Recently I bought a notebook PC with a built-in camera and a microphone. So I can call and talk with anybody overseas by connecting through Internet, meaning click and talk with my PC by using applications such as Skype. You can save on regular phone call charges. For the work place, I encountered gips (Global IP Solutions) in Communications Developers Conference. One of the products of gips offers business customers free, high-quality voice over any network. This reduces the high cost of regular phone toll charges within an enterprise, a gips engineer said.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Free Int'l Call --gips
Recently I bought a notebook PC with a built-in camera and a microphone. So I can call and talk with anybody overseas by connecting through Internet, meaning click and talk with my PC by using applications such as Skype. You can save on regular phone call charges. For the work place, I encountered gips (Global IP Solutions) in Communications Developers Conference. One of the products of gips offers business customers free, high-quality voice over any network. This reduces the high cost of regular phone toll charges within an enterprise, a gips engineer said.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
My Perfect Weekend
Solar Energy
Solar energy can be used for heating up buildings, cooking, to heat engines, for solar cars, etc. We have it at home for heating our swimming pool, because we live in sunny California.
In Silicon Valley, the Energy Summit 2007 was held with the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for improving national security with attendance including former U.S. Secretary of State Mr. George Shultz, Mr. Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, San Jose Mayor Mr. Chuck Reed etc.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
GPS
Got lost and was late for doctor's appointment. So I decided to take some-sort of measurements to prevent being la
te. Went to Costco, and learned the charge of Veraizon's VZ navigator service for it's cell phone (because I can only find that GPS service for its cell phone user at the retailer), How much? $9.99 a month or $2.99 a day. Well, my cell is not with Veraizon. Checked a 
road map book there, costs about $26, which only covers in Bay Area. Went back again to the electric corner and finally bought a Magellan RoadMate, because Costco deals with it only and was kind of cheap. Paid $2
70.61 ($249.99 plus tax $20.60--CA's 8.5% tax rate). At the parking lot, an Indian guy, who happend to pass by, helped me set it up (I think he is an engineer). I have been testing it ever since. Not so fancy, but it works. It's OK at this moment.Maybe I should have bought DASH instead, so that I could search Yahoo local.
te. Went to Costco, and learned the charge of Veraizon's VZ navigator service for it's cell phone (because I can only find that GPS service for its cell phone user at the retailer), How much? $9.99 a month or $2.99 a day. Well, my cell is not with Veraizon. Checked a 
road map book there, costs about $26, which only covers in Bay Area. Went back again to the electric corner and finally bought a Magellan RoadMate, because Costco deals with it only and was kind of cheap. Paid $2
70.61 ($249.99 plus tax $20.60--CA's 8.5% tax rate). At the parking lot, an Indian guy, who happend to pass by, helped me set it up (I think he is an engineer). I have been testing it ever since. Not so fancy, but it works. It's OK at this moment.Maybe I should have bought DASH instead, so that I could search Yahoo local.
People are mean on the web?
This is the photo of the founder and president of Six Apart, Mena and an about 1-year-old new baby dog. Six Apart offers Blog tools, Blog services and Blog journals etc.
Mena gave me some very thoughtful insights. What impressed me was her thoughts that a blog can be very easily nasty to others by saying mean things which you would never say in front of people in real life. Mena said we, the web users should have etiquette for NET community, which is just like in everyday life.
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