Ed Hewitt Yet another Tech & Gaming Blog!

About

Me!

Hi, I'm Ed, 19, Living in UK, Studying Computer Networks at University of Derby. Main hobbies include computing, web  development and python programming. I'm a full time Ubuntu users, have been Windows free since December 2007.

I'm a huge gamer, mainly playing PC games (Call of Duty, Left 4 Dead, Company of Heroes and RuneScape), sometimes consoles.

I'm also a Sports fan, Huge F1 fan. In football, I support Manchester United and I also enjoy Rugby Union.

My Web!

EdHewitt.co.uk - My home on the web. Place for me to discuss everything computing, tech and gaming. A mixture of reviews, news, tips and articles, posted regularly. Check back regulary and subscribe via RSS.

Gfire - Open-sourced project which is a plugin for the Pidgin IM client, which will allow you to access the Xfire chat network via Pidgin. I'm the Admin of the project.

Full Circle Magazine - Free Ubuntu monthly magazine, written by the community for the community. I write a monthly section called 'Ubuntu Games'; reviews, articles and news about gaming in Ubuntu/Linux.Recently, I have join the Podcast team to be on the Panel for the Full Circle Podcast, along with Robin Catling (Host) and Dave Wilkins.

My Computers!

Main PC

  • Acer Aspire Revo R3600
  • Intel Atom N230 1.6Ghz
  • 1GB RAM
  • nVidia ION
  • 160GB HDD
  • Ubuntu 9.10 & Windows XP SP3

Laptop

  • Asus EEEPC 900
  • Intel 900Mhz
  • 1GB RAM
  • 4GB + 16GB SSD
  • Ubuntu 9.10

Gaming PC

  • Intel Dual Core 2.8Ghz
  • 1GB RAM
  • ATi Radeon X1550 (512MB)
  • 250GB HDD
  • Windows 7 Professional