OK, so you still use Windows. That’s cool. It’s a fine OS, and there are some things it does that Linux and Mac just don’t.
But still using IE, now that’s crazy. It’s not standards-compliant (sure, Firefox isn’t either, but it’s close), it’s not customizable (except in the form of those ridiculous search toolbars), it’s not cross-platform (yeah yeah, you don’t need it to be because you only use Windows), it’s usually more vulnerable to attack and it’s just downright buggy.
If that’s not enough, here’s my final point: it’s SLOW. And to support this point, graphs! Everyone loves graphs, right?
Sesame Street is one of the best kids’ shows ever. It has always been clever, cute, funny and educational. Not overly childish, but simple enough to be understood by young children. Love it.
Since I was little, my favourite characters have been Ernie and Bert. Especially Bert, for being serious and going along with all of Ernie’s antics.
In second place, but not by far, is Cookie Monster. He’s a bit eccentric,
but later on is calm and logical. Well, for the most part.
Finally, there’s Grover. who smells like a monster.
And Grover’s not the only one who’s been keeping up with the times!
The U70 is very simple to set up. Just install the drivers, and then plug and play.
Drivers are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Performance is OK, can even display 3D graphics and HD video on it, although that causes very high CPU usage.
Build quality is good; packaging and instructions are in Korean. Comes with a double-USB cable, but in my experience only one is needed to power the monitor.
Screen quality is not the best, brightness is not quite uniform. However, the picture is very sharp and brightness and viewing angle are quite good.
I have tested with Mac, Linux and Windows, and it works great with all 3. Handy if you just need a little space to throw your music player, IM contact list, or have a video or other monitoring service running in sight all the time.
It’s a tiny little 7″ monitor, of “Slugterm” fame. There are a lot of things that can be done with this little gadget, perhaps a dual-monitor Nexus One setup? Check out Sven Killig’s website for inspiration.
For now I’m content with using it to watch videos while working.
For the first time in my recent memory, I really have to say thank god it’s Friday. This whole week has been a blur. Working on I don’t even know what at work. Yesterday the A/C was down both in our aquarium/office and on the GO bus home. Still not fixed today. High of 37ºC in the office. And apparently Oracle 10g client doesn’t work on Windows 2008.
Been thinking, I really need to get out more. But, without a car, it’s difficult. Kind of alone and yet friends are not far.
Random snippets of thoughts. Can’t write right now. Perhaps my life simply isn’t interesting enough to blog about at the moment.
Coming from Windows, the one thing I miss most (apart from Solitaire) is Paint. Today I stumbled across a neat little open-source Mac-native app called Seashore. Effectively, it’s Paint, for Mac, with a dash of Photoshop/Gimp added for good measure.
Waiting for a bus at Yonge and Drewry is like trying to deal with the unwanted affection of a constant stream of women. All of them want to pick me up so I have to show I’m not interested. And each time I feel about bit bad for crushing each buses’ false hopes as I hold out for the special one that will take me home.
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