Articles from February 2010



Extra security

I remember watching a news about a disaster happened on other foreign countries, actually I think it is a natural phenomenon but disastrous. There are parts on this country that sink holes do exist everywhere. These so called sink holes are actually holes beneath the surface of the earth were some bodies of water are streaming, which eventually eating up the soil around it so as leaving only a thin layer of soil of where houses are standing. Then if the soil cannot hold the weight of its load anymore, it will collapse. Personally I felt sad for them, maybe at least they did some precautionary things for that. Like getting some insurance in the first place when they are building their house, deciding which is which from home insurance quotes is easy if you know that you will be needing that someday. Or maybe do some survey of the land you planned to sit your house, so you will know if it is safe there. Sometimes it is all about doing some security, you can never prevent such disaster like this because it is a natural phenomenon.

A good plan

My friend told me that he is going to find another job soon, actually he wants to make a sideline job. Well that was a great thing of him, now he will be having two source of income. He told me that as long as we can work, we start saving for the future. He said that we can never be sure that in the future we can still work for our families. Along with that idea is getting something that in the future we don’t have to worry about our budget, like starting to inquire on some medical plan, scholarship for children or getting some insurance quote. Personally I like what my friend is thinking, a very logical in deed.

Good sleep

I used to remember back then that I’m able to fell asleep at a cold night and in the morning I feel so shivering causing me to sneeze almost every week. My brother gave me a package, actually it is a sleeping set items which was his gift to me. It got pillows in it, electric blanket, slippers and even an alarm clock. Having that new pillows and a nice blanket made me waked up in the morning feeling good. I guess, I should have thought that in the first place when I moved here.

Mobile devices | Internet Access

Clearly, one of the main factors affecting the mobile user experience is the device with which the user accesses the mobile Web. As mentioned earlier, there are more than 200 different devices available on the cell phone market. Not all of them are even Internet-enabled, but of those that are, many still have screens that are only 1 inch by 1 inch. A few offer screens that are a bit bigger, but not big enough to make the mobile user experience appreciably better.

What has changed the way people connect on the Internet using a mobile device are devices designed much like the iPhone. These devices are all screen, though some have a slide-out keyboard or a digital keyboard on the screen. That overcomes some of the difficulties that users had in the past with entering URLs and information into web forms.

Devices today are also set up to switch seamlessly between mobile network web surfing (meaning surfing the Web on the wireless carrier’s network signal) and Wi-Fi network capabilities (meaning the user can connect to a wireless network, such as the one that’s probably used in your home or office). This switching capability makes it possible for users to access faster download speeds, making the user experience less frustrating.

It also helps preserve the battery life of the device, lack of which is another complaint you’ll often hear from users about surfing the Internet on a mobile device — it eats battery the way a fire consumes dry brush. A Wi-Fi network still consumes a great deal of battery life, but it uses slightly less battery power than what’s required for the carrier’s network.

In general, until more recent generations of wireless devices, none has been specifically designed for surfing the Internet. That’s changing rapidly. The iPhone’s release led to an avalanche of devices that are mostly screen, with increasingly improved methods of input. Now all that remains is building a mobile Web that intersects with visitors’ needs — and that’s the biggest difference between mobile Internet users and those who use a desktop or laptop computer.

Changing for good

Sometimes too much of anything can be harmful actually, like eating too much. My friend got a problem of eating too much back then, he ate almost like every hour. He told me that he thinks all the foods that he see are delicious, even if not. He got used to eating too much and the word “reducing” never came into his dictionary. Until he felt something last year, actually I thought that was a serious thing, thankfully its not. He only suffer from a constipation. And even though it is not very serious, he promised himself that he will change for good like getting slim. Two months ago he started doing some work outs and taking some phentermine diet pills to reduce too much eating. He is actually going steady and doing good.

Expansion

Last month we had an expansion back in the office, because we need ten more employees to do the continuously growing pile of paper works. So the I.T. team came in to action to do some drilling, installing, adding some computers, KVM switch, etc.. They were pretty quick actually, in a matter of hours the job was done. So the other morning ten new employees arrived and started to work immediately. We felt some little comfort but at least there are plenty of people doing the work loads, but we are expecting another expansion next month.

Regain

For the job I have, the word busy is something that is very common for us. I’ve been working for more than two years now on our company, and I am thankful that I got all the strengths to do my everyday work. Some of my office-mates just like our secretary who is been there more than five years now, you can see her like she is not a twenty seven year old woman. We have the same work load, but she got more at home. I think she needs to take a long vacation to relax, take some under eye wrinkle cream and some beautification treatment to regain that fresh look just like when I first saw her.

The effective way

For all we know, getting fat is very easy but getting slimmed is a lot hard. The problem that most of newly health conscious people are trying to solve, maybe they are doing it the wrong way. Last time I went to the mall and saw this exhibition about health, they were talking about some helpful healthy tips to get a healthy and slim body. An effective exercise which only take you a little time in a day and regular intake of some weight loss products is all you need to get slim. I guess that was a very informative discussion with lots of cool healthy tips.

Due to stress

I was invited on a party last week, actually it is one of my friend’s dinner party. Nothing so special about the occasion, he just want to make a thanks giving dinner. He is a hard working man and I have no doubt about that, but sometimes I feel a lot tired than him when ever I see him. He do jobs on over time and it is on a regular basis, he always full of loads. That is why he got those spots and marks on his face, maybe due to stress. I told him that he should do something about that like an exposed acne treatment and a regular consultation on a specialist. For me it is okay for you to work as long as you can, but you must also take a good care of yourself.

My office-mates eye marks

Last week’s office job was very tiring, we had these loads of job like coming from everywhere. Many of us committed long over time just to finished all the task before their due, so the next morning many of my office mates have these eye bags and black marks on their eyes. One of my friend got these eye bags, they are so big. I told him that he should do something about that like applying the best eye cream out there, because that bags sometimes won’t be removed just by letting them on their own and may became permanent on some cases. Anyway, I think this week’s office job will gonna be just like last week, well my boss told me that this morning.