Reading about Netbooks http://tinyurl.com/63j3mz but the Intel Atom is just fast enough. # OpenOffice Word has “Word Completion” (Tools->Autocorrect). Guesses words as you type them, based on existing words in the doc. I’ll … # Yay – StarOffice allows Text Boundaries to be turned off. Now that I’m using it for real work, I actually…Continue Reading…

Looking for a slim external DVD burner for my new green Asus Eee PC 1000H. # Debating between an External Sony NEC Optiarc SLim CD DVD±RW Burner Drive and a Panasonic USB External Slim DVD RW Laptop Burner. # Decided to go with the Panasonic ( http://tinyurl.com/6csp3t ). The Sony was also good ( http://tinyurl.com/6c6svk…Continue Reading…

25 Windows Updates to install on my new green Eee PC 1000H – wow. And it already came with XP Home SP3, so these are all post-SP3?! # Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP, for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP, Security Update for 2007 Office… # Fixed two finger scrolling in…Continue Reading…

Oh, right. Python. http://xkcd.com/413/ # I cracked a WEP password once. It was hard to do. Part of me hopes someone will make it this easy. http://xkcd.com/416/ # You can tell the value of a man […] by the way he treats someone who can do nothing for him. — Ken Babcock #

My Epson Stylus COLOR 480SXU is saying “A Printing Error has occurred. Part of the document may not have been printed correctly.” # For some reason I thought Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 had USB support. Silly me. It does not. :( #

More people should be disgusted with this Congress. http://tinyurl.com/hankpaulson #