Hidup Tanpa Laptop ‎

LAPTOP menjadi gadget wajib yang dibawa Audy kemanapun pergi. Tanpa barang elektronik itu, pelantun lagu Lama-Lama Aku Bosan itu mengaku mati gaya. Maklum, berbagai aktivitas dilakukannya dengan menggunakan laptop. Mulai dari membuat lagu, hingga bermain game saat rasa bosan melanda.

Penyanyi kelahiran Jakarta, 23 April 1983 itu mengungkapkan, inspirasi membuat lagu bisa datang kapan dan di mana saja. Itu sebabnya, dia tidak pernah meninggalkan laptopnya di rumah. ”Kalau tiba-tiba dapat inspirasi, langsung buka laptop. Ada software khusus untuk bikin lagu,” ujarnya di sela-sela acara HP Inspiring People Award di Senayan City, kemarin.

Tak hanya membuat lagu, dia juga kerap menggunakan laptopnya untuk mengedit foto. Beberapa bulan belakangan, mantan pacar Tyo Nugros itu mengaku hobi fotografi. ”Di laptopku juga ada software untuk mengedit foto. Jadi begitu dapat foto bagus, langsung diedit. Pokoknya kemana-mana harus bawa laptop,” katanya lantas tersenyum.

Saat bosan melanda lantaran harus menunggu atau sedang tidak ada kerjaan, laptop juga menjadi teman setianya. Dia biasa memainkan online game untuk membunuh waktu. ”Kalau lagi bosan, aku main game. Tapi aku lebih banyak pakai laptop untuk kerjaan. Kalau cari-cari informasi tentang berita terbaru lebih cepat di twitter (yang diakses lewat telepon selular),” imbuhnya.

Soccer to Play

Tim sepak bola LSU akan memiliki rumah 11 pertandingan tak terkalahkan coret ke pertandingan hari Minggu melawan dalam saingan-negara McNeese Negara sebagai Harimau akan pertempuran Cowgirls dalam pertandingan terakhir mereka musim non-konferensi dengan tendangan ditetapkan selama 1 CDT pm di LSU Soccer Complex.

Pertandingan hari Minggu menandai pertemuan kedelapan dalam seri sepanjang masa antara kedua tim di lapangan sepak bola sebagai LSU (2-4-1) telah memasang tanda 6-1 dalam tujuh pertandingan sebelumnya melawan McNeese Negara (2-6). Harimau dan Cowgirls belum bertemu sejak musim 2007 ketika LSU posted a shutout 5-0 di Baton Rouge.

LSU adalah menunggang streak 11-pertandingan tak terkalahkan yang mengesankan rumah kembali ke tanggal kemenangan 3-0 atas Selatan Miss selama musim 2009 non-konferensi tentang 28 Agustus tahun lalu.

Fans yang tidak mampu menghadiri pertandingan hari Minggu di Kompleks Soccer LSU dapat mendengarkan Jason Kelly untuk sebuah siaran radio langsung dari game online di www.totalsportsradio.com.

Fans memiliki kesempatan untuk mengikuti tim tidak seperti sebelumnya dengan menjadi penggemar LSU Soccer di Facebook atau mengikuti @ LSUSoccer pada kegugupan, yang mencakup akses ke jangkauan di belakang layar dari Harimau dengan wawancara eksklusif dengan para pemain dan pelatih, mingguan fitur video, peluang promosi, tinggal diskusi dalam game dan analisis dan berita harian tim, milik www.LSUsports.net.

Minggu pertandingan melawan McNeese Negara akan menjadi "Siswa Match Point" karena semua siswa LSU menerima tiket masuk gratis dengan mereka LSU Student ID. Mereka juga akan diberikan prioritas didambakan poin yang diperlukan untuk menerima barang-barang seperti tiket sepakbola LSU, yang meliputi jalan permainan dan permainan mangkuk. Fans juga dapat mengambil tiket masuk gratis ke suatu tulisan rintisan sesuai dengan tiket mereka dari pertandingan sepak bola melawan Mississippi LSU Negara.

Fans juga diingatkan bahwa LSU's pembuka rumah SEC hanya dua minggu lagi sebagai tim menyambut SEC Alabama Barat saingan Baton Rouge pada Jumat, 1 Oktober di Tiket 19:00 berada pada penjualan sekarang hanya $ 1.

Samsung Galaxy Tab

Samsung Galaxy Tab - Samsung recently announced the Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch tablet running Android 2.2, that has widely been being talked about for quite some time now. Cashing in on the market created by the Apple iPad, the Galaxy Tab aims to take things further by including dual cameras for video calling as well as taking pictures and videos. There is Flash support for the web browser too.

When I showed the pictures of the Galaxy Tab to my sister, her first reaction was, "Wow! That's a big phone". When I informed her that the Tab is actually a tablet and not a phone, her reaction changed to "Wow! That's a small tablet". And that's what got me thinking.

There are people like me who use a smartphone to browse the web. However, I would love to have a bigger screen that would improve the browsing experience. A tablet would be a good alternative but then it would be one more device to carry around. It would be nice if that device could make calls as well. The Galaxy Tab does that, but unfortunately, it is too big to be used as a phone. I love the bigger display compared to my smartphone, but there is no way I can see myself carry that device with me all the time. So for people like me it will be too big. It cannot replace my smartphone - not that it intends to - but it would have been nice if it could.

Some may think that the Galaxy Tab is too small to be a tablet. The 7-inch display just won't be good enough for web browsing or other tasks such as eBook reading or video playback, something that people have become used to, thanks to the 10-inch display on the iPad. The Galaxy Tab may be smaller than the iPad but it still isn't as small as a smartphone, which you could slip into your pocket. So if you are going to carry something around in your hands, why not carry the iPad instead, which at least makes up for its bigger size?

Some, however, would think that the Galaxy Tab is just the right size. The large display on the iPad offers a wonderful browsing experience, but it also comes at the cost of a device that isn't so great to carry around. The Galaxy Tab on the other hand would be far easier to carry. For some a tablet would be the device they would use when they don't want to use their computers and when the smartphone is too small. If they wanted the full browsing experience they would rather use their computers instead of something like the iPad and if they want something more portable they would prefer using their smartphones.

The Galaxy Tab does not offer a computer like browsing experience but then again, most people aren't looking for that in a tablet. They just want something that would be better than their tiny smartphones and very portable at the same time. The iPad is excellent, no doubt, but it isn't very portable. In that aspect I think Samsung has nailed the size to performance ratio on the Galaxy Tab, and here I'm just talking about web browsing.

It's also a lot easier to type on the Galaxy S. You can hold it in the portrait mode just like a smartphone and type on it, something you cannot do on the iPad because even in portrait mode it is too wide. In fact the portrait keypad on the iPad is pretty much useless. You have to keep it in landscape mode if you want to type on it and for that you need to rest it on a surface.

So what do you think then? Is the Galaxy Tab too small or too big for your tastes? Or do you think this is how big all tablets should be? Do let us know in the comments.