Clié and the PC

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My daughter loves the PC, she points to it and says “Elmo”. She always wants to run the Elmo’s Keyboard-o-rama and that disrupts my work. But today is saturday and i’ve been very productive, so its Elmo Time! ha ha…

Any other good interactive kiddy websites to share?

N3100

bye bye T310

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hello N3100

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i love this phone, its so bright its like a torch, it helps me move around at home at night in the dark.

PC Woes II

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Its officially 10 days now from the day i bought myWhiteP4 and i FINALLY manage to get it up and running! You know things are not good when the OS shows a “blue screen”.

What did i do you might ask. I took out one RAM chip! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! that means both my RAM chips were faulty initially! Now i’ve gotta go change the other one! darn, how unlucky can one get.. what are the odds!

PC Woes

  1. Formated Hard Disk and created partitions
  2. Installed OS
  3. Installed Antivirus, Firewall & Anti-Spyware
  4. Installed applications
  5. Updated Antivirus definitions
  6. Did complete Antivirus scan
  7. Imported backup data from previous PC
  8. PC Started showing signs of auto restart
  9. Re-did steps 1 – 7
  10. PC Started showing signs of auto restart
  11. Called shop and was told to bring down PC to check
  12. Took taxi to SLS
  13. Replaced faulty RAM chip
  14. Took taxi home
  15. Re-did steps 1 – 7
  16. Got online
  17. Downloaded Mail, replied some mail and appologised to clients on outstanding work due to PC Woes
  18. Started working
  19. in less then 1 hour KENA VIRUS!!! (IE web browser attack)
  20. Systems files missing
  21. Run OS Repair but useless
  22. Reinstall OS over faulty OS
  23. Got to login screen then auto restart
  24. PISSED OFF!!!
  25. to redo steps 1 – 7 when i cool down

Its now pass midnight and i’m still at office rushing work thats due in less then 12hours. Tomorrow still got loads to do… i need to… *sigh*… forget it… i’m getting back to work!

myWhiteP4

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YEAH! i got my new PC finally. Now i don’t have to juggle with 100mb worth of empty hard disk space, neither do i need to wait for 10mins for my PC to startup.

Alot of people think i’m good at buying a PC, but believe me, i’m really a nitwit at buying PCs, here is how i do it.

  1. Ask a shop to recommend me a PC by telling them what i need the PC for. (to find out the rough amount of money i need to part with)
  2. Ask around for a similar specification and try to get a better price.
  3. Go find the best looking casing and buy it.
  4. Bring the best looking casing to the shop that offers a good price + have an okay reputation according to friends
  5. Pay
  6. Go home

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The specs is as follows:

  • Intel Pentium 4 2.8C 800Mhz
  • Abit IS7-E I865PE w/SATA/Audio/GBLAN
  • TWINMOS 1024MB 3200/400 DDR RAM (512MBx2)
  • WD800JB 80GB 7200RPM HDD
  • SONY 1.44MB FDD
  • Leadtek A360LE FX5700LE 256MB w/TD/8XAGP
  • SAMSUNG SW-252 52x32x52 CDRW (2MB)
  • One sick looking white plasticky casing that i must have
  • -SGD$1,298.00

I don’t know if its a good buy or not, but i know now i can work more efficiently = earn more money! yeah!