VC’s Techie CockTail

Here is a funny pic i got in my mail, best suited for this month

written by Vignesh \\ tags: Fun Junkies, funny pics

I’ve already written a post on building a pc way back in 2007, this time my old P4’s motherboard conked out and even a new 865 based motherboard (since my P4 in socket 478) wasn’t able to do the job, i had no option but to replace the heart out of desktop, i.e a processor, motherboard , RAM. And I had the following options,

Option A

AMD X2 5200+ , Asus M2N68 Motherboard, 1 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 Transcend RAM – ->Cost – Rs. 6,100/-

Option B

Intel Dual Core 2.2 Ghz, Asus 945 chipset Motherboard, 1 GB 800 Mhz DDR2 RAM –> Cost – Rs. 6,600/-

I chose Option A, remembering this is my first ever AMD machine. Anyway i was impressed by its specs and the nvidia based shared graphics on the motherboard and also the 3 year warranty for the 3 items. The machine has been up and running for the last 2 weeks with even games like NFS carbon playing smoothly.

written by Vignesh \\ tags: amd, amd x2

Some of the plugins which I use with Firefox to assist in my web development,

• Firebug : In this age of CSS based web development, this has been the “Tool” for me to edit, debug css, html and javascript.
• FireFTP: This small little plugin has removed my need for a stand alone ftp client. With site managers and support for ftp / sftp this serves all the uploading / downloading needs.
• Web Developer : This plugin adds a toolbar with plethora of web development tools
• MeasureIt : Wondered how to measure something on a webpage, this tool is handy scale to measure it…
• Colorzilla : A nice tool to pick up color from web pages

written by Vignesh \\ tags: firefox, firefox plugins, web development tools

A teenager friend of mine…just going into college wanted a phone to do all the basic stuff mobile phones has to do these days…like shoot pictures, play music / videos / games, sms / mms and ofcourse to TALK too….his budget being 6K…and his preference was a Nokia…so when I saw Nokia 5130 Xpress Music online..i suggested him & he bought it….

• First & foremost the phone has rounded edges made up of black plastic surrounded by blue trimmings, making it quite funky to look at.
• The 2″ 240 x 320 TFT screen doesn’t look impressive as on hand as that on paper
• The phone is a standard series 40 based nokia phone making it quite user friendly
• The 2 MP camera is quite handy for shooting stills & videos in nice bright conditions
• The phone being a “Xpress Music” one was true to its name with good & loud sounding music through its media player. A 1GB card in the package along with 3.5 mm jack, FM radio and video player makes it a handy portable media player.
• Connectivity in the form of USB, bluetooth, GPRS / EDGE should be enough for local and web connectivity
• Customization is a important tool for phones nowadays and themes for series 40 phones makes it a new phone every day along with customizable wallpapers and ringtones a nice feature
• Even though Java games and apps ran on this phone, some of the java games I had didnt work properly.

As I said at 6K, 120K its quite a nice phone for teens and kids …being a ‘Jack of All Trades’ and ‘King of None’……

written by Vignesh \\ tags: 5130, Nokia, xpress music