So who’s the moron that updated his wordpress theme after spending hours modifying it?…… Me!

Yep back to the old dated theme until I can find some time to change it all over again or until I finally just break down and buy the Standard Theme from 8bit.io

Updated: For now I am going to use the Starter Theme provided by tentblogger.com

I think the features I am looking to most is the new Mail app and Launchpad. I don’t see the Full-Screen Apps being that usable for me with my multi-monitor setup and I’m hoping that Mission Control will work well with it, but I’ve heard otherwise. Unless Apple figures it out before the final release.

The heart-wrenching factor will come with the download time from the installer itself. With everyone trying to download it at the same time I see it taking an easy 5 or more hours just to download it, but maybe that new datacenter can help there too.

UPDATE: Apple did release the GM (Gold Master) version of the OS yesterday, July 1st, 2011. Which is great news, because the Gold Master is usually the copy they send out to start the disc making progress, but since they aren’t making discs for this version, that means they just have to hit a button to make it avaliable on the App Store and we’re all good to go! Rumor is that will either happen on the 6th or 19th. Let all hope it’s the 6th!

This Fathers Day my amazing wife surprised me with the best possible photo of our first child. Him with glasses on and my old Macintosh SE. He’ll be turning 5 months old in a few more days and you better believe their will be more nerdom to come.

Oh and this (picture below) was the first picture taken for the public to see after her was born. Poor kid was only 30mins old and daddy was already putting glasses on him. Which, I must say he’s really grown into the glasses quite well.

Some of you may be thinking: well since it is you dream system why not go even more powerful with the MacPro and heck add even more monitors. That used to be what I thought too, but I am getting more into a less clutter the better frame of mind and I really love the fact that the new iMacs can handle two displays with the new thunderbolt technology.

That’s my current dream system, whats yours?

I’ve found myself staring at the same section of code for hours. I’d figure out a possible solutions and forgetting where I was going before I could finish. I’d probably been more productive sleeping rather then coding and possibly messing up my code even more, but whats done is done.

On the bright side, I’m now on the mend and I don’t have anywhere I have to be tomorrow (saturday) so I plan to make up for all my lack of productivity.

I’m refocusing it to more of a developer/mac blog. I am sure I may still have a random post here and there, but I mainly want to discuss: my current iOS projects and code, moving from just iOS to Mac & iOS development, and some Mac/iOS hacks/tips/tricks that come my way.

I’m keeping my focus simple, so I can keep the blog going, but don’t expect a blog post every day. I am shooting for once a week to start off.

Side note: I have a new layout design, but it is still in the works. So it is not fully functional just yet.

I love the Mac App Store, but I don’t want to be another junky app contributor. It seems like every time I go through the list there is only a couple handfuls of decent application and most are just ported over iOS apps so the developer can make some more cash.

I guess I’ll at least hold off till around April to give me some more time to possible free up my plate a little. And I know developing for the Mac will only lead me to becoming a better iOS developer too.

So… that info didn’t make me happy to hear, so instead I decided to down grade both my TV and Internet.I changed back to the standard RoadRunner and Basic TV (total of 24 channels woot woot).

This new package has brought my bill down to 50 dollars a month saving me 75 bucks a month! 75 bucks a month!!! So with that 75 extra in my cash each month I am going to be adding Hulu Plus to my month bill it’s only 7.99/mo and that with my already Netflix access I’m almost good to go.

I already have the Apple TV (2nd gen), which gives me a great Netflix experience along with access to my already decent size media library and worst case iTunes Rental access. Now, I just have to find the best method to access Hulu Plus. My first thoughts are a Roku box, but I am also very tempted to get a PS3 so I’d have a blue-ray player too, but after a few months of the $75 dollars savings. I will be able to justify either of these options and until then I have my laptop with a display port to HDMI output for the TV.

So today I say goodbye to my crazily overpriced TWC bill and it feels really really good.

But this post isn’t about the App. I wanna talk more about their site.

As a web designer, I must first say that the layout and browsing of the site is as close to horrible as possible. There’s a lot of things that should take a click or 2 tops that ends up taking 4-5, if not more to get to. But at the same time the site is a huge benefit. Their food database is second to none (in my opinion), they have a lot of duplicates on some things, but usually will have a “verified” image on the one that is accurate.

They allow you to put in your current height, weight and how much you want to lose a week and they will automatically calculate the amount of calories that you are allowed to eat a day to stick to your goal. They also build their entire site around a community this way you can work together with others and have they extra support group. They also have a ton of recipes and what they call “Dares” to try and help get and keep you motivated.

I have had the account for I believe almost a year now and have lost a total of 30lbs (so it does work), but as I mentioned before I haven’t been doing so well the last few months. So, it should be a lot more, but if you are interested and want to join feel free to look me up.

The reason for having the teeth removed was from me clinching my teeth while I slept. This is something that, I’m guessing I’ve developed in the last year (for unknown reasons). Well, by adding this annoying habit to my life, I’ve clinched my teeth so much and so hard that I cracked two of my teeth including the roots, which led into infection and the only option of having them removed.

For all those getting worried it was teeth in the back of my mouth so I still have my pretty smile and I’ve purchased a mouth-guard to wear at night to prevent damage to any more teeth.

All I gotta say is I really hope I never have to have any others pulled cause this last week has been filled with pain and this annoying lack of availability to chew anything on the one side of my mouth.

So basically, this post is nothing more then a warning and info that if you do clinch or grind your teeth. Buy a mouth-guard before it’s too late, they are cheap ($20-$30 bucks max) and really not all that annoying to sleep in.