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While I was enjoying my Asus Eee PC, I also start to find out that writing an entry to my blogs was a little inconvenient. The Write Post page on the Admin panel does not render very well with the theme I use. The menu were on the left sidebar and another set of menus on the right sidebar, giving me less than 1/3 of my screen width. Being said, scrolling the text area up and down is a little annoying. And most of the times, it’s also hard to navigate the editor buttons.

So what’s best solution to it? I installed ScribeFire extension. And writing posts on my blog gets even better. Another clever idea, eh? Sweet!

Powered by ScribeFire.

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As part of my daily journey with my Asus eee pc, I attempted to install Beryl. It was not easy for a noob like me, but amazingly I succeeded.

You don’t have to know everything about Linux. As long as you know what is happening, you can still be on the right path.

The primary steps I followed was the one published on Asus Eee PC Wiki. It seems basic but it’s not detailed.

Here are the steps on installing Beryl on Asus Eee PC.
1. Add debian repositories to your sources.list file: This was the eeeasiest part for me since I have already done it a couple of times. All you need to do is open the sources.list file by typing the following from the console.

   kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
   then add the ff:
#Beryl Repositories
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main
deb http://debian.beryl-project.org/ etch main

   I recommend switching to super user so you won’t need to append “sudo” everytime you time admin commands. - type “sudo su or sudo bash”

2. Import a PUBLIC KEY to allow downloading from the repo site: I went into some troubles around this step. I got a PUBLIC KEY download error and I can’t import the KEY. So I attempted the next step.
3. Run apt-get update: Since I did not succeed the second step, I also had error on this one which is related to that DEBIAN PUBLIC KEY. It’s says it’s just a warning though, but I still can’t proceed with the next step.
4. Installing the packages: Though I did not succeed with the previous two steps, I still attempted to proceed on this step which is installing the downloaded packages.

sudo apt-get install beryl beryl-core beryl-manager beryl-plugins beryl-plugins-data beryl-settings beryl-settings-bindings emerald-themes

But it’s too tight that I really cannot succeed.

So I headed back to the second step and researched on the error I got. What I found is something related to GPG, and I had to install the PUBLIC KEY manually. I also had to install the GPG itself. These things, I really had no idea what I did. All I know is I succeeded.

5. Then right after I installed the PUBLIC KEY, I downloaded the emerarld theme. Then preceded with the steps which starts here.

See the steps are somehow vague, but I succeeded.

Anyway, using Beryl is not as convenient as usng KDE. I think it’s really for more advanced users but I’m still happy that I successfully installed it on our Asus Eee. But it’s really cool!

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They are saying that a Black Asus Eee PC is more beautiful and sexier than white. I “said” yes. I “agreed”. I actually wanted the Black one more than White. But when we got our Asus Eee, I changed my mind. White is prettier.

For us it is. Because it just matches its partners. I got an SE K608i Phone connected via 3G and it’s white. I also got a white N6120 classic and it matches the Asus Eee just perfectly well.

Another nice thing, I also have an iPod shuffle 2nd Gen which is also white/silver.

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UPDATES: Mhel of Marikenya.com wins the raffle contest!

Congratulations sis! and more power to you. May you succeed in all your endeavors!

Read more about the contest winner here in a previous post: Filipinas, start the new year right! Win a Belle de Jour planner!

You can read about the updates in the FilipinaImages

Updates: This raffle is now open for all bloggers, Filipinos and Filipinas residing in the Philippines. Please read on for the mechanics.

The week has ended and unfortunately, no posts have been entered for this contest. Anyway, I am still giving away something really good for the 2 lovely Filipina ladies who gave a little of their time to visit our blog and share their thoughts on this contest. To SexyMom and Teacher Julie, you just won for your selves 300 pesos worth of Delifrance Gift Certificates!!! Thank you as always for supporting our blog and supporting the FilipinaImages campaign.

For everyone, this raffle contest is extended until Friday, January 18! You may check the mechanics here as well. Hurry up, I don’t want to keep the Belle de Jour Planner for too long.

Hi SexyMom and Teacher Julie, I’ll just email you for the shipping details.

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UPDATES: Finally,we now have a winner! And a well-deservevd win at that. Mhel of Marikenya.com wrote an inspiring post about her simple yet touching deeds as a Filipina for her self, her family, her career and for her hometown Marikina!

Well, she was the only one who submitted an entry for this contest, but nevertheless, I thank everyone who read about this contest and to those who probably wanted to join.

Read about the winning post in Mhel’s blog, Marikenya.com.

Congratulations to you Mhel and more power!

Updates to this post:You may also check out this raffle contest in the FilipinaImages. This raffle is extended to until January 18. The winners will be announced on January 20.
Hi everyone! Happy New Year!

We Filipinas have achieved a lot the past year. A lot of Filipinas have started blogging and we are damn proud of it. 2007 also gave birth to the FilipinaImages project, this project aims to re-launch how people around the world look at Filipinas, we Filipinas are not about mail-order brides or online-porn stuff. We Filipinas are powerful women, we are loving mothers, we are sexy and smart, nature-loving, adventurous… the list of wonderful attributes is never-ending.
Also this year, Dine’s blog won 2nd place in the Influential Emerging Blog of 2007
And just recently, there’s Charice Pempengco making waves not only in South East Asia but in the US as well. These are just some of the good things that happened this year. Let us pray of more good things to come this 2008.

To make things more exciting, Cuatro Cantos will be raffling out a Belle de Jour Power Planner. This power planner is the ultimate power planner for the Filipina, it comes in a very chic design, black cover with stylish image. Read More

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