Author Archives: Kevin

The Big Apple

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Kevin

It’s 7.30pm just now however I’m just about to head to my friends to stay as we are up at 4.30am to fly to New York. I will be away for a week so there probably won’t be many posts … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on the Eee PC

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Kevin

I posted my first impressions of the Eee PC last week. That post was written after just a few hours of getting the Eee so I thought it would be good to do a follow up of the laptop having … Continue reading →

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Hosting Recommendation : WiredTree

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Kevin

If you make money through the internet or just run a few hobby websites then no doubt you will have used quite a few hosting companies over the years. I’ve used about 10 different companies in the last 7 or … Continue reading →

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Note to self, don’t work when your half asleep

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Kevin

The other night I decided to move my blog ElectricBandits from a .co.uk domain extension to a .com. Although the blog is written from a UK point of view I think that long term the .com domain is better for … Continue reading →

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Ethernet port in the power socket

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Kevin

I came across an interesting concept on Digital Lifestyles today. A london based company called En-Twyn has been able to integrate two ethernet ports into a standard power socket. It’s an interesting idea and one which I think would prove … Continue reading →

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what should I do in New York?

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Kevin

This time next week I will be sitting on a plane heading towards the Big Apple. 10 of us are heading over for a week to New York (and 5 or 6 friends of friends will be over at the … Continue reading →

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MobiTV trying to shut down HowardForums

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Kevin

Yesterday, JKOnTheRun (great site!) reported that MobiTV is trying to shut down HowardForums because of links to copyrighted material being posted on the forum. Basically MobiTv does not protect their content and instead relies on it’s members not posting the … Continue reading →

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I’ve just remembered how unuser friendly the vi editor is!

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Kevin

I mentioned in my Eee pc review yesterday that even though I upgrade the ram from 512mb to 2gb, the default kernel of the Xandros linux operating system is set up as a maximum of 1gb. EeeUser.com has a fantastic … Continue reading →

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Eee PC – 1st Impressions Review

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Kevin

This morning my brand new 4gb Eee 701 PC was delivered * (for details of my order please read my previous post) I’ve only been playing around with it for a few hours and this post represents my initial impressions … Continue reading →

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I’m getting an Eee PC

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Kevin

I finally gave in and jumped on the Eee PC bandwagon. For those who don’t know, the Eee PC is a cheap sub notebook with a 7 inch screen, a solid state hard drive and a 900 Mhz celeron m … Continue reading →

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