rudyamid on May 29th, 2012 at 9:52 am

Every 6 months, or so, I take out my desktop machines and give them a through cleaning. Not just the outside, but the insides, where it matters. I hate to have the fans clogs up with dust and makes so much noise. Those dusts also get blown back to the room, making my allergies act […]

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rudyamid on November 23rd, 2011 at 10:49 am

Just got the latest Ultrabook offering from Toshiba, the Portégé Z835. It’s the light weight, very slim, full functioning, and affordable Notebook PC. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. I need it mainly for portability because I need to have a PC ready while traveling. The specs are quite impressive for it’s […]

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rudyamid on June 27th, 2009 at 7:10 am

I hate cables.  For years, I’ve been struggling with managing cables at the back of my computers.  I’m a non-Mac (PC) dude, so I always have a bunch of unsightly cables.  In fact, all of my electronics suffer from messy cables madness. From the pictures below,  I’ve been trying to get keep them neat and […]

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rudyamid on April 19th, 2009 at 11:19 pm

I finally got my tax refunds, and already I’ve been spending them on toys (consumer spending helps the economy, right?)  Here are some stuff I bought recently to upgrade my electronics: Got a new laptop, a Toshiba Satellite U400–ST3301. It’s a relatively light weight (4.5 Lbs) with a 13.3″ LCD screen. The lightness is important […]

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rudyamid on December 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Since I’m no longer running my own Linux server to host this blog, I have a spare machine to play with.  Red Hat just released Fedora Core 10, I thought I try and upgrade my FC9 system, and see what changes they’ve made. As expected, I could upgrade the OS by just booting the DVD.  […]

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