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My Books
Outlaw Territory
(with Melike Acar)
24Seven Vol. 2
(with Walter Pax & Jack Kaminski)
24Seven
(with Ben Templesmith)
Complete story - "The Workman"
(courtesy of New York Magazine)
Asus EEE
My vote for coolest new tech device: the Asus EEE-4G Sub-Notebook.
Basically a miniature laptop — folded up it’s about the size of a Nick Hornby novel in hardback. 7″ screen, 3/4-size qwerty keyboard, has WiFi, a 4-hour battery life, three USB ports, a 4GB solid-state hard drive and it weighs less than 2lbs. Runs a stripped-down version of Ubuntu Linux that comes pre-installed with Firefox, Thunderbird, and OpenOffice. Supposedly boots up in 8 seconds. Shockproof and spillproof. MSRP is $299 for the basic model (the same thing you’d pay for an AlphaSmart).
Seems like it’s practically made for writers, doesn’t it?
I am happy with the laptop I have. I am happy with the laptop I have. I am happy with the laptop I have. I am happy with the laptop I have.
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November 13th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I think I’d be all over this if the keyboard size/quality was anywhere near as good as an AlphaSmart. Build-quality, too.
But yeah, the prices keep coming down. (Note that a new AlphaSMart Neo is now 219)