Some cool laptop cooler images:

ob and a laptop

Yet another Strobist/laptop homage – my first attempt at actually doing something with light that looks cool…

Strobist info: Vivitar 285HV (gelled CTB) sitting on the keyboard, pointing at the screen on full power; Olympus FL-36 (no gel) dialled right down sitting on the floor about 1m away to camera right; 1/200s at f/18 (to get the – fully lit! – room nice and dark) and ISO 400; WB to daylight.
All triggered with cheapo eBay trigger/receivers.

UFO Lighting

I love techiness… So, I’m having an IM conversation with my friend, talking about the lighting I used in a few photos I had just taken and uploaded to Flickr. When she asked about it, I shot a photo of it with my Google phone, auto-uploaded it to Flickr via the Pixelpipe app, and linked her to the image I had just shot.

fujitsu_fab_laptop_concept

Question from a reader:
Question of the day: What brand is the best laptop cooler?
What brand is the best laptop cooler?

Best answer:

Answer by Abacus
The best external laptop cooler is not made for laptops. It is called a blue ice container. If you sit your laptop on a layer of these bad boys with a thin layer of cloth beween the two and a fan blowing toward the laptop, you will have the BEST cooling system available other than going outside on a winter day.

There are so many products available on the market that even magazines can’t give you an honest answer to what is the best available that is designed for the purpose. I have linked about 80 of the ones available. Some have 5 star rating, some 4 star, some good ones may not be on these pages.

What do you think? Answer below!

Some cool laptop coolers images:

day-31-whats-in-my-bag

What’s in my bag, on 1 Dec 2008 —

1. red notebook, used as a journal
2. field notebook
3. my creds
4. external hard drive for backing up files
5. announcement for one of our gigs
6. article from the newspaper about the Thanksgiving day car bombing in Kabul
7. Announcement for the french beaujolais party at the airport camp
8. article by Kurt Vonnegut from a recent Newsweek magazine, titled "Slaughterhouse 1945"
9. power cable with UK-style 3 prong plug
10. M16 ammo magazines used as laptop coolers
11. used Dell laptop computer, bought on Craigslist for 0

I’m flying today – with Flickr notes!

I got to the airport early – not a good place to be running late! – and I’m relaxing in the departure lounge (Lounge? When I think of lounge, I think of Frank, Dean and Sammy in Vegas, or at least a comfortable chair with a way to evelate your feet. Airports should call them "waiting rooms" or something closer to reality . . . ) waiting for my flight to ATL.

Check out the notes to see what’s here!

fete mobile tricycle

Readers ask:
Question of the day: Laptop coolers?
I have an hp dv1000 that keeps overheating and turning off.
The top lef corner gets realy hot. I think the fan on that side isn’t working. I was going to open it up to see if there’s dust in the fan but to get to it the keybord has to be taken out…seriously hp WTF?

So im thinking of getting a laptop cooler. So which one should I get? there is so many.

My hp is 15″ and here’s what it looks like:

( ^ I can’t even touch the grill thing on the right when it overheats)

( ^ the right part heats up but not the left)

Thanks

Best answer:

Answer by scarletporter007
there is a unit sold at Cosco, called A CHILL STATION.. equipped with a fan, and angles to make it run cooler. very reasonably priced.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!