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Acer Aspire One
Well, I did it. I’ve made my mind up and purchased a Netbook. And as you can tell from the title, I plumped for an Acer Aspire One – Windows XP, 120GB hard drive, 1GB memory. It’s excellent and the battery and keyboard are better than I expected (in fact, I’m typing this blog entry…
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Improving WordPress Search
WordPress search sucks. It’s well known. A friend has been looking for what he thinks is the solution and, let’s be honest, he’s got it pretty much right. He believes any half-decent search should… return posts by most relevant first do proper searches based on the phrase you submit indicate which words matched the post…
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Slippy slippy slip sliding
An apt description of my drive to work. Thankfully it was early and traffic was light. I took my time and drove carefully. The snow outside is a lot, lot worse than at the beginning of the week and it’s continuing to come down. Unfortunately, it was all let down by selfish drivers. On icy…
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Choosing a Netbook
So, yes, I’m still in the market for a Netbook but I’ve changed my mind about have an SSD. Now, call me fussy but here is what I’m after… Windows XP An Atom processor At least 16 GB hard drive 1 GB memory A resolution of, at least, 1024×600 Small, but with a good keyboard…
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Dell Customer Service
Or rather my most recent online chat with them about the Dell Mini 9. Here is, word-for-word (but with personal details removed), how it went (my lines in bold)… Initial Question/Comment: Are there any further offers on the XP Mini 9? Thank you for contacting Dell Sales Chat. This is xxxxxx xxxxxx, your Sales Advisor.…