If I was a rabbit and I wanted to find weakest spot on a humans (accessible to my teeth), I would go for common carotid artery. Only down side seems to be fact that you need human to bent over in order for that to work. However, thinking how cute and cuddly rabbits can be, I do not consider that too big a problem.
P.S. Those wondering what happened to me, please read this. :)
Every time I power on my HTC S740, I get same greeting: “The operator does not exist in the database. Please contact your operator for the connections settings. Connection Setup will redirect you to the Connection screen”. Once you select Hide as menu option, redirection to Settings\Connections does happen and you have your chance to define connections. Once you define connections, this screen will not appear again. That is how things should look like.
Probably I am problem here.
When I am traveling somewhere I like to delete all data connections. That is sure way to avoid roaming cost. However, when you delete all connections, Connection Setup screen reappears after every power-on. If I am traveling via plane, with few boardings in between, power-off and power-on cycle happens quite a few times and “The operator does not exist in the database.” gets boring pretty quickly.
Solution is quite simple but not obvious one. Turning that setting off is not done in Settings/Connections which, in my personal opinion, should be place for this. On HTC S740 you need to go into Accessories menu and there you will find Connection Setup. Once you run it, under Menu there is option “Enable Auto Configuration”. Uncheck it and you will not be bugged any more.
Hint to HTC - once user selects Hide, do not bother him again unless he changes his SIM card.
Google Chrome uses proxy defined on system for it’s operations. In my personal opinion that is correct way of doing things. However, sometime I want to leave that server alone and use another one instead.
Fortunately, there is small command line option that will take care of this. All you need to do is to modify shortcut pointing to Google Chrome. In Target text you should just append --proxy-server=192.168.0.1:8080 where 192.168.0.1 is address of proxy server (http and https) you wish to use and 8080 is port where proxy server is listening. Of course your proxy server data may be different. :)
My laptop was on repairs for a while so I decided to join two needs. First one was me having a laptop and second one was me having something for wife as Christmas present. This laptop is result of those needs. :)
HP mini 5101 has an Intel Atom Processor N280 (1.66 GHz) and up to 2 GB of RAM. While this may not sound so powerful, it works nicely with Windows 7. Standard 2.5" 160 GB hard drive is something that offers good performance and space for a nice price. All things considered, I am not sure that SSD drive would behave that much better on this machine.
Until I saw this notebook, I never imagined 10" screen as being that small. If you open Visual Studio 2010, there is huge amount of scrolling needed. Resolution is 1024x600 and that ensures that not even all dialogs are visible. There is option of HD screen (1366x768) but I am not sure that it would improve things much. It would just force me to use higher DPI setting which brings same problem back. Fortunately there is support for external monitor and that is life saver.
Case is definitely bright point. It is light but it looks like something that can handle man’s hand. What reminds you that this may not be toy for stronger gender is finish that just attracts fingerprints. However, in gentle hands that clean it once a while, it looks good.
Keyboard is one of those Chiclet-style (every key for it self) and it spans almost from edge to edge. I still prefer standard HP notebook keyboard but I cannot say that I considered it too much of punishment to use this one. Only weak points are plastic connections of keyboard to notebook body. That plastic just breaks too easy.
I can say that programming on that machine was quite good experience once you connect external monitor. Without external monitor, there is just not enough screen real-estate to do anything but basic browsing.
Since I got my laptop back, only thing that I miss from HP mini is it’s weight (1.2 kg). However, once you arrive on your destination, there is that point when you actually need to use your computer. And comfort of full laptop is not something that HP mini can challenge.
[2010-04-06: I upgraded memory from default 1 GB to 2 GB. This did not improve Windows Experience Index but it did wonders to working experience. For those interested full scores are 2.3 (processor), 4.5 (memory), 2.0 (graphics), 3.0 (gaming graphics) and 5.9 (hard drive).]
It is not a secret that I like Michael Schumacher. When it was announced that he will be substitute for Felipe Massa, I was happy as little child. As you all know, that didn’t happen.
Although I still followed Formula 1 and I still was Ferrari fan, something didn’t feel right. First there came Kimi Raikkonen. Guy was quick but I just couldn’t imagine him in Ferrari clothes. Next idiotic move was signing Fernando Alonso. Getting this guy in red suit was just too much for me. Only thing that tentatively connected me to Ferrari was Felipe.
My plan was just to repeat year 2009, be a Ferrari-Massa fan and hope that next year they will find driver worthy enough to drive in red car.
However, it seems that I will be Mercedes fan instead. They successfully (according to Bild) completed negotiations and Michael Schumacher will drive once again.
He doesn’t need any money (and he will not get much anyhow) and nobody expects him to actually win championship. It will just be joy ride mixed with wish to prove himself again. I other words - pure joy to watch.
Thank you Santa for this present.