My Travel Notebook
On 15 June 2008 from
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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I recently purchased myself an ultra-mobile PC from the company that created the genre. The Asus Eee PC 900 it is. I intend to use it mainly on my travels, when I do not want to carry the sizeable and heavy -albeit solid- company-issued Lenovo. The Eee PC is perfect to carry, and the small size of its keyboard can also be considered an advantage: because it is harder to type, I will actually do less of it, and spend more time watching the world go by.
In this post I would like to elaborate a bit on the software that I installed to use on the road. After all, that is one of the primary reasons to take my own notebook: the frustration of the quality and inability to install software on internet café computers. And the fact that I would spend most of the time in internet cafés simply typing or sorting out photos, activities I prefer to do from a hammock or soft sofa 😉
- Microsoft Windows XP SP3 – I got my Eee PC with Linux, but the shipped version has not yet matured, and I need Windows for my GPS drivers
- OpenOffice – to display and edit Microsoft Office files, and keep track of finances
- PSPad editor – to write my blog entries without wifi present
- IrfanView – to sort out my photos
- RenameMaster – to mass rename my photos
- GPS drivers & utility – to retrieve the data from my GPS Travel Recorder
- PhotoMapper – to geotag my photos
- RouteConverter – to process my GPS route
- Nokia PC Suite – to type SMS on my notebook
- Google Chrome – to be hip and trendy online
- Google Pack – to easily install the following software:
– Adobe Reader – to open PDF
– Google Earth – to view my photos and route on a map
– Google Photos Screensaver – to use the PC as a digital photo frame
– Google Talk – to chat and check GMail
– Norton Security Scan – to scan for virusses, performance over real-time protection
– Skype – to make cheap phonecalls
– Spyware Doctor – to find the trojans - 7-zip – to open zip, rar etc. archive files
- CCleaner – to keep my system clean
- Ideally Adobe Photoshop CS3 – to create the best panorama photos and the most beautiful New Year’s card
