QuadCooler News: July 2008

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Dancing Beetle YouTube Video

Dancing Beetle shakes his booty

This is the official QuadCooler Dancing Beetle youtube video. The video is getting so popular that you will find many copy cat videos that copy the actual QuadCooler footage. If the video doesn't come from a user called "quadcooler" then it's not the real thing.

I was up late one night working on the computer when I heard a strange scratching sound coming from the other side of the room. I got up, looked around and discovered a little beetle crawling around. I said to myself, "what an interesting little creature". I picked him up and placed him on my desk and he just stayed there not seeming to mind hanging out on the desk. I then decided I better get back to work. I first turned on music to keep me awake. Then all of a sudden I noticed some movement from the corner of my eye. I looked down and discovered my little beetle friend liked my music. He was on his back shaking his legs and gyrating his little big butt up in the air. I turned off the music and he flipped himself back onto his legs. I turned it back on and he flipped back on his back and started dancing. I knew I had something special here, so I grabbed my camera and carried him over to my work table to make a video. Please leave your comments and let me know if you've ever seen anything like this before. The next morning I took my little bug friend to the back yard and released him back to nature. I knew that would be the best place for him to live the rest of his days.

What's new:
Now you can watch the Dancing Beetle in High Quality. Just click on the link right below the video box that says "Watch in High Quality".

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Dancing Beetle shakes his booty to the music.

Category: Pets & Animals

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

How to get to QuadCooler TV

How to get to QuadCooler TV

Do you know how to get to QuadCooler TV? - Don't worry there's a new video that shows how to get to QuadCooler TV channel. It's pretty simple. All you have to do is type the phrase "QuadCooler TV" into the Google, Yahoo, or MSN search box. It should be the very top listing when the search results pop up on the screen. The next step is to click on the listing that says QuadCooler TV and the YouTube channel should pop up.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Fishing for Crayfish

Fishing for Crayfish in the waters of the Rio Grande river - This is actually a little mini diversion canal that comes off the Rio Grande, but it is still part of the Rio Grande river. In the video you can watch us fish for little crayfish or crawdads. We use either worms or hotdogs as bait. The hotdogs work much better. We mainly use handmade fishing sticks instead of fishing rods although one of the kids was using a mini fishing rod with a worm/hotdog combo bait. We keep all the crayfish in a little bucket just to keep track of how many we catch. Then at the end of the day we dump them all back into the ditch. Fishing is fun!

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Category: Pets & Animals

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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Videos of Fireworks are boring

Fireworks videos are boring - I'm serious. For example, let's say your friend gives you a DVD with 1 hours worth of firework footage. Now imagine you have to sit down and watch it. Suddenly everything becomes more interesting. Then you remember that you forgot to remove and dust all the vent covers in your house and that suddenly seems more interesting than watching your friend's video.

Don't get me wrong. Fireworks displays are awesome in real life, but even with the best film or video cameras, they just can't capture the excitement of the real thing. One reason is that typically the fireworks are very far from the camera lens. However, I think the main reason is that fireworks are a 3D experience that just doesn't translate into the 2D world of film, videos, television, or YouTube.

With all that said, I think I have created an interesting fireworks video. I have purposely kept the time short and I video taped the fireworks at a very close range. I almost got burned. Please share your comments and see if we can figure out how to make fireworks video more enjoyable.

If you think my video sucks, please tell me why in the comment section. Thank you.

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Friday, July 4, 2008

Happy 4th of July - Independence Day

Above is a picture of Thomas Jefferson, who was the 3rd President of the USA

Thomas Jefferson and John AdamsThe 4th of July is very important day in the history of the United States and in the history of the world. It makes the day that the United States declared independence from its mother country Great Britain. It could have easily been another date like July 2 or July 6 depending on when the Declaration of Independence got signed. However, I believe it happened on the fourth because there is something special about that date. Besides, it just wouldn't sound right to ask, "So what are you and your family doing for the sixth". Furthermore, most people don't realize that something amazing happened exactly 50 years after the signing. Two former presidents and founding founders of the United States died on the 50 anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Those two men where John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and they both died on July 4, 1826. The fourth of July is indeed a very special date.

In other news

Mars was deformed by an Asteroid - Panasonic Offers New Mini Laptop - Quadcooler offers laptop with 4 fans - What does IBM have to do with Chocolate - A mouse for PowerPoint?

Happy Fourth of July - Independence Day.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Scratch Cat

Scratch Cat 3 - After the music stops playing, listen carefully and you will hear the little kitty cat roar.

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RADIATOR FOR LAPTOP?

Cars and Laptops are similar in the fact that they both generate lots of HEAT. With the automobile you want the engine to be warm, but not overly hot. However, in the case of the laptop computer, you strictly want the temperature to be as low as possible. In other words, you never want to "warm up" a laptop the way you would warm up a car. Computers actually run faster at lower temperatures. The main purpose of a laptop cooler is to protect you and the delicate components of your laptop from the dangers of heat, but a side benefit is that it could theoretically give you a tiny boost of computer performance.

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ANSWER:

We obviously want to sell you a laptop cooler, but there are some things you can check out to keep your laptop from overheating. Keep in mind that most laptops run pretty warm, but when the laptop starts locking up then you either have a broken laptop or you are not operating the laptop correctly. The first thing I would like to point out is that a laptop is designed to sit on a flat surface. Even though it is called a "LAP-TOP", the soft curves of your lap (legs) is not the best surface for your laptop. The reason is because the laptop needs to have a little gap of air underneath it so that warm air can escape to the surrounding atmosphere. Even worse than your laptop is carpet or thick comforter in your bed, because the laptop will literally sink into the carpet or blanket and completely block the air flow. If you are going to be lying in your bed with laptop I would recommend you place something big and flat beneath your laptop like for example a large book. Of course the QuadCooler works much better than a book, because it's light weight and it's made of plastic which insulates you from the hot laptop. Ok, the next thing I would check is the internal fan or fans on your laptop computer. The easiest way to test it is to wait until the laptop gets warm and then turn it upside down and look at the fan. If the fan is not turning you may have a bad fan or a loose connection. I would recommend that you call a local computer technician to take a look at your laptop. If the internal fan is not working, then your laptop may have too much of a heat problem for even the QuadCooler to handle.

ANSWER:

Yes that makes sense. The QuadCooler will still help your laptop even if the fans are pulling air in different directions. However, it does make sense that the QuadCooler should work better if it is pushing air in the same direction as your laptop. To find out whether your laptop is a "sucker" or a "blower" you should give it the "Toilet Paper" test. Simply get one square of toilet paper and place it over the fan on your laptop. If the square blows off then you've got a blower. If the square gets sucked onto the grill of the fan then you've got a sucker. In theory the QuadCooler works best with "blower" type laptop fan. I hope this answers your question.