Archive for Tech Tips

Downloading Torrent on Asus EEEPC

If you’re thinking that we would be installing a Torrent program like utorrent, you’re mistaken. We’re going to install web browser Opera. Yes, Opera has the capability to download movies and programs (albeit illegally), say from mininova.com. My EEEPC has the original Xandros installed. MORE »

Wonders of Photoshop’s Photomerge

I have been digitizing some newspaper clippings by scanning them when Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended’s Photomerge feature became userful again. I have a Canon Lide scanner and since it can only accomodate legal sized papers, I need to do multiple scans. Tedious process it was, to merge all the images if you have to do it manually. MORE »

Make Windows XP look like Vista

I already downloaded Windows XP Service Pack 3, hoping that the GUI will be like Windows Vista. From what I have searched so far is that aside from the fixes that SP 3 provides, user’s will not see any difference in the operating system. I downloaded the file from the Microsoft website but has not installed it yet. MORE »

Free Download of Photoshop Anthology

PSD Tutorials reported that Site Point has released “The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques,” a free ebook about, well, Photoshop. MORE »

Asus EEE PC Experience

After draining my ATM card and the P 9, 000 I borrowed from my mom, I bought an ASUS EEE PC 8G last Monday in a shop in BF Homes Paranaque. MORE »

I want to buy an Asus EEE PC

After reading Abe’s post “Top 10 Things about the Asus Eee PC,” I am more convinced that I should get myself one this year. MORE »

Using Nokia N70 as dial up modem

This is just an experiment I made with my N70. My goal is to test if the phone can really serve as a modem to connect to the Internet, just in case that Smart Bro is down. MORE »

Annoying text scams

I only use my cellphone when it’s really needed. I text my sisters, friends and former classmates. I call whenever I complain to Digitel. In short, I only my phone on important things. That’s why it’s annoying to receive messages from your carrier and most specially, from text scammers. MORE »

Still using Windows 95?

I can’t believe some people are still using Windows 95. MORE »

Smart Bro’s Marketing Strategy

This is how Smart Bro, Smart Communication’s wireless broadband company, treats their customer after the one-year lock-in period. MORE »