I got my Eeepc 8G February 28th, and immediately christened it “9″ (like “Section 9″ from Ghost in the Shell) and cranked it up to see what it could do. I’m typing this entry on it, as a matter of fact, so that’s at least some indication of how well things are going :) Please excuse any typos as I haven’t done an extensive amount of actual typing on this thing yet so I’m still kind of getting used to the keyboard.

I’m loveloveloving it so far! It’s taken some getting used to the Linux OS that it ships with (Xandros/KDE), but I’ve been spending a lot of time messing with it. With the help of the huge user community online, it’s proving to be a fairly easy ride. I’ve been spending my lunch hours since I got it messing with customization and trying out some things.

I’ve actually got LAMP up and running so I can try out a local install of Wordpress (the blog engine running Tabard’s in!). Been having some trouble getting the css/images to display correctly, so if anyone out there has messed with this stuff before and thinks they could help, lemme know :)

Eddy and I have already hit the Highlander (a local free wifi hotspot, fyi!) a couple times with our respective laptops for dinner and some geeking out. We want to try and find other new places around town, and I’m thinking of writing reviews on them and calling it the Geek’s Guide to Atlanta. It sounds like it’d be fun, anyway, and it’d give me a great reason to get out away from home on a semi-/regular basis. I’d love to get suggestions of places to try out, so share if you got ‘em!

All that said, my lunch break is just about up, so I’ll leave you with some photos of my new electronic love. (more…)