Week in review: Tech
Between technical difficulties, a cold and life in general, I’m way behind on blog reading and writing. So rather than desperately trying to write several cohesive posts, I’m simply going to summarize some things of interest [to me].
After I returned my XO due to a defective keyboard (with hopes of getting one that works), I also ended up exchanging my Eee for another one because it had a warped spacebar. The new one also has a warped spacebar, but it’s not as bad. Neither had any performance issues, and the problem seems to be widespread.
jkkmobile and EeeUser.com are reporting that Asus is planning to make an Eee with a touchscreen.
Apple released the MacBook Air, and entrepreneurial laptop sleeves and minimalistic ones are already making their rounds in blogs, reminding me of the case I “made” for my Eee last week (798 views on Instructables as of the writing of this post!). So far, thinking of an uber-creative case for the XO has been quite daunting… and the OLPC laptop strap idea will be difficult to outwit.
Crave and BBC reports that NASA is thinking of creating a virtual world.
The MAKE blog has some articles about 3D printing:
