Hello Cr-48 - My Own Google Chrome Notebook

A few months ago I received an email telling me I could sign up to receive a Google Notebook.I probably shouldn't have found out when I did because it was at a red light while I was driving home from work. But I did, and as soon as I got home I politely asked my two sons if I could use the computer. Or, rather, I insisted that I "needed" to use the computer.

A few weeks later I saw a post come across on one of my Google Reader feeds that you could track the Chrome notebooks that were being delivered across the US. And I couldn't believe it but one was coming to my zip code! But alas, no Chrome notebook arrived for me:(

Fast forward a few months. I was sitting in a staff meeting at my work when I thought I saw my son prowling around through the doorway. It was he and the rest of my family. They had brought me a surprise in a box. It was a Google Chrome Notebook!

The people I work with typically are not quite as into the tech stuff that I am, but they sure were excited about the prospect of receiving a free computer. They wanted to know how I did it. Well, I can't exactly tell you how I was chosen to receive one, but they all signed up within the next few hours.

So, to make good on my 140 character statement in my Chrome notebook application, here it is:

I will put the pedal to the metal and take my new notebook to 160Mbps. I’ll tell my closest friends and the world about my shiny new Chrome.

--posted from my Cr-48