Showing posts with label Personal Computing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Computing. Show all posts

Keyboard Problems of My Netbook

Supposed to be, this would be a normal blogging session. Until a keyboard problem of my Blue H1 Netbook came about and spiced things up.

The K key of my keyboard announced it needed more of my attention, a harder press that is for it to register on screen.


Yes, I know. My Blue H1 Netbook is old. I bought it in 2008 and is already phased out. Mine survived countless virus attacks, semi-major falls on the floor and plenty of reformatting.

It has been my main blogging tool and has served my computing needs reliably well. In that I am very grateful and consider it a good buy. Today is practically the first day it manifested a hardware problem and its age. This is what my blog post would read on my usual typing speed and force. (Insert k in the underscores.)

The _eyboard _ey _ needs to be pressed harder than usual, harder than the other _eys, to register on the screen.


But doing so could double- or triple-type the letter K. It is annoying to delete extra letters, adding more time than necessary to data entry or typing activities.

Quickly, I put on my USB vacuum cleaner, locked the keyboard and cleaned it. I brushed the surface first and vacuumed it. Then, I lifted my netbook upside down, tapped it a few times with medium force. But the problem still lingers with the K key.

Luckily, the letter K is not the most used word in the English language, which is what I use in blogging. Not so, when typing in my native Filipino vernacular.

Replacing my netbook is inevitable. As I brace myself for more hardware problems to surface in the coming days, I pray that my netbook would continue to function just enough for my personal computing needs. Until I can afford a brand new and better netbook. When that time arrives, I will retire this netbook, perhaps with a eulogy to boot. ;)

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Ogling at Google Chrome OS Notebooks - Chromebooks are my Next Dream Gadget

Notebooks with Google's own operating system - the Chrome OS - are set to be released on June 15.

After two years of development, the battle of operating systems has a new player and it is very interesting to see how it fares against the more established Microsft Windows, Apple MAC OS and a whole line up of open source computer operating system.

I am one of those ogling at one of those chromebooks for my own.


Google Chrome OS Notebooks or Chromebooks
Image from here

Google Chrome OS Notebooks or Chromebooks boasts of the following features:
  • Instant Web
  • Always Connected (Almost)
  • Same Experience Everywhere
  • Amazing Web Apps
  • Friends let friends log in
  • Forever Fresh
  • Security Built In

You can learn about the Chromebook features here.

The Chromebook has two manufacturer versions, Samsung & Acer.

The Samsung Chromebook has a 12.1" screen, a whopping 8 hour battery life and is reported to retail at $429 for the Wi-Fi version and $499 for the 3G version. Meanwhile, the more portable Acer Chromebook has an 11.6" display, 6.5 battery life and retail price start at $349.

On June 15, the Chromebooks will be available at Amazon.com, Best-Buy stores in the US. It will also be released in UK and France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands.

The long battery life on single charge had me screaming and fantasizing blogging for hours at the nearby mall or any free wi-fi area.

Initial reviews say that chromebooks isn't for power users but more for data entry and blogging which is much like saying "This is for you, Doms". That plus my blue H1 netbook umpc needs to retire. LOL!

It's just a shame that it doesn't run Photoshop. But as long as there is some app for image editing, then it would be good for my blogging. Or, it could pave the way for me to master GIMP.

The lull before its release here in the Philippines will afford me to learn all of its downsides. But as of the moment, I'm sold to the idea to using my credit card to purchase me one of those chromebooks. (but only if 0% interest and 12 months to pay, hehehe!!!!)


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Blue H1 Mobile PC

I finally have my very own netbook - the Blue H1 Mobile PC. I purchased it yesterday at Asianic in Park Square who  has an exhibit in Glorietta.

My very own Blue H1 Mobile PCAfter a lot of dreaming and considerations including Acer Aspire One, I finally settled with Blue Digital's Deep Blue Hydrogen 1 mobile PC.Based on application and my wallet's capability, I felt that Blue will be enough for my blogging and 10 K in six months is well within my budget.

My netbook features a 7" display, powered by 1.0 GHz C7-M processor and 1 GB DDR2 memory. Its 60 GB mobile Hard drive is enough for my files. It is pre-installed with LinPus Linux OS which was replaced with Windows XP by my best friend Ranel. It also comes with integrated speakers, a webcam [ that I think is obstrusively labeled as Digital Camera ] and touch pad. The LAN port, wi-fi and two USB ports will take care of my connectivity needs. Weighing only 2.6 pounds, this allows me to be on the go in search of free internet. ( Hehehe! )

So far, so good. Hopefully, I would not miss updating my blogs with my Blue H1 ultramobile PC.


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Screenshot on PC

One of my recent tasks was to present screenshots of the websites I just made in a report to be submitted to my boss. Initially, I thought of utilizing the print screen key to get a screenshot of the PC screen after displaying the website on full screen view. On second thought, I decided to look for an another option.

Good thing, google presented me with Fireshot.

FireshotFireshot is an add-on/extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. It basically creates screenshots of webpage.

When you use the print screen key, all the visible areas on the screen will be captured. Fireshot gives you the option to capture the visible area or just the webpage you want. Plus, it has editing functionality. Just like what I did in my report, you can highlight part or parts of the webpage that you desire.

It was definitely a great help in accomplishing that task. If you are also given with the same task, you may want to use Fireshot to get that screenshot on PC of the webpage you need.


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