10 Tips to make your Laptop Battery last longer

Found this interesting article here (http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/03/10-tips-to-make-your-laptop-battery.html)

How to extend laptop battery life? Here are some more tips to improve your notebook’s battery life:

1. If you do not use your laptop for extended periods of time (a week or more), remove the battery pack from the laptop.

2. Do not expose the battery to high heat or freezing temperatures. Do not leave your battery in your car in the summer. Hot batteries discharge very quickly, and cold ones can’t create as much power.

3. Make sure to plug your laptop charger adapter into a UPS and not directly into a power outlet or surge protector.

4. If you have a nickel-metal hydride battery, completely drain and recharge the battery once a month to maximize its capacity to hold a charge.

5. Fully charge new battery packs before use. New pack needs to be fully charged and discharged (cycled) a few times before it can condition to full capacity.

6. For laptops that work as Desktop Replacement, the battery should be re-installed every 3-4 weeks and allowed to fully discharge.

7. Leaving a battery in a laptop while using an electrical outlet for long periods of time will keep the battery in a constant state of charging up and that will reduce the life cycle of the battery.

Sunset at Batu Ferringhi, Penang

Last Sunday made a trip to Batu Ferringhi. Main reason was to scout some place for my boss and the team to relax and unwind. Made my way to “Bayu Senja” and walk to “Sunset Bistro”. It was Sunday and the place was packed with people. Tourists, locals are all there.

1.Sunset at the beach

2. I love the clouds formation

3. Para sailing in the sunset

4. Horseback riding

The crowd. The place was packed with people.

You can view more photos at my picasa gallery. If the below slideshow doesn’t work.

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Misc shots for 2010-01-07

Went to Telok Tempoyak today. I never been there before. Heard so many stories. I decided to have a look myself. Below are some of the photos that I managed to take at “Restoran Seri Idaman”

1. The sun is setting

2. The fishermen boat arriving with its catch

3. Some people fishing at the jetty

4. Fishermen boats

5. Silhouette

6. My dinner. “Grilled cockles” or kerang bakar.

7. Evening clouds