http://www.chrixkit.net/blek blek! Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:37:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, my new X301 palm rest arrived, after a 2 week wait on a special order from IBM. The parts were shipped directly from the US and cost me $77. It was definitely a worthy upgrade as I am finally able to replace the poor Alps touchpad on my X301 ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=189 You'd think that I'd have suffered my (un)fair share of discrimination in Malaysia when it comes to scholarship access and entry into universities. Well, Australia's much better in the sense that because I'm paying for university, they didn't discriminate my admission. However, when it comes to scholarship opportunities, the same ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=186 HP’s EliteBook 8730w mobile workstation is the flagship in HP’s current professional business notebook range. As HP’s top-of-the-line business notebook, it offers a multitude of configuration options, from quad core CPUs to the highest end Nvidia and ATI mobile workstation graphics cards. It is a replacement for the previous generation ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=136 Some shameless self-promotion here, but really it's also an attempt to generate some buzz for the CMCRC and SMARTS research program. [caption id="attachment_134" align="alignnone" width="205" caption="UNSW Thesis"][/caption] http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=132 I am slowly, but progressing through my final session in university steadily. I have just handed in my final Honours thesis, a culmination of all the hard work I've put in the past 6 months (really, it's the last few weeks of experiments that really boost some of my results). ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=128 Ever wondered what happened to the HP Mini 2140? This interesting backstage insight to Microsoft's 2009 TechEd event in Australia provides all the details relating to what is essentially the first ever mass scale temporary netbook deployment program, with over 2500 HP Mini 2140's ordered, shipped, reimaged with Windows 7 ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=122 As I posted on NBR: The HP Pavillion dm3 will be one of a series of updated HP Pavillion consumer notebooks that HP will launch in conjunction with Windows 7. These notebook will be announced in the coming weeks and should be available upon Windows 7's official launch on October 22nd. The ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=120 Today, I discovered this really cool utility that allows one to share a single keyboard/mouse setup on 2 separate computers. My home workstation setup consists of an 8730w workstation laptop connected to an external monitor and with this utility, I can now share my external keyboard and mouse across the ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=117 Watching the WWDC segment on the new Macbook Pro line up this morning and then reading the comments on various web forums, I began to realise how shallow some people can be when it comes to owning a computer. Apple rebadged the 13" unibody Macbook as a Macbook Pro, and ... http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=115 Clearly Lenovo believes that its customers are immune to the current economic climate. With prices like these, how could Macs possibly be overpriced? Apple tax vs Lenovo tax, your pick. http://www.chrixkit.net/blek/?p=103