Posted by Nafisa on Nov 30, 2009 in
internet A lot of people have been asking me about Neotel in the last fews months. The most important piece of advice I can give on the subject is this: do not sign a 24 month contract if you haven’t tested signal in your house. Or you just might get screwed. When I signed up a year ago, Sunninghill was an area with “excellent” coverage. You will soon learn what that really means. Bottom line, do not trust their website coverage map. Read more…
Tags: connectivity, internet, neotel
Posted by Nafisa on Oct 1, 2009 in
geek,
internet When I saw this OS in the flesh, I had to have it. gOS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distro that runs in a Cloud environment. The simplest way to describe a Cloud system is that it’s an operating system that runs like a web browser (Google Chrome OS will be Cloud based). This OS is perfect for netbooks because it’s lightweight and relies on an Internet connection, so if you don’t have one, installing it would be totally useless.
I’m running gOS 3.1 Gadgets – and this is what my desktop looks like:
Read more…
Tags: google, gOS, linux
Posted by Nafisa on Aug 5, 2009 in
consumer,
internet I recently came across the Wikipedia entry of Ayrton Senna, the deceased Brazilian F1 driver. While I’m no F1 fan, I found what I read to be very interesting, yet very sad. I’ve never really been “touched” / fascinated by a person who I barely knew existed until recently, to the extent that I started searching for a book on his life story.
This blog post is not about the driver, but a comparison of what I found online. I just thought I’d share this info. The book isn’t available locally – well not physically at CNA or Exclusive Books but I found it on kalahari.net:
as well as Exclusive Books online:
I called Exclusive Books and they told me it will take 6 – 8 weeks, yet their site says 10-15 working days but that’s not the point. Take a look at the pricing! Where is the consistency? Why are we being ripped off? Okay, that’s a stupid question.
I’m glad kalahari.net is having a sale and I hope the book arrives by next week Friday.
Moral of the story, shop around. Don’t let yourself get ripped off.
PS Can you tell that I have too much free time on my hands lately?
Tags: books, online, shopping
Posted by Nafisa on Apr 16, 2009 in
internet,
mobile If you have a laptop or netbook that is WiFi enabled and you find yourself an in a situation where you need to connect to the internet (eg if you’re on the road – and not the driver) or you are in a coffee shop that doesn’t offer (free) WiFi (then why are you there?), you might want to try this simple solution:
Converting your cellphone into a WLAN.
I came across this particular software called JoikuSpot that does exactly that. Visit www.joiku.com from your phone and follow instructions to download the application. You need to select your phone model and add your cellphone number in international format. An sms will be sent with the download link. Configure settings accordingly.
If you visit the website from a web browser, you will notice that there is a light version (free) and a premium version (€15). I am referring to the free version.
This is just an emergency solution, not a permanent one. Can you imagine what your phone bill would be like? I would suggest that you keep a Virgin mobile SIM card in your wallet for a situation like this as they charge 50c/MB out of bundle – which is 75% cheaper than Vodacom’s (prepaid) offering.
Tags: cellular, internet, mobile, netbook, wireless
