{"id":202,"date":"2005-01-23T21:59:49","date_gmt":"2005-01-23T13:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2005\/01\/2005_01_23_2159.php"},"modified":"2005-01-23T21:59:49","modified_gmt":"2005-01-23T13:59:49","slug":"webnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/01\/23\/webnews","title":{"rendered":"WebNews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And for some webnews&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On latpops<\/li>\n<li>On writing and typing<\/li>\n<li>On Michael Jordan<\/li>\n<li>On insomnia<\/li>\n<li>On racism<\/li>\n<li>On some cool electronic how-to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--more-->\n<h2>Guide to getting a laptop<\/h2>\n<p>Tom&#8217;s networking had this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomsnetworking.com\/Sections-article99-page1.php\" title=\"View article\">article<\/a> on how to choose a laptop for daily use, and had mentioned an iBook along with the usual PC options.<\/p>\n<p>He actually chucked the iBook, to the probable dismay of the Mac cult &#8211; but just remember that he needed a &#8220;different type of machine&#8221; for his particular use.<\/p>\n<p>I still live by my mantra: PC desktop, Apple laptop \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>The difference between writing and typing<\/h2>\n<p>Yeah, duh, I already know <em>that<\/em> difference. But this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collisiondetection.net\/mt\/archives\/001095.html\" title=\"View article\">article<\/a> shows a study that typing people <em>think more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The article was pretty interesting and made some strong points. And I totally agree that writing, is just like reading real books&#8230; a matter of aesthetic preference and not so much as a factor which affects productivity.<\/p>\n<p>I like the latter part of the article which states:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t think there was any difference between the two. He also didn&#8217;t buy my argument that typing has aesethetic pleasures of its own, which is why so many geeks prefer keyboards with a distinct &#8220;click&#8221; on the keys.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is very true (the latter argument I mean) that&#8217;s the very reason I prefer Logitech over a cheaper A4Tech keyboard\/mouse system.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, another aesthetic pleasure can be derived during my college days &#8211; I&#8217;ve always preferred my notes to be in the digital format for two reasons. One was if I had tried to jot down everything manually, the paper would look like I just had a stroke. Second was I liked to select points, and print those &#8220;edited&#8221; versions of my notes when a certain exam was coming&#8230; not that I really had to use them though, copying from seat-mates was much easier hehehehe.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/slate.msn.com\/id\/2112224\" title=\"View article\">A Michael Jordan-bashing article<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Though I enjoy the NBA, I&#8217;m not an avid viewer. But I just had to post <a href=\"http:\/\/slate.msn.com\/id\/2112224\" title=\"View article\">this article<\/a> for the sheer morbid curiosity of how my sister, and half-brother for that matter, would probably react to it.<\/p>\n<p>They <em>love<\/em> Michael!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ananova.com\/news\/story\/sm_1249864.html\" title=\"View article\">The man who couldn&#8217;t sleep<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Amazing. How could a human body actually go that long without sleep? Oh well, He might as well put up a 900 number and kill time talking to losers&#8230; at least he&#8217;d earn some extra cash.<\/p>\n<h2>Traces of racism<\/h2>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/print\/list\/085_disc.html\" title=\"View pictures\">page<\/a> shows pictures of places which paint a clear picture of how serious racism was in the early days.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty interesting to browse through.<\/p>\n<h2>USB hack<\/h2>\n<p>As soon as I get myself a Multi-meter, I&#8217;m definitely going to try making one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackaday.com\/entry\/1234000520028239\/\" title=\"View article\">these<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And for some webnews&#8230; On latpops On writing and typing On Michael Jordan On insomnia On racism On some cool electronic how-to<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[1279],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-technology","tag-webnews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}