by Earl Moore on April 25, 2006
The initial or immediate total acceptance or rejection of an idea or event is imprudent. True value often only becomes apparent with the passage of time. For example, let’s consider something everyone has strong opinions on at the moment‚Ķthe invasion of Iraq. Now if we look ten years in the future and find:
Scenario one, Iraq has become the leading terrorist state in the Middle East. Attacks against western civilizations are at an all time high and growing. Iran is using Iraq to front a global war and is providing the terrorist with nuclear and biological weapon capability; or
Scenario two, Iraq has become a leading example of democracy and freedom in the Middle East with a representative government representing many different peoples. From this example other more extreme regimes are moving toward more moderate rule.
How different will the historical view of the invasion of Iraq be based upon these two scenarios? Extremely different I’d say. Will those who have strong one-sided opinions today hold those same opinions then?
The closer you are to the “birth” of the event/ideal, the more possible variables or unpredictable outcomes are possible. As time passes the significance of the event/idea becomes clearer.
Keep an open mind about any new idea and not jump to immediate conclusions.
by Earl Moore on April 24, 2006
Most people with business experience have had to deal at one time or the other with making a presentation, and most of these presentations were created with Microsoft PowerPoint. Here’s a good explanation of how to design your presentation to get your point across.
What is a Good PowerPoint Design?
by Earl Moore on April 19, 2006
If you’ve read many of my previous post you will already know and understand that I’m a techno-gadget type of guy. For the last several years, at about this time each year (the company I work for gives a small bonus each April), I’ve treated myself to some major new major computer item. Two years ago it was a 15” 1.5ghz Powerbook G4, my first Apple Mac. Last year it was a 2.7ghz x 2 PowerMac G5. This year it was a Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor.
I’ve been very pleased with this monitor thus far. Here are a few of my initial impressions.
Sales, Delivery and Initial Quality: It was on sale for under $800, the delivery was very quick (days not weeks), and there were no bad pixels of any type. I had looked at the Apple 23in LCD Monitor but with the going price still hovering around $1200 decided this was a far better deal. Excellent!
Picture Quality & Presentation: The image on this monitor is sharp, clear, bright, and huge! I was using a very good Samsung 19” monitor prior to this. The Dell 24” is brighter and the colors are sharper. As a matter of fact in low light conditions the Dell can almost be too bright, as report by other users. This can be adjusted somewhat by using the brightness adjustment and adjusting down the colors uniformly. I don’t do a lot of gaming so I can’t speak to the performance level of the monitor. I’ve not noticed any Ghosting. The extra display area is amazing. Documents side-by-side and widescreen video at full screen. Very Good
Over-all Construction and Bonus Features: The monitor is well constructed and has many bonus features including a multi-card reader built into it’s left side. It also has four USB 2.0 ports and many audio input ports. Very Good
There are monitors who picture quanity and true color may be slightly better, the Apple 23in for example, but I can strongly recommend this monitor for those who are looking for a lot of monitor at a very attractive price.
Recommended: [rate 4]
by Earl Moore on April 9, 2006
When I originally ordered my Apple Powerbook G4 1.5 gHz laptop computer I ordered it with the default configuration which included an 80gb 4500 rpm hard drive. I love the laptop but have always been a little disappointed with the speed that applications or data seemed to load. When I found a good bargain on a faster hard drive I took advantage of it.
The hard drive I selected was a Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST910021A 100GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM 2.5in Mobile Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer. I felt that this would give me the speed I was looking for without much of a penalty in terms of lessened battery life or increased heat and noise. The Seagate drive has a five year warranty which is a plus. At the same time that I purchased the drive, I also purchased an external 2.5 inch firewire/USB hard drive enclosure from OWC.
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