Have Laptop Will Travel

Web Books and cheap web hosting

Originally posted on February 10, 2011 @ 5:27 am

Web hosting like the mobile phones during the initial days of discovery was a very costly affair and was limited. Thanks to cheap webhosting, carrying one’s own library is so feasible and easy via web books. One can carry their best companion without having to carry the actual weight of it. There is a wide variety to pick from across the globe, which best goes with individual taste and preference. The cost of producing and consuming a web book are one time affair and lasts a lifetime. The author is no longer required to invest a fortune towards storage or maintenance.

For a consumer too, it comes packaged with advantages of portability. It can refer it at a time most feasible to an individual.

Web books are the future of all kinds of literary works including, but not limited to academics, art and philosophy, great literature works, and most of all not to forget the science and research works. Come to think of getting the work done across countries. Moreover, inviting feedback was a costly and time-consuming affair. With the advent of cheap webhosting, it became a reality to present one’s work to the world almost effortlessly .

In some countries, we still witness kids carrying heavy loads of books while going to school while there are some countries that no longer do it and utilize the medium of cheap web hosting to their advantage
We have come of age where owing to technology advancement cheap web hosting is at our disposal whereby it is possible to communicate and share the web books with the world at large.

Web designing made easy

Originally posted on March 28, 2011 @ 8:56 am

Web design, which has emerged as a trend in the modern generation is certainly a milestone achieved in the field of web technology. Web design is primarily related to the fashion in which certain software, internet product is being presented, or it may also be termed as the creation of a website for the purpose of presenting various text documents, images, sounds, business files, etc in a presentable and acceptable style.
All the information remains stored inside a web server. Various text forms as well as images and videos can be placed on the desired page using HTML/XHTML/XML tags. The concerned web pages are of the following two types:

• Static web pages, which do not show frequent changes in their contents, until and unless the concerned page is being updated regularly.

• Dynamic web pages, which are characterized by a change in their respective natures which means that they can adapt themselves with respect to the corresponding changes in the computing environment, due to probable chances of cases when complex web applications are being used.
Web designing has gained such a magnitude of popularity among the browsers and internet buggers all over the world that web design contests are now held in order to test the merit of those concerned people in the field of web designing. A few web design contests are as follows:

1. Nakshatra MCA meets.
2. Ferdinand Verbiest.
3. Kongregate.

The web designers all over the world have also formed various communities and groups. One such example is that of “The Open Design Community”. Web design is certainly an emerging trend in the modern world, and it has certainly got bright prospects in the recent future in the field of emerging web technologies.

Best Buy Blue Label Laptops

Originally posted on April 18, 2011 @ 3:32 am

Best Buy Blue Label Laptops One of the things that Best Buys prides itself on is the “fact” that they listen to their customers’ feedback, and if their recent launch is any indication, it seems that the store indeed does care about their customers’ desires. Last week, Best Buy launched two new laptops that have specially been configured to address the expressed needs of their clients. These two new laptops have been launched under the Blue Label category.

The two laptops are the Sony Vaio VPCSC1AFM/S and the Toshiba Satellite E305. I have no idea why they chose to name the Sony laptop using that long string of letters than no one will remember, but naming aside, these laptops are rather decent in terms of specifications.

The Blue Label laptops have the Intel Core i5 processor, which should give you enough computing power. Another nice thing: both laptops have a 500GB Seagate® solid-state hybrid drives. This means 50% faster boot time! The difference is that the Sony has a 5400RPM drive while the Toshiba has a 7200RPM drive. Both laptops have the same memory specs: 4GB DDR3.

A significant difference is the size. The Sony is a mere 13.3-inch while the Toshiba is the standard 14-inch. This also translates to a significant difference in weight, with the Sony laptop weighing 3.89 lbs and the Toshiba laptop weighing 4.95 lbs. What I find rather interesting is the almost insignificant difference in battery life – 7 hours 10 minutes for the Toshiba and 7 hours 30 minutes for the Sony!

Other perks that you get with the Blue Label laptops:

  • Intel® PC Theft Defense — 3 years complimentary with customer activation
  • Intel® Wireless Display† (NETGEAR Push2TV adapter included)
  • Extended 2-year manufacturer’s warranty
  • Built-in Blu-ray Disc player
  • 1 year antivirus protection
  • Backlit keyboard
  • 90 days complimentary Geek Squad® phone and remote support

I don’t now about you, but that Blu-Ray player is a huge plus! It almost makes the price reasonable. Almost.

The Blue Label Laptops are available for pre-order at Best Buy now. Best get $900 (Toshiba) and $950 (Sony) ready as well.

Tool Senses if Your ISP’s Been Bad

Originally posted on November 30, 2010 @ 11:18 pm

Are you suspecting that your evil ISP is manipulating BitTorrent streams? You can now confirm it by using the Switzerland Network Testing Tool. The funky piece of sofware was developed by Robb Topolski, who got famous for figuring out that Comcast was actually doing what was suspected above and actually told on them.

The Electronic Freedom Foundation has democratized Topolski’s achievement via the said tool. The application is a command line open source utility that tests data communications integrity not just in networks but also in ISPs and firewalls. The tool spots IP packets that have been modified or forged and gives users a copy of those modified packets.

This is going to be a really useful tool for those who think they are getting duped by their ISPs.

My Wife, The Mac Convert (From the Archives)

Originally posted on January 31, 2011 @ 10:03 pm

My wife’s Macbook is officially two weeks old and all indications point to a new member of the Church of Jobs.

She has taken to the Mac like a duck to water. I’ve noticed that she’s not afraid to tinker with the Mac’s many features. She only needed me to show her some basic stuff from the first three days and after that it was her, unguided, all the way. She even pushed me away when she said she wanted to play a CD. She said she can figure it out.

I think that the Apple OS is really the every-OS. The configuration is just easy and there is a wide room for error. Compare that with Windows where an untracked error could spell disaster at some point. It’s like walking through a minefield–and only those with a preternatural ability to memorize Windows quirks can navigate it with a degree of confidence. My father-in-law is the perfect example here. He believes that he is one of these people but, unfortunately, he is not. This only means that his PCs conk out after a mere two months.

I’m quite happy my wife is having fun with her Mac and just to join in on the fun, I just might get one myself next year.