Zane Jones has a simple 5-star rating system for girlfriends. I don’t agree with them, hell not in comparison with my own values but they’re good and here they are:
Note: Under absolutely no circumstances can you tell the girl what her rating is, without risking that the universe spontaniously combusts.
HP have failed miserably with its QuickPlay entertainment suite integrated in all HP Pavilion models. Do as I have and just dump it.
HP QuickPlay
Don’t slam HP too quick though, you may be reinstalling QuickPlay sooner that you think… the concept behind QuickPlay allows consumers to use their laptop in alternate “modes”, to play music CDs, DVD movies, and MP3s stored on the hard drive in a separate Linux partition without booting to the main operating system.
It’s a handy feature from HP and has been working merrily until Windows Vista was released and presented new compatibility issues, which unfortunately does not provide users with instant access to the software. Which brings us to why I’ve removed QuickPlay from Vista, if you have to be logged in to use QuickPlay you might as well run Windows Media Center which is optimised for Vista. Other reasons to ditch QuickPlay in Vista is it’s slow, takes up to 10 seconds to shutdown the session and eats a small village of system resources!
Remove HP QuickPlay from Vista by doing the following…
I hope HP respond to this criticism and release a better product for HP Pavilion consumers.
The default password for the Flash operator panel in Trixbox is “passw0rd“, be sure to include the zero character.
To change the password from it’s system default do the following:
op_server.cfg within /var/www/html/panel.One of my common Windows XP/Vista shortcuts that can be performed over the phone is finding out what graphics card/display adapter is installed on the clients computer.
That’s it.
That’s it.
I’ve had 3 days with my new laptop and am impressed by the quality, performance and functionality of the new HP Pavilion dv2000 series.
HP Pavilion Entertainment PC dv2700
HP have always been a “sub-par” mass-producer of stock personal computers, worse even than Dell, ever since their acquisition of Compaq which incidentally was one of my first home computers. But, given a few years of development it seems evident HP have cleaned up their reputation having done extremely well out of the production of this and other high-end HP Pavilion models. My HP Pavilion dv2700 is a definite keeper!
For life on the go, you need a light, powerful notebook computer built with your media and mobility in mind.
HP hit the mark on this statement with the following features:
Overall, a sweet purchase for under $1800 AUD and one I can without reservation recommend for light-medium demand mobility users. Also, in case I missed anything here are a list of killer features from HP.
- Dual-core processing with Intel’s® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology or AMD’s Turion™ 64 x2 Mobile Technology
- Intel® wireless technology with WWAN
- Built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam
- HP QuickPlay
- Optional fingerprint authentication technology
- Optional broadband connectivity—without a hotspot—with the Verizon Wireless V740 1XEVDO PC ExpressCard.**
The New Zealand comedy pair Flight of the Conchords regularly transcend space, time and beyond in their bizarre and often dry efforts at contemporary humour.
Straight from Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay…
I fear that I will always be,
A lonely number like root three,
A three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath a vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic
I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321Such is my reality, a sad irrationality
When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three
Has quietly come waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer
We break free from our mortal bonds
And with a wave of magic wands
Our square root signs become unglued
And love for me has been renewed.
Watch the Boeing Cortina take off and float away!
Kudos go out to Patrick Nufer (via Facebook) for spotting this clip.
If you’re in the red with your partner pull one of these bonus points to put yourself back in her good books. Please note you may be liable for losing one or many ‘man-cards’ by attempting some of the below.
After a morning’s research into a new digital still camera I have decided on the Sony Cybershot DSCT70B.
Sticking with the Sony Cybershot family I will be passing on my current DSCT50 to family so I can make the most of the DSCT70B’s bleeding-edge technology.
From the start I’ve been buzzing about touch-screen interfaces, it’s very natural to use and allows for alot of additional functionality (eg. a photo-editing package) not found in traditional button-control cameras.
Simple onscreen graphics and clears explanations, advise what functions to use and the best shooting environment in which to use them.
Seeing the DSCT product line continue to grow in popularity firmly guarantees we’ll be seeing bigger and better Sony updates.
The Optical Image Stabaliser included in the DSCT70B automatically steadies shaky hands and vibrations producing sharp digital images.
Can’t argue with that, the amounts of times I’ve made use of this feature on late-night weekends has made this feature indispensible.
Press the shutter fully on the subject, and the camera automatically detects a smiling face and closes the shutter giving you perfect pictures.
Be the renouned photographer in your crew, even if it’s only you holding the camera and the DSCT70B does the rest of the work.
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