jH3Riz24 TiPs and ReViews

Consumer Report Magazine not Recommending Apple iphone 4

2010-12-03T09:26:00.001-08:00

I was really surprised to read this article on Consumers Report Magazine that they still not recommending Apple iphone 4 even with it's popularity and superior performance. Having used iphone 3 from my company, almost got me to buy the new iphone 4. I have to admit I am not really an iphone fanatic and ever since I have refused to buy iphone but given a chance to use iphone 3 from our company, I kinda like the phone and it's performance satisfies me. But this article regarding the poor reception problem when you touch a spot on the lower left side while you are in weak signal area could definitely cause lots of drop calls. My phone is mainly use to call patients for appointments and making changes on schedule from our agency's front desk and I travel lots of miles and desolate areas so getting a good reception and clear signal is a top priority on my list. Apple company though temporarily offered the case to remedy the problem but stopped it last Oct 1 and only provide the case upon request. So for those who wanted to buy iphone 4, make sure to ask for the case. Goodluck!

Online Reservations

2010-11-15T08:45:00.002-08:00

Whatever your travel needs for the upcoming Holidays try to plan ahead. Nowadays we can book hotel rooms, rent a car and buy plane tickets online which make it a lot more convenient and not worry where to stay when you get to your destination unless you have relatives that picks you up in the airport and place to stay. After several trips I have learned that renting cars online is by far the best way to go specially on peak travel season. I do suggest try to reserve way advance. I have experienced last summer that I did not reserve the car after I booked my plane ticket because I thought it would be convenient to just do it right at the counter. That was a big mistake! It turned out I walked in to more than 5 rental car counters and all of them said fully booked. They only entertain people who have reserved online. I managed to rent a car at Alamo but it cost me $90.00 per day plus tax and other fees cost me almost $ 150.00 a day when I could have rented that for $27.00 - $ 50.00 per day and even cheaper if booked as package with plane ticket. The difference is I did not reserve online. I learned from it so now my next visit I made sure I book ahead of time. This December I will be back in Toronto again and I had a hard time finding a 8 passenger SUV on the dates I needed. I managed to find online but it is not a familiar company but I am desperate so I anyone knows someone in Toronto area that I could rent an SUV please buzz. Thanks

Studded Tires Legal

2010-11-10T20:32:00.001-08:00

The WSDOT (Washington State Dept. Of Transportation) said it is legal to use studded tires starting Nov. 1 til March 31. Though in some States is it illegal but in Washington State and few others it is legal on certain dates due to rough snow and icy condition along passes. Studded tires gives extra traction. Although there are other options and some people just have their tires sipped or use tires with walnut shells. It is just perfect for me since I do drive lots of areas that I really needed the studded tires. I do put off putting the studded tires as much as I can since I don't like the feel of the studs hitting the highway and it make a little noise while driving. It does help with traction specially on icy roads. One thing important though is drive slower on winter condition and give plenty of room to stop. This is why it is great to have four wheel drive or a all wheel drive. Just can't drive like usual.

Simple Test to Check and Analyze the Loading Speed of Web Page

2010-10-16T10:15:00.006-07:00

Using Pingdom Tools

Using websiteoptimization.com

I have posted this in a forum but I thought this is a great tool to share to other blogger too to test the load time of a web page. We know that our web page loading speed plays a great factor in SEO (Search Engine Optimization). I have heard to keep your loading speed at 10 sec. a recommended time so that Google bots and other web crawlers are not gonna bounce from your slow web page loading speed. During my visit through different blogs I noticed several blog sites out there that loads really slow. Here is a simple way to test your site for loading speed and it gives you simple analysis on which widget is dragging your loading speed. visit Test the load time of a web page using WebsiteOptimization.com
or Pingdom Tools These sites will test and analyze your web page in a way you will know which widget is loading the slowest,which files are not helping the loading speed and gives you recommendations on what to do to help solve the problem. It is worth a test
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