{"id":2550,"date":"2009-02-17T00:05:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T23:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2009-02-24T19:35:55","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T18:35:55","slug":"what-i-like-about-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"What I like about hacks&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/wind.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2556\" title=\"wind\" src=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/wind-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2009\/02\/wind-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/files\/2009\/02\/wind.png 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a>&#8230;is that many times they show you how the tech world should be.  And, if you love Mac, but sometimes need other <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Operating system\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operating_system\">operating systems<\/a>, you will love this hack.  It\u00b4s an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MSI_Wind_Netbook\">MSI Wind Netbook U100 <\/a>with 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive that has 40GB devoted to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ubuntu\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ubuntu\">Ubuntu<\/a>, 40GB devoted to Windows and 80GB devoted to Leopard (MAC).  In this video, I show how easy it is to change from operating system to operating system all in this $390 wonder that beats many computers at some pretty useful measures as portability and battery life.  Enjoy, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/gadgets\/2008\/09\/it-lives-gadget.html\">build your own!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Pablo of Fon for helping me.  Here\u00b4s <a href=\"http:\/\/odkq.com\/wind_u100.html\">his cooking recipe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NB37t7gi6LI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NB37t7gi6LI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/00a8b95d-2d7c-4ebb-b600-43b703d1740f\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none ; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=00a8b95d-2d7c-4ebb-b600-43b703d1740f\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2550\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;is that many times they show you how the tech world should be. 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It\u00b4s an MSI Wind Netbook U100 with 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drive that has 40GB devoted to Ubuntu, 40GB devoted to Windows and 80GB [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[128,130,131,129],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-internet-technology","tag-msi-wind","tag-netbook","tag-operating-system","tag-ubuntu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martin Varsavsky\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=2550\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.3\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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