On the same day my new Asus 100HE showed up, that’s the Part 1 to this entry if you’re wondering, my other highly anticipated electronic purchase arrived on the same day, the Kindle 2. For fans of nice packaging, I think you’ll get a good sense of the nice package design Amazon has made for the Kindle 2.
(Like the previous video, the audio is a little too low, but you’ll still get to see the unboxing.)
After playing with the Kindle 2, I... + read on
If you’re already sold on the Asus 1000HE, just skip to the fun part, the unboxing video. (I also upgrade the RAM while I’m at it.)
If you’re asking why I’d get one, then I will explain. I’ve been looking at netbooks for a while. I like the idea of a small computer that I can do basic tasks on, primarily writing and web surfing. Something that’s small and cheap.
Why didn’t I get a Mac laptop? I’m a Mac guy, after all, right? Well, if Apple... + read on
In case you’ve been interested in my previous series of “Using Google Maps Inside of Flash” posts, I wanted to point out another update from Google. Adobe AIR application development is now supported officially by Google. The documentation only references Flex Builder though. Has anyone have any luck with getting it to work in the Flash IDE? If so, drop me a line or post a comment.
Here are the links for the previous posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part... + read on
The Kindle 2 will be here shortly. Mine is scheduled to arrive on release day and I’ll post my thoughts after I’ve had some time with it. One of the really interesting features that made me want to upgrade was the ability of the Kindle 2 to do text-to-speech of the book you’re reading. Of course, you’ll have to get used to a computerized voice lacking the emotion a real human performance has, but it sounds like a logical feature to include in an... + read on