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Check out my appearance on KRON 4 news with Mustafa Ebrahimi on behalf of Concealed 360 the 360 degree film I am working on with Scott Fowler at the CSU Eastbay Multimedia Grad Program.
More info and footage on www.concealed-thefilm.com
More updates coming soon………….
My Current Rig:
2010 Macbook Pro (2.66ghz – 8gb Ram – 250gb OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD – NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M)
The rumors of AMD’s new 28-nm Radeon HD 7970 from the Tahiti line are now official and should bring the new Mac Pro up to speed after a long wait. The Mac Pro line hasn’t been updated since 2010 and the cards currently supported have been criticized by enthusiasts for being 2009 junk when used in gaming.
With PCIE 3.0 expect 150% boost in performance with support for OpenCL and AMD CrossFire. I’m waiting for the new Mac Pros to drop in the first quarter and hopefully the base price $2499 packs a punch.
The CPU will be Ivy Bridge chipset, but I’m hoping that the lower models are still clocked well compared to the beast ones. Thunderbolt is a lock, but USB 3.0 would be nice as well.
Apple, yes we know laptops are selling more, but don’t forget about the professionals who are editing 6k video!
Concealed 360
OWC Extreme Pro 6g Xbench
Here are my scores for my OWC Extreme Pro 6g. I am using it in the main bay on my Macbook Pro 2010 2.66ghz. It’s only 3g speeds, but I plan on upgrading my macbook pro in 2012 so I figured I might as well get a future proof ssd. Plus the 5-year warranty from OWC was a big selling point.
Startups are a bit faster, but in the real world I really enjoy the disk reads and writes when transcoding video. The 6g is definitely faster than my OWC Qx2 Raid 5 setup at the expense of space. 240gb vs 4tb. Love my OWC and don’t regret it one bit. Can’t wait to see it sing on a “Ivy Bridge” 2012 Macbook Pro.
iPhone 4s – Is It Worth the Upgrade?
-4G Downloads twice as fast (14.4 Mbps from 7.2 Mbps)
-Dual Core A5 = 7x Faster Graphics
-1080p Video with image stabilization and better low light performance
-Integrated Siri voice recognition assistant
Engadget hands on review:
“We were able to spend a few quality moments with the refreshed iPhone 4 here at Apple’s campus, the Sprint flavor no less, and as you might expect… it’s an iPhone 4. But S-ier. Much in the same way that the 3GS improved the overall experience of the 3G, the 4S does likewise compared to the existing 4. The dual-core A5 chip is a laudatory improvement, and whisking about pages, loading the camera application and launching — well, just about everything — just feels zippier.”
Verdict:
Even though I wanted a redesigned body, I was happy with the expected faster downloads, dual core chip, and assistant feature. Also, the 1080p camera with 2.4 aperture was a surprise that makes the iPhone a whole different beast for shooting video.
Yes, I will upgrade, but I’m not eligible to upgrade until february 2012 so I may just wait until then and get the 32gb in white. We’ll see. If I test drive one and fall in love with the faster downloads I may not be able to wait the 4 months.
Concealed The Film: 360 Degree Film Project
Check out my thesis project for my 2011-2012 year at CSU Eastbay. We are doing something new by using 6 HD cameras to simultaneously shoot a crime mystery short film.
Read more about the project and watch the trailer at http://www.concealed-thefilm.com/.
After becoming addicted to my iPhone, making a mobile-optimized website was more of a priority. Also, the simplicity and portability of WordPress publishing made WordPress the preferred platform. With Apple remaining resistant to adopting Flash on it’s phones due to power and resource efficiency, using Javascript and HTML5 is the key to making a website mobile-optimized while not losing the original style of the layout.
Future of Mobile-Optimized Websites
I’m almost done with developing an HTML5 Audio Playlist player for my sites. The files will be hardcoded in for the first release, but will also be cross-browser compatible with mp3 and ogg format. Previously, I used Mixpod for my audio player since it can use YouTube videos for audio, but it relied on Flash to play and the quality is still from YouTube and highly compressed.
Check out the first wave of Mobile-Optimized Websites in the Graphics section and watch out for future improvements as the web evolves!
