December 24th, 2007

Asus Eee PC (701)

Posted by danny in Hardware, Linux, Software

So…

I jumped on the Eee PC Bandwagon about a week ago, and bought a black 701 series.

For those that have no idea what I am talking about, the Eee PC is, simply the smallest fully functioning laptop that I have ever laid my hands on. Let’s get the specs out of the way.
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October 23rd, 2007

New Toys, the good, the bad.

Posted by danny in Hardware

I’ve bought a couple new toys recently, here’s the skinny.

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October 5th, 2007

Gutsy is right.

Posted by danny in Hardware, Linux, Software

So, I got adventurous last night and installed the Gutsy Gibbon Beta on my laptop. The hard disk that came with the machine had died, and I have replaced it with a new 7200 RPM Seagate job, so a reinstall was needed anyway.
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July 28th, 2007

New Media Box!

Posted by danny in Hardware

I bought the sum of the parts, to build myself a new media box today.

Let’s just get the parts list out of the way, shall we?
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April 7th, 2007

I want a new toy.

Posted by danny in Hardware, Linux, Software

I’m a complete media whore.

1000 CD’s, more than 20,000 mp3’s, 200 DVD’s and several dozen full length DivX and mpg movies.

I’m constantly surrounded by media, and I absorb it without barriers.

Our current batch of portable, media friendly hardware, sucks ass though. I’m looking for something simple, and I have spent a few weeks, and countless searches on google, to no avail.

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