPhone had to offer me. My opinions on the ups and downs of iPhone vs. Galaxy will be saved for another day. But the new phone is was sparked the desire to begin my web log once more. Whilst perusing new apps to install on my fancy new toy, the Blogger app was highly suggested. The brought back old memories of blogging and web scripting. So I immediately took at it to update my website enough to present a newly created blog site.
Still in the works is a new site layout. I may need to find a new domain name for my personal as well... Perhaps I'll take over my clan site for it... Long periods of idleness call for drastic measures of renovations!
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