Remembering my First Encounter with Technology

I reminisce the days when...

1. Using a 5.25 floppy disk to boot a PC.
2. Looking at a monochrome monitor.
3. Afraid of dropping my floppy disk because it can get a computer virus.
4. Booting DOS, took 5 minutes.
5. Using an Intel Pentum Pro 166 PC
6. Using mouse for the first time.
7. Installing my first upgrade a 8mb EDO RAM for my PC
8. Using a computer with no hardrive, just 2 floppy drive, one for DOS and the other for application.
9. Typing my documents using Wordstar 4.0 and upgraded to wordperfect (now i can insert graphics).
10. Using Windows 3.1 for the first time.
11. Using windows 95 and watching the Blue screen of death.
12. Printing in Dot Matrix (Too noisy ) :)
13. Reinstalling windows 95 over and over.
14. Watching the drum being rattled in the installation of windows for over 30 mins.
15. Writing a Hello program in different programming language.
16. Rebooting my PC when an infinite loop happens in my program.
17. Being infected with CIH Virus that wipe out my entire hardisk.
18. Using turbo pascal,turbo c, basica, foxbase and dbase iv in programming.
19. Playing Jeopardy with a green pixalated screen.
20. Writing my first Computer Virus http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://inet.trendmicro.co.jp/virusinfo/isp/default3.asp%3FVName%3DW97M_ANGEL&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Davenging%2Bangel%2Bmacro%2Bvirus%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
21. that spreads :).
22. Writing assembly program.
23. Using COBOL in programming database application.
24. Playing Tekken in PlayStation.
25. Playing Game & Watch.
26. Playing Pacman in arcade.

Customize Plexiglass Mousepad

This is my first mods project.

What I used:
1 plexiglass 8x8.5 inch will do.
3 LED (Blue)
1 Resistor
20 inches wire
Masking Tape
Soldering tool
Dremel (for creating hole)

Steps

1. Cover the side area (about an inch) with masking tape.
2. Sand the center part and remove all the shiny part. (This is needed as Im using an optical mouse , this kind mouse will not work in a shiny surface.
3. Make 3 hole on the top of the plexiglass.
4. Insert the LED and connect all the LED in a series connection.
5. Connect the resistor by soldering.
6. Connect to the PSU using the black and yellow wire.
7. Finished.

Additional to my Techy Toys

With my last visit to the Philippines my brother gave me an Ipaq Pocket PC (H5550).

1. It has a fingerprint security technology.
2. Wireless Lan Connectivity (I tried to use it in Doha Airport Free Internet and it works!)
3. Bluetooth
4. Etc.