Oct 7 2009

Tried to breathe new life into an old toy.

I was one of the early adopters of the EeePC.  After having read about this little device I knew that I would have to get one.  When it was finally made available I snatched one of the earliest models, the EeePC 700 (2G Surf).  It came equipped with Xandros Linux, but that was not suitable for my needs so I quickly installed an nlited XP, and it served me well for many months.

Almost two years have gone by, and my first EeePC had been long forgotten, boxed away in my room.  I have since replaced it with a newer, more powerful netbook the 1005HA seashell.  Upon discovering this lost treasure, I decided to try to make some use of it.

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Oct 3 2009

Soon to be getting a smartphone.

I’m finally ready to purchase a smartphone, but I have a lot of options to consider.  A couple years ago the obvious choice was the iPhone, but for a number of reasons I have decided to never get an iPhone.  That’s not to say that I’m rejecting the best possible option, arguably the iPhone was great when it initially launched, but the competition is better than ever.

So I’ve narrowed it down to several phones either available now or coming soon.

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Oct 2 2009

I’m addicted to social networking websites.

Social networks have invaded the internet by storm over the past decade or so.  There are way too many to count, but only a few cater to a general audience of any background.  The obvious ones are the big names like Facebook or Twitter, and even MySpace (yes, people still use MySpace!).  There are many more that cater to a select demographic: religions, ethnicity, political opinion, location, … the list goes on.  What we lack is the “one site to rule them all,” let me explain.

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