At first, I do have problems using Firefox to connect to the Internet, as I later found out that I have to configure the proxy setting to point to on port 8080. No need installation or any reconfiguration of its settings. Since Firefox is not widely available on the computers in my campus yet, I can plug in my USB drive and load Firefox directly. Being a Firefox fan myself, the first application I tried is, of course, John Haller's Portable Firefox. It features quite a lot of free and useful applications that I can use for my USB drive. Some of them don't even require you to go through the setup process and can simply run on-the-fly. Most are stand-alone programs that run without the dependency on local system files and structure. They are portable because you can carry them anywhere, anytime, on almost any computer. If you are wondering what these technical terms mean, let me explain that they are programs made to work on removable storage devices like USB or CD. This time, I focus on so-called portable applications, or specifically USB drive-friendly applications. Of course not! As always, I love to experiment. Yet, it's also convenient, small in size, light in weight and contains more storage space than the good old floppies. It's really a great gadget for me to store my lecture notes, programming source codes, circuit design files, and assignments. As I blogged before, I've bought a pretty cheap 512Mb USB Flash drive from PC fair last month.
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