SO I’M WRITING THIS ON THE Asus Eee PC that I mentioned a while back. Unlike the two supertiny computers that I reviewed for Popular Mechanics, this is big enough to type on, and the 7″ screen is big enough to read. I wouldn’t want to write a book, or even a law review article, on this gadget, but as a (comparatively) inexpensive portable blogging tool it”s not bad.

UPDATE: Reader Laura Blanchard emails:

I bought one after you blogged about it, and it’s a dandy road machine. Most folks don’t need to do much other than e-mail and note-taking (or in your case blogging) on the road. This thing is small and light enough that I am willing to carry a laptop almost all the time now.

It was the EEE or a Blackberry for me. EEE wins.

Yeah. And it costs 1/5 what my little Sony did, which not only makes it cheaper to buy, but also lets you worry less about losing it or having it stolen.