Archive for July 29th, 2004

The QCool OTG

Published by
James
at 14:17 UTC Jul 29, 2004 in Arts&Crafts and Computing. 6 Comments

QCool1.jpg

It is a flash memory card reader/harddisk case/digital photo bank.

While still waiting for the Nikon CoolWalker to come out, I wasn’t going to get a digital photo bank just yet. I needed an external HD case as my old one for 3.5″ HD stopped working. A replacement would cost some where around HKD $150-$230. Nice thing would be I have spare 3.5″HD. Bad thing is, most need external power.

Upon checking out some of the external cases for 2.5″HD, which runs anywhere from HKD $45-$200, I came across the Transcend StoreJet 40GB for HKD$1300 gray marketed goods or HKD$1950 dealer goods. The case is very small, smart looking and slick. But I thought the 1.8″ HD that came with the StoreJet comes at a premium and that it costs too much for a ext HD. So, I chose the QCool instead.
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Suspended With Salary

Published by
James
at 13:13 UTC Jul 29, 2004 in Thoughts. 2 Comments

You might think one could get away with this for two months every year for summer vacations indefinitely…

Fool them once, shame on him.
Fool them twice, shame on her.
Fool them three times, makes a jackass out of himself and pisses her off.

Either way he wins. Severence pay for contract termination could be enough to pay off some debts. The reason for no one else dares to touch such a vicious tardy person could easily be turned and explained by other means towards his own advantages just like the way he explained his previous exits.

Smart plan indeed. But now, the truth is out. Too bad his reasons ain’t the truth and no one actually shuts him up permanently. He is still yapping his way through freely.