The official blog of Jonathan Haslett
June 24th, 2008 — Eee PC, Epic, Reviews
A few weeks ago I got myself a white Eee PC 900 mini laptop computer.
The first thing I did was clean up the Windows install and generally get it running smoothly.
The second thing I did was to hit eBay for a few accessories to go with it. Specifically a leather case, 2 GB of RAM, a Logitech VX Nano Wireless Mouse and an SDHC Card.
Today I would like to review the Brown “PDair” Leather-style case that arrived yesterday.
February 18th, 2008 — Epic
Here we are again, and once again I want to share with you a great guide to some common mistakes made by freelancers:
“When I first started freelancing as a college student, I was eager to do any website and would say “Yes” to anything, regardless of my skill set or the time involved. It was just nice to know that someone needed me for a skilled task. Unfortunately, I quickly found myself working all the time, eating Ramen noodles, and not getting anywhere in terms of paying off my wonderful college debt. To make things worse, these people were also giving my contact info out to other such people (you know, the lady who has been thinking about selling dog sweaters online and has a $100 budget for an e-commerce site, 1000 brochures, and a guaranteed #1 Google search result for the words “dog”, “sweater”, and “love”).Anyways, now four years later, my world (AND financial success) now requires ample use of the answer “No.” And here are ten questions I nearly always answer “No” to:”
Read More: 10 Absolute “Nos!” for Freelancers @ www.wakeuplater.com
PS. www.wakeuplater.com is officially the first blog to be added to my blog roll.
February 16th, 2008 — Epic, Ranting
Good morning internet.
Today I discovered an alternative web browser called Flock.
Flock is a browser based on the open source Mozilla code that integrates social networking, photo uploading, bookmarks, and other features.
As a bit of a Facebook, Youtube and RSS news feed junkie it is possible that flock could be just the thing I am looking for.
So far flock seems to have tight integration with services like almost all web services and even this blog (I write this post with Flock’s built in blog posting doodad).
Check it out now and let me know what you think in the comments.
I will report back after a few days trial and let you know what I think of Flock.
Tags: Test, Flock, Web Browser, Internet
February 5th, 2008 — Epic
Today I found an awesome article/guide to BitTorrent. The most interesting thing for me was finding out that software like Miro can be used in conjunction with sites like tvrss.com to automatically download new TV shows shortly after they have gone over the air.
Previously I had thought Miro was basically just a pretty vodcast managment client however it appears that I was wrong.