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Odd Line Up

eeegeek — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:25:37 +0000

Nothing really to post about right now. It just hit me that I should take some kinda picture with all the freaking laptops I have. From the Macbook Pro down to the Eee… go figure. I need a life!

Stuck in the bush? No problem!

eeegeek — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:13:39 +0000

OK, really, I just needed a good headline to go with this picture. Honestly.

But the thing is, as long as you have an Eee and and EVDO card, it’s not a problem if you are stuck in the bush!

I’ve already told you that my Eee paid for itself in one day. It came in handy yesterday, too, when one of the datacenters where some of my servers are got DDOS’d. I was able to connect from my home office, from the Eee via EVDO, and from an additional remote connection I had – just so I could test latency issues the DataCenter was experiencing.

I also had the chance to show the Eee to another IT guy. Although he’s mainly a Windows Server guy, he did like the size and weight of the Eee, and lit up when I told him it could run Windows.

If I get the chance, I’m taking it to an Installfest tomorrow. It might be a little tight timewise, so we’ll have to play this one by ear.

And, by the way, I’m open for tutorial suggestions. What would you like to see more of? Just comment here and let me know.

EeeGeek.

You need this done when? No problem!

eeegeek — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:19:04 +0000

A customer of mine sent me a note last night telling me they needed a page to be updated at 5pm today. As it turns out, I have to be somewhere else at 5pm today as well. Not a big deal.

My first thought was just to write a quick php function to include one or the other page based on date and timestamp. That, IMHO, would be the quickest and easiest way to do the deed. However, in this particular instance, based on the CMS they’re using, I’ve actually got to press a button at 5pm to make something go live. How antiquated!

I simply cannot push back the other appointment. In fact, I’ll be on the road at about 4:30 in order to make it to the 5pm. The 5pm job can’t be moved to 4:30 (sheesh!).

Not a big deal.

Now, I could lug out my macbook pro, slap my evdo card in it, and press the little button. However, that means packing the mac up, moving wires, shutting down programs… it’s a hassle.

This is what I truely love about the Eee. For the most part, it sits, ready to go out the door with me. I have been using it to monitor some stats for me during the day… mainly so it doesn’t feel left out

At any rate, when I head out the door at 4:30 this afternoon, I’ll have the Eee with me, ready to rock and roll. At 5pm, I’ll have it out, and I’ll update the site by pressing the little magic button. One customer will be overjoyed that the job got taken care of, and another potential customer will see that I’m able to perfrom job functions regardless of location.

It’s a wonderful thing.

ScreenCast: Installing RecordMyDesktop

eeegeek — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:55:46 +0000

I took a little heat for my really cheezy “camera aimed at the computer” screen cast last week… so, here’s how to do it right:

There.. wasn’t that easy?

Nice video walkthru of the EeePC…

eeegeek — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:25:52 +0000

Go visit http://www.keything.com/tv and have a watch…. it’s a nice little video walkthru.

Enjoy.

How To Install VNC With Yum

eeegeek — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:03:32 +0000

I was sitting out by my pool, and needed to call a friend… the number was in a text file back in my office… so, instead of going back in to get the number….

cat /proc/meminfo

eeegeek — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:40:49 +0000

If you’re wondering what’s going on with the available memory (RAM) you have on your Asus Eee, then, by all means, get to know: cat /proc/meminfo

Of course, seeing this information, and actually knowing what it’s telling you are two different things. Thankfully, it’s not all that hard to figure out. If you want to know more, click here.

Great Case For The Asus Eee PC

eeegeek — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:02:01 +0000

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Eee Pays For Itself In One Day

eeegeek — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:54:20 +0000

So, I had a bunch of running around to do. (It’s Tax day and all, what else can you expect?) Me being out of the office had little to do with customer demands. I had my VOIP Desk Phone forwarded to my cell phone, and, of course, had my Eee with me.

The calls started coming in early today – for some reason, everyone seemed to be having an “emergency” of some kind (these things tend to come in groups, anyhow). Nothing could wait until I got back home… and traffic pretty much sucked…

“No problem. I am logging into your webserver right now…”

“What? I thought you were out of the office. What gives?”

“What gives? Nothing gives. Why would I let something as petty as my location on this planet interfere with my level of service?”

So, there I was… driving around, Eee connected via my trusty Sprint Card…

A few calls and a couple of hours later, I did a quick mental tally… sure enough, the total amount from billable hours logged on the Eee just today exceeded the amount I paid for the device including the 2 gig memory upgrade.

Looking back, I can’t think of another time in my life where the ROI on a device arrived so quickly.

If you’re thinking of purchasing one of these tools, do so. You won’t regret the decision.

Miss America 2008 Uses an Eee

eeegeek — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:36:23 +0000

Ok, actually, I don’t really know, or care, if she does. She should, and that’s all that really matters.

Although, I’m pretty sure the Eee is bigger than her swimsuit…

And, hey… memory upgrades are easier on the Eee!

Ok, that was a bad joke, too.