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Author: Hosea

Macbook Air Laptop + Parallels Desktop 5.0 = Disappointment

Reading through all the bells and whistles of the new Parallels Desktop 5.0, I was so excited and downloaded the trial copy to install on my Macbook Air laptop. The installation window pop up was quick and the screen display was fast. Click, click, click and I was into the installation progress bar.

I was so excited with many new features, such as faster performance on Snow Leopard OS X 10.6, automated Parallels Compressor that keep the virtual machine optimized and reclaimed hard disk storage space, Multi-Touch gestures available in Windows, remote control windows using Remote Control and the new Crystal Mode. These were the features that got me enthusiastic especially the new Crystal Mode.

Once Parallels Desktop 5.0 was installed, I quickly ran my virtual Windows XP. The speed was impressive and XP was loaded faster than before. I clicked around and realized that it was responding slower and slower and then almost like completely hanged.

I quickly when to Parallels Website and confirm the minimum requirement. Macbook Air laptop was inside the requirement list. I managed to access the start button and clicked restart but it took me more than 10 minutes just to click on the Restart option.

Windows XP restarted again and the startup was fast and went into Windows and from here onward, I could never used my XP anymore. It hanged instantly and I had to hard reset my Air laptop. After three tries and three hard resets, I gave up.

I took the trouble to reinstall back version 4 from my backup. Sad to say I was disheartened that I could not upgrade it. My Macbook Air Laptop model identifier ‘MacBookAir 1,1’ running at 1.6GHz. Perhaps it’s time for me to get a new mac.

7 Jan 2010
The Best Mobile Computing – MacBook Air Laptop Plus Snow Leopard 10.6

With all the hypes and marketing brainwashing, I finally I got a copy of OS X Snow Leopard also known as version 10.6.

The installation was standard like the previous version but there was no Archive and Install option available and it went straight to upgrade my existing OS. I was worried. After more than a hour, I heard the Mac ‘ding’ sound and I ran toward the screen looking forward for a safe upgrade. I was glad that my Air laptop was successfully upgraded.

The first thing I did was to checked my hard disk storage space. To my amazement, 10.6 gave me back almost 13GB of storage space. I was worried again if my video and other files were deleted during the upgrade. Double checking again and again, I was so delighted that Snow Leopard 10.6 saved so much storage space. One thumb up!

The overall performance of my Air Laptop increased significantly. I could feel the speed. Everything I did was so much faster, applications loaded faster, Dashboard displayed faster, Spaces switched faster and the list could go on. I quickly restarted the OS to test the startup speed. The performance was over my expectation, at least two times faster than 10.5. Another thumb up!

Chinese language input on Multi-Touch. This was the main reason that enticed me to installed Snow Leopard. The Chinese input with Multi-Touch was first introduced on iPhone and iPod Touch. Combining keystrokes and keyboard input, now I could simply used it on my Air to enhance my writing. Three thumbs up already!

The most intensive Parallels Desktop 4.0 with Windows XP SP3 loaded in Snow Leopard. Another delighted discovery, my Windows XP was up and running two times faster than previously with 10.5. With Snow Leopard 10.6, I reclaimed a hefty lot of processor speed. For this, one big thumb up!

There were many more enhancements Snow Leopard offered. For me, These four reasons were more than enough to justify my upgrade. Four thumbs up for MacBook Air laptop running on Snow Leopard 10.6, the experience was awesome.

6 Jan 2010
Using Non Woven Polypropylene For an Environment Friendly Bag

When you look all around you, what you will probably see are plastics. Especially when you go to the supermarket or just shopping around at the mall, when you buy something you will be going home with plastic bags in your hands. Now that is not really a good thing when we think about it. Because we are doing more harm than good with regards to our environment. Plastics are not good for nature. It hurts nature and usually just ends up as non-decomposing trash item in landfills. That is if they at least reach the landfills.

It is a great thing that scientists are working hard to solve this problem. Because now they have come up with a new kind of plastic, one that is actually referred to as a plastic fabric, because it can be used in other items where fabric is normally used. This new plastic variant is called a non woven polypropylene which is gaining popularity especially in the eco friendly market.

What is good about this new plastic? A highly recyclable plastic, non woven polypropylene is accepted by recycling plants and centers wherein they can easily break it down to create other useful things. It is strong and durable enough to be used as a daily shopping bag. It is very cheap to manufacture, and thus can be mass produced to completely replace the usual plastics we see in the supermarkets. It is very soft that it is even used as a surgical mask. It is lightweight which makes it ideal for other purposes.

This non woven polypropylene helps in promoting a greener environment and in informing the general public that there is an alternative to using the highly polluting common plastics. It will also help in forging a new habit of re-using a shopping bag instead of simply using it once.

It is not just recyclable in the sense that you can send it to recycling centers and have it processed, but this new kind of plastic can be recycled just in our very own homes. Since it is durable enough for daily use, you can just wipe it clean to use it again. Should it gain even dirtier, you can even use soap on it, rinse with cold water, and then let it hang out to dry in the air.

These recycling features make it an ideal plastic to replace the old ones that we have been used to each day. Just imagine what it can do to our environment if we can greatly lessen all the plastic bags that we have been throwing out. Landfills will not easily be filled up, plus there will be fewer plastics to clog the sewers and just left lying in the roads where it will never easily decompose.

When we only have one Mother Earth, taking care of her should be our top priority. And often all we need to do is to start small. Using recyclable plastics will be a huge contribution to keeping our planet green and clean for many years to come.

There is only one earth. Do your part, save the earth. ~~Start using eco friendly bags. http://www.bagtailor.com/~~

5 Jan 2010
Race Highway With Mugen RR

Finally I got my chance to test drive the new Mugen RR! Super cool huh! Test drive Mugen RR was a dream for every Honda fan especially those in the mod business!

My friend called me on Friday morning saying “Bro, my RR landed in NAZA showroom! I am gonna picked it on Monday or Tuesday along with my registration plate.” I was surprised! I could not believe that he really bought the RM350,000 Mugen RR which was about USD$102,000.

The Honda Civic Mugen RR had a limited production run of only three hundreds units worldwide and only in Milan Red color, same as my Euro R color. Mugen RR was powered by Honda well-known K20A motor, which also used in FD2R, DC5, EP3, CL7 and many other models. K20A tuned by Mugen could output 240HP which no other mod group could produce now. (Can …. JC Racing, Spoon, Toda, Comptect,… many of them can produces as well, but it will void the car warranty with the modifications… The Mugen RR is approved by Honda, all parts are authorized by Honda Japan as for street legal.”

I woke up 7am and got myself ready for my friend arrival. About 15 mins later, I saw the blood-red car coming to my gate. Here it is, the Mugen RR is here! I was so excited now to race on the highway.

I was walking around the car and checking the spoiler, bodykits, rims, tires, exhaust, for like 20minutes. Then I opened up the driver side door, slowly and carefully sit on the Recaro Racing-type seat. The seat was also different from Type R, it came with feature lightweight carbon fiber shells.

Turn the key and push the red button, the motor fired up! I drove the RR to Jawi for breakfast. On the Jawi highway, I stepped hard, racing all the way to Bukit Merah. All I could express was, excellent!

The Mugen RR was really a street race car but the steering a bit light, other than that, it is a race car champion. The V-Tec screamed all the way up to 9,200RPM. The engine was fully packed with torque!

Civic Type R suspension was already consider bumpy to me for street use, but the Mugen RR is even stiffer! That was why the car ride amazingly stable, even at 235km/h speed (Apexi RSM installed). When crusing around 230km/h, You would just felt like you were driving around 140km/h on a normal Civic. After the exit of Bukit Merah toll, I u-turned and got back to the return route. Spun up the front wheel after the smart-tag scanned, I speed up all the way till the 360 degree highway entrance service road and dropped gear from 4th to 3rd to 2nd, by heel toe way. Woh! I underestimated the potential of RR. I could even go faster than what I was clocked-in now, the 4 tires were sticking on the road! Sweet!

I did not know what would be the top speed of this car because I got no chance to race due to heavy traffic on the Malaysia “Pariak” Highway.

Anyway, I am very happy with the test drive on the highway. Thanks to Ryan! The RR was an untouchable machine on the street. It could easily eat any Bimmer 325i.

~~Check out my car forum: http://www.jdmpitstop.com/~~

5 Jan 2010
Create Your Own Personalized Canvas Bags

One of the most flexible and useful kind of bag is a canvas bag. It is made of strong, woven fabric that can be utilized to create other things like signage, tents, table mats, and more. But it is for bags which it is more commonly used for.

But did you know that you can have your very own personalized canvas bags? It is a good thing especially since a plain bag is not really a fashionable thing to have. It looks so simple, laid-back, and seems like it is more for going to the market than for daily use.

Since these bags are durable enough to last for a long time, you certainly want it to look more to your liking if you are going to use it very often. These are also very inexpensive so you can get for yourself a set of these bags and with a little bit of your very own creativity, you can have a set of attractive and unique personalized bags.

With just some colorful paints and accessories, here is how you can make your bag fit your personality.

1. Select the type of canvas bag that you would like for this small project. There is a wide variety to choose from, ranging from all sizes to colors. Also, choose the design that you want to recreate on your bag.

2. In hardware stores or craft stores, you can buy some fabric paint. Just choose the colors that you will be actually using so you can save money on paint as well as you do not have to stock away unused colors in your house.

3. Put wax on the inside of your canvas. What the wax does is it prevents the paint, which you will be applying on the outside, to sip through the canvas fabric.

4. Now you can lay down your bag on a table and start painting with your previously selected design. You can simply use a small brush for this so you can have finer and firmer control on how the colors will paint on the canvas. Or if you are not good at this, you can simply use a template and outline the design using the brush all over it.

5. When you are done painting, hang out your decorated canvas outside under the sun. When your canvas is already dry, then that is the best time that you can add other accessories such as beads, buttons, threads and even stickers.

This is the simple way on how you can create your very own personalized canvas bags. You can use virtually every kind of accessory on your bag. Just make sure that you have a clear idea on what design or them you would like to see on your bag and you can start from there. Who knows, maybe your friends would like your new bags and request for their very own personalized bags from you. That could even be the start of your own small business.

4 Jan 2010
How to Write Mission Statement That Will Inspire You and Others

Mission statements are usually just for organizations and establishments like schools and companies. However, if you want to have your own mission statement in life, you can do it too. A statement is like your motto in life that will lead you to greater heights. If you are ready, here are some tips on how to write a good one.

Which is the most important thing to you? In a person, there are so many aspects of life. So, before writing your statement, get a pen and jot down the things that are important to you. Example, love, family, school, career, business, friendship, religion and so on. After writing it all down, rank now which one is the highest and which one is the lowest.

Write a statement for each. Once you have ranked all the important aspects of your life, you are now ready to write a mission statement for each aspect. Make it short and simple. For instance, if your most important aspect is about your family, you can write “to have a loving relationship with my family until the next and the next generation”.

Combine it all together. Once you are done with number two, look at your short and simple missions, which ones are really good or important missions? Combine all the missions together to make one cohesive statement for your life.

When you have written your mission statement, it will inspire you to fulfill what you have convey in your statement and your life will be different. And then you can tell and inspire other people about how to write mission statement.

~~Change your life at http://www.visionmissionstatement.com/~~

4 Jan 2010
Opportunities Hidden in Money Making Sites

Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to boost your online income, especially if you already are running a website that targets a specific niche. Affiliate marketing provides wonderful opportunities hidden in money making websites you manage. Find out how you can boost your Internet income by becoming an online marketing affiliate.

More experienced marketing affiliates are able to earn hundreds of dollars in profit a year. You can be the next one if you know the ropes in the lucrative business. Before you start, bear in mind that the vast world of the Internet is your marketplace and the thousands of emerging online businesses are your clients. If you are able to effectively target a small yet significant audience or group of customers, you will see how affiliate marketing can change your life.

Just like any legit business, affiliate marketing does not guarantee instant success. To be successful in this endeavor, one has to be persistent, creative, ambitious, and always willing to learn. As mentioned earlier, you need to manage your own website to become a marketing affiliate. Once you have your website or websites up and running, the next thing you need to do is to sign up for affiliate programs related to your website’s niche.

Affiliate marketing opportunities hidden in money making sites can be further tapped if you ensure that readers will instantly “like” your website a few seconds upon visiting. To achieve this, you have to make sure that your site is user-friendly and contains informative and useful content. Affiliate marketing requires you to link to affiliate programs and persuade your website’s readers to buy products promoted by the affiliate programs you signed for.

Some pundits say that the most profitable niches include poker, mortgage, and education. Increasing demand for technological gadgets and online businesses has been noted in recent years as well. You can easily do research to find out which affiliate business you can sign up for. The important thing is the hours you put in and creative ideas you come up with. It would help to engage in a particular business that genuinely interests you.

Optimize your website pages to generate more traffic from search engines. Write SEO-optimized content. If you wish to shell out some cash, advertise your site through paid ad and links through PPC advertising. If you have some extra cash and wish to see faster result, you can also opt to buy an existing site instead of building a new one.

~~More opportunities at http://www.realinternetincomesecrets.com~~

4 Jan 2010
Protecting Your Computer Against Password Theft

Stealing password information is not as hard as you think it might be. Any teenager looking for information on how to hack emails can now do so without difficulty. Even more frightening is the proliferation of malicious software, or malware, which invades your computer system to steal important information. According to a report released this year by McAfee, password-stealing Trojans have increased by up to 400% in the past year alone.

Malware like Trojans, which are capable of stealing password information, operate by logging keystrokes and record your passwords. In 2008, 400,000 variants of the virus have been detected compared to 100,000 in 2007. The information is indeed quite alarming. Malicious software like this gets into our PC systems when we log in to websites on the Internet that do not have safe content. McAfee further added that techniques to steal personal data have become more complicated than before.

Stealing password information has increased alongside the growing popularity of online multi-player games and online businesses. Writers of malware have somehow managed to make the transmission and the destination of stolen data more secure and more difficult to track. What is even scarier is that malware have posed a serious threat to online banking with more reports about the theft of bank account details.

Computer crime researchers suggest creating unpredictable passwords and changing them from time to time. Also, computer users should never ignore the basic rules of computer security. It is found that hackers are given a pretty easy time stealing passwords as people tend to use their own names or their partner’s names for passwords. Some use their pet’s names or a memorable date. All hackers need to do sometimes is to obtain some personal information to know a person’s log-in details.

It is also important to keep our computers protected from malware and other viruses. The risk is greater if you or members of your family spend a huge amount of time online. Make sure you use an anti-virus program, which you should update regularly. Refrain from visiting dubious websites and clear out your system on a regular business. For a reasonable fee, you can try purchasing protection programs to weed out malware that may have already nested in your PC and block all pathways hackers may use to get into your network.

~~For more information on tricks used by spammers, hackers, and online scammers, and to protect your PC from future attacks and infestations, http://www.blockedipaddress.com~~

4 Jan 2010
Blocked IP Address Through Software – Is a Myth

Before we understand the reason and execution of blocked IP address one should be aware of what that means to start with. It is a unique number that would be provided to the computer that you are using. This number would help to identify your computer while you are online.

The reason that people have started to resort for the blocked IP address is because they do not want to be located. With the IP the location of the computer could be determined along with many other details. By using the IP your computer could be accessed as well.

If you see internet is noting but a huge network which is across the globe. When your computer is on the network and your IP address is visible, then people could reach out to the data that you have stored in your system and could use it to your advantage like for example the credit card numbers and other bank details.

The way out is blocking the IP address. There are many websites that are offering software that could help blocking the IP. But in reality, these do not work. You could have the software and run it on your system and feel safe, but it would not block the IP, it would still be visible.

The only way of fixing this problem is by using a proxy server which would change the IP of your system, not in reality but would reflect an IP address, which is not your actual. By doing that you are not really blocking your address but are being anonymous over the net. As this cannot be tracked back to your system.

~~Are you looking for more information about blocked IP address? Visit http://www.blockedipaddress.com/ today!~~

4 Jan 2010
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