For everything from family to computers…
Whew… after 2 days of troubleshooting, it was determined that my DSL modem was dead. Kaputt. So I had to buy one of those DSL modem/wireless router combo crap.
Thankfully, it works ok. Why can’t they sell them separately? In certain things like wireless routers, I don’t like to combine everything into one… one thing goes wrong, all is dead.
Anyhow, that was a boring but busy weekend. 
Everyone knows that I’m a PC person. Macs. Well, no comment. 😛
I came across this video on Gizmodo.com and got a good laugh out of it.
I remember the first day… when I played Starcraft for the first time. It was way too much fun! Putting the Terrans against the Zergs and the Protoss was just way too much fun! That was year 1998.
Since then, the motherland Koreans have made the game their new “chess” and no one grows up without knowing it! It’s on freakin’ TV for crying out loud! Well, their zeal has paid off… as the great Blizzard Entertainment is bringing Starcraft II, baby!! 😀
I just saw the CG trailer and as the classic unit, Marine was putting its gears on, I was all riled up! And there was a gameplay video at high res (1280 x 720)!! OMG!! :O 3D terrains, brand spankin’ new units, old units with new abilities!! I was drooling!! I can’t wait to play this sequel!! 10 years in the making, I can only imagine~!!!!
Ooh… oh, and happy Father’s Day!! 😛
Interesting article on hard drive and the myths related to them. Read it here. 🙂 Now, that should put lots of things to ease your mind.
Used eMachines M5309 Laptop. Comes with all 3 Restore CDs and was just restored to off-the-factory specs. All are same except the HDD was upgraded to 80 GB. It’s his and all money goes to him of course. We are asking $400.
Very used. Keyboard is a bit flimsy so I will throw in Microsoft Wireless Desktop 4000 in for free (comes with wireless keyboard and mouse but mouse is a bit finicky). Battery holds good charge and will come with Belkin Wireless Pre-N Network Card (Model F5D8010) and AC adapter.
Specs:
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
CPU: Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2500+ Processor
QuantiSpeed™ Architecture operates at 1.8GHz
266MHz Front Side Bus and 512K L2 Cache
Display: 15.4″ Widescreen TFT LCD WXGA (1280 × 800 max. resolution)
Memory: 512MB DDR SODIMM (PC 2100)
Hard Drive: 80GB HDD
Optical Drive: DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive (24 × 24×24 CD-RW; 8x Max. DVD-ROM)
Video: ATI® RADEON™ (Integrated)
64MB DDR shared video memory
Sound: PC2001 Compliant AC ’97 Audio
Built-in Stereo Speakers
Network: 10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet
Modem: 56K ITU V.92 Fax/Modem
Pointing Device: Touchpad with vertical Scroll Zone
Ports/Other: 3 USB ports, 1 VGA external connector, 1 Parallel Port, 1 S-Video Out, Microphone In, Headphone/Audio Out, PCMCIA Slot (Card Bus type I and type II)
Dimensions: 1.36″H x 14.0″W x 10.0″D
Weight: 6.6 lbs. (7.75 total travel weight)
Battery: 8-cell Lithium-ion (Li-ion)
Well, I was not born a nerd… but I soon became one. 😛
So here’s what I consider to be the stuff that made/makes me geek or a nerd
1. Took Calculus in high school… in my junior year
2. My favorite author in high school was Arthur C. Clarke
3. I spent countless hours playing RPG games on my hard-earned NES
4. My Verbal SAT score was almost half of my Math SAT score 😮
5. I observed how calculus was applied in real life
6. I loved to derive equations and formulae
7. I memorized a car’s performance and features
8. I could tell what car was on the road after a quick glance
9. Star Trek: The Next Generation is da bomb
10. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard is da man. “Engage”. “Make it so, Number One.”
11. I love sci-fi and fantasy movies
12. Was a fan of Lord of the Rings before the trilogy movies came out.
13. Went to Polytechnic Institute for college. ’nuff said
14. I was a bookworm when I turned nine. All I did was read.
15. My GPA from college … was high. We’ll leave it at that.
16. My major was aerospace engineering.
17. I catch up on latest technology developments
18. Gizmodo.com : Need I say more?
19. My hobby is building and tweaking computers.
20. I like to fix computers
21. I help moderate four computer/technology forums
22. I play loads of games, mainly on PC
23. “Final Fantasy VII” is a masterpiece
24. “Baldur’s Gate I & II” are masterpieces
25. I play GRAW (Ghost Recon: Advanced Warrior) online almost daily
26. I thrive on cool gadgets
27. Yet I’m very weary of technological advancements
28. I can compress DVD into a smaller compressed video files
29. I know “pi” to 11th place.
30. My job is a rocket science.
Is that sufficient to be categorized as a nerd/geek? I believe that geeks are mostly pretty benign and safe people. Nerds however can be somewhat stuck up. 😛 Geeks are the ones that make the world go around. Understanding people that are different from you is part of what makes you a human. Fearing difference is the beginning of violence among humans. Trying to understand that difference and embracing is what love is.
Because Linux is an open source, there has been a huge support in developing it to be user-friendly and now, it can pretty much be used by anyone! Get your free copy here.