The Geek In Me

Geek Attempt: Data Recovery

2010-08-06T14:39:00.000-05:00

I am very impatient when it comes to computer technology. I figured since we are already in a new era of computing, things should work faster, error-free and reliably all the time. But, computer geeks and enthusiasts are constantly fighting to master something that is too unstable to be confined within the realms of what an ideal computing environment should be.When I’m in front of the computer

Twitterrific: Some Great Finds On Twitter

2010-01-06T06:49:00.002-05:00

http://www.teacherclick.com/index.htmFree Online Computer Tutorials.http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/English-language lessons and practice exerciseshttp://freelancefolder.com/35-online-tools-to-make-your-freelance-career-easier/Freelance Career Tools http://issuu.com/Collect, share and publish in a format designed to make your documents look their very best. http://

This Digital Age: How Connected Are We?

2010-01-06T05:53:00.001-05:00

Some famous computer enthusiast said that “The future is now. It’s just not evenly distributed among everyone.”If you wonder how many bytes of data is being sent across several points on a daily basis, globally, the number is astonishing. Probably aside from food, information is something that we now feed on endlessly every minute of the day.Have you twittered? Do you facebook? What’s up with

Signs That Your Geek Meter Is Dangerously High

2009-03-16T09:58:00.001-05:00

1. You are convinced that Bamboo, Apple & Blackberry don't come with leaves or stems.2. You know that Iliad and Kindle are synonymous words.3.You incorporate 'backup and recovery' as part of your daily chore.4. You are so wired, you'd pass for a terrorist at security check points.5. You are so unwired, you utilize HSDPA, 3G, UMA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and wait...what happened to infrared technology?6.

Safari 4.0 Beta: A New Browsing Experience

2009-02-26T22:46:00.003-05:00

Just a few days ago, Apple launched its most recent contribution to the Internet with Safari 4.0 which is still in Beta and is available for download both for Mac and PC users.I have to try it of course with my MacBook. I also downloaded the PC version in one of my Windows-based laptops.This browser promises performance and convenience. I've been a fan of the tabbed browsing now available with

Obsessed With Technology

2009-02-25T01:08:00.003-05:00

I have brought this up in my past blogs that I am a total consumer of gadgets that can make my life convenient.Of course, I installed a home network that allowed total wireless connectivity inside and around the house. I utilize a DSL connection, thus, speed really isn’t a factor to me anymore. Besides, I use Linksys’ Wireless-N router which provides great signal coverage within the network.How

G1 Update: My Disappointments

2008-12-03T10:28:00.000-05:00

Let me start by saying that G1 is efficient in terms of processing and browsing speed with the Android OS running its inner workings.I just wished though that T-mobile offered this phone with hot-spot-at-home capability like most Blackberry cell phones that they carry. Without this feature, I really cannot appreciate much the usefulness of the device except probably for browsing the net and

Enhancing My Computing Life With A Mac

2008-11-30T08:53:00.000-05:00

For all I can remember I’ve been using a PC ever since I turned my interest towards computers and the technology that goes with it. It was quite a long relationship full of bumps since PCs can be so slow and painful at times. You actually wonder how they created something so expensive and so stupid.Anyways, I’ve had enough of it. I’m done with Windows PC for now. Not that I won’t touch my

Blackberry Flip: Better Than A Blackberry?

2008-11-19T02:17:00.000-05:00

I am a fan of the Blackberry. In fact, I have a black and a red 8320 Blackberry. I simply love the ease and functionality that a Blackberry offers to its users. Is there anything better than a Blackberry? Recently Blackberry launched its newest addition—the Blackberry flip. Of course the sucker in me was ecstatic because before becoming a Blackberry fanatic, I also collected a few Motorola

G1: My New Mobile Fave

2008-10-22T01:00:00.003-05:00

I got my new phone by Google--the G1 which is manufactured by HTC. T-mobile invited their subscribers to get this new phone which is supposedly a competitor of the iPhone and was launched just today.I don't own an iPhone but somebody in my family does. I thought I would love the iPhone but I guess I'm not such a big fan of the touchscreen-keyboard-less-kind-of gadget like the iPhone. I prefer the

Dead Zones: A Mobile Dilemma

2008-07-26T02:22:00.000-05:00

You probably oftentimes see on TV, one mobile service provider’s ad about dead zones.I really didn’t pay much attention to dead zones until I was immersed in one. For the last seven days I was basically incommunicado—no internet, no phone lines, no mobile phone signals. You don’t realize how awful it is to be totally disconnected from the outside world. At the same time, there’s this restful

Penzu: Free Private Online Journal or Diary

2008-05-21T02:53:00.005-05:00

Today, I just stumbled upon a free online tool called Penzu which allows any registered user to keep an online diary or journal for free.In this digital age, anything that resembles writing on paper still makes an impact. To me, it has to do with my undying love for pen and paper and the need to feel the illusion of still keeping records in paper format even with the evolution of e-copies and

Geek Style: Pimp Your Desktop

2008-05-16T04:06:00.000-05:00

A picture paints a thousand words and a truly magnificent picture paints a thousand magnificent emotions.What you see on your home screen or your desktop really matters. Today, the possibility of creating the most stunning graphics molded from pure imagination and creativity with the aid of the most sophisticated graphics tools is within a graphic artist's easy reach.Besides, with the advent of

Luminotes: Your Personal Wiki Notebook Online

2008-05-09T15:15:00.000-05:00

Did you wish you could take down notes quickly and edit them just as easily? Luminotes makes that possible.What is Luminotes? Luminotes is an online wiki notebook that is available to you for free. 'K, the wiki thing? I know, I need to explain that too. You probably hear wiki all the time and you don't really know what it means. Let me explain it briefly.Wiki is a backronym for 'What I Know Is'--

Grooveshark(Lite): Music To My Ear

2008-05-07T14:44:00.000-05:00

What tracks do you listen to, to bring life to a badly slaughtered day?Here’s my list.Dream On by Aerosmith Evergreen by Faithless Superman by Five for Fighting Fix You by Coldplay Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears Drops of Jupiter by Train Ordinary World by Duran Duran Living On My Own by Freddie Mercury Something by Jim Sturgess Feel by Robbie Williams Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve A

VeohTV: Internet TV Right On Your PC

2008-05-05T17:00:00.004-05:00

Ever wonder what you can do during those boring times in front of your computer? Why not watch movies,TV shows and your favorite videos?There is an abundance of online sites that allow you to watch videos for free but most of the time the video quality is crappy and the selection isn't that good as well.Did you wish you can watch uninterrupted videos that will entertain you for hours?Watch a

Stress Busting Techniques In The Digital Age

2008-05-02T22:34:00.003-05:00

Never dwell on something for hours unless it is life threateningIt is always easy to sink into the couch and watch TV endlessly, or work on the computer for hours, or perhaps get lost in a very exciting video game. Yes, it is very convenient and it is also very unhealthy. You could lose track of time, precious time that could be used in some other beneficial endeavors.How to avoid it?Set a goal

Apple TV: When Computer Screen Size Ain't Enough

2008-04-11T04:45:00.003-05:00

Technology has flourished in so many ways that almost all kinds of media devices are made to work with each other, eliminating all forms of limitations. Thus, whatever used to be impossible is now made possible.If you have an iPod,chances are you have in your computer an iTunes library filled with a huge array of data presented either as music, podcasts, videos, photos, audiobooks, etc. If you

Blackberry 8320 & T-Mobile’s HotSpot@home Service: A Closer Look

2007-12-15T07:01:00.000-05:00

T-mobile recently upgraded its mobile service by providing the so-called HotSpot@home subscription which allows a mobile subscriber to initiate calls utilizing a wi-fi connection at home, and in turn making unlimited calls that doesn’t use up the subscribers monthly minute allowance. This service also allows the subscriber to be connected to hotspots nationwide. With the service your mobile

Geek Switch: Migrating Files from an Old PC to A New One

2007-12-04T04:31:00.000-05:00

You’ve decided that it’s time to upgrade your computing life by getting a new computer to replace your old sluggish machine. Now what?Most of us cannot detach ourselves from all the files and programs that we have in our old computers and chances are, we will be multi-tasking between the old and the new computers which is actually very unproductive. You want to get rid of the old computer but

SAMSUNG SUPPORT: Are You Kidding Me?

2007-12-02T03:45:00.000-05:00

I called up Samsung technical support at 1-800-SAMSUNG because I needed to get additional information after I have exhausted all measures that were provided on their SAMSUNG support site.I was gladly forwarded to a technical support engineer and the conversation that transpired went a little like this.TSE: Can I have your first and last name?Me: Mao ni akong ngan.TSE: Can I have your phone

A Nice Little Gadget Called GPS: Nuvi 680

2007-09-28T02:15:00.000-05:00

K. I must admit that I don't drive without my nuvi 680 in hand. It always sits on my dashboard, so I am totally worry-free as I take point A to point B. It is basically my travel guide which of course never runs out of patience if I insist on taking a different route. You see, the funny thing is, try to imagine somebody looking at a map and guiding you as you drive. If it was a real passenger in

PINGO: The Best & The Most Cost-Effective International Calling Service

2007-08-09T13:35:00.000-05:00

It is a fact that when you are away from home, and you want to keep in touch with friends and relatives across the globe you are willing to pay anythings just to hear your loved one's voice.For most of us, Filipinos, we love to keep in touch with our relatives, thus, we spend a good portion of our overseas earnings for long distance calls.With the advent of voice over internet protocol, or simply

Cool Stuff for The Geek

2007-06-14T01:11:00.000-05:00

Electronic toys are fun to play with especially if it keeps you efficient and entertained. Most gadgets that we do have these days allow us to multitask but with all the bugs and fixes sometimes it becomes a painstaking experience. Nevertheless, technology is evolving faster than it used to be. With the growing number of competitors trying to outdo each other in the technology market, a new idea

Geek Laughter: How A Mouse Works

2007-05-15T03:00:00.000-05:00

If you are a geek, you are most likely fascinated by the inner workings of a particular function, task, machinery and so on. Often than not, though, the simplest of tasks are set aside for the reason that they don't involve much thought-provoking discoveries.Take for example the case of a mouse click. How many processes do you think are involved to carry out the basic functions of your mouse?

Tune-Up Utilities 2007: Everything You Need To Optimize Your PC's Performance

2007-05-05T02:13:00.000-05:00

For a while now, I've been plagued with a daunting task of finding a way to end the agonizing slowness of my laptop. I don't know what I did but I must have downloaded a lot of crap from the internet. I'm a download junkie and if I see a freeware that has some good geek value I always take the chance to sample it out and see if it works just as promised.I'm not hesitant to sample stuff because I

Billmonk: A Neat Way To Keep Track Of Who Owes You What

2007-04-24T01:03:00.000-05:00

It was a friends' night out. You picked the bill for the group's dinner but it was agreed that everyone has to chip in. Will you just forget about it? How are you going to collect?You were away on vacation and the rent is due. Your roommate paid the rent. Thus, you owe him half the monthly dues. Will you remember? How will you pay?You have a collection of books and most of it is out with your

Free Calls, Free SMS: My Top Rated Sites

2007-04-20T20:11:00.000-05:00

For the last few days I've been basically scouring the net for free calls using VoIP (Voice-over Internet Protocol) and free SMS (Short Messaging Service) to global destinations. Keep in mind though, that there is no such thing as a free lunch. If it's free, there's always a catch somewhere down the line.I knew that all along and so I kind of choose the ones which didn't require much of a hassle.

Thoosje's Vista Side Bar: A Nice Desktop Addition

2007-04-12T09:41:00.000-05:00

So you downloaded Yahoo widgets, and then realized that it’s too much for your desktop to handle. You ended up uninstalling the Yahoo Widgets and all functional widgets that you handpicked. Somehow, the widgets thing got you hooked to the ease and convenience of having tools and utilities sitting right on your desktop that you can use as you please.What do you do? You don’t want to redownload the

Getting Widget-Happy With Yahoo Widgets 4

2007-03-24T06:46:00.000-05:00

About two days ago, Yahoo made Yahoo Widgets 4 available for download. As soon as I found out about it today, I wasted no time and immediately downloaded the widget application engine which is an upgrade of the formerly known Yahoo Konfabulator with its newly added widget dock and minimal memory usage. I have never seen so much widgets, in all my geeky existence.

DriveImage XML: Backing Up Your Data With A Sense

2007-03-21T16:23:00.000-05:00

Like I said in my previous post we will be doing a big move soon and one of my major undertakings prior to the move is to make sure that the data in my laptops--a Toshiba Satellite; a Toshiba Portegé; a Fujitsu Ultraportable; and an HP Media Edition--are backed up. I'm enumerating them so more or less you get a picture of how much is there to carry just in case we decide to have all four laptops

Think Geek: Getting Things Done With Thinking Rock

2007-03-20T18:53:00.000-05:00

I've been really preoccupied these days with a lot of tasks, thoughts, anxieties and it's all because in the next few days we'll be relocating to another part of the globe. Hence, it was so easy for me to lose a lot of sleep.Doing something big like a move is really taxing. Every detail has to be carefully kept an eye on. Thought-provoking scenarios in your head kept replaying every minute of

Net Trends: Interesting Sites

2007-03-12T04:24:00.000-05:00

If you scour the net on a frequent basis, sometimes you stumble on stuff that you never even knew existed. The good thing is some of the newest sites are very innovative with their concept on the kind of service that they provide. I’ll give you a run down of a few of these websites and the kind of service that they offer. For sites that I haven’t tried, I will purposely omit the site name. It’s

Crimes Against Internet Security

2007-03-08T15:22:00.000-05:00

In this day and age, technology affords endless convenience to the consumers. On the other hand, these conveniences enjoyed also opened doors for malicious attackers to strike against unsuspecting users using technology itself. How much do you know about these threats? Are you aware of these threats? Are you aware that you can be the next target? Let me attempt to outline these crimes here and

My Geeky Faves

2007-03-01T11:16:00.000-05:00

I love gadgets especially the ones with attitude. I always go for the usually more expensive ones because whatever you buy, "you always get what you pay for". But what good is a sophisticated gadget if it's not backed by powerful applications. Right? Nada...of course.What I usually do when I buy a gadget is to experiment and attempt to make use of its full potentials as soon as I get it. I have a

Site Advisor: An Internet User's Indispensable Tool

2007-02-27T02:26:00.000-05:00

I was lazily browsing the net, until I ended up on one website wherein several pages loaded one after another. Right away, it raised a red flag on my geek meter. The pages that loaded were mostly bogus ad sites. Bogus because I never requested for those web pages. They just popped out of nowhere. Then the confirmation came. My anti-virus software sitting in my

My Trendy Mobile Companion: QTEK S200

2007-02-22T20:45:00.000-05:00

In our fast-paced world, mobile connectivity is priceless. But how many of us still lug around several gadgets just to fulfill several functionalities? A cellphone to make and answer calls. A camera to take pictures. An mp3 player to listen to music. An electronic organizer to keep track of our day to day events. A video recording device to capture important moments. A laptop to connect to the

Do You XFile?

2007-02-17T18:36:00.000-05:00

How many of us are so concerned about the security of our data? Say, all the passwords that we use for the different accounts that we have or certain personal information that we want to protect and keep confidential? Is there a way of hiding them? Is there a way to make them inaccessible to another party? Well, there's a device that is solely created for that. It's a human interface device that

Pando: Your Solution to Sending Huge Files Up to 1G

2007-02-11T15:36:00.000-05:00

Have you ever tried sending an attachment through your e-mail and failed because the file is too big? If you use Yahoo or Hotmail, there's a 10 Mb limit to the size of the e-mail (including attachment) that you can send. What about when you want to send videos or files that are larger than the 10 Mb limit? How can you send them? I was confronted with the same dilemma, so I looked for answers

SLING IT!

2006-01-28T09:12:00.000-05:00

It's amazing, how much new technology is now making its way to the market for consumers to take hold of and make life much easier.To me, whatever is new out there, is something worth trying. Come to think of it---somebody out there, has basically squeezed his brains out to come up with the technological concept. Besides,if it really makes us enjoy something that wasn't possible a decade or so ago

Get Unwired!

2006-01-28T08:09:00.000-05:00

Do you spend more time in front of your computer than in front of your TV? If so you are among those who are helplessly hooked on the computer for whatever reason. And unless you have an internet connection, the computer is a boring companion, right? You can load it up with useful programs and entertaining games, but it doesn't offer as much adventure as driving along the internet highway.The

My First Baby--A Toshiba Portege M100

2006-01-28T04:23:00.001-05:00

I am gadget crazy, and yeah, that's a fact. I spend more money on gadgets than clothing or anything else. The truth is, technology's pace is so fast, that I have to chase it, literally. And the newer and more advanced gadgets I have, the more in pace I am with technology.And with technology, the trend is always mobility and powerful features in one package. That's why, the smaller the gadgets are

My Fujitsu P1500D

2006-01-28T03:56:00.000-05:00

PC or laptop? Laptop or tablet? Portable or ultra-portable? How about a laptop that converts to a tablet and is ultra-portable? It's the ultimate mobility gadget! The fujitsu lifebook 1500D has an 8.9" screen; it's convertible to a tablet; it uses pen-based technology; and employs the latest log-in security feature which uses biometric scanning. Add to that it's wi-fi capability and you will be