There is a word processor program that is an alternative to using Microsoft Word (and Office) It is Oracle’s OpenOffice.org. It does most everything MS Office can do only it is free, at least from paying money for it. If you have ever loaded Sun Microsystems’ JAVA (now owned by Oracle) you have probably seen a promo to download this suite. When installing there is now a lot of ad-ins that need to be avoided....
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The High Cost of Staying Connected
I enjoy using my little Asus EeePC Netbook. If you are not sure what a Netbook is, Google the term and you will find a lot of information I do not need to explain. Let me just say it can be a low cost, albeit low power access to the internet for email, casual browsing and some text editing. I can do some picture editing with Adobe Elements. It is a fact that the Netbook...
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I posted a link my new blog on my RoboBoat project in a comment in another post. That made the link buried fairly deep, sorry. The link is also posted in the right hand column. It’s going to be a “very nerdy techno-speak about networks and micro computers” type blog for awhile. The mission is boat control but I won’t be posting much about the vessel for some time. RoboBoatBlog.net
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I am toying with an idea. Toy may be appropriate but there is a lot of engineering nerdy-ness involved. That’s right down my alley. Brace yourself for the following toy hobby nerd-speak. My vision is to turn a remote control type model boat into a robotically controlled model boat. They are both remotely controlled but the robot boat can and will have a lot more interesting things it can perform when underway, or even in...
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