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Paddy likes Saints Row 3
Saints Row: The Third has been released and Paddy loves it!
Paddy playing Saints Row 3
The game is similar to Grand Theft Auto except that there is more humor and err… quite a bit of smut.
Friends of Paddy’s can get a digital download of Saints Row the Third or if purchase a Saints Row: The Third DVD for yo’ PC!
Paddy enjoys the driving scenes and seems pretty interested when things are flying all over the screen – which is pretty much all the time in Saints Row: The Third.
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Paddy’s in the googleplex
Paddy is a Google Mini fan!
Paddy in a Google Box
For those who don’t know, you can buy your own miniature Google search engine for your company or enterprise. The Google mini is a pre-configured 1RU rack mounted server running a RedHat enterprise linux. 
The basic configuration of the appliance is done through a web browser pointed at its IP address.
The Google mini’s simple administrations screens get you to the crawl options pretty quickly and from there you’re powered by Google.
Google is not all about search and amongst other formats, Paddy’s videos all support the Google Android mobile operating system.
Paddy hopes that Google will give him a bigger box to play in…
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Paddy’s serial terminal
Paddy's serial terminal
Serial terminals have a soft spot in every network administrator’s over 30 year old heart.
Paddy's serial terminal
Anyone who’s used these things for out of band router management will tell you they can get you to the console faster than any other device.
Paddy's serial terminal
Hard to turn your back on it when the hardware and software (however minimal) are almost impossible to duplicate economically with today’s technology.
UPDATE: Apparently the Compaq EVO T20 will work as a terminal emulator without needing a host!! Please help Paddy get one to try for himself.
Paddy’s Kindle
If you haven’t heard of the Amazon Kindle before then you’re in for a bit of a surprise. The kindle is an eBook reader made by Amazon (of amazon.com fame) and the concept behind it is to have your literature loaded onto this device so you can read it anywhere.
If you think this sounds a bit like an iPad you’re not mistaken except for the fact that the Amazon kindle pre-dates the iPad by several years and Amazon has taken a very different path with their screen.
Paddy's Kindle
Paddy says that the screen is the most impressive part for him. It’s a high res black and white screen that looks like no other display we’ve ever seen. The displayed text and images actually look and ‘feel’ like a printed page. You can easily read the screen in direct sunlight, but because it is not back-lit you will need a book light if you want to read it at night.
Paddy's Kindle
There are large buttons on the side of the pages that let you turn the virtual pages. The lower part of the Kindle has a fully qwerty keyboard as well as a set of cursor keys for selecting options on the screen.
The Kindle has built in storage so placing eBooks on the Kindle is done via an email account.
Each Kindle owner has an email account allocated to them by Amazon and when you want to load on a new book you just email it to your kindle email account.
The Kindle has an experimental web browser that lets you browse the Internet from a kindle via 3G or WiFi connection.
While Amazon say the browser is experimental it did a very good job displaying the website we tested although it did seem to show some blur on a couple of very fancy websites.
Paddy's Kindle
Paddy recommends the WiFi enabled kindle because he says you can easily load eBooks onto the kindle when you are at home and read them on the road when you don’t have a WiFi connection. He says the 3G would be only good for people who want to buy new eBooks on the road.
Paddy recommends the Kindle, Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6″ Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology
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