Power outage
Posted by Pavan Chander | Filed under Events
So there I am at 5:45pm
Sitting on the computer plugging away at an online practice exam, only to be greeted with an announcement that the site would be down from 5:30pm - 4:00am.
Now I am all for online downtime, as it usually means something interesting is going on behind the scenes and there’s always the slight chance that when the site does manage to get back up there will be improvements.
But seriously, who the hell conceived the idea to wait till 15min after the site was going to be taken down to announce their intentions!
OK
Breathe, it was only a practice exam that was being a pain in the ass anyway..
[15min go by]
And then, like a flick of a switch…I’m left staring in darkness (well, more than usual) at one of my screens with a little popup saying that my network had been disconnected.
Shit
The only thing I hate worse then having the power go out, is to have it go out in the middle of the night when I’m not around.
So as calmly as I can I shutdown my computer and sit in the silence of my house and brood on how much better my life would be at that this point with an Asus Eee PC.
If anyone’s curious about UPS‘, APC has an online wizard to help you figure out your power needs.
Tags: Events, Technology
ASUS Eee PC
Posted by Pavan Chander | Filed under Hardware, Review
This amazing little laptop houses:
- Solid-State disk of 4GB
- 512MB DDR2 of memory
- 7″ WVGA (800X480)
- Built-in webcamera
- Linux OS (Windows XP drivers included)
All bundled together for only $400 from ASUS.
Now that may seem like a pitiful display of specs in comparison to the laptops of today, but what you don’t realize is that having a 7″ screen with no internal moving parts can be a huge benefit and give a whole new look to the term “portable computing”.
I would think it to be a fair assumption that anyone serious about portable computing, is serious about computing in general. The example being, the laptop would only be used in conjunction with an existing home desktop. Thereby allowing the user to work on projects away from home and quickly and easily transfer the new data onto the main computer at home.
