new horizons

After having been my constant travel buddy and work companion for more than two years, my HP dv2518 Pavilion laptop (belonging to the dv2500 entertainment series), which I fondly nicknamed Pavi, surprisingly failed me. This happened the day after our evening plane trip from Manila. After unpacking my bags and arranging the stuff in my […]

Do you prefer buying environment-friendly products over those that are not? Somebody recommended to me a cellphone brand which supports Greenpeace Foundation, an international organization which aims for environmental protection and conservation and promoting peace. While most consumers support these global concerns, their purchasing habits are still not that totally dependent on whether a product […]

There are many definitions of what a geek is, and while others find it offensive to be addressed as such, it is an honor for some to be considered as one. According to Wikipedia, a geek is…
A person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Geeks are adept with computers, and use […]

What’s probably the worst mistake a computer user can make is accidentally deleting his important files. Ouch! Has it happened to you? I’ve encountered this problem before but fortunately I have a back-up in a disk. What if I didn’t? That would have been a disaster!
But if this ever happen to […]

Lately I’ve been transferring a LOT of files from my hard disk to blank DVDs. Some of them are video files in AVI format from the digital camera which needs to be compressed to other file formats. I still haven’t tinkered with the video files though. There are so many audio/video converters out there and […]

I was transferring my image files to a blank DVD this evening when I noticed that some folders in my main hard drive were empty. I was surprised about the discovery and a bit worried if I copied the files to another folder or simply lost it due to carelessness. Thankfully, I found the files […]

After searching for a 7 pin mini-DIN S-video plug, big sis and I finally found an alternative to allow my laptop’s screen to show on their TV. We went to Gigantti and after going through their cables and connectors, big sis asked help from one of their staff. He suggested two cables - the s-video […]

These days, we’ve been looking for a plug or connector to connect my laptop to the TV. Big sis and I have been to one computer store yet… and haven’t found what we’ve been looking for.
The socket on my laptop looks like this:

I did a bit of research (thanks to Wikipedia!) and got its name […]

Have you tried going over the files in your computer and wishing you have sorted them out and deleted the unnecessary ones? I realized that browsing over Windows Explorer, and seeing the many folders and files accumulated through the years, can actually be stressful.
While organizing things on our desks and rooms usually exhausts us physically, […]