When you arrive at hotel, speak with front desk clerk to be sure that their phone jacks are compatible with your unit. If they happen to use a digital phone system which differs in voltage from that of a standard phone jack, your modem will most likely be damaged when you try to plug it in and dial-up to get an outside connection. The best approach is to call ahead and check on these accommodations before making trip, so that you’ll know what to expect and not be left with any nasty surprises.

In addition to laptop itself, it’s always a good idea to bring an extension cord and extra batteries. Even though you may plan to use electricity, you should also include a back-up plan, and batteries may only give you a few hours’ worth of power at a time before needing to be recharged or changed. When possible, cut down on use of those things which need large amounts of energy, such as CD-ROMs, and reduce number of auto-saves on your machine.

By using your common sense and taking simple precautions, as well as including some back-up cords and batteries, you should be able to travel safely and simply with your laptop without a lot of hoopla.

How do Colorcube puts color in a different light for us?

Not everyone may know this – There are 10 steps in understanding digital color. These steps are introduced in Colorcube Digital Color Model. And we definitely won’t leave you with just a brief introduction of what Colorcube is…Here’s a list-down of Colorcube’s features and advantages as latest color model. 1.How Human Eye sees Color 2.Identifying Primary Colors 3.Additive and Subtractive Color 4.Color Models 5.Storing images in computers 6.Visualizing a color space 7.Color Mixing 8.Color selection 9.Color manipulation 10.Color mapping and calibration

As industries reputed in art and science converge to digital domain, a unified vision of color must emerge. Colorcube can give a definitive model for that vision. It is a positive step that Color cube international patent has been arranged and pending. Wouldn’t it be a delight to discover color anew? -30-

Lala C. Ballatan is a 26 year-old Communication Arts graduate. Book reading has always been her greatest passion -- mysteries, horrors, psycho-thrillers, historical documentaries and classics. Her writing prowess began as early as she was 10 years old in girlish diaries. With writing, she felt freedom – to express her viewpoints and assert it, to bring out all concerns -- imagined and observed, to bear witness.