It’s been one week since I switched to a sit/stand desk setup. It’s time to report back. I’ve decided to try out a sit/stand setup for the next week. Will report back if it’s worth switching to permanently. A photo posted by Awais Athar (@awais_athar) on Aug 16, 2016 at 7:39am PDT Here are some of the points to note if you switch to a similar setup. **Comfortable shoes are a must!...
I have a 1920x1080 desktop at work but when I use remote desktop to connect to home, it automatically resizes to my compact 1024*768 desktop. Most programs don’t seem to have a problem but I was working on Weka KnowledgeFlow and one of my flows, originally designed on the higher resolution, never showed a horizontal scroll. It might just be a java thing. In short, I had to look for a method to remote using a higher resolution than that of the local machine....
If your Shiro modem (that pathetically unstable thing given by the wise folks at PTCL) restarts whenever there is a slight voltage fluctuation (or when the voltage goes low), get a new 9V 1A power adapter. I got one from Hafeez Center today for 200/- and it does wonders to my totally unstable modem when load shedding causes the UPS to kick in. (And no, I will NOT clean my modem!...
This picture was taken while trying to install XP and Xubuntu on my machine without a CD. It’s quite clear how the data storage media has shrunk with the passage of time. The biggest disk here has a 2GB limit and was taken from an old dell laptop. The CF Card is 2GB as well, taken from a relatively newer Canon camera. The 1GB SD card is from my XDA and the teeny weeny micro SD is from my brother’s new ASUS EEPC....