Have you joined the EC bandwagon lately? I'm a beginner myself and still unable to customize my badges. However, I just came across a great way of increasing your Entrecard credits in a matter of few clicks.

It's called the Entrecard Credit Generator. Pretty self explanatory, right? According to the site, you can drop up as much as 300 EC in five minutes. You don't have to click through several blogs and urls so you can drop 50-100 cards. With this EC generator, simply click a button and 10 websites using the Entrecard widget will be loaded automatically for you. Start dropping cards on each site and when you're done, you can click the 2nd button/batch of sites. Click 30 buttons and you have 300 credits in your account instantly. Try it, it's free. See if you can really make 300 credits in five minutes. While you're at it, make sure you drop your card on my EC widget too!

I've never had a Mac. I've played with my boss' Macbook Pro before while he was having lunch. There was this one time when I spent two hours using my client's while presenting a design. I've also touched the new Macbook Air from an Apple store. And on those three times, my need to have one increased tenfold.

I don't just want it. I need it. As a graphics / web designer, owning multiple computers is a must for browser compatibility. I already have two but both of them are using the Windows platform so there's no way that I can check what my designs look like on a Firefox, Safari in Mac. I always rely on my colleagues who use Mac so they can check if my websites are working properly on their browsers. It sucks, and not exactly convenient.

I won't go for Macbooks since I already have my trusted HP laptop. What I really need is a high powered machine that can run multiple graphic applications while running a web server. It needs to have more than 2GB of memory and a minimum of 250GB hard drive. The monitor has to be very huge so I can check how my website looks like on all resolutions.

Having browsed through all the possibilities, it boils down to the perfect option - a 20 inch iMac.

At $1100, I can have all these and more:
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB memory (upgradable up to 4GB)
250GB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory

Slim, all-in-one design
Setting new standards for elegance and simplicity, the all-new, all-in-one iMac packs all its components — from processor to video camera — into an astoundingly thin, anodized aluminum frame.

Intel Core 2 processor
At speeds up to 2.8GHz, the advanced dual-core Intel processors that power every iMac are faster than ever — delivering greater performance for everything from enhancing photos to playing games and more.

Dazzling displays
Your photos, movies, and games will come to life in rich, vivid color thanks to the new glossy widescreen display on every iMac.

Should I continue dreaming or just go right ahead and ask my boss if he can buy me one? He was the one who introduced me to iMacs so I guess if I convince him how I really need it, he might just consider getting one for me. In fact, his old iMac will do. I will use this to improve my designs which at the end of the day, is really just for the company's sake.

Are you a blog addict like me? Do you find yourself composing stories and blog posts while you're doing number 2, waiting for a friend at a cafe, listening to your professor, and even when you sleep? If you are, then you might want to sit down before you read this.

Wordpress is now available on iPhone.

You read that right. It's not the same as connecting via wi-fi and browsing / updating your blogs via browser. This is a complete Wordpress application that you can install on your iPhone so you can blog like crazy, add tags and categories, use photos from your iPhone library, mark later for review plus auto-recovery just in case you got interrupted by a phone call. It also uses Safari so you can see the tru preview of your posts.

Here's a screenshot:

So don't ask why iPhone rocks.

Download the app from iTunes.

The Nokia N96 is the latest in the NSeries of Nokia.

Just like any other smartphones in the market, this is a multi-functional phone designed to integrate mobile communication with complete entertainment features. I've always been a fan of smartphones ever since I found out I can browse the net using these small gadgets. This particular smartphone is different from its predecessors because of advanced video and camera capabilities. The 5MP camera lets you take high resolution photos and record great videos with the help of stabilization feature. With a large 2.8" screen, you would enjoy watching your TV shows, thanks to advanced television viewing feature (network-dependent). It stores up to 16GB of internal memory and can be expanded with an optional microSD card.

A quick look on the features:
Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G and WLAN access.
Mobile TV (network-dependent feature).
GPS Navigation.
Instant upload to Flickr, Vox, Yahoo! and Google.
Full-HTML browser.
5-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics.
High quality VGA camera in front of the phone, for video calling and self-portrait use.
Plays music files, and lets you download easily via Nokia Web.
Allows high-quality video calling using 3G
A built-in motion sensor that automatically rotates the screen when tilted as on the Nokia N82.

To see complete features and specs, check out the N96 Wiki.

*photo from http://news.ecoustics.com

Welcome the latest Go Green gadget.

Dell is about to launch its mini desktop in a couple of hours. At only $699 with monitor, this latest piece of technology uses Intel's latest mobile processor, is 80% smaller than a traditional PC and comes in seven different colors. Dell markets this as an environmentally friendly PC. It will use 70 % less energy than any mini-tower desktops and the packaging totally recycled. Dell is known to push out green initiatives and no better way to do it than on a mini-desktop.

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