December 16th, 2008
Programs we use a in school for internal computer-to-computer communications (referenced here for easy download as needed for installation):
SNAPTALK from Glassbead Software (http://www.glassbead.com) — Secure chat and file transfers provide real-time [...]
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January 28th, 2008
A few more pictures of the Brando Leather Case (BLC).
Pics below and a few more available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22279665@N03/sets/72157603809204675/
Here’s a photo showing the leather “hinge” that connects both parts. As I wrote in an earlier post, it would have been better if Brando used just a bit more leather and went all [...]
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January 27th, 2008
My Brando Leather case finally arrived. Here’s a few pics of the unpacking / unboxing. I’ve a few comments about the product as well above the pics.(A little bit larger pics available here: http://flickr.com/photos/22279665@N03/sets/72157603801102682/ )
Packaging was typical.
Standard Brando packing box.
Ohhh … the smell of leather … AAAaaaahhhhh! Luv it!!!
Very nice!
There’s [...]
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January 1st, 2008
“Will the ASUS Eee PC do for LINUX what the iPod did for Apple / the Mac OS?”
Just a few curious thoughts. With the success of recent sales of the ASUS Eee PC and projected growth of sales throughout 2008, does this translate to a growing number of Linux users? It would be [...]
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January 1st, 2008
I recently got an ASUS Eee PC – Pearl White – 4G/512MB – model 701. I’m very happy with it. I’ll write about my experiences with the Eee PC soon. In the meantime, here’s a few pics of my Eee PC Travel and Home setups:
My Eee PC Travel setup – using [...]
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December 27th, 2007
On December 26, 2007, I got an ASUS Eee PC Christmas present! Well … okay, I bought it for myself.
The one I have is the 4G/401 model. It has 4GB of onboard storage and 512MB of RAM. The next model up — with 1GB of RAM (same 4GB onboard [...]
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April 2nd, 2007
“Japanese Schools May Switch to Linux: Conference held in Tokyo considers the open-source option for education.” This article title from “OhmyNews” quickly grabbed my attention. (Full article available — click here.)
As an advocate of LINUX and other open source operating systems and programs, I fully support this possible move in the Japanese [...]
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June 26th, 2006
The NECC 2006 Conference July 5-7 in San Diego is just around the corner! I’ve yet to make my rental car reservations. I’m very honored to be part of the contributors to the official blogging and podcasting section of the NECC web site. The honor is further magnified by [...]
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