Magic Book of Tricks ....

.... allows me to be Everything. Anytime. Anywhere.

This couple of weeks had been totally crazy and I realised there's so much to do and time's running out.

So I began to realise how I missed those days where I could multi task and still hang wherever I want or the very least , still watch my fav. TV!

Yes, I am talking about having a lappie.

But I also realised that if I ever wanted another one, it had better be so so so small because I hate bulk. Period.

I can never understand why people are obsessed with size even when it comes to lappies.

I mean, if i ever wanted a big screen with a ton of functionaly (and happen to drive a Hummer to conveniently lug it all), , I'd tow a desk top computer every where then.

But what I want is it small. Danty. Petite. Convenient to run a marathon with (almost). And you get the idea.

Yes, so I want a Netbook.

Those super tiny ones. ^^)

Here's a bit of trivia I stumbbled upon on the net:

JK On The Run writes that Google will no longer accept ads that use the term "netbook." Psion asserts its trademark on the term, adopted by Intel and others to refer generically to the latest generation of cheap subnotebooks.

Psion let us know that Google has investigated the trademark claim and determined that “netbook” is indeed a protected trademark. Google does these investigations as they are impacted when they run ads on their network. The determination by Google that the term “netbook” is duly registered and protected has prompted them to inform their ad customers that the term can no longer be used in Google ads.

It's easy to assume that the term, already in wide currency by people who never even heard of the Psion Netbook, is already doomed to genericide. But unlike patent trolls and other IP scum, Prion did make a netbook called The Netbook and still sells parts for it. It put money (and manufacturing) where its mouth was.

You'll notice how all along, many netbook makers never called their netbook a netbook. Dell never calls the Mini 9 a netbook.

AMD calls them "mini-notebooks," and an exec there told me that it expects most analysts will do likewise.

Asus folks will refer to Eee PCs as netbooks, but only casually, in person: it even has a defined strategy of trying to make "Eee PC" a popular term for netbooks in general.

So every cent Intel spent marketing "netbooks" might soon have been spent marketing someone else's netbook... assuming Psion-Teklogic is ready to actually release an update ... to its 5 year old Netbook!~

Q ... phuking stooooopid !!!

Size doesn't Matter

Since my old lappie which journeyed with me through my years in university finally died on me last year, I've not had another personal one since.

But I've always appreciated the connectivity and convenience a lappie brings.

I could get work done on the go. I could check my mails. Check on my Facebook. Chat online. Shop.... lol .

Yeah. On the go but still on the ball.

But I could never understand the mentality that so many still have.

If a lappie is meant to be of convenience and portability , how does one explain the obsession with getting 'the one with the largest screen' and 'the most features?

If I wanted those , I'd lug my entire PC with me. Nothing beats that.

Otherwise, all I need are the basic functionalities. No need to play complex video games or run complex programs or top notch sound systems.

Just being able to be quick and efficient in the bare necessities that we only need while on the move.

So , for me, a lappie has to be small. REALLY small so that I'd almost carry next to nothing in my normal bag. Anywhere. Everywhere.

So, it's no surprise that even in this economic down turn , while desk tops and standard-sized lappies, see sales taking a dip, the mini lappie had actually seen growth, according to a recent newspaper report.

More people are wising up.

About time.

Q ... yes and i want one!!

Models are Air-heads

(Need no) Introducing...

The world's Slimmest lappie The Apple MacBook Air.

The Size-Zero of the Notebook world.

.. tilt it on its side and it almost disappears.

Gorgeous model.

Yes, but it's also likely one of its most impractical.

So ridiculous is it's lack of basic amenities due to Apple's obsession with the waif est possible.

Imagine a single USB port. Imagine not being able to play a CD or a CD-ROM. Imagine needing another external hard drive from another Mac just to be able to download anything.

Just like a human model not being able to eat even an ounce more.

But looking absolutely STUNNING. ^^

Q...If you want to be seen with one... you WANT one.

Wink.

Gizmo Watch: Wow Gadgets

Gizmo Watch: Wow Gadgets: "Many laptops today are all hip and clean. When the challenge is to produce the lightest and the thinnest of them all, some graver issues remain hidden below the beauteous hood. Technology has brought batteries a long way, now more efficient Li-ion batteries rule the roost, yet maintaining even temperatures is serious concern still. Notebooks blast, people complain, but zilch has been done to address the problem. The world’s largest chipmaker, Intel, has worked a solution finally, as the developer has unveiled a cooling solution for notebooks that could let them live up to the purpose of their existence."

IBM's Security Laptop Is Nothing Unique - Gizmo Watch

IBM's Security Laptop Is Nothing Unique - Gizmo Watch: "If you guys wish to see the future of IBM laptops, then perhaps you’ll have to go to the core of their working station. But it wouldn’t be less than befitting, if I put you head on with a novel concept, which will definitely force us to have a second look. At times, the maker himself is unsure of what form his own creation may take. And when that happens, the company that the designer intends to endorse is itself caught unaware too. Looks like something similar happened here, where IBM seems to have the least idea regarding this concept. This unique creation from Nicolas Lehotzky has a sublime look with the main emphasis on safety. The concept notebook houses hidden USB ports and also features a knob integrated with security features."

A Connected World

'One Laptop Per Child'

The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC) is a non-profit organization, created by faculty members of the MIT Media Lab, set up to oversee The Children's Machine project and the construction of the XO-1 "$100 laptop".

"The goal of the foundation is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. To that end, OLPC is designing a laptop, educational software, manufacturing base, and distribution system to provide children outside of the first-world with otherwise unavailable technological learning opportunities."

"OLPC espouses five core principles: (1) child ownership; (2) low ages; (3) saturation; (4) connection; and (5) free and open source."

The laptops are intended to be sold to governments, to be distributed through the ministries of education willing to adopt the policy of “one laptop per child”. The operating system and software are localized to the languages of the participating countries.





The initiative is a multi-million dollar pledge by several conglomerates to make this world better connected.

When the scientists and industry giants start having a conscience, OLPC is what you get. :)

Criticisms are expected:
1) Production at such a massive scale will mean there is an unspoken and unfathomable environmental impact waiting to happen.

2) Predominantly aimed at the poor Third-World Nations in Africa and South America to aid in education and connectivity to the WWW for the under-priviledged children. But some have criticised how this 'American mentality' project intiative 'demonstrated misplaced priorities' where in poverty striken regions, normal folks are stuggling just for basic survival needs such as food, water, health problems.

3) A cultural backlash. For people of more developed nations, it took us many years to be where we are when it comes to being IT ready and WWW-Savvy. Just imagine the cultural and social impact it has on people who never saw a television in their lives, to suddenly be exposed to computers and all that the WWW has to to offer.


No matter what,

>"This is an Education project, not a laptop project.",says chairman Nicholas Negroponte.