Category Archives: hardware

Phew!

Posted on January 15, 2008 by blogmywiki

As an Apple fan who recently bought a tiny Asus eeePC laptop, I was frankly dreading today’s MacWorld Expo. Everyone seemed to be saying that Apple would also be bringing out a tiny laptop too. I could only hope it … Continue reading →

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TillyPaint on eeePC

Posted on December 12, 2007 by blogmywiki

I got TillyPaint working on my eeePC – it’s a very simple finger-painting program wot I wrote aimed at very young children. The idea is that you can make a mark without clicking the mouse, which almost all paint programs … Continue reading →

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eeePC – the photographer’s friend

Posted on December 4, 2007 by blogmywiki

The Asus eeePC is great for the photographer on the hoof – especially if your camera uses SD cards which you can just pop in the slot in the side. The default image viewers are okay but leave a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Asus eee PC, Linux, photography, Xandros | 12 Comments

Less is More – the Asus eee PC

Posted on November 28, 2007 by blogmywiki

OR: NEVER MIND THE $100 LAPTOP, GET A LOAD OF THE £200 LAPTOP! I’ve had my Asus eee PC for a couple of days now, and can set some thoughts down… as you know this is a tiny £200 sub-notebook … Continue reading →

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WiFi Linux on a shoestring

Posted on May 9, 2007 by blogmywiki

CAUTION: this is a geeky Linuxy post that’s really just here because I’ll forget how I did this in about a week and I might want to do this again some time… Ages ago I put Xubuntu – a cut-down … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, hardware, Linux, operating systems, thrift, Ubuntu, WiFi, XFCE, Xubuntu | 1 Comment