“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Businesses, Hardware, Software, Technology on Jul 17th, 2008
The other day when I posted about buying the Forza UPS, I thought I had posted about Pars Computer in the past. When I did a search on the blog, I saw that I hadn’t. I was there today and I took photos of the store.
Posted in Software, Technology on Jul 15th, 2008
If you are a laptop user, you might be interested in this new free laptop tracking system.
Posted in Hardware, Panama Journal, Technology on Jul 13th, 2008
Yesterday morning, I took the UPS back to PriceSmart that was failing for a week. I had monitored the device all week so that I could accurately explain what the problem was.
I took it to the customer desk and they promptly called the resident expert to check UPS. He took the UPS and plugged it [...]
Posted in Hardware, Technology on Jul 10th, 2008
My latest problem is related to my PC’s uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The other day we had a power outage that lasted about an hour. This isn’t all that unusual in Panama, even in cities as large as David.
The problem was, when the power went out, I was on my PC (surprise) and instead of [...]
Posted in Software, Technology on Jul 9th, 2008
The other day I wrote about Flock and a reader responded that he used Opera and I decided to try it. I had loaded it in the past, but I never spent much time with it. I have now tried it for several days and these are my non-technical observations.
Choosing an Internet Browser is kind [...]
Posted in Software, Technology on Jul 6th, 2008
This is not a technical evaluation as much as an evaluation of why I decided that Flock would not work for me. I intended to use it for a week, but after one day, I could see that I was more satisfied with Firefox.
There are two tool bars on Flock. One is the navigation tool [...]
Posted in Hardware, Technology on Jul 5th, 2008
I was in PriceSmart yesterday and saw the Dell package above. The components look good and the price didn’t seem all that bad. The price gives you a 160 Gig HD, DVD writer, 1.8 dual core processor, 1 Gig of memory, KB, Mouse and a 19 inch monitor. Price $800.
Searching the US Dell Site [...]
Posted in Hardware, Technology on Jun 6th, 2008
Every now and then I receive emails asking if people should bring technology to Panama or buy it here. Well, there is no perfect answer. In general, I have found prices in the US to be cheaper. If you can get the technology to Panama as $0, then that may be the better thing. However, [...]
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