{"id":938,"date":"2009-11-01T22:59:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T22:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocobeam.me\/playground\/2009\/11\/4-tech-things-that-changed-my-life\/"},"modified":"2009-11-01T22:59:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T22:59:24","slug":"4-tech-things-that-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2009\/11\/4-tech-things-that-changed-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"4 tech things that changed my life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Arial\">   <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Widescreen <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a title=\"Wide screen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18828270@N00\/4065816924\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"Wide screen\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2741\/4065816924_ffaeaf8680.jpg\" \/><\/a>         <br \/>Open wide<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cAccording to manufacturer <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NEC\"><em>NEC<\/em><\/a><em>: &quot;The vision of humans naturally moves horizontally rather than vertically, and ergonomics experts have recommended a broad format for a long time. In a professional setting, the use of large screens better facilitates execution of the tasks on the screen and thus contributes to increased productivity.&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Couldn\u2019t say it better. From the first 16:10 laptops to big wide screens for desk or TV, this aspect ratio is just a drug for me. I had a good CRT 4:3 19\u201d monitor but I felt constricted. Doing sound and having a timeline in all my apps made me want to have a landscape setting and much more room which means much less scrolling. I can now stare at my 24\u201d widescreen 12hours a day when with a 4:3 I could not (also the LCD technology is easier for the eyes). So it\u2019s better for work, it\u2019s better for movies, it\u2019s better for games and everything. It took so long. Now you can buy a good 24\u201d widescreen for less than 200 bucks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SSD <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"HDD vs SSD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18828270@N00\/4065067373\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"HDD vs SSD\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2614\/4065067373_1b2062d1fc.jpg\" \/><\/a>&#160; <br \/><em>A mechanical fragile piece of hardware on the left, static realm on the right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solid-state_drive\" target=\"_blank\">Solid State Drive<\/a>. Once again it\u2019s a lot for work purpose that I bought one two years ago and I was blown away. The HDD has three major issues: it makes noise, it heats and the more the disk is full, the more performance is going down. I had a Fujitsu 15K SCSI HDD and it was ok but the SSD just kills it in every way. <\/p>\n<p>You launch a window, it\u2019s instantaneous. You install\/uninstall an app, it\u2019s fast as hell. You launch Photoshop in 4 seconds etc It doesn\u2019t heat at all, it\u2019s totally noiseless and even full at 99%, performance are exactly like if the SSD was empty. So for your system \u2013because to stock music and medias hard drives are way cheaper and efficient- I highly recommend them. I guess with a 64bits OS, a lot of RAM and one of the last SSD available, you\u2019re not gonna wait often in front of your computer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TNN <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"G5 vs TNN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18828270@N00\/4065817536\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"G5 vs TNN\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2540\/4065817536_5d5970e6ca.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>A vacuum cleaner on the left, a monolith on the right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is the biggest change I have encounter in all my computer life. You launch YouTube in HD, or any media player made with Flash and fans are kicking, blowing. You launch an app, fans are blowing. You launch a heavy javascript website, fans are blowing. It\u2019s just a terrible experience but we are so used to it we don\u2019t pay attention to it.<\/p>\n<p>Until you experience a total free noise use of a computer. <\/p>\n<p>Everything I do on it doesn\u2019t make any noise at all. No low fan blowing, no <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watercooling#Computer_usage\" target=\"_blank\">water pump<\/a>, not even an electrical buzz or something, just no-thing. Scary as hell at first, so used to monitor computers with sounds. I have no longer this survival aural need, I don\u2019t have to mentally kill the noise and my ears, my focus are enjoying that so hard. The only thing is that it adds heat to the room, in a good way though (passive <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heat_convection\" target=\"_blank\">convection<\/a>). In LA it\u2019s not very useful but in a colder environment, this hidden heater function is pretty great.<\/p>\n<p>Main problem is very few people had the opportunity to experience that but when you do, without compromise on performance ( I have a desktop dual core, and I can go quad core) you just can\u2019t go back. When I hear the G5 of my girlfriend screaming, or my laptop vacuuming it annoys me a lot because I know the effect of noise on the brain: fatigue, irritation. IT people know that very well. <\/p>\n<p>I wish I could invest into or create a company around totally noiseless computer tech. Seriously it\u2019s just teh awesome.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Netbook <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"One year of eee\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18828270@N00\/4065068115\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"One year of eee\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2556\/4065068115_e75e95e766.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>And I wash my hands as much as possible..<\/em> We need <a href=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/me-myself-i\/4-tech-things-i-so-want-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">washable keyboards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I use and used it everywhere. Equipped with a ssd, it\u2019s just the most reliable piece of tech I\u2019ve ever owned. I poured a big glass of sake on it while using it, screen and sound stopped. The alcohol was dripping out of the RJ45 port. Made it dry under the sun a whole day and Windows restarted perfectly. It would be dead if I had a mechanical hard drive. I made it fall a couple of times, still here. <\/p>\n<p>I like to type on it because my hands are more curved and my wrists love it. The only problem is that for the one I have, the screen is not very good (no LED backlit). Also it\u2019s hard to switch keyboards size (from netbook to laptop to full keyboard). But like the <strike>last phones<\/strike> pocket computers, this piece of hardware allowing me to get the hell out of a desk without compromising my computer addiction, has changed my lifestyle. I\u2019m currently editing this blog post laying down in bed.<\/p>\n<p>I love when technology is affordable and makes the life easier.<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widescreen Open wide \u201cAccording to manufacturer NEC: &quot;The vision of humans naturally moves horizontally rather than vertically, and ergonomics experts have recommended a broad format for a long time. 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