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Yet Another Cool Windows 7 Thing - Number 2:

I keep my eeePC 1000he netbook readily available during most of the day. If you’re like me, you occassionally like to jot down ideas and solutions as they come to you. Typically its an inconvenient time when this happens as inspiration knows no schedule. I’ve been known to keep various moleskin notebooks strewn about that I purpose for just such an event. And that’s great for ease of access but horrible for recall and actionable manipulation of the text. I’ve always wished that I could simply jot things down on my Sony laptop, but by the time the pc started, got logged in, waited for all the junk services to start; I would have grown frustrated with the wait or simply forgot what it was I felt inspired to write in the first place.

ENTER Windows 7 on a Netbook!

I was able to enter this small note in less than 15 seconds:

Now maybe that doesn’t really impress you much, as you probably just see a postit on my desktop.
(Postits come with Win7, btw).
But check this out - The netbook was laying next to the bed in sleep mode.
It took less than 15 seconds for me to open the lid, log in to the operating system, type my note and close the lid.
For brainstorming on the fly…thats amazing! The netbook becomes more than a pc…its more like..ummm…a notebook. The paper kind even.

So there you have it. Simple post about a simple thing. But for me..its monumental for where I hoped personal technology would be. 

And in other news:
I spotted some Microsoft MCTS training books on the bookshelf of Sheldon and Leonards apartment (Big Bang Theory television show):

You have to be both a programming nerd and a fan of this show to really appreciate the find.�