Get bored of installing all of your base application on new machines? Then Try Ninite.

Simply choose the software you want and run the installer. Your favorite apps installed silently and with any junk automatically removed (i.e. Toolbars and adware).

I don’t normally trust these things but this one is really good.

Got an Acer Aspire One that wont boot? Then try this.

• Format a USB flash drive to FAT.

• Download 3309.zip from ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/netbook/aspire_one_110/bios

• Unzip.

• Move all of the files to the root of the flash drive.

• Rename 3309.FD to ZG5IA32.FD (May not be necessary).

• Put USB drive in to Aspire One.

• Make sure you are on AC power.

• Hold down Fn+Esc and press the power button until it starts blinking.

• Release the Fn+esc and power button (which is still blinking).

• Press power button once and wait until it reboots (depending on the flash drive you may see the activity light flashing).

• High five yourself or swear out loud depending on whether it has booted properly.

Well that’s what worked for me anyway.