Hardcore modders will know all about tnkgrl’s exploits with the Acer Aspire One. She’s showed thousands of people, through her blog, how to take apart the said netbook, upgrade the SSD to a higher capacity hard drive, add Bluetooth, and built-in 3G. Now, tnkgrl has posted her very last Acer Aspire One mod tutorial — how to add an eSATA port. True, not many people will be able to make use of it, and in fact maybe some won’t be familiar with it at all, but it’s a far more efficient and better way of connecting hard drives to computers than USB or FireWire. For the full tutorial on how to add this nifty port to the AAO, head on down to tnkgrl’s blog via the link below.

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While the process of installing Windows 7 on the Acer Aspire One seemed relatively easy, I’m sure at least some of you are still holding on to the original Linux OS that’s been bundled with the netbook. If that applies to you, then you might at least try to customize the interface a bit, to make it more reminiscent of the Windows UI, instead of what Acer made it look like out of the box. It requires quite a bit of hackers, but it should be worth the time and effort spent on it especially if you’re looking to make using your Acer Aspire One easier. The full guide to customizing the Acer Aspire One’s Linux interface is available via the link below.

Via Techradar

I know one person who’s way cooler than you are: the revolvingdork. Why? What could be more cooler than being able to laser-etch the entire level maps of Super Mario Land from the Gameboy onto an Asus Eee PC? That’s right, probably nothing you’ve ever done. It’s either that, and his coolness is of epic proportions, or he’s just got way too much time on his hands. We’re not kidding, Super Mario Land’s maps were really laser-etched directly onto the Asus Eee PC, and here’s a pic to prove it. You can view more of the photos at the Flickr page linked below. Now, when’s that Donkey Kong on the SNES version of this coming?

Flickr via Kotaku