minimalistic practicalism

I recently had the “pleasure” upgrading one of my system drive to a SSD, due to the fact that my now ex-system drive was an almost decade-old 160GB WD drive that has been showing its age for quite some time. As a result, this upgrade took place sooner than later, and it is, as many people agree, probably the most satisfying upgrade you can do to a computer.

Essentially, the SSD made me the slowest component in my computer’s operations. No longer do I have to wait minutes for the computer to boot up; gone is the application start-up time; say goodbye to thumb twiddling while waiting for the loading screens.

While there are still many factors affecting a system’s performance, a SSD upgrade is probably by far the most rewarding upgrade one can do to a computer, and the users can feel it too. Sure, it would not suddenly make an old machine calculate floating points faster, nor would it allow you to pay Crysis on a 10 years old Intel graphics laptop, but instead, you get what you always expected from a computer: you click for a program to start, and it opens in seconds instead of minutes.

Was it pricey? Yes. Was it worth it? Definitely.

I believe everyone can perform quite a few maintenance on their vehicle if they are willing to learn how, because in reality, most maintenance procedure is pretty simple.

How do you change engine oil? Drain old oil, dump new oil. How do you change transmission fluid? The simple way, is just like engine oil. The same goes to many other fluids that run in your car, like the coolant and power steering fluid, and that, my friend, pretty much handle a majority of the maintenance that’s done on one’s car over the course of the car’s life.

And the benefit of doing it all by yourself? Not only you save money, you also learn more about your vehicle along the ride. Why rely on someone else to do the work when you know you can do it just as good, if not better?

From a hobby photographer’s perspective, I think it’s very important to respect other photographers’ work space, especially when many photographers are present for a small group photoshoot. If one photographer is already taking pictures of people, respect him/her as the primary photographer for that session and work around him/her. If you need better angle and need the photographer to move, ask when s/he is taking a break.

A little more respect for other people goes a long way. A very long way.

A worthy contender that may help bring photographers alike to the Linux community by enabling a wide range of format support, including RAW and DNG, to the environment.

I can’t wait for an update on this.

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For any permanent resident residing in the States doing any move, it is necessary to notify USCIS about the move within 10 days of the move. For convenience, there is an online change of address form (AR-11) for use.

Feel free to take advantage of it!

For those who do fresh install on Windows PC a lot, Ninite is definitely a useful website where it creates an installer containing the software you choose from their selectable software repository

This is my new first stop after a fresh Windows install.

In reality, it doesn’t really matter which one you run on your computer. In the end, the only thing that matters is that you get a good computing experience, and by that I mean you accomplish what you want to do with ease and, in some instances, joy.

That’s all it matters when it comes to operating systems.

Being a realistic dog owner myself, I cannot agree with the this article more. It is so important that one evaluates his/her situation before deciding on getting a pet, because it’s not just the money part that matters, but also the time and effort one needs to put in to provide the psychological and physical needs of the pet.

And as much as I believe owning a pet really helps people grow, it is also a decision that people need to evaluate critically.

How would you like to be a part of biggest hacker convention while enjoying the luxurious hotels and the entertainment that of Las Vegas, all at the same time?

Not being an advertiser for Defcon, but my past experience of Defcon was so much fun that I wish to come back again and again, year after year, to learn about the latest trend in technology and security, while visiting one of the most fun-filled city in America.

I highly recommend this convention.

Learning is fun, and learning about things you love is even funner.

Freetechbooks.com gathers a lot of free technical books into one portal, allowing people to find free technical books that are related to the topics that interest them.

I think the site pretty much sums up for itself, so why not check it out?