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A car full of gadgets

It’s funny how I seem to collect gadgets wherever I go. I have a number of toys in my car, but I must say, my favourite has to be my GPS unit. It’s a small device the size of a tennis ball, but it keeps… Read more »

Technical Evening

Wow, it’s been a pretty busy evening; I’ve been getting my hands dirty with a whole range of different things. My Fonera arrived! It’s a great way to share your WiFi connection in a controlled fashion, so that you have control over what bandwidth you… Read more »

Time to go wireless?

I have a couple of friends who have been looking to move their ADSL connection onto a wireless connection and have asked me advice as to what router to get. I must admit that it’s been a few years since I looked at what was… Read more »

Merry Xmas to Me

I thought I’d treat myself this Christmas, so I’ll be buying myself a watch. Not any ordinary watch, but a 2Gb MP4 playing watch. We’re actually buying a bunch at the office, some people buying some for themselves, some as gifts, but I’m looking forward… Read more »

Please don’t call it Book 2.0

Lots of movement in the news today about Amazon‘s new foray into an attempt to replace? the hard-back with an electronic gizmo. The device, named The Kindle, has been announced by Jeff Bezos and is said to be the future of reading. It can be… Read more »

Memory Cards

I’m still over the moon about my new phone, and particularly pleased with the 2Gb card that I purchased for it. I can now keep photos, MP3, podcasts and all sorts of great stuff on my card. And as the phone has WiFi, I can… Read more »

Windows Mobile 6

I’ve finally got Windows Mobile 6 running on my XDA Orbit (HTC P3300/Artemis), which really wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I went with the Black & Blue ROM by Tom Codon which comes ready packaged with a number of utilities and… Read more »