Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
2009
01.03
Tags: excerpt, flashdrive, memory space, message box, philippines, ports, text messaging, time, usb, usb port
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Finally had Smart’s Plug ‘n Talk. I had it bought from the Philippines and had my grandmother bring it. After a couple of days use, here’s what I think and know about the technology:
- The flashdrive comes with 1GB memory space.
- PnP; installs everytime I plug into the USB port.
- Runs on XP/Vista.
- E-Load link does not work.
- Shows Philippine time.
- Shows status of device. If not ready, re-plug the device if Re-Login does not work.
- I can’t copy-&-paste onto the message box.
- The new message does not show an excerpt; just a blank row.
- So far, not all promo by Smart is covered.
- You will be tempted to spend so much because text messaging is so easy.
2008
12.18
Tags: partition, server
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I woke up early today expecting to be in the office before 8AM. Luckily, the server was up, so I’m relieved. I can go to the office later.
Last night around 11PM, I had to copy a partition to a new drive (temp) and it took 2 hours to finish. I thought the server hung at shutdown state which was always the case for me. I thought I had to physically reboot the unit. Luckily when I woke up around 6, the damn thing was online.
Later tonight again, the final replacement shall begin. Maybe I’ll start around after midnight.
2008
11.03
Tags: antenna, apple, asus, asus eee, bug fixes, buggy software, computer, edition, Eee PC, email, execution, flavor, gadget, hardcore user, home, hyper, keyboard, latest addition, lcd monitor, mini pc, music, music photos, musical, network, photo, Photos, power consumption, preference, Software, specimen, windows, windows xp, wireless, wireless adapter, wish, workspace
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I had to wait a week before writing about the latest addition in my network — the ASUS Eee Box. If I may, I would say that the Eee Box is ASUS’ answer to Apple’s Mini PC; only smaller. The unit weighs 3lbs and is 1-inch thick (8.8×7x1) only. It comes with two mounts — one is for desktop mount and the other is a wall mount or like what ASUS advertises, the unit is mounted behind an LCD monitor to get the effect of “no box PC”. The box comes with wired keyboard and mouse. Of course if you chose the wireless route, you can do so because the machine already comes with wireless adapter (and antenna for range maximization). Knowing me, this featureis of course disabled. The machine is also very quiet and does not take up so much power consumption. The Box is also DVI ready so if your monitor has DVI, that would be great. For an average user, it won’t be a difficult computing because the Box is pre-installed with Windows XP Home Edition.
The Box!!!
Why did I have to purchase this gadget? For one, I wanted to test it and it’s cheap enough to experiment with. I plan to install other *NIX flavored OS in it instead of Windows. I also needed a PC that can serve MySQL database and it shouldn’t take space in my workspace and won’t consume so much power. Eee Box is the perfect specimen. The Box has been running since I bought it an a few restarts were executed because of Windows’ unfailing releases of bug fixes (don’t they get tired of this why not release a less buggy software instead).
I only recommend the Box to an average user. Average I mean a user who only does: web browsing, chat, email, music, photos, occasional videos, word processing. I don’t prefer this to a hardcore user who may wish to do audio-visual editing and multi-tasking applications although it’s hyper-threading. However, it’s enough for daily computing.
2008
10.28
Tags: asus, boot time, Eee PC, macbooks, microsoft, s101, umpc, windows, windows xp home
Posted in Computers, Hardware, Software | 7 Comments »
Because ASUS Eee PC S101 is coming out next week! I’ve held MacBook Air and it’s as heavy as my EeeBox. My 701 with cover on is still lighter than MacBook Air. In UMPC standards, that’s like a desktop heavy. For $1000 less, I would go with a thinner and lighter S101. Though it comes with Microsoft’s Windows XP Home, I can always install another OS that I favor. What I love with the Eee series is boot time. Not much of a wait time when booting (on/off).
I can buy 3 S101s with one MacBook Air.
2008
10.06
Tags: absence, classmates, computer science field, damn thing, empty notepad, file server, imagination, mail server, minimal budget, phone server, professors, programming environment, server mail, storage, terminal services
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The main reason why I entered the computer science field is CREATION. Given a computer and programming environment, one can create something from his imagination from an empty notepad. Though I’m far from becoming a successful one, I still persist in learning. Learning is double edged. It’s fun and it’s demanding. Since my topic is cluster computing, there’s no reason for me to delve on the negative side of learning. Instead, let’s jump on the fun side. (more…)
2008
09.19
Tags: access, continuation, disaster, dong abay, execution, internet access, ip block, isp, possibilities, radio shack, router, serial cable
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Hali kayo magsilapit kahit na po ilang saglit pakinggan nyo itong awit na hindi na mauulit.
Yesterday was a disaster for me. Fortunately, I worked it out finally. I started the day without opening all possible ways to access the router in case of changes. When the ISP executed the changes, I forgot to prepare the IP block for the router and I was unable to access it to perform the changes. So I ran to the nearest Radio Shack to purchase serial cable. Now that I was able to access the router, I implemented the changes — except for one line. The whole office did not have internet access until later in the afternoon when we were able to identify the problem.
So to continue Dong Abay’s song…
Trahedya trahedya trahedya!
2008
09.15
Tags: access, acting, compromises, downtime, eight hours, encounter, hack, hosts, hotmail, intruder, lockdown, negligence, netizen, notification system, receivers, script, scripts, series circuit, server, smartphone, urgent notice
Posted in Hardware, Software | 1 Comment »
After eight hours of downtime, I found out that the site was down. The site went down at 12:32:44 and I realized it was down at 8:32:56PM I hardly access the website when I’m at work that’s why I wasn’t given urgent notice of the situation. I failed to change my alert notice for Hotmail, so again I did not receive the notice of suspension from my host. So what happened?
My other domain which I’ve been planning to resurrect was hacked because of my negligence towards it. I did not pay attention to the site and without knowing, the scripts running in it were compromised. Because the script showed the path and other critical information of the server, the intruder was able to upload his phishing scripts. Luckily, a concerned netizen reported the phishing activity to my host and my host immediately acted on the situation that caused temporary lockdown of the whole account. As you may know, only one account hosts all my domains, so a series circuit is always at play.
I’ve had a few encounter with my site being locked down without me knowing instantly. It’s not because of incapability in my host’s part. They inform me instantly. It’s on my part that’s slacking. I need to device an instant notification system if my site goes down without having to use a SmartPhone. And for that, you may want to stay tuned because you may be able to use it in the future.
