smart computer use?

I’m not going to waste any time leading into this list:

• Drop your laptop from a 15 story building, from the front steps at the first floor of the building.
• Spill water on your laptop computer, then try to dry it, like trying to dry it will actually help the fact that you spilled water on it.
• Close the top, thinking that your laptop computer went into hibernation mode (but it really didn’t), then put it in a backpack, letting it overheat unknowingly cause it’s not actually in hibernation mode.
• Keeping it until it’s only value is that you can probably give it away for free. Sell it while it’s hot!

Yeah.

I frequently go through stages where I feel like I’m in a rut when it comes to keeping on top of projects. One thing that I find to be important to keeping out of ruts is keeping my workspace fresh.

Fresh?

By a fresh workspace, I mean this: don’t let your workspace feel stale and non-maintained.

• Don’t just let stuff pile up do something with those piles, stay familiar with them. Don’t have a pile on your desk or work area that you look at and say “I’m not really sure what is even in that pile of stuff”. If you don’t need it file it and get it out of the way.
• Clean your workspace. Use an air can to blow dust off it the desk and shelves. Get rid of garbage. Don’t let coffee cups and water bottles and pop cans stack up.
• Change it up every now and then. Subtle things. Put up new pictures on the wall, take some things down, etc.

What I do.

I like to try to put up new posters or pictures every now and then. I don’t let the bulletin board go unrevised for periods of time. I’ll also try to switch up music often. Keep it fresh. It seems to keep me more motivated.

Haha. I don’t know why this one made me laugh. Once I noticed it, I thought it was quite hilarious.

The funny thing is this:

• I am first told that the message is exactly 2148991 characters long. This is a very specific and large number. This computer is showing me that it knows insane details that a mere mortal human should not care about.
• I am then told that a certain amount of characters from the beginning of the message are being shown to me. 106496 to be exact. So exact, that the computer adds “or so…” to the estimation of characters that are being shown.

Come on.

Don’t think that I don’t know what you are up to, you program. You are a lot smarter than you lead us to believe… you can’t play it off.

What is the difference?

I recently browsed the isles of a local HDTV dealer. There were walls that were many, many feet in length. Expansive isles of HDTV’s. There were many options. Many price differences. I saw many situations where two very similar HDTV’s were sitting next to each other, but each was priced on a wildly different level.

The difference? It’s the resolution of the HDTV’s that is different. The main point to recap this whole comparison is that if you don’t have an HDTV that is bigger than 50 inches you probably won’t be able to tell the difference between 720p vs 1080p.

Why the choice?

1080p is the top level spec to shoot for. 720p will suffice for now, and looks great, but will not be a great long term option.

1080p will probably be a better bet long term option for power savvy folk.

First and foremost, some people just want what’s considered the best spec on a TV. If you’re one of those people, spend the extra dough, you’ll feel better in the long run. Secondly, if you’re thinking of going big, really big (a 55-inch or larger screen), or you like to sit really close (closer than 1.5 times the diagonal measurement), the extra resolution may make it worth the difference–as long as you have a pristine, 1080i or 1080p HD source to feed into the set. And finally, it’s a good idea to go with 1080p if you plan to use your TV a lot as a big computer monitor.

720p is the most cost-effective option, and not necessarily the worst option.

If none of those factors jump out at you as true priorities–and you are working on a tight budget and want to save some dough–a 720p set is going to do you just fine. HD will still look great on your set, I swear. In fact, our current highest-scoring HDTV, the Pioneer Kuro PDP-5080HD, is a 720p, er–768p, model.

Read the entire source article here.

I don’t like it.

I always catch the glare of finger prints on my laptop screen. It bothers me. It especially bothers me because of the fact that my laptop computer screen is of the glossy finish type. If there is a finger print or smudge, it is very obvious.

Bad Habit?

If I notice a smudge on my screen, I clean it immediately. If I do not clean the smudge, I will sit and think about it until it is clean.

Just don’t touch the screen

It’s not that hard. When pointing at things on the screen, there is no need to drag your finger tip over the screen itself.

Maybe this is just something that I have to get used to.