sudo apt-get install

StarDict – A  basic language-to-language dictionary.
Azureus – Torrent Download Manager.
VLC – Brilliant media player.
Gparted – Partition Editor.
InkScape – For Vector Illustration.
GIMP – For all other drawing purposes.
AbiWord – Simple Word Processing.
OpenOffice Word – For that extra word processing mile.
Fluxbox – Perfect Window Manager for the eee.
ZSNES – SNES Emulator.
Miro – Watch internet TV and videos from RSS-feeds.
Pidgin – Instant Messaging.
xchat – IRC.

In A Safe Place

The last track of the “In a Safe Place” Compact-Disk by The Album Leaf (produced by the living Icelandic legends Sigur Ros) is split into two parts. The first one is, as are the other tracks on the album, a rather pleasant electronic music with a soft vocal, invoking summer stream side memories, and the second part is almost the same… Except it´s somehow softer, and furthermore it is recorded on a lesser volume than the first part. This means you will have to turn your speakers all the way up in order to hear the second part, and when it´s over and the CD reverts to the first track, the sudden burst of volume of before soothing electronic beats suddenly seems vulgar, in comparison with the simplicity and quietness of the second part of the last track.

This transition where a familiar song, the first track, is changed when seen through something else, the last track, describes the eee better than all previous attempts. My old iBook G4 with it´s 12 inches suddenly seems vulgar, when compared to tiny Lolita, whom I had momentarily forgot was resting peacefully in my shoulder-bag.

(written late last night under the influence)