Me and the Computer

There use to be a time when laptops were less powerful than desktops. But this is not true anymore. For every powerful PC, you can buy an equally powerful laptop computer. So what is the reason you would buy one over the other. Portability Laptops have the advantage of being easy to carry around anywhere. If you are going on a business trip and you need to work, a laptop is the solution. You will have no problem surfing the internet as long as there is a connection available. You can also do presentations anywhere. You can run your slide shows made with either Powerpoint or Flash. Laptops can also handle processor intensive uses. In fact there are some graphic artist and programmers who now work exclusively with a laptop. If you are a writer, and you like to write while you are visiting exotic places, you can't go wrong with a laptop. Speaking of graphic artist, there are many programmers who bring along their laptop when they are shooting on location. The re...

This is just one possible solution if you are finding that you're PLDT MyDSL keeps getting disconnected. The current standard modem for PLDT MyDSL is Xyzel P-### series. You will notice that it has three LED lights as its indicator. 1. DSL LED 2. Ethernet LED 3  Power LED Some of you may encounter a situation that on certain hours your Power LED turns red and your DSL LED keeps dying. But then after a few hours the Power LED finally turns green and your Internet connection becomes stable. For a long time I thought this problem was caused by the DSL server dying in the main office or because of too many subscribers, the network becomes strained  due to overcapacity.  But apparently, this was not the case. I found this out when I unplugged all the cables (rj45 and rj11) connected to the Zyxel modem except for the power. I discovered that the Power LED was still red. So that means the problem has nothing to do with being connected to the PLDT server. I disco...

You are probably raising your eyes brows and saying what is this guy talking about? Can we really travel through time using Google Earth as our time machine? Sure. Why not?  But it is not the kind of trip that you expect. First off, your journey will be less perilous and you don't have to worry about affecting the time space continuum. 1. Open Google Earth 2. At the top of your screen you will see an icon that looks like a clock. 3. This will give you a slider with a starting year and ending year indicated. You can use this slider to see what changed occurred at a your chosen place at certain points in time. Lets time travel in Beijing. 1. Type 2008 Olympics Stadium in the Fly To search box. 2. This will take us to the National Stadium in Beijing. 3. Click the Slider and drag it to 2001. Then slowly slide it to 2008. You will see how the National Stadium progressed from being just a barren land to what it is now today. Nice huh.  There are other things ...

You are of course familiar with Microsoft Office. It is one of Microsoft's most successful product. OpenOffice is the Microsoft Office Alternative software offered by Sun Microsystems, Inc, now owned by Oracle Corporation. The first time I used Openoffice, I said to myself. What the hell?. This software is freaking ugly. Aside from aesthetic shortcomings, the software suffered from incompatibility with Microsoft Word and Excel File format which is still the dominant electronic document formats today. I uninstalled it because there was really no incentive for me to use it. For example, if I were to send a resume to a prospective employer, they are going to expect a Miscrosoft Word document format. And since OpenOffice was not compatible, the document I send will not appear as I've intended. Well that was two years ago. I recently tried Openoffice again and I found that it has greatly improved. It is no longer aesthetically distracting and seems to be more compat...