DigitalMisfit

The times they are a changing

Posted 117 days ago · Tagged: blog, history, internet, life, personal · 0 Comments

“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” –Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address, 2005

Firstly, I am not going to post a long lengthy apology for not having blogged in some time, nor am I going to make promises to blog more in the future. Since my father-in-law passed away early last year, we have been extremely busy. We purchased and moved into our own house, replaced my Ranger with a Volvo after the engine finally gave up, became god-parents to a gorgeous little girl, and in between all of this found time to actually renovate the house in various ways. and deal with the passing of a loved one.

The memories will always remain

Posted 449 days ago · Tagged: events, life, personal, thoughts · 2 Comments

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

When I met my wife 7 years ago, I can still remember us going out for the first time, and her being on her phone at least 6 times while we were walking around at Gateway shopping centre. At the time I got extremely jealous, however, she at that point made it very clear to me that her dad will always come first, no matter what, and to accept her, he will be part of our lives. Her mom passed away in 2003, after suffering from MS for 4 years, and he was all she had left.

Goodbye and Thank You, Mr Jobs

Posted 596 days ago · Tagged: apple, discussion, history, life, thoughts · 0 Comments

“One more thing …” — Steve Jobs, Apple Product Launch, June 2011

Four years ago a colleague introduced me to Apple, and in particular the white MacBook. Leopard was launching, and we spent hours researching the operating system, discussing how a Mac actually work, and after some consideration two Apple MacBooks acquired. It didn’t take long for the appeal of Apple products to catch on in your family, and not long after we purchased two new iPhone 3G’s. The MacBook became part of every day life for me. I became a fan, and today, my house if filled with everything from a Time Capsule to iPad’s to AirPort Extremes. I use a MacBook Pro, and the only PC left in our home is the Windows Server, solely because we haven’t gotten around to replacing it.

My impression of the Acer Aspire One

Posted 1328 days ago · Tagged: development-tools, hardware, operating-system, software · 0 Comments

This post refers to a discontinued product. A newer mode is available. This post is kept for historical purposes.

Acer Aspire One

I recently acquired an Acer Aspire One 531H Netbook. This surprised my wife since I am not a great fan of Netbooks, and consider these devices under powered and simply to small. However when I got the opportunity to get one for a decent price I decided to give it go, although I will admit I had no real valid reason for getting one. Since receiving it I have been truly surprised with the real device, and even more surprised at its power.

The 531H is a 10″ model. It has a Intel Atom 1.6Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM and 160GB HDD standard with various upgrade options. As a rule I always upgrade memory and was very surprised at how cheap the 2GB module for this model is, and I am planning in upgrading it fairly soon. However out of the box this little unit is truly impressive. I was debating what OS to use, and decided to first give Windows 7 Professional a try, as the Acer comes standard with Windows XP Home. The installation and format took around 25 minutes from an external DVD drive. Once installed the memory footprint of Windows 7 Professional on this Netbook is impressive, with around 500MB physical and a 1GB virtual memory available when idling. The processor seems extremely capable of handling anything thrown at it.