ASUS Eee PC 1000HA at Amazon.com

January 14, 2009

UPDATE: The original sale at Amazon.com is over, but their everyday price is now $350 for either the Black or White model.

There are a lot of Eee PC models, you can checkout the differences Eee PC Comparison Chart. This model is listed as:

Model: Eee PC 1000HA
OS: Genuine Windows® XP
RAM: SO-DIMM 1GB Hard Drive: 160GB
Size: 10”
LED Backlight
Resolution: 1024 x 600 (WSVGA)
Camera: 1.3M Pixel camera
Battery: 6-cell battery / 6600mAh (supposedly can run XP for 7 hrs)
Wireless: 802.11b/g
Bluetooth: No
Weight: 1450g (3.20lbs)
Dimensions: 266mm(W) x 191.2mm(D) x 28.5mm~ 38mm(H)

I am wondering if this would work for installing OS X on an Eee PC. An OS X laptop that I could run for ~7 hours on battery would be lovely.

UPDATE: I was able to install OS X on an 1000HA and it works really well. Battery life is 4 hours of constant use with Wifi enabled.

The keyboard, while small, isn’t really all that much smaller than my MacBook’s. The biggest challenge is the touchpad, which is quite touchy. I’ve adjusted, my wife has not.

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Twitter Recommends: Where to Eat in Pittsburgh?

January 13, 2009

Having found a few good places to eat ourselves (Ritters and Sharp Edge), I asked The Twitter where to eat in Pittsburgh.

And BOOM! you would have thought I’d posted hot, naked pictures of myself in a chat room.

The first and most frequent suggestion was:

Original Hot Dog Shop (aka “The Dirty O”) - hot dog, (cheese) fries Google Maps

Apparently it was going to close, but didn’t; and it used to be possible to get shot in the neighborhood, but apparently it’s better now.

Next up came four recommendations for

Primanti Bros Google Maps and website

Followed by several recommendations for “(Le) Mardi Gras” called “Best bar for mixed drinks in Pittsburgh. Ask for a greyhound.”

Mardi Gras in Shadyside on Copeland. Google Maps and website

And then, on no particular order:

Jimmy Tsang’s - “Great dumplings” Google Maps

Quiet Storm Google Maps and website

Pittsburgh Deli Co. Google Maps and website

Fuel and Fuddle Google Maps and their website

Mad Mex “Half-priced food after 11” Google Maps and website

Spice Island Google Maps and website

Carhops Sub Shop on Liberty Ave. Google Maps

21st Street (Coffee) Google Maps and website

Tazza D’Oro (Coffee) “can’t recommend enough” Google Maps and their website

Tram’s Kitchen (Vietnamese) Google Maps

Abay Ethiopian Cuisine Google Maps and website

Royal Caribbean Restaurant - “a decent, if yuppie, bar on Highland.” (Oops, maybe I got that wrong, see comments.) Google Maps

The Green Mango Noodle Hut Google Maps and website

Oh, and I’d be remiss not to add:

Ritters (straight up diner, open 24hrs, cash only, IIRC) Google Maps

Sharp Edge (more beer than you could ever drink, but also excellent food. Several locations. See their website. (They are also on Twitter as @sharp_edge. Google Maps

Oh, and Buffalo Blues which I’ve also been to several times and enjoyed. Google Maps

And finally De Luca’s Google Maps where I haven’t been yet but hope to be at soon.

More?

Got another recommendation? Leave a comment. Bonus points for Google Map link.

(Note: don’t try to sneak a restaurant you own onto the list without disclosing your connection. I’ll find out and tell everyone I found rat poop in my entrée.)

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Dreamhost Never Promised You A Rose Garden (or, um, backups)

January 6, 2009

(Below is an email I just received from Dreamhost)

Unfortunately we were unable to process your domain restore for [domain name redacted] … we seemed to be able to find a backup but for some reason couldn’t restore it within four hours! If you want, you can reply to this email and we’ll try and see if there’s anything we can still do.

We are very sorry about this! Howevvvvver… we actually make no guarantees about availability of backups, and highly recommend you always keep your own copies of all important data. Please follow the link below for instructions with this:

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Backup_Website_Manually

Thanks,
The Unhappy Dreamhost Domain Restore Robot!

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Cable Modem HOWTO for NeXTSTEP

December 24, 2008

Almost no one will care about this except me.

And you, if you are actually trying to network a NeXTSTEP computer.

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Triplecolors for Web Design

December 19, 2008

If you are seeing this in your sidebar and don’t know why:

  1. Don’t freak out (although you may want to open this in a new page to make reading easier.

  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the table for a new link for an un-adorned plain copy.

So… yeah, I wrote a bunch of sidebars a few years ago, but have largely forgotten about them. They were for when I was writing a lot of web pages by hand (ah, the late ’90s).

Apparently they are still in use. I wanted to put it into WordPress but keep the same URL.

So here’s the table:

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Web Colors Sidebars

December 19, 2008

If you are seeing this in your sidebar and don’t know why:

  1. Don’t freak out (although you may want to open this in a new page to make reading easier.

  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the table for a new link for an un-adorned plain copy.

So… yeah, I wrote a bunch of sidebars a few years ago, but have largely forgotten about them. They were for when I was writing a lot of web pages by hand (ah, the late ’90s).

Apparently they are still in use. I wanted to put it into WordPress but keep the same URL.

So here’s the table:

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TextExpander Snippets for Books of the Bible

December 18, 2008

I wrote this up because I am a terrible speller when it comes to books of the Bible.

I tried to included as many as possible, as many as I could think of, and also adapted from an ‘acceptable abbreviations’ list at Logos.com

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Gimme a D

December 18, 2008

Ethan loves to play this game where he gives us the first letter or sound of something he wants us to guess.

This was cute and fun, the first 3,837 times.

Now it gets a bit tedious.

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Create a Shortcut to get All Unread messages in Gmail

December 17, 2008

Summary: Want a quick way to access all your Unread messages in Gmail? The necessary parts are already there, just hidden away. Some assembly required. No batteries necessary. [Read On…]

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Bacon

December 15, 2008

Before we get to the bacon, a few notes:

Yes, that’s a regular 12” ruler.

Yes, it’s all bacon.

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