Spinning on that dizzy edge

Ahhhh...after several nights in a row of one tantrum or another, we finally scored a peaceful evening with the Emperor. He zipped through dinner, had a fabulous bath (aided by Daddy's repertoire of TMBG - you know you're doing something right when your kid requests "Hotel Detective" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)". Even better when the whole family sings along!) and giggletastic bedtime shenanigans. Now, if only we could convince him to actually stay where's he's put and not go roaming...

The Eee was a big hit at work today. The co-workers were amazed at its size and capabilities, and astounded at the price and the turnaround with which it was shipped. I'm still enjoying the heck out of it. Husband had a brief pouty moment today - he wanted to take it to his workplace to show off. Heh.

Seeing as it's December and it seems like everyone is posting music (thanks wolfshark and kashmir1!), I've been recalling my favorite songs. I tracked down a download and a YouTube of Christmas Tauntauns. Anyone else remember that from the Star Wars fanvid special from 2002? Makes me smile every time.

*yawn* Lame, I know, but I think I'll be heading to bed early tonight. Too many nights of being stupid late are catching up to me. G'night, all!

Holy frelling crap. I thought the tracking information saying it arrived in town this morning must have been a mistake (I just ordered the thing on Tuesday!), but sure enough, my Eee showed up today. I was worried that UPS would try to deliver during the day and leave me a "Come get it yourself" note. When I found neither note nor package on my porch, I resigned myself to waiting until tomorrow for it. But no! The doorbell rang during dinner prep, and there it was! (The Emperor loudly announced his name to the delivery guy, and asked for his in return. Thanks for humoring my son, Bruce!)

I quickly decanted it from the box and marveled at its teeny stature. Like, smaller than a hardcover teeny. The husband pointed out that I needed to wait for it to come to room temperature before inserting the battery and hooking it all up. I pouted a bit, but he did have a point.

So after the waiting (and incidentally dinner and bedtime), I finally got to play. The Windows XP walkthrough took a bit, and I had to ponder a while before I thought up a name.

Everyone, say hello to Minutiae!

One minor quibble so far: the Amazon description claimed that it had Firefox already loaded. Nope. But that was easily amended. I'm also worried that I'm going to wear out the action on the click bar - it seems a little stiff. Other than that, I think I'll get along fine with the keyboard.

So, resolute and any other Eee users out there - got any tips/advice/software suggestions?