Mac users, don’t you just hate the way Windows render texts? It’s been a week now with my new gaming rig. It’s a desktop PC that runs Windows 7, and I love it very much—mostly for its gaming capability, but not really anything else. Using Windows for some kind of work for just less than a few hours can give you massive headache for how unintuitive it is. One of the issues I have with Windows machines is the way texts are being rendered on screen. Texts are incredibly jaggy! They just look ugly and it’s as if Microsoft is trying to tell everyone fuck off and print everything you wanna read. Here’s the solution: install gdipp, and turn off ClearType and you’re one step closer to the ultimate on-screen reading experience. An important thing to note here is that this isn’t really Windows fault. It’s just about two different approaches to font rendering taken by two parties. But apparently, I agree with Steve Jobs who said that Microsoft just has no taste. P.S. This site has been made to look especially good on Quartz based texts. Install this, restart your machine and come back to this site.

Mac users, don’t you just hate the way Windows render texts?

It’s been a week now with my new gaming rig. It’s a desktop PC that runs Windows 7, and I love it very much—mostly for its gaming capability, but not really anything else. Using Windows for some kind of work for just less than a few hours can give you massive headache for how unintuitive it is.

One of the issues I have with Windows machines is the way texts are being rendered on screen. Texts are incredibly jaggy! They just look ugly and it’s as if Microsoft is trying to tell everyone fuck off and print everything you wanna read.

Here’s the solution: install gdipp, and turn off ClearType and you’re one step closer to the ultimate on-screen reading experience.

An important thing to note here is that this isn’t really Windows fault. It’s just about two different approaches to font rendering taken by two parties. But apparently, I agree with Steve Jobs who said that Microsoft just has no taste.

P.S. This site has been made to look especially good on Quartz based texts. Install this, restart your machine and come back to this site.

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Best purchase ever: MacBook Air A month and a half ago I was salivating over a MacBook Air, but then I turned myself down with the thought of it being a totally unnecessary spend. A few weeks after that, I impulsively got one after having tried my friend’s out. Now, all I’ve got to say is that: it was my best purchase of the year. All this time I thought that having two laptops is stupid. (There’s only one me, and I can only use one at a time?) But the more I think of it, there are so many times I could be so much more efficient (about work) if I have got a laptop with me all the time. Too bad all I’ve got is this super massive 17” MacBook Pro. It isn’t that heavy but the size is what always drive me nuts. It’s hard to find good-looking bags to put it in. Most of the time I ended up having to carry it in a backpack, and in the corporate world that doesn’t look so professional. Now with the Air, I feel like I have the freedom I had always wished for. Popping it in my little messenger bag and I’m good to go everywhere. I sometimes forget that I actually have a laptop with me. And now I can literally work anywhere.. even on trains (just kidding, but I think I’d look smarter than those standing on trains, playing with an iPad.) It’s just so small that you don’t mind having it with you 24/7! And for argument’s sake, smartphones and iPads don’t really get your work done especially if it involves keystrokes and multitasking. There’s no way, if you really have to work on the go so often (like me), that tablets will fathom a computer. MacBook Air. Best. Purchase. Ever! How had I been so stupid for so long.

Best purchase ever: MacBook Air

A month and a half ago I was salivating over a MacBook Air, but then I turned myself down with the thought of it being a totally unnecessary spend. A few weeks after that, I impulsively got one after having tried my friend’s out. Now, all I’ve got to say is that: it was my best purchase of the year.

All this time I thought that having two laptops is stupid. (There’s only one me, and I can only use one at a time?) But the more I think of it, there are so many times I could be so much more efficient (about work) if I have got a laptop with me all the time. Too bad all I’ve got is this super massive 17” MacBook Pro. It isn’t that heavy but the size is what always drive me nuts. It’s hard to find good-looking bags to put it in. Most of the time I ended up having to carry it in a backpack, and in the corporate world that doesn’t look so professional.

Now with the Air, I feel like I have the freedom I had always wished for. Popping it in my little messenger bag and I’m good to go everywhere. I sometimes forget that I actually have a laptop with me. And now I can literally work anywhere.. even on trains (just kidding, but I think I’d look smarter than those standing on trains, playing with an iPad.) It’s just so small that you don’t mind having it with you 24/7!

And for argument’s sake, smartphones and iPads don’t really get your work done especially if it involves keystrokes and multitasking. There’s no way, if you really have to work on the go so often (like me), that tablets will fathom a computer.

MacBook Air. Best. Purchase. Ever! How had I been so stupid for so long.

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This post is going to be a little bit materialistic. As you know, I’m a geek and I love my toys. I’ve been loyal to iPhone since the first one was made available for purchase. And this time I think I’m starting to grow tired of it. I’m getting bored of how iOS looks and feels. I’m really considering getting a Nexus Prime, Google’s next flagship phone. After the many hours spent researching about the Android experience, I’m sorta certain that I would love it too. But the migrating decision to Android from iPhone ain’t that easy. Many of the problems I have with it are cosmetic related. First, most Android apps just look plain bad. They all look unfinished in comparison to their iOS counterparts. Second, scrolling on Android isn’t as smooth, quick or as intuitive. You won’t get that bounce at the end of the page, for example. And a problem I’ll surely have as a Mac user: syncing my contacts, calendar and iTunes library. It’s just inevitable. Android phones are no iPod. But Android’s strongest part is the customization that I always crave for. All apps are also more integrated thanks to the open environment. When you hit “share” on one app, you get options where that app you’re using will pass on information to the other app you selected as a default app for that type of information. Also, you can change everything freely, no jailbreak required. Even the keyboards, you can change everything about it. This is something you’ll never get on any Apple mobile devices, unless you jailbreak them. The problem I face now is whether or not I will fall for Apple again once they announce the new iPhone next Tuesday? A friend of mine told me that the new iPhone is going to be awesome because if it’s not what have they (at Apple) done for the previous 18 months? That, I can’t disagree, especially when they’re probably the most resourceful company in the world now. One last problem: totally about personal feelings and image. Android phones go obsolete so quickly given the amount of devices that come out every month. As a geek, I know I don’t cope well when there are new and better devices jumping around me all the time, whereas when you use an iPhone there can only be one model in a year time. And you don’t get to feel the ‘cool’ factor, because almost every Android device looks cheap. iPhones will still be the Mercedes in the mobile phone world. What I don’t want to end up with is getting both of them in the end. Again, please check back after next Tuesday to see what I’m up to… if you’re interested. Bye now.

This post is going to be a little bit materialistic. As you know, I’m a geek and I love my toys. I’ve been loyal to iPhone since the first one was made available for purchase. And this time I think I’m starting to grow tired of it. I’m getting bored of how iOS looks and feels.

I’m really considering getting a Nexus Prime, Google’s next flagship phone. After the many hours spent researching about the Android experience, I’m sorta certain that I would love it too. But the migrating decision to Android from iPhone ain’t that easy. Many of the problems I have with it are cosmetic related. First, most Android apps just look plain bad. They all look unfinished in comparison to their iOS counterparts. Second, scrolling on Android isn’t as smooth, quick or as intuitive. You won’t get that bounce at the end of the page, for example.

And a problem I’ll surely have as a Mac user: syncing my contacts, calendar and iTunes library. It’s just inevitable. Android phones are no iPod.

But Android’s strongest part is the customization that I always crave for. All apps are also more integrated thanks to the open environment. When you hit “share” on one app, you get options where that app you’re using will pass on information to the other app you selected as a default app for that type of information. Also, you can change everything freely, no jailbreak required. Even the keyboards, you can change everything about it. This is something you’ll never get on any Apple mobile devices, unless you jailbreak them.

The problem I face now is whether or not I will fall for Apple again once they announce the new iPhone next Tuesday? A friend of mine told me that the new iPhone is going to be awesome because if it’s not what have they (at Apple) done for the previous 18 months? That, I can’t disagree, especially when they’re probably the most resourceful company in the world now.

One last problem: totally about personal feelings and image. Android phones go obsolete so quickly given the amount of devices that come out every month. As a geek, I know I don’t cope well when there are new and better devices jumping around me all the time, whereas when you use an iPhone there can only be one model in a year time. And you don’t get to feel the ‘cool’ factor, because almost every Android device looks cheap. iPhones will still be the Mercedes in the mobile phone world.

What I don’t want to end up with is getting both of them in the end.

Again, please check back after next Tuesday to see what I’m up to… if you’re interested. Bye now.

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