If you want to pimp your home work space, then a good quality extended mouse pad is the way to go. Yes, those large mouse pads. But finding good quality mousepads and the design you you want can be a bit tricky. If you search for it in Lazada, Shopee or any other online stores, you know that the pictures don't usually translate with the reality and it is a waste of time and money when expectations don't meet reality. Fortunately, MD Costume Mousepad have produced great quality mousepads that you might find to your liking. You can order via Lazada, and pay through COD. But, if you can't find what you are looking for, then you can go to their Facebook page - MD Custom Mousepad - and shoot them a message. You can choose from a variety of sizes and present your preferred design. Their page also provides you with the steps on how you can order from them. Where to buy: MD Custom Mousepad To order in Lazada click on the following link below: Tribal Design Abstract Design To … [Read more...] about Review: MD Custom Mousepad
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Asus Strix ROG GL553VD SSD Upgrade/Replacement
Hard disk drives have come a long way and while solid state drives have become main stream, we can still find them installed in many cheap laptops or as a secondary drive. The latter is actually the case with the Asus Strix ROG GL553vd where it had a 128 GB of M.2 Sata and a 1 TB hard disk drive (HDD). Applications open quite fast with the stock SSD but when workloads increase where access to the hard drive is necessary, we find a usage of almost 100% which becomes a bottleneck in an already slow system. To solve this, the hard disks and the optical drives were replaced by two Samsung 870 Evo SSDs. To install the SSD in the optical drive, a hard disk caddy was used. (Purchase the HDD Caddy here). To know more about the process please watch the video below: Overall, the loading resources into Premier Pro has seen a bit more improvement as drives are barely pushing more than 5% usage. This is great news especially when it becomes almost frustrating enough when you had … [Read more...] about Asus Strix ROG GL553VD SSD Upgrade/Replacement
Making Good Use Of VPNs
Computer technology has grown far beyond our imagination. Just imagine how computer engineers from the 1930s would react to the vast growth of computer science today. If today's technology existed in the 1930s, computers just might have an answer for everything today. Corporations and all facets of business would definitely be ran differently. Would we have any need for human workers? Would our level of privacy be jeopardized? Are you familiar with the term VPN? VPNs extend a private networkacross a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks. The computing devices usually act as if they are directly connected to a private network. This has helped establish a line of communication for corporations with regional offices in far proximity of the headquarters. VPNs have helped many branches of corporate businessesexpound on ideas and private concealed documentation for at least two decades. Today's confidence in VPNs has grown … [Read more...] about Making Good Use Of VPNs
Wikitribune – Wikipedia’s move against Fake News
Tech experts, politicians, and media outlets around the world has identified fake news as the most pressing problem in the cyberspace. Jimmy Wales, the founder of international encyclopedia -- Wikipedia, steps up with a solution. Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, an internet service that aims at addressing the problem of the world wide web infected with hoax and misleading information. As usual, this Wiki-service will be free and survives through donations. Wikipedia will soon hire professional journalists who will be working with volunteer editors. Remember that Wikipedia is not a valid source for research papers and academic articles because of its questionable credibility. However, Jimmy Wales thinks otherwise and claims that Wikipedia has a sophisticated system that recognize misinformation online. Launching Wikitribune is a trivial matter for now since funding will be coming from donor money. Mr. Wales' team must find ways how to attract benefactors. Tech experts … [Read more...] about Wikitribune – Wikipedia’s move against Fake News
How to make a Homemade Mini USB Lamp
Are you that kind of guy who uses the computer when the lights are off? If you are, then making a homemade mini USB Lamp is for you. This tutorial is based on a video in YouTube. So, before starting everything, please prepare the following materials: Old broken USB cord (or Lightning Connector) LED White Light (3V) Resistor 100 ohm Scissors Nail Cutter Soldering rod Glue Gun Crocodile Clip Let the video below guide you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qg_ElzOM4A Procedures: Get an old USB cord (preferably Apple lightning cord) and remove the plastic lid. You will see four wire connections which you will eventually remove. Cut a portion of the cord and remove the red and black wires. With the crocodile clip clamping the USB port, solder the Resistor 100 ohm on the rightmost of the wire connection. Solder the black wire on the other end. Bend the Resistor 100 ohm on the direction where the black wire is. Bend the other end of the … [Read more...] about How to make a Homemade Mini USB Lamp