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Reformatting Liit’s computer

Number 3 is complaining about her computer doing the reboot stunt every once in a while.
I just re-installed Xp on it a while back.

So this time I’m reformating the whole drive and deleted the partition.  The only thing that irks me is the stupid cdrom keeps on throwing out read errors. How can I finish this intallation if it can’t load the files to copy? Grrrr…

Switched yahoo alert from html to text

I made some changes on my yahoo weather alert from html to text format.
Somehow I couldn’t get my settings right on my bb8310 when I comes to html delivery. Its just a minor annoyance and the way I see it-if its not broken-don’t fix it!
But yea, if anyone needs a daily fix of weather info and you have unlimited text on your mobile then use its full capabilities!

Send alerts either from your google account or yahoo account.
Get yourself hooked! ;)

IE8 has been out-Have you tried it yet?

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 has been released last week.
It has newly added features such as malware filter, cross-site scripting protection, more control over the use of ActiveX plug-ins, improved crash recovery with the ability to reload a browser session evern if it’s accidentally shut down and better phising protection.

It’s tough competitor, Firefox has been estimated to cover 19% of the browser market compared to 73% by Microsoft.

IE8 also claims to be faster and adds significant standards support for easier Web development plus a bunch of security, usability and manageability features amied at keeping users and IT shops happy.

Souce: Information Week

Bagong Monitor! Dual viewing pleasure!

my monitor setupMay sale sa Fry’s ngayon kaya napatakbo kami ng jowa ko sa store. AMW (unknown brand) 19″ wide screen LCD monitor sale ng $119 (kung sakaling mage-gets mo ang mail-in rebate) kaya perfect opportunity to start my dual monitor setup.  Yung nga lang hindi pareho ng aspect ang monitors pero syet! Added screen estate ata ito no!

I had one of those ATI Radeon 9200 installed on my old box.  Thanks to Mr. Ronald “Ona” M. for that video card. Bro! finally got around in installing it!  Ok. back to the story… The video card has those multiple video output; VGA, S-video and DVI.  Had a few issues in making my box recognize the new monitor but finally got it fixed.

 

 

Regalo ng amo ko-pamasko

Sharper Image 7? digital frame with Weather StationIsa pa ito sa matagal at bulok na post. Natutuwa lang ako sa regalo ng amo ko sa akin last xmas na akala ng iba eh mura lang..so eto yung picture.

Isa syang Sharper Image 7″ digital frame with Weather Station 

My BB 8310-a long overdue posting

Blackberry 8310 Crimsom w/ gps-this post will be updated as I find time to add more to it…

I know at one time I had mentioned that a post about my new toy will be made.  I think that was a couple of months ago.  To be exact na-gets ko itong Crimson BB 8310 Blackberry 8310 Crimsom w/ gpsBlackberry 8310 Crimsom w/ gpsko before Thanksgiving. Talagang thank you na thank you ako! Eh paano naman dream BB ko talaga ito.  Bale 2nd unit ko na ito cuz I first had the bb8700c pero ala masyadong functions na enjoyable.  Here’s a list of some features that I liked about the blackberry 8310

Email- duh! The blackberries are well known for the email prowess! I used to make fun of people carrying their blackberry and can’t take their eyes off reading the tiny screen.  You can have up to 10 email accounts on your blackberry and which I have 9 of my email addresses on it.

Camera - 2 mega-pixel camera built-in this unit!  I used to carry 2 cellphones, one is my personal celphone (got to look back on my previous post to link here..) and my blackberry unit.  The reason why I lug those 2 units is because I’m quite attached to my camera phone. Well not anymore! Less weight to carry around now!  Also when I was still using my camera phone those picture files are too huge to mms to my regular account and puts a big dent on the internet service budget.

Media Player - the old 8700c has an undocumented feature on how to put mp3 files in your bb and the player sucks. Well the bb8310 player still sucks but at least it has a better interface.  It can play video files now though it record videos thru its built-in camera.

GPS - I like this feature! Never was a fan of those dedicated GPS units but this bb 8310 made me a follower.  I had to subscribe to TeleNav so I can get the full use of the gps features.  Though I can opt of the google maps or yahoo maps but I kinda want the audio that comes with the TeleNav software.

At&T will raise it’s Broadband Prices!

They said it’s competitive pricing..I say it’s sucking us dry!

The At&t price change of $5 will affect the 13-state traditional region (Arkansas, Cincinatti, California, Conneticut, Nevada,  Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Texas). The change will not occur in the 9 Southeast states and it’s gear to be in effect by March 2008

The current pricing:
– Basic (768 Kbps): $14.99 (will change to $19.95)
– Express (1.5 Mbps) : $19.99 (will change to $25)
– Pro (3 Mbps) services.: $24.99 (will change to $30)

I guess I will have to downgrade to the express level to retain the same pricing scheme.

Watch Instantly ng Netflix

Gets ko sa email kanina ang notice ng Netflix na ginawa na nilang unlimited ang viewing pleasure ko. Nice!  This is one of the things I like about this service. Yea..yea..a couple of post ago bad trip ako sa service nila dahil mapanlinlang sila pero may mga times na they shine din naman pala like this one.

Anyways, watch instantly is just one of their services.  You can select any movie out of their 6,000 plus selections and watch it on demand on your computer that’s connected to a broadband service.  Don’t even try viewing it if you have dialup connection. I have a dsl elite connection which should give me 6mb but we all know that I won’t see the day that I reach that threshold.

Ok din naman ang selection nila. You can view some of the old television series like Quantum Leap and some shortfilms and a couple of special interest documentaries.  O Sya..tama na ang plugins! Libreng advertisement na sila sa akin.

New Host Blu Ost

Eto nnaaahh!!
Nag-signup na ako sa bluhost to check them out kung ok nga. Mas marami  itong options at features na inoofer. The cpanel looks slick too. One  of the nice feature is that shell access. Pero I think the speed has  been degraded becuz shared hosting nga at ska looks very susceptible  sa atake ng mga tulisan.  May Fantastico rin sila to auto install  some GPL softwares like bloggers, CMS, and various open source  applications. Tamang tama sa mga no-frills users na concentrate lang sa usage  and not worry about installation and compatibility issues na kamukha ko
na sadista pagdating sa ganitong bagay. I always get side track sa pag  sosolve ng installation issues rather than the end results.

Mayor Lim banned computer games during class hours

Ipinagbawal na ni Mayor Lim ng Manila ang paglaro ng computer games sa mga internet cafe or computer shops sa paligid ng mga iskwelahan sa mga oras ng klase (school hours) which is from 7am to 6pm.

Siguradong pababantayan ni Mayor Lim ang mga internet cafe na ito para makasiguro na tutupad ang mga ito sa bagong regulasyon.  Syempre maraming nahihinayang na mga shop dahil malaking inihina ng kanilang kita dahil nga nabawasan ang kanilang kliyente.

Sa tingin ko nga naman importante rin itong ginawa na Mayor Lim para sa mga estudyante. Malaking ginhawa naman sa mga magulang dahil mababawasan ang pag-aalala nila na nauubos ang oras ng kanilang mga anak sa computer games.  Tigas na kasi ng mga ulo ng mga kabataan ngayon o mahina na rin siguro ang pagpalo o paninindak ng isang magulang sa anak kaya’t hindi na makuha sa paliwanag.  Ewan ko..basta ang alam ko yung mga junakis ko nandoon sa itaas at nag-lalaro ng World of Warcraft ba yun?  warcraft-clock-reign-of-chaos.gif

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