03 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Playing god with The Sims

Playing god with The Sims

If you have not played it before, "The Sims" is a stupid computer game where you get to play god – controlling little people who exist within the game. As against games such as World of Warcraft (which I dare not play) where you play marauding maniacs firing magic spells out of your backside, the [...]

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07 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Wallpaper Set Repost for the ASUS EEE PC 1000H

Wallpaper Set Repost for the ASUS EEE PC 1000H

For the benefit of those hosting their blogs at Wordpress who may have missed these first time around, here is the complete collection of wallpapers I tailored for my ASUS EEE 1000H.
They are all 1024×600 pixels to suit the 1000H native screen resolution.
To see the full size images, click on the wallpaper you want, and [...]

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13 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Microsoft Celebrates the Weird

Microsoft Celebrates the Weird

What on earth were they thinking?

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11 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

More Wallpapers for the ASUS EEE PC 1000H (1024×600)

More Wallpapers for the ASUS EEE PC 1000H (1024×600)

Following my post of a few wallpapers specifically designed for the ASUS EEE PC 1000H a few weeks ago (click here to see them), here are a few more. Last time they were abstract – this time more natural scenes.
To get the 1024×600 pixel versions, click each image to visit Flickr, then click “All Sizes” [...]

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10 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Even More New Hardware

Even More New Hardware

Late last night I purchased more new hardware to assist in talking to freelance clients. A couple of my colleagues will start laughing when they find out what I bought…

16Gb USB Flash Drive – yep – you read right – 16 gigabytes. That’s a LOT of room, right there on my keyring. Main reason for [...]

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24 October 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Taking the EEE PC on the Train

Today marks the first day the new EEE PC has journeyed with me into London, and therefore resumption of the “Morning Post” that I sent so regularly last year to close friends, and “The Enormous Waste of Webspace”. I’m not quite sure how regular it will be this year – that very much depends on [...]

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23 October 2008 ~ 8 Comments

Wallpapers for the ASUS EEE PC 1000H (1024×600)

Wallpapers for the ASUS EEE PC 1000H (1024×600)

In the interest of making myself some half decent wallpapers for the EEE PC, I invaded the vaults of Interface Lift, and cropped some suitable images down to 1024×600 pixels to suit the 1000H screen. To get the appropriately sized images, click on the images below, then on “All Sizes” in Flickr.
Enjoy!

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23 October 2008 ~ 2 Comments

First Observations of the ASUS EEE PC 1000H

Okay – 24 hours into owning an ASUS EEE PC 1000H, and I have a few observations worth recording.

There is no caps lock indicator light, or visual indication on-screen.
Battery life is very good indeed – best case scenario (using a text editor, for example) would result in a lifespan of over 6 hours – so [...]

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22 October 2008 ~ 0 Comments

ASUS EEE PC 1000H Unboxing

ASUS EEE PC 1000H Unboxing

The ASUS EEE PC 1000H arrived today from Amazon (via Pixmania), so this evening I set about unboxing it and installing all the software I will typically be using on it.
Enjoy!

The box the 1000H comes in is pretty small and light. The machine is held inside within cardboard padding. The box was shipped within another [...]

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19 October 2008 ~ 5 Comments

Just Ordered – ASUS EEE 1000H

Just Ordered – ASUS EEE 1000H

I just ordered an ASUS EEE 1000H – a “netbook”. For those interested in what it is / what it can do, here’s the low-down;

1.6Ghz ATOM processor
1Gb RAM
80Gb Hard Drive
1.33Kg Weight
10″ screen (1024×600)
Ethernet, Bluetooth, WiFi built in
Windows XP SP3 pre-installed

It’s affordable, it’s sensible (the keyboard is much bigger than the 701 EEE PC), and it [...]

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