Prudence and Madness

I got this from The Free Wifi Hotspots Directory, which compiles free wifi hotspots from all over the world. But since I’m here in the Philippines, I’m particularly interested only in what’s found here, hehehe.

Please do check these hotspots and tell me if there are those in the list that aren’t there anymore or aren’t offering wifi now. I haven’t exactly checked each and everyone just yet.

• Regal Business Park Hotel - Archbishop Reyes Avenue - 63 32 4122588 - Cebu
• Monina Pension House - Sunset Blvd - 63652156867 - Dapitan City
• Edna’s Bakery - R Kangleon St - 053 570-8963 - Maasin City, Southern Leyte
• Bubba Gump’s – 2nd level, Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center - Makati City
• Powerplant Mall – Makati City
• Alexa’s Deli & Wine - 112 HV dela Costa - 63.2.88137097 - Makati City
• OM Spa and Cupajava Cafe - 1829 L.M. Guerrero St. - (632) 521-8127 - Malate, Manila
• West Triangle - 47 Times St - 639189202617 - Quezon City, Manila
• Mo’s Place (Kokomo’s) - Field Ave cor A. Santos St - +63.45.892.0509 - Balibago, Angeles City
• Hotel and Restaurant Swiss Chalet - A.Santos Street - corner Real Street - (0063) (0)45 888 2618 - Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga, Luzon
• baang coffee shop, tomas morato ave., quezon city, metro manila
• station 2 bar and restaurant, bohol ave., quezon city, metro manila
• shell select gas station - magallanes, south super highway, makati, metro manila
• Arizona International Hotel - 47 National Drive, Barrio Barretto - Olongapo City
• MATCHA Green Tea - 8101 Pearl, Plaza Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
• Cafe - FSJWI Bldg. 11, Unit 200, Ortigas Ave. Extn. Rosario - 9168682 - Pasig City
• Plato Platina - Blue Wave Center, Diosdado Macapagal Avenue corner EDSA ext. - Pasay City
• C3 Events Place and Restaurant - 18 Missouri St - 7232347 - San Juan

Yup, I recently acquired an Aspire 4520-401G12Mi. And this is, believe it or not, my first laptop, as I’ve been using desktop PCs, like, since I was 5.

Here are the specifications:

Product Details

Model   Aspire 4520-401G12Mi

Specifications

Operating System   Linux Operating System

Processor   AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology

Processor Type   AMD Turion TL-58 (1.9Ghz, 1MB L2Cache)

Chipset   NVIDIA nForce® 610M (MCP67-MV)

Memory   1 GB DDR2 ( Upgradeable up to 4 GB )

Display Screen   14.1″ WXGA TFT Crystalbrite LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution

Video Type   NVIDIA GeForce® 7000M with up to 896 MB of TurboCache

Video Memory   NVIDIA Shared Memory

Hard Disk   120 GB SATA HDD

Optical Drive   Built-in Super Multi Double Layer Drive

Weight   2.48kg

Dimension   342 (W) x 247 (D) x 35/38(H) mm

Network Interface   Built in 56K Modem, Built in 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN

Wireless LAN   Built-in Acer Invilink Wireless LAN ( 802.11b/g)

Card Reader   Built in 5 in 1 Card Reader

Bluetooth

Battery Type   6 Cell Battery,53.28W Li-ion battery pack

Battery Life   2.5 hour Battery Life

Windows Vista Home Basic was installed in it and so far, I’m quite happy about how it runs, despite the fears that some of my most used programs won’t run on it.  I really cannot give an adequate review of the computer, as it’s, after all, my first laptop.  But the things that I’m looking for in a laptop right now is just the speed by which it runs with word processing, adobe photoshop, and browsers open.  And so far it works fine.  I doubt if it will still run smoothly with games installed but since, I’m not really a gamer, that’s just okay with me.

What I really want to try now is to connect to the Internet in wi-fi hotspots.  As I know very few wi-fi hotspots, I hope my dear blog readers could help me out in compiling a list of wi-fi hotspots in Metro Manila, whether free or not.

This is what I’ve gathered so far:
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Isn’t that there are just numerous times that we simply forget passwords for our password-protected documents in MS Word, Excel, or Access? What if you forgot that unique password you’ve used in protecting your very sensitive diary entry? Or your formulas in Excel? It would be fortunate if you usually use one or two passwords only because you’d easily be able to remember it. But what if you’ve used an uncommon one? Or a combination of two common passwords? How do you access that document then?

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So how will the software look like on your computer?
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