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March 1, 2007
Search for the Holy Grail Part 2


Photo credit: TabletPC Review

Here it is. The one I have been looking for. It's called the R2H. :) It is:

1. Portable and handheld
2. Black
3. Bluetooth, USB, SD card reader
4. LAN cable friendly
5. Fits my surfing and writing needs
6. Under $2k if I look hard

Now the quest for finding the right price and hoping it will pass the touch test.

• Processor: Intel® Celeron® M ULV Processor 900MHz
• Communications: 10/100 Ethernet, WLAN 802.11b/g
• Operating System: Genuine Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition
• Memory: 1 SODIMM socket, DDR2 667MHz, 768MB
• Graphics: Intel 910GML Shared 128MB
• Optical Drive: DVD Dual External
• LCD: 7" XGA touch screen LCD 800 x 480, ASUS Splendid Video
Intelligent Engine
• Storage: 60GB HDD (PATA, 1.8” HDD)
• Built-in 1.3M pixels webcam
• Built-in card reader & GPS
• Bluetooth® V2.0 + EDR, 3x USB, 1x SD Card-Reader, 1x GPS, 1x Finger
Print Reader
• Accessories: Includes Targus keyboard & optical mouse
• Price: USD999

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February 28, 2007
Blogdrive Tips: Monthly Archives for Blogdrive

This feature is currently not offered in Blogdrive for both the free and paid accounts, but there is a way to add a monthly archive without tearing your hair out.

If you click the url shown in the Calendar, you'll note that it appears in this format:

http://techbot.blogdrive.com/archive/cm-02_cy-2007_m-02_d-28_y-2007_o-0.html

If you dissect it, you'll see that the archive url first labels the month and year, and then specifies the duration to display latest and earliest dates to display:

02_d-31_y-2007_o-0

02 is the month, 31 is the latest date, 2007 the year, and 0 the earliest.

Specify the last day of the month, be it 28, 30, or 31. Note the code only works when the month is actually up otherwise it'll send you to some http page.

So build a series of links:

<a href=http://techbot.blogdrive.com/archive/cm-02_cy-2007_m-02_d-28_y-2007_o-0.html>February 2007</a><br>
<a href=http://techbot.blogdrive.com/archive/cm-01_cy-2007_m-01_d-31_y-2007_o-0.html>January 2007</a></a>
<a href=http://techbot.blogdrive.com/archive/cm-12_cy-2006_m-12_d-31_y-2006_o-0.html>December 2006</a>

and paste them in side.html. Voila! :) You have your archive.

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February 25, 2007
Giveaway of the Day

I love testing new software. A friend sent me the link to Giveaway of the Day where companies who join the project give you a day's licence to download their software. You get to keep it of course. But you must install it on the day itself.

They have a widget which you can add to your blog (see right) that tells you and your visitors which software is free for the day. If you missed any opps, no worries. There's a bunch of freeware as well. Just click the tags to search.

Definitely worth watching.

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