Modern Technology

Last Friday, we were at one of the Toyota car sales and service centre and we got interested in one of the new cars in the show room. 

It is the Toyota Vios. 

 The men were interested in the car but I was more interested in taking snapshots.

 It is equipped with a panorami view monitor.

 And a digital video recorder.

 On another day, we were at a shopping mall and this Kawasaki motorcycle and a car were on displayed.

We were travelling on this road when this "motorcycle" appeared in front of us. Told hubby to slow down for me to take a snapshot of this 3 wheels motorcycle.

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For some time, my desktop computer was acting cranky. Sometimes, it will decide to restart on its own and this message will appear on the monitor screen.

I sent the PC to the computer clinic for a checkup and they found nothing wrong with it. The problem went into hiding. I brought it back and it was behaving normal for a while. Few weeks later, it started acting cranky again and it got worse.

I took some snapshots of my computer screen to show to the computer "doctor". Finally, the culprit was identified - it was the faulty display card! The "doctor" did the necessary operations and my computer was returned to me in good working condition. Everything back to normal.

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The following photos are for joining Tuesday's Treasures & Image-in-ing.

Saw these antique floral ceramic tiles in Lim Ko Pi.

They make beautiful decorations on the wall.

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Linking to Tuesday's Treasure & Image-in-ing.

We who believe are carefully joined together with Christ

as parts of a beautiful, constantly growing temple for God.

(Ephesians 2:21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Tips To Avoid Expensive Laptop Repairs.

Lately, the my desktop computer has been behaving kind of cranky and will just hang or my monitor will just go blank. Last week, I was busy working on my computer and all the while my computer was doing fine until the work was all completed.

When I started my computer later in the afternoon, it acted up again. My monitor was blank and even after a few restarts, nothing was showing on the screen! I called up my regular computer man and was told to send the CPU over for checking. He found nothing wrong with my CPU but it needed some clearing of accumulated dust. Two hours later, my computer was back home and running smoothly. 

This desktop computer has been with me for many years and according to my repair shop, it is still in good working condition and in top performance. Anyway, I have been saving up some money just in case I might need to buy a new laptop in the near future. Meanwhile, I have been going online to find and read up on laptops. Even though it is not time yet for me to invest in a laptop, I enjoy reading about laptops articles and here is an interesting one about the "9 of most expensive laptops" that people own just for the sake of status quo!

$1,000,000 Luvaglio most expensive laptop

Well, I can only buy what I can afford. Reading articles like "8 tips to avoid expensive laptop repairs" will benefit me when I have a laptop of my own. The 8 tips mentioned are helpful tips and some are new to me. I am listing them below in simplified form for future reference and also for those who may find them useful:

1. At a minimum, your laptop should have a firewall, antivirus software and a malware scanner installed.

2. Back up data regularly.

3. Use safe browsing habits for all online work.

4. Always plug in your laptop to a good, high quality surge protector.

5. Prevent blockages and overheating with a can of air on the vent and fan.

6. When in use, make sure the vent and fan are not obstructed.

7. Take care when transporting your laptop.

8. No eating or drinking over your laptop.