Richard Leong

Misc: Is your Computer Killing You?

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 05:43:42 +0000

This is a great article for those that sit in front of they’re computers all day long. It goes over 10 different ways a computer can harm your body. They also provide ways to counter or at least minimize the effects.

Read

Technorati Tags: Computer, Health

Web 2.0: Social Money, Collect on Debts

richardleong — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 05:33:11 +0000

Generous among friends? Being taken advantage of your generosity? Well, now you can keep track of financial debt amongst friends with BillMonk. All you need to do is sign up and enter the email addys of your friends and how much they owe you. You can also use SMS to notify them. BillMonk can keep track of all the different transactions a user has with various people.

Check it out!

Technorati Tags: Web2.0, Money, Social, Debt

Misc: Thumbthing, Decrease Hand Cramps from Reading

richardleong — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:37:52 +0000

Tired of cramped thumbs? Too lazy to use two hands to hold your book? Well, now theres a new ingenius way to hold your book and decrease hand cramps and increase comfort. The Thumbthing is a new invention from Europe.

Check it out!

Technorati Tags: Reading, Books, Comfort

CES 2006: Video Blog provided by DIVX Labs

richardleong — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:31:10 +0000

For those unfortunate souls like me who could not make it out to CES this year, DIVX Labs have provided a Video Blog, or Vblog, with high quality Videos on some of the cool things they discovered at CES. I highly recommend watching the Taser video, it is hilarious! In order to watch those vids, you need to install they’re DIVX plugin for your browser.

Enjoy!

Technorati Tags: CES, CES2006, VideoBlogs, Vblog, Video

Web 2.0: Alcohol, Extra Tasty!

richardleong — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:18:18 +0000

Web 2.0 + Alcohol = Extra Tasty! This website is aimed at the niche community of alcholics and Web 2.0. It incorporates Ajax, Tagging, and Social Networking. You can add your own alcoholic creation or you can find other drinks tagged under your favorite alcohol. Lets see how nasty, I mean tasty, some of these creations can be…

Check it out

Tags: Web 2.0, Ajax, Alcohol, Social Networking

Web 2.0: Ajax-rich Polls

richardleong — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:22:09 +0000

Ajax-rich interactive poll! This is one of the coolest ajax app I have come across on the web. You can create your own polls and incorporate into your website/blog and its all for FREE! You can create private or public polls and have a nice poll box for results.
Heres two that I just made:

Try it Here

Tags: Web 2.0, Ajax, CES

CES: Wireless USB

richardleong — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:24:02 +0000

Wireless USB, Is it coming soon? Staccato Communications has just announced its Ripcord Family at CES. The Ripcord is a USB key that can wirelessly transmit from any external hard drive. Based on the Certified Wireless USB specification with transfer speeds of 480 Mbps. Western Digital, Maxtor, and Seagate have integrated this into all of their next generation hard drives and computer manfacturers will incorporate this technology into laptops by 2007. So no more USB cables!

Tags: CES, UWB, Wireless USB, USB

CES: Seweage Leak

richardleong — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:16:20 +0000

WOW! This is a picture of a sewage leak at CES and the event just started. I’m sure Intel isn’t too happy about this but you have to admit the reflection from the ground makes for good marketing.

Tags: CES, Intel

Mobile: Treo 700W Officially launched for…..Verizon

richardleong — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:07:43 +0000

It has finally launched! For all you Treo fans, the Treo 700W has just launched and Verizon has it. It of course supports the new Windows Smartphone 5.0, which I detest since I’ve become accustomed to PalmOS. It supports EVDO of course which I believe has a rated 300 – 700kbps compared to EDGE which is 70kbps – 130kbps. It also supports Bluetooth 1.2, WIFI SD Card, and Voice Dialing. Palm has added 25 accessories to the 700W. More Specs Here

Tags: Mobile, Verizon, Treo, Palm, EVDO

Amazon: 30 day refund policy

richardleong — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:05:10 +0000

Amazon.com has a new refund policy wherein if you purchased an item, and within 30days, there is a drop in price, they will credit you back the difference. Now what this website does for you is simplify the process by having you input your purchase into they’re database and they will notify you by email if there is a price drop. No more checking back and forth! RefundPlease.com also includes other online retailers that offer credit back on purchases ie. CircuitCity.com

Check it Out!

Tags: Amazon, Refunds