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I am dreadfully aware that the other guides have not been updated and there may be some errors lingering in the first. I’m also scared to death of my inbox because of the e-mails (over 100) that I still need to answer. I’ve compiled a list of random site-related info after the break.

The guides probably won’t be updated real soon

This is because there are a lot of kinks that still need to worked out, and I don’t know how to work them out. Specifically, some of the material in guides 2-4 is getting too technical to write a simple guide.

I bought a Dell Mini 10 (1012) to test on

Since Dell didn’t put Mac-friendly hardware in the 1012, the next-best option is to make it friendly. I can’t do much but I am ready to explore a new netbook. I need something to reinvigorate me.

Another year of hosting

Thanks for the donations folks! Hosting for another year is more than paid for.

Site restructuring ideas

I’ve toyed around with converting completely to WordPress or another blog service to simplify updates. The most appealing idea to me right now is to convert most of the pages to WordPress pages and start a wiki for the guides. This would make it easier for others to help out with guides for specific models, hardware compatibility pages, and other random stuff that I can’t think of right now. Like I said these are ideas, but don’t be shocked if the layout changes a bit.

I’ll get to the e-mails… kind of

Let’s just put it this way: some of the e-mails I haven’t responded to are over a month old. I have more time now, but not enough patience to answer questions that the sender probably already fixed or forgot about. I’m putting in an effort this weekend to answer as many of the most recent ones that I can muster, but everyone else will probably be getting an standard “please resend or disregard” type of message. It’s not that I don’t care, I just know that it’s not fully reasonable.

My purpose for Twitter

While I may not “tweet” that much, it’s for a reason: I only tweet when I have something to update or just share off the top of my head. It’s come to my attention lately that some people have -is replied the correct word?- to some tweets looking for troubleshooting advice. Sorry, it’s not that kind of tool for me. Just thought I’d let anyone who was curious know.

So yeah, these are just some things that are going on. Mostly I’m just grateful for those of you who have donated and had patience. I appreciate it, I really do.