For those that haven’t been following along at home, we’ve been doing an entire series of netbook related posts. Today’s posting is about what software we enjoy using on our Netbooks, specifically Windows compatible software (after all we did just talk about installing Windows 7). Most of the software here is probably going to come [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2009
Optimizing Windows 7 for Netbooks
A while back I got an Eee PC 1000, which I’ve talked about a number of times. At first I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on it, but after a while I got bored and decided to give Windows 7 a try. While I prefer Linux servers, my desktop machines tend to run Windows, mainly because it [...]
Eee: Installing Windows 7
Since Microsoft has been generous enough to share the Windows 7 RC with everyone, and because Jon has enjoyed it so much, I decided my Eee should be running Win7. Getting Windows 7 is fairly easy, download site and key available from Microsoft and Microsoft TechNet. Both have the same information, the former looks prettier, [...]
Eee: Hardware Upgrades
This is the first of a series that Jon and I will be doing on netbooks, specifically the Asus line of Eee Netbooks. Jon got a 1000 a while back, and I recently acquired a 900A. Both of us are running Windows 7 RC on the machines (the installation of which will be covered later). [...]
PSA: Go Donate Blood
You’ve got it and according to the Red Cross, 1 in 3 people will need some of it during their lifetime. Various organizations exist to take your blood, and some will even pay you for it (though it’s not really a donation at that point, but it still helps save lives). You will probably never [...]
Review: Mass Effect: Revelation
Mass Effect: Revelation takes place before the video game. In it we mostly follow the adventurous David Anderson before he becomes Commander Shepard’s CO. There are a number of items inside the book that should remind readers of the game. For instance, in general when they mention someone’s weapon they mention the manufacturer (Alliance personnel [...]
OpenVPN on Vista 64bit (And Windows 7!)
At our office we use OpenVPN for our VPN needs. This was a change I made a few years back, taking us away from Windows PPTP. It has proved to be an interesting experience, because things do not always “work” on the client side. This is most apparent when dealing with Windows and/or 64-bit computers. [...]
Kindle DX: After the first Day
The Kindle DX CC-BY-SA-3.0 Jon Davis There has been plenty written about the Kindle DX, good and bad. There has also been a lot of fighting on whether the device is better or worse, too soon, so on and so forth. I really don’t care about that. I bought one; I got it yesterday; I’m [...]
Review: Woo Chon
This is how sushi should look (unlike what we had at Woo Chon)CC-BY-2.0 ThinkDraw Jon and I found ourselves in Reno last night and thus, in need of sushi. We decided to try somewhere we hadn’t been before and that led us to Woo Chon. This review will consist of a few parts; my review [...]
Sometimes Fanfiction just doesn’t go according to plan
I find it odd and amusing how sometimes technology just seems to rebel against me. I’m not trying to be melodramatic or anything like that, and of course I realize that my computers aren’t sentient (yet), but sometimes it sure feels like it. So here I am, in bed, cruising through Fanfiction.net looking for something [...]