Category: Science & Technology
You will often hear people say things like “I should’ve been born in the sixties,” or the middle ages, or various other eras in history. It’s not uncommon for people to feel like living anachronisms.
But I can’t be the only one who feels like they might have been born too early.
I mentioned on Facebook how I’d switched from operating systems from Xandros to Eeebuntu on my EeePC 1000 last weekend, and a friend asked, “How are eeepcs? I have never really thought of using one…I would always watch too many movies on my old laptop to really want anything smaller.” So I answered, giving probably way more info than was necessary. But I wanted to save what I shared for posterity and share it with a more general audience. &91;…&93;
Water on Mars: Discovery Article | Reuters Article
Cognitive Ornithology: Birds Are Smarter Than You Think
“Someday, we’ll tell our grandchildren how we had to drive around town looking for a coffee shop when we needed to get online, and they’ll laugh their heads off. Every building in America has running water, electricity and ventilation; what’s the holdup on universal wireless Internet?”
Venus and Ida, two very old ladies who probably have some great stories to tell.
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…
Ok, I started out writing a completely crazy “omgomgomg” entry about the EeePC 8g suddenly popping up as “in stock” on Newegg, and finally being able to get my hands one one. (If you’re interested, or looking to get one, better hurry. There’s no telling how long they’ll have them.) And as I type this, it’s nearly turning into one anyway, but I’m holding myself back, don’t worry. But my order is in, plus a…
I’ve got it bad, bad, bad, bad, baaaad. The craze hasn’t been this bad since I wanted an ipod more than three years ago. I suppose it’s a good thing this particular illness only strikes every few years. I wouldn’t be able to afford it otherwise.
So, ever wondered what you’d get if a PDA and a laptop had a torrid love affair? Meet the EeePC 8g. (Yay for alliteration!)
It’s small, less than 9″…
I’ve had my ipod since May of 2005. It’s a drab little white 20Gb Gen3. It has no color, and no video. But despite being the single most heavily-used piece of electronic equipment I own (other than my computer), it gave me no real problems until November of last year. When I’d first gotten, we had the foresight to buy the three year protection plan that Best Buy offers, so when the harddrive finally decided it’d…