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Online Icon Maker
Apr 27, 2009 22:16 - 0 Comments
Occasionally I have the need to create an icon file – usually for use as a favourite icon for a website. Until recently I struggled to find a simple way of achieving this as the graphics programs I use, as good as they are, don’t seem to have support for *.ico files. Then I [...]
BT 1571 online
Apr 25, 2009 10:54 - 0 Comments
BT customers will no doubt be familiar with the 1571 service which adds voicemail to a home phone line. Some might also know that you can setup to receive text alerts to your mobile when you receive a message. However, I suspect that very few realise that you can log into your online account and [...]
Crunch Time for Internet Browsing
Apr 24, 2009 16:21 - 0 Comments
Browsing the web from my iPod Touch this morning I remembered the CrunchPad, Michael Arrington’s prototype connected device for web browsing. This is a flat, tablet like device, with only an on-screen keyboard and optimised for browsing the web.
Having checked my mail, gone through the rss feeds that had come in over night, checked [...]
Pantsman confuses Twitter
Apr 23, 2009 14:12 - 0 Comments
Sometimes technology has a way of surprising and Twitter did that last night.
I have been using Twitter for a while now and while I am still not a complete convert it is certainly getting much more mainstream acceptance with the likes of Obama, Oprah and Fry all tweeting away. In fact a recent mention [...]
How to minimize iTunes to the Windows Taskbar
Apr 22, 2009 15:01 - 0 Comments
I discovered something about iTunes today that I should have realised long ago must have existed – namely the ability to minimise it to the system tray. More than that it is also possible to put a little widget on the taskbar that allows you some simple control over the playing track and volume. [...]
Gadget Show Live
Apr 21, 2009 10:11 - 1 Comment
Gadget Show Live came to the NEC in Birmingham this last weekend and I went along with my youngest son for a look around. We are both fans of the show and of gadgets in general so we were looking forward to finding out what was on offer. What it turned out to be was, [...]
Travellers Kit
Apr 15, 2009 20:06 - 0 Comments
Being away from home there is some kit that has proved to be essential while travelling, which you can see on the left here. What is also interesting is the software that I have come to rely on over the last couple of weeks while away.
The most useful item by far has been my Netbook [...]
Solving Problems with Windows Live Writer
Apr 12, 2009 22:39 - 0 Comments
I have long been a fan of Windows Live Writer. I tend to start blog posts and capture bits of information before creating a fully formed article to post to one of my Wordpress blogs (here or here). WLW lets me do this easily and with a little setup I can also share the draft [...]
One Billion Errors
Apr 10, 2009 20:19 - 4 Comments
So Apple are running a competition at the moment to celebrate them (almost) reaching a billion downloads from the App Store. All you need do is download an application to be entered into a prize draw that would see you winning a $10,000 iTunes cards amongst other things.
For those that don’t have a compatible [...]
ZumoDrive for iPhone
Apr 9, 2009 23:01 - 0 Comments
I have spoken about ZumoDrive a couple of times already (here and here) but that has always been about the desktop app. Now there is an iPhone/iPod Touch client available that allows access when you don’t have you desktop/laptop access.
Zumodrive bills itself as a way of having additional storage available on devices that are traditionally [...]
