Opening a Sony Vaio SZ Dissassembly

http://notesfromtherocket.blogspot.com/2008/05/drive-swap-tearing-open-trusty-sony.html

Online JavaScript tester

http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html

Smart Auto Refresh

In this tutorial Hermawan will teach you how to create an auto refreshing page. The trick he will show you is how to have the page only refresh when there is new data to display.

By : Hermawan Haryanto

Have you ever thought about how to make a website able to reload itself whenever the content inside the page is updated through another application or another page?

See below:

http://www.codewalkers.com/c/a/Display-Tutorials/Smart-Auto-Refresh/

Installing VMWare 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (64bit)

Download and extract vmware.tar etc. etc. navigate to folder etc.

1. sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-kernel-devel linux-headers-generic xinetd
2. run vmware-install.pl, then (BEFORE running vmware-config.pl):
sudo touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key
sudo touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
3. run vmware-config.pl

Source:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/05/30/install-vmware-server-106-on-ubuntu-804-hardy/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=337040

Tecra M9-15i

Pros:
Non-reflective screen.
Nipple joystick thing.
Feels quite solid.
Toshiba moneyback guarantee.

Cons:
3 USB ports.
Ports on the back.

Samsung P200

Pros:
Small, yet feels sturdy and solid.

Cons:
Only 2 USB ports.
One of those is at the back.
Keyboard has Fn key in the corner.

Compaq NC4400

Pros:
Sturdy...
Nipple/joystick thingy for the thinkpad fans.
Keyboard layout.

Cons:
This HP although sturdy in most parts, the screen has a little flex. And there have been reports of poor build quality on the keyboard.
Although it is small, I think it could have avoided ports at the rear.

Sont Vaio TZ

Pros:
Small and light, whilst including a DVDRW drive.
Sharp screen.
Good keyboard.

Cons:
Comes with Vista only.
Lots of bloatware.

Sony Vaio BX61VN

Pros:
Keyboard, CTRL on the bottom left (and not Fn key!)
Nobble "Thinkpad" joystick (if that's what you are looking for)
No bloatware!

Cons:
Only 3 USbs, small amount for it's size.
Looks solid, but feels flexi and cheap
Ports at the back