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Start one. Ordinary people do it all the time.

I recommend less text shadow.

I have a similar laptop: 32-bit, 1Gb RAM, 1.6Ghz atom, purchased years ago on the cheap. I run the latest Ubuntu desktop edition and am able to run everything that I need (mostly Rails + remote services over SSH tunnels). I can even stream Hulu, though the video does sometimes lag.

I don't have personal experience with any other distros, but a friend of mine has an equally antiquated laptop running the latest Fedora which he claims is better than an abacus. YMMV.

Ping me - I've got some ideas. [email protected]

For those (like me) who didn't already know, the FetLife homepage appears NSFW.

FWIW, I worked at an online advertising company that ran a whole division on EC2 machines - at the peak, nearly 100 instances. This was never a problem for us because we were judicious in our use of the machines (minify your content!) and we were disciplined in our deployments and management. If you go that route, just be sure the learn and follow best practices - you'll save yourself quite a lot of time.

I'd recommend "The Mythical Man-Month" by Fred Brooks.

You're completely right. Thanks for the find!

Taking ideas from the beginning of "Keep Your Identity Small," I'd like to read something about art and / or artists. I choose that topic because, on one hand, I can say without justification that I prefer one artist's work over another's work, yet there must be some justification to say that one artist is obviously better than another artist. I'd like to see pg's treatment of a topic that is based in both opinion and fact (and one in which he has some expert knowledge).