March update

My brother decided to leave Tokyo after 5 years. He’s now in Florida for a while and may or may not return to Japan in June. — We’re leaving early tomorrow morning for Puerto Galera – white sandy beaches on the next island south of Luzon (the island we live on here in the Philippines). I’ve heard many mixed reviews of how to best get there. Essentially there are three main ways: small open catamaran style ‘bancas’ (one sank inRead more

Macbook Pro updated: LED, 4GB RAM, and Santa Rosa chipset

Apple just updated the MacBook Pro line of notebooks with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, memory up to 4GB, and LED backlit displays. Glad I picked one up in April!?! That always happens, but such is the nature of buying the latest and greatest of anything I suppose. I’m curious to see the reviews and stability of the new LED displays. I’m not too shattered; I’m still in the honeymoon stage with this one.Read more