3 month ago
deusx : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - "Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service."
mmb : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops via deusx’s favorites on del.icio.us [via]
Rod Begbie : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Open-source app which logs your laptop's network location (and optionally a snapshot from the webcam) to a DHT distributed database at irregular intervals. [via] #
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6 month ago
deusx : PROCASE Macally Peripherals - "Suede wrist rest for comfort and also protects the surface"
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6 month ago
deusx : Ben Heck outdoes himself (again) with the Apple IIGS laptop - Engadget - "Based off an original IIGS motherboard, the one-of-a-kind laptop features a 15-inch color screen, custom acrylic keyboard, a CompactFlash-based hard drive, and -- most importantly -- a glowing blue IIGS logo that flashes yellow during disk access.&q
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nelson : Laptopless meetings - LA Times article on distractions in meetings, including a quote from me!
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7 month ago
deusx : Laptop Sleeves, Skins and Stickers | Monday Inspiration | Smashing Magazine - "In this issue of monday inspiration series we provide you with some fresh ideas to spice up your environment with laptop skins, engravings, sleeves, cases and stickers."
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9 month ago
nelson : Bunnie on OLPC XO-1 - Nice breakdown from an expert dissassembler
deusx : bunnie’s blog » Blog Archive » OLPC XO-1 - "If I were to make one general comment about the OLPC XO-1, it’s that its mechanical design is brilliant. It’s a fairly clean-sheet redesign of traditional notebook PC mechanics around the goal of survivability, serviceability, and robustness&quo
Simon Willison : bunnie's blog: OLPC XO-1 - bunnie’s blog: OLPC XO-1. Bunnie Huang critiques the hardware design of the OLPC XO-1. [via]
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9 month ago
deusx : The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry - "Microsoft, Apple, Dell and Palm hate Asustek because the company can give us something they can't: A super cheap, flexible, powerful mobile computer."
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14 month ago
43folders : First Encounter with an OLPC XO / A 12-Year-Old’s Review - Joey gets his adult-sized hands on a "One Laptop Per Child" machine.
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17 month ago
deusx : Palm, Inc. - Products - Foleo - "With its 10-inch screen and full-size keyboard, the Palm Foleo mobile companion connects wirelessly with your smartphone to help you do more on the go."
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19 month ago
43folders : iScroll2: Two-Finger-Scrolling for pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks - "Supported models include most aluminum PowerBooks introduced from 2003 to 2004 as well as most G4 iBooks."
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deusx : smcFanControl - Damn, this thing reduces the machine's temperature dramatically. I could feel it cool down under my hand. "smcFanControl lets you control your fans manually to make your macbook(pro) run cooler. "
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25 month ago
43folders : Belkin Releases Lap-Friendly CushTop, PocketTop Laptop Accessories - Gizmodo - "The CushTop is a block-style device that can prop up the laptop, keep it's hot underside from your body and store any and all other laptop accessories."
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26 month ago
deusx : MAKE: Blog: High(er) Rez screen swap on a Powerbook - "This clever Maker swapped out the LCD screen in a 15" Powerbook with a higher resolution (1920 x 1200 display) - it should work in a new Macbook pro, and doesn't require soldering, just assembly."
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28 month ago
merlinmann : Dell Investigates Report Of Laptop Explosion - "There's an investigation going on right now. When something like this happens, we want to know why."
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29 month ago
merlinmann : The Ultimate Guide to In-Seat Laptop Power Ports - "Use our Comparison Charts to identify the airlines and airplanes that offer in-seat laptop power.''
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29 month ago
deusx : PixelBright LCDs - "What is the Difference Between a Traditional Anti-Glare LCD Screen and the New High-Gloss Anti-Reflective LCD Screen?"
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29 month ago
deusx : Toshiba TruBrite LCD Screens - "The objective of an anti-reflective polarizer is to amplify the light generated by the LCD while minimizing the reflection of external ambient light."
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29 month ago
jkottke : Apple announces new MacBooks (iBook successor with Intel chips) saying, "Meet the family. Now Complete." - Apple announces new MacBooks (iBook successor with Intel chips) saying, "Meet the family. Now Complete." Does that mean no 12" MacBook Pro?
plasticbag : Apple have announced the 13" widescreen MacBook - It's quite sweet actually. Quite powerful, relatively small and if you're prepared to spend a couple of hundred extra dollars then you can get one in black (with a little extra hard disk space)...
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29 month ago
plasticbag : Apple have announced the 13" widescreen MacBook - It's quite sweet actually. Quite powerful, relatively small and if you're prepared to spend a couple of hundred extra dollars then you can get one in black (with a little extra hard disk space)...
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31 month ago
merlinmann : Macworld: Secrets: Beyond basic black - Sexy bags for your laptop. Saw that Timbuk2 in a store the other day, and it's Superfoxxy and functional. [via: nonstopmac.com]
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36 month ago
plasticbag : Apple Powerbooks now with better screen resolution, faster hard discs, cheaper RAM, fall-over buttons, same-old weird-ass scroll functional trackpads and the right... - So basically my current Powerbook is nice and stuff, but it's kind of falling apart and I think God should give me a new one...
merlinmann : Apple - PowerBook G4
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kayodeok : Wired News: Look, Ma, No Schoolbooks! - The school issued iBooks - laptop computers by Apple Computer - to each of its 340 students, becoming one of the first U.S. public schools to shun printed textbooks
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Wired News: Laptops Are Hot; Maybe Too Hot - [...] notebook surface temperatures remain too hot for many users - and the situation could get worse [...] laptop makers increasingly struggle to accommodate components that are more powerful and, consequently, hotter
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40 month ago
kayodeok : Seagate Preps Hard-disk Encryption Technology - "Before data gets placed on the media, it goes through the encryption, if you steal the drive and are a lab that specializes in retrieving data on the media, it doesn't matter. When you get the data off, it's gibberish,"
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42 month ago
Simon Willison : Why every student should own a Mac - Michelle Levesque on student laptop culture. (via) [via]
kayodeok : An example of collaborative notetaking with SubEthaEdit - "One student types in the main content of what is being said. Another follows behind and corrects spelling mistakes while a third adds a few extra points. Perhaps another is ahead of the rest, creating structure for the rest of the document -- preparing H
Matthew M. Boedicker : how students use laptops in class (collaborative note-taking, Google searches)
deusx : Catspaw's Guide to the Inevitably Insane - 'In my classes where a handful of people always have a laptop open, there's a subculture of wired (well, I guess "wireless") students who are busy engaging in their own academic experience.'
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