Asustek will be releasing the second generation of its Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play PC ultra-mobile notebook on May 12 in the US at a starting price of $549 (12GB SSD on WinXP). The 900 will sport an 8.9″ viewable screen - just an inch and three quarters more than its predecessor - at 1024×600 resolution. It’s increase in size does not affect the overall weight of the UMPC. It weights about 2.18 lbs and a few millimeters larger than the 701. A few more enhancements were made by Asustek to further the gap from evolving UMPCs that are joining the competition.
I am happy with my 701 so this upgrade is really not a temptation for me. However, I highly recommend Eee PC 900 to anyone who wishes to purchase a notebook. It’s really very handy and I do all my writing on the 701. I can just take it out of my bag whenever something comes into my head. It’s really a true notebook.
One advice - if you are buying one, make sure to buy the galaxy black color because the pearl white is ugly. Black looks more professional if ever you are in a meeting :D Oh, get a Brando case also ’cause it’ll look smashing.
May 7th, 2008
I have a fixation for absolutes. Comfort is secondary for me. I want things to be at their maximum performance. I’m writing this in good ‘ol word processing program because I couldn’t connect to any available WiFi networks. This is why I hate WiFis. Some days you can connect and some days you can’t. The signal strength is there, it’s just not giving me a lease. If I was wired, I would easily figure out why I’m unable to connect. Since I’m trying to connect by air, there are just too many factors to consider and troubleshooting is made difficult. I know wireless connection is comfortable, but it’s one heck of a job for a technician like me to troubleshoot when problems arise – I’m not even considering configurations here, just the post-installation woes.
Anyway, I suspect my wireless card though. I need to check out Eee PC WiFi troubles when I get time.
The small PC I ordered from SW arrived yesterday the other day and I was stunned at how beautiful that machine is. Amazing for its price. Also, I’m in a bit of a bind installing Win2K3 in a SATA hard drive. I will definitely document the process here once it’s successful.
So many things to do this month. I have a bunch of meetings to attend this month, system upgrades, off-site installation and training, programs to design and write, and I will have to start-up again the migration process. My hands are full and I have allergies which makes it really difficult to do things. My May calendar is already filled, but why am I still hurting? I need more loads of work. I’ll be working the whole weekend and that makes it twelve straight days. I’m a goddamn workaholic – not really; I just need to forget about things and avoid things.
“There are many things I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how.” - Wonderwall, Oasis
May 2nd, 2008
I haven’t even got my feet wet with Windows Vista and now the fuss about the next year release of Windows 7 is getting hot. Technology is either too fast or I’m too primitive. Working as a technical support in the office and our agents outside, I firmly stayed away from upgrading to Vista. The first time I saw Vista, I automatically pushed it away. I don’t want to learn any more tricks to troubleshoot a misused functionality, slow processing or a blue screen. Our software will definitely have problems with Vista and I either have no time or energy to find solutions to install the software in the platform.
I wonder what the point of this entry?
Well, we have one Vista machine at home and I had the time to strip it down to minimum and I must say, I’m liking it. I won’t swap XP with it, but it’s not bad. It can do pretty cool stuff, that Vista. As expected, software installation problem is prevalent in Vista and it’s really the main reason why I won’t be using it as my production platform in the future. I will only use Vista if it’s totally stripped out to a bare minimum for basic processing such as word processing, presentation, video, and audio.
April 6th, 2008
I’m not a UNIX guru, so I can’t really memorize all commands. When upgrading my Wordpress version, I only run four lines of commands, but I can’t remember the parameters. Today, I was in the mood to write a simple bash shell script so that next time all I have to do to upgrade my site are: backup, run the script, relax… The script does not backup data and design files. If you are to use the code, make sure to backup before running the script. Check out Wordpress for backup solutions.
#!/bin/bash
#
# Wordpress Upgrade Script
# Author: Alfonso Varon
#
# PRECONDITION: Data & design backup should have been done.
#
echo "Warning!!! Backup design files and data before proceeding..."
echo -e "\n"
echo -e "Let's begin...\n"
echo -n "Which site would you like to update ([1]=arot, [2]=sol): ”
read -e SITE
setterm -background $SITE
if [ $SITE -eq 1 ] # upgrade ARoT
then
echo “Changing to A Record of Thoughts directory…”
cd ~/public_html
elif [ $SITE -eq 2 ] # upgrade SoL
then echo “Changing to Sapian Online’s directory…”
cd ~/public_html/xxx
fi
echo -e “We are currently in directory:”
pwd
echo -e “\n”
echo -e “Downloading the latest version of Wordpress…”
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
echo -e “Done.”
echo -e “Unzipping the package…”
tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
echo -e “Done.”
echo -e “Upgrading…”
cp -rpf –reply=yes wordpress/* ./
echo -e “Done.”
echo -e “Cleaning…”
rm -rf ./wordpress
rm latest.tar.gz
echo -e “Done.\n”
echo -e “Wordpress files have been upgraded. Go to the administration
panel for further upgrade instructions.”
April 5th, 2008
WP2.5 is coming out soon (already late). My theme is still the primitive version. It doesn’t even support widgets yet. I’ve done so much modifications in this theme and I stupidly forgot to keep tabs of the changes. Now I’m contemplating whether to upgrade the theme as I upgrade WP. Should I?
EDITION: I decided to create a test site and start fiddling with the new’r version.
March 10th, 2008
