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Replacing iTunes with Something that Works
May 5, 2010 9:10 - 1 Comment
It is no secret that I am not a fan of iTunes. It is simply too big and slow in day to day use for those of us with large music collections. I am not alone is this dislike, a quick search on Google will reveal many people looking for replacements, and my friend Dirk [...]
The Long Memory of Zumodrive
Apr 25, 2010 13:58 - 1 Comment
I am a highly active and avid user of the cloud storage system Zumodrive. In fact I have written about it a number of times before and it was one of my favourite apps from 2009.
One of the things that it can do (unless you turn it off) is to give you little pop-up messages [...]
Hands on with the iPad
Apr 23, 2010 15:11 - 1 Comment
So, yes, I know that the web has been full of this over the last few weeks (with only a minor diversion for the next iPhone) and I am late to the game but I only got my first opportunity to get my hands on an iPad today. To be fair there aren’t that many [...]
A Brilliant Idea
Apr 22, 2010 13:01 - 0 Comments
I’m sure that not the only one to have experienced the issue where you have your cables hanging over the back of your desk, stretched to their maximum from some remote usb port, and one slight nudge and the cable rockets off the back of the desk requiring a torch to rescue it. Yes, you [...]
Upgrading a Three mifi
Apr 19, 2010 10:16 - 0 Comments
Since getting my mifi device last October it has become an indispensible device going everywhere with me. It also recently kept my son connected on a three hour car journey, so is worth the small amount I paid for it for that alone.
But one of the things that has always puzzled me about it is [...]
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Apr 16, 2010 11:54 - 0 Comments
Google has release a number of interesting and useful updates over the last few days and removed (or planned to) remove a big one.
Firstly the good stuff. Gmail now allows you to drag and drop files to be attached – a real time saver. You simply drag the file over the attachment area and drop [...]
Gadget Show Live 2010
Apr 8, 2010 21:11 - 1 Comment
For the second year running I went to Gadget Show Live, the technology event based on the Channel 5 TV programme. While I enjoyed last years event it wasn’t very big and it looked like it had been put together at the last minute.
This year was completely different. Spread over three halls there were [...]
The Sound of Silence
Mar 31, 2010 20:19 - 0 Comments
It has been a bit quiet round here lately partly due to pressures of work but also because I have been making a few changes.
Back in January 2008 I wrote about the fact that I had accumulated 15 domains. The last time I checked (2 minutes ago) this was up to 30. Some are [...]
Google Street View Star
Mar 15, 2010 9:15 - 0 Comments
Last May I wrote about working from home and seeing the Google Street View car pass my house. Now, some ten months later, the results are in and the pictures have been uploaded and there I am at our window, standing like some shadowy Norman Bates.
You can quite clearly see that I am holding [...]
Sony Reader
Feb 15, 2010 17:31 - 1 Comment
So I have joined the ranks of people that are ebook readers only in my case not Amazon’s Kindle but Sony’s Pocket Reader – you can see it in the picture on the left on the top of the pile showing MacBook, Netbook, eBook (can you see what I have done there?).
Anyway rather than [...]
