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Please read this post for a background to the following:
At this moment, Olint Liquidator, Joseph Connolly, is meeting with Olint claimants, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, Jamaica.
He already met with the Trustees this morning.
The media has not be allowed to observe proceedings, but hopefully by tonight, the latest, there will be word as to what Mr. Connolly had to say to investors, about the recovery of their monies invested in Olint TCI.
Market Opportunities Unlimited (MOU) Blog will keep you updated, accordingly.
(I would like to thank Christopher Sacarro for the use of his Flick inset photo, entitled, "Day 166 of 365").
Well, these ergonomic offices of the future may make a lot of sense, if you telecommute or want to have your own home-office away from the everyday household din (noises).
These coconut-shaped offices are actually called pods. They are manufactured by the UK-based company, Archipod (pronounced ‘ark-ee-pod’, as in ‘architecture).
Pods are a great way to conserve on energy and make use of recycled materials, right in your own back or front yard.
They are spherical in shape and look like your ordinary coconut. However,they are energy-efficient and eco-friendly and can be placed in your garden:
The office's exterior is made up of reused timber (cedar shingles) from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)- registered suppliers or from surplus manufacturing.
(The Forest Stewardship Council is an independent, non-governmental, Non-Profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests.
The interior walls are made of recycled fiberglass. They are encased in a high-performance foil insulation that is covered by plasterboard, which also has a vapor barrier.
"The porthole windows are made from double-glazed stainless steel, whilst the dome roof is of double-skinned carbonate that harnesses natural light and ventilation.
The Pod is prefabricated in sections – so that if your garden is hard to access, the Pod can be carried through your house. It measures approximately three meters (about ten feet) in diameter and has a height of two and a half meters (about eight feet).
It comes with an ergonomic semicircular desk that has cable management below it.
Custom-made drawer units and hardwood desktops are available by request.
The timber floor contains fiberglass insulation and the foundations are made up of concrete or steel posts.
The Pod is made-to-order and starts at around £12,000 (about US $20,000). This includes the insulated Pod, cedar shingles, door, window, glazed roof, foundations and full installation."
According to the above Gizmag article, the Pod can be used in a variety of other ways – like a playroom, teenager retreat, or even an extra entertainment area.
Would you buy a pod if you worked from home or telecommuted?
What do you think of the price?
Do you think this could work in Jamaica?.. or would the walls and entire structure have to be made of different materials, to withstand hurricanes and earthquakes?
(I would like to thank Stanley Lieber for the use of his Flickr inset photo of the pod. Other photos can be obtained from Archipod's website).
Gillian
Sources Include
1) The Forest Stewardship Council's website, accessed, February 3,2010.
Yesterday, Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, officially launched the Apple iPad. (He is shown in the photo, below, holding up the iPad).
The Appple iPad is a Tablet PC which is also a cross between an iPhone 3G and a Netbook...meaning you can use this device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, and reading e-books.
As with the iPhone 3G, it's multi-touch - just touch the screen to access menu items and gently roll your finger across the screen to scroll through pages of e-books and photos.
It also has 12 new apps and will run all 140,000 apps in the Apple's App Store...and yes, you can choose a Word Processing application from the myriad of applications in the App Store.
There are two versions available: the iPad WIFI and iPad 3G+WIFI. The 3G version will have support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA.
"iPad will be available in late March worldwide for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model.
The Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad will be available in April in the US and selected countries for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model.
iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers."
The drawback with the iPad WIFI is that you'll have to find a WIFI hotspot to connect to the Internet. Whereas if you buy the 3G+WIFI version...all you'll have to do to get Internet service, is to have a 3G mobile connection from your mobile service provider.
What is interesting however, is the fact that Apple has positioned the iPad, so as not to compete with its MacBook Pro (a laptop)...in that they have limited the iPad's storage capacity to 64 GB.
(The following photo is a Screen shot of the Apple iPad in use by Tom Raftery).
However, I could easily see this device being the ultimate laptop replacement, in the future.
The iPad, however, is a very nifty device, especially for students and business persons, who can now carry it in their backpacks/briefcases, as it only weighs 1.5 pounds.
So parents, if you're in the market for a laptop or notebook, maybe you should consider buying this, instead, for your child.
The only differences, according to lukethepcdr (when comparing Laptops to netbooks), are that laptops have larger screens, built in DVD and in some cases, still have 3.5" floppy drives. They also have better speakers, more slots for inserting PCI cards and in some cases, better video cards for displaying graphics.
Additionally, laptops stay cooler during long computing sessions.
So you might want to consider this when making your purchasing decision.
(The other drawback in buying the iPad for a student, is that it's prone to theft, as it's one of the hottest devices out right now).
The iPad has a hard case, is 1/2 inch thick and has a LED screen size of 9.7 inches. It has between 16-64 GB of hard drive memory, right now...I see Apple eventually increasing this, so that it can better compete with laptops and notebooks which have between 120GB and 2TB of memory.
Unlike other PC tablets, The iPad doesn't need a keyboard, as it has a soft keyboard that you can bring up on the device, if you need keyboard functionality.
(I really long to see the day when we'll have no need for keyboards, but that everything we need to do via a computer, will be voice-activated).
(I'd like to thank:
ITN News Channel for the use of their Youtube inset video entitled, "iPad: Steve Jobs presents Apple's new tablet"
Andresus for his Flickr photo entitled, "iPad en Latinoamerica". It is of Steve Jobs holding up the iPad
Tom Raftery for the use of his Flickr photo entitled,"Screen shot of Apple iPad in use").
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