Geeky Nano

I had my Sony PS3 for some time now, and since then I was never able to take advantage of the Media Server features the Sony PS3 offers, till now. Thanks to fellow Twitterican Jose Izquierdo (@izqrdo on Twitter) who made me aware of this nifty app call, well, PS3 Media Server, from the great people at Google Code (http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/), available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

It’s a stand alone app, you install it on a Mac (in my case) just like you wound install any other app, do the drag and drop dance, run the app, and there is really no configuration necessary, other than in the folders tab you need to select the folders you want to have available to the PS3, in my case the Pictures, Music, and Movies, folders. No need to install additional codecs the apps does it all. MP4 play back is extremely choppy, and it doesn’t play DRM content, for obvious reason. MP3, and DIVX contents plays awesomely.

Haven’t taken advantage of the PS3 Media Server feature yet? take a look at this Google Code app, I know you will enjoy it.

PS3, PSN, Tech

Lets put a side the fact that we know the Sony PS3 is the fastest and cheapest Blu-Ray player in the market right now. The UI if you have ever use a Sony PSP before there interface are exactly the same, but not as easy to use as the Sony PSP one, meaning the Sony PS3 doesn’t have a on board card reader, so you can’t play movies or music off them, like the Sony PSP does. It does read usb drivers, but to me it doesn’t feel the same.

It’s has Media Server capabilities but I haven’t even took the time to figure out how to setup this feature, all I know it lets you see content on other computers in your home network.

Hardware wise it has two usb ports in the front, none in the back HUGE minus for me, it has a HDMI port in the back and no power brick and is WiFi enable so BIG plus for Sony PS3 in this case, no need to buy an external wireless adpater. The controller is much like the one on the Sony PS2 but the ones for the Sony PS3 are only Wireless, battery like is awesome I get almost a week of causal gaming.

It plays DVD’s great, CD’s haven’t tried but I figure it should play them as great, like I previously mention Blu-Ray read time is awesome.

Game wise, the Sony PS3 doesn’t have a great selection of exclusive games, hence LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, Killzone, MLB: The Show, but most must have games available for the Microsoft Xbox 360 are also available for the Sony PS3, hence Grand Theft Auto, Call Of Duty, BioShock, Guitar Hero. Graphics wise, the Sony PS3 game graphics, coming from a PS fanboy, I have to admit aren’t awesome but they are bad neither, Microsoft Xbox 360 has better graphics but only by a slim margin.

Feature wise, the Sony PS3 comes with a HUGE HUGE HUGE PLUS, a built in web browser with all the usual JavaScript Flash stuff enable, meaning Hulu.com on the Sony PS3 is a must, getting free streaming movies and TV shows gets huge props from me. Much like the Microsoft Xbox 360, the Sony PS3 also has an Online Store, as part of the Playstation Network, which unlike Microsoft Xbox 360 where you have top pay in other to play multiplayer games and/or get streaming movies via Netflix (which you also have to paid), you can play multiplayer capable games at no extra charge. On the minus side, two HUGE ones I must say, the Playstation Stores doesn’t have an extensive library of Demos like the Micosoft Xbox 360 Live Store has, but buyable games add-ons are perfectly balance between Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360. Secondly Playstation Store updates don’t come as often as you should like.

In the end for a causal gamer, like myself, which has found the use of being able to access Hulu.com and view Video Podcast like Tekzilla, Diggnation and TWiT Live on the HDTV, with the add fact that the Sony PS3 is the fastest and cheapest Blu-ray player in the market, I find it is a great buy, which I give it 8 stars out of 10 ********, because of the lack of must have exclusive games and the good, instead of awesome, game graphics.

NOTE: I didn’t mention Playstation Home (Virtual Social Network) because it’s in beta and I don’t trust betas.

Now a couple of pictures I took of my new Sony PS3:

More pictures on my Flickr account Sony PS3 set.

PS3, PSN, Review, Sony, Tech

November 15, 2008, Plaza Centro, Caguas, Puerto Rico. After two weeks and a half of intense organizing and gathering up the troops, the first Puerto Rican Twitter User’s Meet-up finally happen. Therefor we know call us Twittericans.

Me @Rmediavilla behind doing all the organizing with a little help from @Afreytes, we had about 15 to 18 Puerto Rican Twitter users confirm that they will attend the Meet-up. At that time I felt the group was a nice amount to start a meet-up. Must of us have never meet in person before, so I knew right from the beginning it will be an amazing experience. Everyone was excited and pumped for this history event, a gathering of all of these different Puerto Rican Twitter minds.

The day began, and the Puerto Rican’s on Twitter where all talking about the Meet-up, this thing became the talk of the night, Tweet coming and going about Puerto Rican Tweeting of where they are, Tweet: I’m stuck on traffic, Tweet: I got here first, I’m in-front of Basking Robins, Tweet: I’m running late but will be there soon. When I finally got there much to my surprise the turn out surpass the expected, in the end 27 Puerto Rican Twitter users turn up for the Meet-up, I mean it took about 6 tables to sit all of us together.

Me begin the organizer of this event, I took it upon myself to go up to everyone of the Puerto Rican Twitter users and with my trusty Flip Video Ultra in hand I conducted want everyone there call a “In your face” Interview, I have the videos on YouTube, they introduce them self, Twitter handle, real name, work or student, etc, etc, the usual stuff. Since the Tweetup was in a local mall Food Court, most of us got something to eat, I did well because I was hungry, We talk about everything, including Tech, duh, we talk about the economy, and about the places we work at, about what new gadgets to buy, we talk about Apple and the iPhone, and we also talk about @Katsushiro Asus EEE PC.

By now you have seen the Twittericans logo/sticker far to many times, we have @jmonterrey to thank for that, he made a bunch of Twittericans stickers for me to give out, I got one in front on my Black Intel MacBook. The most interesting thing of this gathering of Puerto Rican Twitter minds, what the simple fact that we never stop Twittering, even when the person you where Twittering was right beside you. @Arhkangel made it a habit to Qik everything also, so he Qik and Tweet at the same time.

I had fun, the meet-up was a blast, I felt proud my little event, I loved meeting all of my fellow Puerto Rican Twitter users, but it didn’t end there, like @ramcosca t-shirt says “eat, sleep, Tweet”.

We love you Twitter, and Thanks.

Links:

My Twittericans Tweetup Video’s @ YouTube.com.

My Twittericans Pictures @ my Flickr set.

Twitteros Boricuas se reunen @ PrimeraHora.com (local newspaper) Thanks to @josehernandezpr

¿Twitterican? @ web.me.com/jhudo Thanks to @bohique

Twittericans.com and Twittericans.net

MeetUp, Puerto Rico, Tech, TweetUp, Twitter

Oct 15, 2008 very important day for me in my live, that was the day the iPhone 3G was officially release in Puerto Rico, and the day I stood in line for about 3 hours to get my iPhone 3G. Now AT&T has me for 2 years and is bleeding me dry with there expensive data/voice plans, but who cares, I’m a Apple fanboy.

Both my father and uncle have the EDGE iPhone so I had have a little bit of experience using the iPhone, meaning I know what I had to do when I had it in my hands. Must say huge difference between the EDGE iPhone and the iPhone 3G, not only the download speeds, but the iPhone 3G is a bit smaller in size and weight, the color black is beautiful and it matches my Black MacBook, at lest I think I look cool.

About everything else it almost the same, I think the iPhone 3G has better battery life than the EDGE iPhone, but it is almost the same thing in that respect, features are the same, all the standards apps come stock in both of them, video play back is amazing both iPhone and the iPod Touch, the iPhone built in speaking sound great (for a phone), Mail, Safari, Photos are the stock apps I use the most, the camera is not great but at the same time is not bad, it takes decent picture, but want puts the iPhone above all other phone are the Apps, the Apple Apps Store, has tons of great apps, from Facebook, and Twitter apps, which are the once that I use the most, to location base apps like Loopt which is tons of fun. I know I’m just a big Apple fanboy, but I feel the iPhone is here to stay.

Here a few pictures of my iPhone 3G, more available on my Flickr iPhone 3G set.

Apple, Mac, Review, Tech, iPhone

Don’t ask me where, or why, but somewhere on the net I saw it and I just had to have it. What I’m talking about? simple the Flip Video Ultra, the concept is unique, full feature for the size, but with tons of room for improvement.

The video quality is great, the file sizes for video recorders are good, it comes with built in software so no need to instal anything, one click import to YouTube button is great, pre-set preferences to get the best quality video for YouTube, smaller than expected, like I said it has tons of room for improvements, mainly because it runs on two double A batteries, it doesn’t have support for SD or microSD card, and the memory capacity can’t be extend, so does are some minor flaws, but price $180 for a hour of continues video, for the size, it is a steal for Video podcast, and casual video recording.

For more pictures check out my Flip Video Ultra Flickr set.

Review, Tech, YouTube

After years and years of using crappy iPod earbuds headphones, I pucker up and bought myself some awesome In-Ear Headphones, mostly because a co-worker lent me hers to use them, once I hear the sound difference I was hooked, but I also went down to my local Bose Store and test then out. And after a little bit of web research and reading Amazon.com reviews, I started my search for a sales deal.

The Bose In-Ear Headphone, the sound is amazing, and it really shuts everything out from the outside, you feel like you are in your little own world. It comes with a carrying case, interchangeable silicon tips, smalls, medium and large, and the headphone cable itself is fairly long to fit all sizes. I use the medium silicon tips, I see all the complains on Amazon about them failing off, they never did to me, at first it takes time to get use to them, give it some time you will love them. Price range from $80 to $120, so keep a eye on online sales. Very much recommended for people who work on noisy places or with co-works that talk a lot (my situation).

Bose, Review, Tech

My first taste of the Apple switch to Intel was a MacMini Intel Core 2 Duo, which I still use, before it I had a G4 iBook, which is long gone now. After a couple of years of wait for the ultimate update to the Intel MacBook line, I finally gave up and bought a now 6 months old Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, and of course I payed the extra price to get the beautiful Black one.

My 13 inch Intel MacBook came stock up with 2Gb of RAM, Core 2 Duo 2.40Gb processor, and a wooping 250Gb hard, which makes this a awesome entry level to the pro world of Mac. Performance is basically fast, extremely fast for day to day stuff, which I include burning CD and DVD, battery life is amazing. I get around 4 to 5 hours of battery life with WiFi on, running Mailplane, Firefox, iTunes and TweetDeck most of the time. The screen is beautiful colorful, great to edit pictures and see movies. It came stock with iLife 08 and I bought iWorks 08 just because Keynote is the winner when it comes to presentations.

For more pictures of my Black Intel MacBook check out my Flickr set.

Apple, Mac, MacBook, Review, Tech

My first entry level digital camera was a Sony Cybershot DSC-P32, and I’m talking about 6 years ago now. Now I got a Canon Powershot SD1000 very powerful, very slim, very compact, and sleek.

Intuitive user interface, most setting can be set by following the easy step by step instructions. The pictures are extremely clear and beautiful. Controls are easy to use, and the huge LCD screen is perfect for us the casual photographers it lets us preview if we got the shot that we wanted. Video recording is a big plus, the audio is great, Price at $250 which make for awesome entry level digital camera.

More pictures taken with my Canon Powershot SD1000 on my Flickr account.

Review, Tech