Ralph Mercer
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My carbon footprint is at 44.23.630N 076.33.493W and I have flown as a flight engineer, worked on ships, lived in a tent, been a part-time university student and worked in a cubical. I am an aspiring amateur chef, avid motorcycle rider, Internet user from very early on with my 8086, interested in how the Internet has shaped our perception of the world, nuvo-neo-realist thinker (I just made that label up), mechanically inclined, father, husband, A++ personality, idea generator, problem solver, public speaker, very amateur photographer, occasional blogger on "Signals Beyond the Rim" and a dabbler in a bunch of other stuff
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Tabeee project turns Eee PC into a tablet style eBook readerWant an eBook reader, but don’t want to pick up a commercially available unit from Amazon, Sony, or another company? One Australian hacker decided he didn’t want to pay the shipping charges to get an eBook reader from the US, so he picked up a cheap Eee PC and started down the long path to ...
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$300 Asus Eee PC laptop still drawing accolades—and now we even know how to say the name | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books HomeGo here for a Google roundup of review and news articles, overwhelmingly favorable. Let’s hope that more than a few E-P-C-ers try out the bundled FBReader.
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A first look at the Asus Eee ultramobile PC as an ebook readerA new category of PC, the so-called ultramobile PC (UMPC), is creating buzz in ebook land as it potentially provides an alternative to the dedicated ebook reader (a la Kindle or Iliad). The UMPCAsus Eee PC has more features but still retains book-sized portability and a decent battery life.
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Turn Your Eee PC Screen to Portrait Mode with EeeRotate « Netbook MagazineWith the tiny size of an Eee PC netbook, it can actually serve as an ebook just like Amazon Kindle. What you need is this EeeRotate software, which allow you to easily turn your Eee PC screen into portrait mode. The software is available for
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Enable audio on Eee PCs running OS X with AudieeeAs we’ve reported in the past, while installing OS X on a newer Asus Eee PC model like the Eee PC 901 or 1000H is a relatively simple process, getting all of the hardware to work is a bit trickier. One of the most finnicky bits to get working is audio.
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In Search of the Mongolian Death Worm | Environmental GraffitiSpice worms of Dune??Ralph Mercer added to Aasemoon'z Twine 9 months ago
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Rating system - why?The value of a story or item can only be established by the viewer, how important or interesting it is to them personally. The rating system just panders to the needs of those who want to read what everyone else thinks is good and would discourage those who might post stories from the fringes of ...Ralph Mercer added 9 months ago
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Digital Ghosts « Signals from Beyond the RimDigital archaeology, it would be an interesting topic..Ralph Mercer added to The Power of Personal Branding 9 months ago
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Are My Items meant to be public?Hi I have alway viewed the "my items" as a record of my activities on twine, I use it to find items that I have posted, collected or shared with the twine community. if the truth be told I never looked at it as a personal collection feature, but more of a record of my activity in the twine ...Ralph Mercer added to Twine Users Forum 10 months ago
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Who Wants to Help Moderate this twine?thanks for the note Shal, will help as required.Ralph Mercer added to Twine Users Forum 10 months ago
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