I was so excited to get Audacity installed on my Eee PC the other day, that I didn’t notice at first that I’d installed Audacity 1.2.6. What I really wanted was Audacity 1.3.3 beta or at the very least 1.3 beta. What’s the difference? Well, there are a bunch of improvements in the 1.3 line, […]
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Sony PCM-D50 audio recorder release pushed back
So I went ahead and pre-ordered a Sony PCM-D50 flash audio recorder from Sweetwater a week or two back when I saw that the company planned to ship them out the same day they receive their stock. And that was supposed to be November 2nd. Well, that was last week and I haven’t heard a […]
Dealing with large program windows on the Eee PC
One problem with the Asus Eee PC’s non-standard 800 x 480 pixel screen is that some applications just don’t fit on the screen. For example, sometimes when you go to add programs using the Synaptic Package Manager, the “OK” button will actually pop up below the taskbar, where you can’t easily get to it. Or […]
Eee PC + Zoom H4 = mobile recording studio
Sure, I was able to install Audacity on my Eee PC, but what good is an audio editor without an audio input devices? I figured if worse came to worse, I could always pop the SD card out of my Zoom H4 audio recorder, throw it in the Eee PC’s SD card slot and edit […]
Eee PC + external monitor = awesome
So it turns out that not only can you use that little VGA port on the Eee PC to display an 800 x 480 desktop on an external monitor, you can go all the way up to 1280 x 1024, and possibly beyond. Since my monitor won’t support resolutions higher than that, I can’t promise […]
Eee PC: Enabling Full Desktop Mode
When Asus first announced it was developing the Eee PC, the company said there would be two ways to use the device. First was an innovative new “easy mode” that would replace the typical start menu with six easy to use tabs labeled internet, work, learn, play, settings, and favorites. And for more advanced users, […]
Add a start menu to the Eee PC and customize it
One of the best and worst things about the Eee PC is its “easy mode” user interface. In easy mode, you have no start menu, and little ability to access some of the Eee PC’s more advanced features (unless you know your way around a terminal, which you can pull up by hitting Ctrl+Alt+T). If […]
Video walkthrough of the Eee PC interface
I put together a little video showing the highlights of the Eee PC user interface for Download Squad. In part two, I’m going to walk through a couple of more advanced tricks like accessing a root terminal and installing unsupported applications. Update: And part 2 is up.
Installing Audacity on the Eee PC take 2: The easy way
OK, it turns out there’s an easy way to install Audacity, and there’s an easy way. I showed you the hard way already. Now let’s take a look at the easy way. Go ahead and open a terminal by starting the file manager (located under the Work tab) and selecting “Open Console Window” from the […]
Photos of the Eee PC next to other stuff
I took a few shots of the Eee PC next to my laptop and PDA. I won’t give you all the dimensions, but for reference’s sake, the Eee PC has a 7″ screen, while my Toshiba A135-4527 laptop with a 15.4″ screen and my Dell Axim X50v PDA has a 3.7″ screen. As you can […]
Installing Audacity on the Eee PC
My primary plan for my Eee PC is to use it a mobile blogging tool. But I just had to see if I could install some audio editing software. It turns out the answer is yes. Yes I could. Color me a little bit shocked that I managed to do this on my first day […]
Unboxing the Asus Eee PC
I went ahead and bit the bullet. Here are my first few moments with the Asus Eee PC. The battery is charging up right now, but I have taken a few minutes to play with the tiny, tiny PC. Here are some initial thoughts: It’s smaller than you think. I’ve typed on small keyboards before, […]
How to record in mono with a Zoom H4
There are now three ways to record in mono with a Zoom H4. In stereo mode you can record to one track and leave the other track empty. If you’ve upgraded to the Zoom H4 2.0 firmware, you can record in mono mix, which means both your left and right channel will have identical data. […]
Fun with freelancing
As of today, I’ve made more money in 2007 than I made during a year of work at my last full time job. Freelancing has been good to me. Of course, this isn’t an apples to apples comparison. I did a little bit of freelance work on the side at my old job. I got […]
Coming soon: Asus $199 PC for $1000
When Asus announced plans to launch a $199 PC earlier this year, I was skeptical but optimistic. I wasn’t particularly surprised when the company announced that the low price would only be available to governments that ordered in bulk (and perhaps waved taxes). But $299 still seemed like a pretty good price. Now that the […]
Hulu launches, I get to embed a feature length movie in a blog post
I feel I should warn you that there’s a good chance this blog post will self destruct at some point. OK, the blog post will be here until the end of time, or until I forget to pay my domain registration bill. But if we’ve learned anything by trying to embed YouTube videos of Viacom […]