my new $200 computer. i already love it.

wow, today was a day of great gifts. my parents' new imac arrived at their house. their old one was seven years old now. and they just recently got their dsl finally figured out, so how could i not get them the imac. my father and i installed leopard (the mac came with tiger and leopard discs.)
in just a few hours my parents were looking at my apartment while sitting at home. i carried them around, showing them a live view of the surroundings. wireless, global, live transmission. so very 2007.
i was then able to fix some things on my father's screen, by just logging in via ichat. i have done this many times in the past using timbuktu in office environments, but this experience was very different. the screen was nicely scaled for me, and it was my dad's machine. oh, and we were able to still chat, i mean talk with each other while i was adjusting his energy savings control panel. awesome.

i just picked up my mail and a huge box of gingerbread arrived from germany. my parents do these things once a year. i have not dared to open the huge boxes yet. maybe later today.

but the cool package of the evening was definitely that rather small box from some electronics company, made in china... inside a little friend. a green computer. one of the $200 computers. such a sweet little buddy. the skin a little bubbly, the screen all rugged, with green ears. the keyboard a joke, but somehow cute.
i was able to connect to the network rather easily, and now i am typing this on the little $200 computer.
i am not using the green keyboard, just my old apple keyboard. i just stuck it into one of the usb ports. it just worked. i turned the screen around so the laptop looks like a nice little computer.
i do not have a mouse with a wire in the house...
but wow, i am writing on my vox blog with this little buddy.
so cool.
i even found an sd card slot on it. will now try to find the photos on that card.

such a fun little computer. so happy looking.

wow.

very impressed