Netbooks are all the hype right now. The size and price points are extremely attractive, especially during a recessive economy when money is tight. Also, for those of us who do lots of blogging, these devices are simply the best, boasting portability and very long battery life. So, what’s not to love?
If you decide that you must get one, you need to carefully weigh all of the options when making your choice. The differences may be seem to be minimal, only affecting a few dollars towards your bottom line price, but you need to be sure you do get what you really do need and don’t overspend in the process.
Below is a list of items you should consider when shopping around for a new Netbook. For comparison purposes, I’m using Amazon as a price “standard.” There may be other better deals or models available at one point in time or another, but I have found that Amazon averages out pretty well, pricewise.
Note: I have NOT personally tried ANY of the Netbooks mentioned in this article. I have made my recommendations based on Twitter interviews and reading documents from the manufacturers and simply reviewing other information. If there are any vendors looking to have a more in-depth review done of their Netbook offerings, I encourage you to fill out my Vendor form.
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Over that last couple of days, I have had the “pleasure” of moving a blog from one hosting provider to another (not that difficult of a task) but ALSO changing domains in the process. While I don’t think this post should the definitive set of instructions, it is a combination of information that I read and gathered, in conjunction with my own experience.
I actually did this migration a couple of times, not by choice mind you. But the process of doing this multiple times aided me in coming up with the steps that follow. The steps worked for me and were based on trial & error and research.
First off – WARNING – this is tricky for some and very easy to screw up. Don’t come crying to me if you mess something up beyond repair. I’m not a PHP or mySQL guy, I just play one on TV (essentially know enough to be dangerous). I will help where I can but I too had to do a lot of research, reading and trial and error before I got it to work.
Just for reference, I moved my blog from http://weblog.techdad.net to http://www.hightechdad.com.
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My wife reminded me this weekend of a picture we took about 4 years ago of our youngest daughter. I finally got my hands on it. Every time I look at this picture, I smile and laugh. Just as all of my daughters bring me and my wife joy, I hope this picture gives you a little happiness as well. If it does, share it with some others.
This photo is also on Flickr.
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First of all, before anyone gets any wild ideas, the following article is only AN IDEA. Unless you want to get in big trouble with the Law, I recommend that you DON’T do anything that I say here, well, at least most of it. That all being said, I have come up with a GREAT idea on how to not only get out some of your Road Rage, but also make the roads a bit safer in the process.
The concept is simple. Everyone is given a paint gun with a limited amount of paint pellets. Each pellet is unique to each driver, possibly containing an RFID or some kind of identifier. As one drives down the road or on the highway, they remain vigilant, looking for people who are creating traffic violations of some sort: speeding, running red lights, cutting people off, driving while intoxicated, or something similar.
If one encounters someone who is breaking the law, and they want to make a “citizen’s arrest” of sorts, they simply shoot their paint gun at their car (from a close distance). That’s it!
Thus, as one drives, one learns to not only be observant for drivers doing something wrong, but also that the cars that are being driven by bad drivers are the ones that are covered in paint. Those with more paint are the hazards to the road.
The paint would only be removed at Government-approved car washes. When a car comes in to get cleaned, it would be scanned and the RFIDs in the paint are used to identify the “witnesses.” The more paint and unique RFIDs (witnesses), the more expensive the car wash (the “fine”).
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Netbooks are all the hype right now. The size and price points are extremely attractive, especially during a recessive economy when money is tight. Also, for those of us who do lots of blogging, these devices are simply the best, boasting portability and very long battery life. So, what’s not to love?
