Author Archives: evozong

Win 7 Tip: Abstracting User Data from OS data

Posted on August 28, 2011 by evozong

Windows 7 (and Vista and XP) users: Where do you store your documents? Music? Videos? Photos? If I had to make a guess, I’d say it’s most likely in these directories: C:\Users\<your username>\My Documents C:\Users\<your username>\My Music C:\Users\<your username>\My Pictures … Continue reading →

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Fix: Windows 7 Chinese characters showing up as squares

Posted on July 12, 2011 by evozong

One of the things I really like about Windows 7 is its ability to recognise and show me my Chinese stuff properly without me manually installing the Asian language pack that I had to install in Windows XP to properly … Continue reading →

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The end of the DVD / BD era

Posted on July 8, 2011 by evozong

I think DVDs and Blu-ray discs (BDs) are reaching the end of their era soon, and I will explain why. Cost (US cents per gigabyte, quoted by Amazon today) DVD (still dominant in computers) hold about 4 GB of data. … Continue reading →

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Installing Windows 7 from USB instead of DVD

Posted on July 8, 2011 by evozong

Sounds incredible? Not to most tech wizards I guess. But for the rest of you muggles, this means that you don’t need to use a DVD drive in order to install Windows 7. Instead, just plug in a USB Thumbdrive, … Continue reading →

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Anecdotes kill creativity

Posted on February 19, 2011 by evozong

Maybe I’m too harsh, but this is it: People are getting lazy to think of new stuff because there are so many anecdotes around. Before I get to why I feel this way, let me first define an anecdote. Dictionary.com … Continue reading →

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