iPad

Official Video for ipad
老實說個人不看好這個iPad
這 Product 多用途, 可以surf web, 可以看video, 可以讀ebook, 可以可以可以可以…

拚音輸入法...天哪

但究竟有幾多服務是available in Hong Kong ?
香港連 iTune 合法買音樂的服務都沒有
iPad 連繁中都沒有 (暫時)

我想讀電子書,
為什麼不買Kindle 要買iPad? (4 Reasons the Kindle is Dead, 4 Reasons It’s Not [via mashable])

網上的評語也好像不太好

Twitter about #iPad

Apple iPad: Love It or Lump It? [via lifehacker]

8 Things That Suck About the iPad [via gizmodo]

可能是大家對Steve Job /Apple 太大期望吧!

說了太多負面的想法,
不如加點想像力, 應用 iPad 時其實可能很酷的
比方說加入Magic 元素 -

Magic Projection 1.0

Bring the Laptop out. Turn it on.

But your Laptop’s battery can only be used for an hour…

Well…

Would you buy another battery? NO, too heavy and it costs money!

Why don’t you try some software enhancement to have better battery life management?

Try Vista Battery Saver, it make the battery life 20 minutes longer with a single software installment.

It saves your battery power by disabling some of the fancy features of Vista.

For example, the transparency for Windows and the Aero (available in Vista Home Premium, just press Windows+Tab).

The most useful part of the sofware is that whenever you plug or unplug the power supply, it will adjuct the setting by itself. In this case, unlike Mac, Vista users have to configure the power setting manually.

It saves a lot of trouble – there is no way that you would forget to adjust the setting and waste your battery life for half an hour.

Try to use Vista Battery Saver and you will see the difference.

Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

Just like what it said, I now have a “well-organized” desktop that don’t even have an icon.

Desktop with Launchy

It is really great that I can still reach my working directory/ folder pretty fast. With the right configuration, I can reach my folder by pressing alt+space and then type in the folder name. It is very useful when you put your courses’ material under the course’s code.

Working Launchy

Mis-typing

It works even if I type the wrong name for the folder!

Here are my organized folders under the directory of Kwong. Basically I put useful stuff in this directory. Once you have organized the files, you would find the significance of efficiency improvement.

Why need organizing folder/ files?
1)    Easier backup
2)    Combining with Launchy, you can reach folder by press keyboard instead of clicking several folder…

Let’s see how it works!
After downloading the Launchy, you can start it by pressing alt+space.
To configure the application, press the gear wheel on the top-right corner.

You can just add your personal directory (pressing +).

Make sure you click “include directories”.

Launchy can also be used for Web Searching. Just invoke Launchy, type Youtube/Wikipedia, press Tab, then enter the word you’re looking up.

Actually, there are many other features for you to look into. So just download Launchy and try it yourself!

I recalled my cello teacher – ” Learning Music is nothing about expressing your emotion or feelings, but to improve quality of sound and tone.”

Optimizing is also a topic that we, Engineering Student, always facing.

Recently, some of my classmates (including me) attend lectures with laptops. For me, my eyesight is not good that having another screen right before me would help a lot. I just cannot have a clear image. (Maybe I should change my glasses =P). Anyway having a laptop is very convenient to take notes and access the Internet.

I chatted with my classmate Bill about how to use laptops more efficiently. Using a laptop is something different from using a desktop – at least few people will bring the mouse with the laptop.

I did not get used to use the touchpad and refused to use it. But once I tried to optimize it, I find the convenience it brings to my laptop. I am now happy using my laptop even without a USB mouse.

Actually there should be a configuration panel for the touch pad. It should be under control panel->mouse

The touch pad can be optimized by adjusting the sensitivity. You can try to adjust the speed for double clicking and you will no longer rely left-clicking or dragging by the physical left button. The speed of the cursor should also be adjusted according to fit yourself better.

One of the interesting parts of the touchpad is that people rarely find the “Tap Zones”

Actually you can configure the zones to have some special functions. For me, I configure my top-left area as “Browser backward one web page”, top-right as the mouse Middle Click (good for using Firefox to have anchor/link open in a new tab and my laptop does not have a physical middle button…sigh), bottom-left as Jump to Start Button and bottom-right as minimize the current Window.

With the setting, I can access web pages without moving hands to keyboard to press Backspace to Previous page, or using my thumb to press the left-button. Scrolling through the pages can also be done by pressing the edges. Most of the commands can be made using my index finger.

But I am quite amazed that the “Tap Zones” function is set to “OFF” by default.

make sure you Enable Tap Zones.

That’s it. You now can be happy even without a USB mouse