Daily Bitekletas

Well, at least that’s how they marketed their product. The device is now available to the public via expansys and dynamism.com store. OQO mobility computers are powered by Windows Vista with (almost full) QUERTY keyboard. While the device looks great, the price starts at around US$ 794.00 up to US$ 2000.00 (approx) which is not so reasonable for most of us.

This device could be a very nice companion for my Linux powered N800 though. The best of both worlds, it is.

Are you are professional designer? I am not one but I know how to appreciate typefaces when I see it. Typefaces can make or break a design projects. It’s a critical design element that needs a lot of consideration especially when doing professional design for a clientele (other than yourself). For a almost complete list of professional fonts, smashingmagazine.com got something for the designer in all of us.

The fire alarm in our building rung for about 12 minutes causing us to pack our things and get ready to take the stair. We were about to go out of our unit when one of the building guys told us that someone unknowingly hit the fire alam button thinking that it was for a door bell. Thank God, the building is not on fire! I don’t wanna get barbecued. I’m not yet ready!

At least now, I know that our building’s fire alam is working. That’s a good thing. I wonder what will happen to the one responsible? Any guess?

This is a follow up of the recent post I’ve made regarding the Top 10 Worst PCs of All Time as published by PC World. This is a more exhaustive “Worst List” of tech products for the past 11 years.

1. America Online (1989-2006)
2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
9. Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
10. dBASE IV (1988)
11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
12. PointCast (1996)
13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
16. Comet Cursor (1997)
17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
20. CueCat (2000)
21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
22. Apple Pippin @World (1996)
23. Free PCs (1999)
24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)

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Because my grammar sucks, I’m starting to like QDNow.com (or Quick and Dirty). I like Grammar Girls (im not a girl or a gay though.. ) because it’s very informative and really contains meaty stuff ( and because I need help.. haha). Go check it out!