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Why do eBooks cost so much?
Aug 31, 2010 22:21 - 0 Comments
Interesting article in this months Wired magazine entitled “why do ebooks cost so much”? It’s a really good question and one I have asked previously. However, it seems that “the physical aspects of book production can account for as little as 15 percent of the cost of the title.” Take a look and see what you think.
Blogpress perfection
Aug 27, 2010 22:22 - 0 Comments
Yesterday saw an update to the iPhone and iPad blogging platform Blogpress that makes it leagues ahead of the competition. In a recent review of blogging on the go I identified the ability to easily add links as key – and now you can. Not only that you can also do things like insert bold text and change the font properties, such [...]
Geeks in Cardiff
Aug 22, 2010 22:23 - 0 Comments
This site mainly concentrates on technology but the site title does indicate a certain geek type interest in other areas too. On my sister blog, the word according to Neil Thompson, I have documented a recent trip to the Torchwood and Dr Who hot spots in Cardiff which you can read here. It’s a geeks paradise!
3 mifi with OLED screen
Aug 21, 2010 22:24 - 0 Comments
Received my new 3 mifi dongle yesterday. This one is basically the same as the previous module with a few important differences: 1. It has an OLED screen giving much more information than before, including the amount of data this session. 2. It now has a web interface that allows you to both configure and monitor the [...]
Cheap and Cheerful iPad Stand
Aug 3, 2010 22:25 - 0 Comments
Yes, another iPad post. I’m sure that I will get it out of my system eventually… So I saw this post about a cheap and cheerful iPad stand a while back which suggested using a desktop business card holder. What a great idea, I thought! Except that it was only available from Office Depot in the States [...]
iPad on tour – Photo Management
Jul 27, 2010 22:26 - 0 Comments
Continuing the theme of ditching the laptop and using only the iPad, at least on holiday, today looking at the iPad as an amateur photographers best friend. With its massive, bright, screen the iPad is perfect for viewing photos and coupled with the camera kit it is unbeatable. I have been able to hook up [...]
iPad on Tour – Blogging
Jul 25, 2010 22:28 - 0 Comments
As I said in my previous post I am currently away on holiday and have only brought with me my iPad, rather than a laptop of some description. Over the next couple of posts I am going to look at the apps that I have been using for various different tasks, starting with blogging. I [...]
iPad on Tour
Jul 24, 2010 22:29 - 0 Comments
So I am away on annual leave in beautiful Tuscany but the big question before we left was what tech to bring? In the recent past I have always taken a laptop of some description but this time I decided to go with the iPad alone. That meant also taking Apple’s camera kit in order [...]
iPad Backing up – please wait.
Jul 20, 2010 22:30 - 0 Comments
Is your iPad taking forever to backup? Mine is. After several aborted attempts I finally got a full backup done taking a massive three hours and that was after I had deleted off some large apps. Three hours for a device that is less than half full. Feeling that there had to be a solution [...]
Killing an App in iOS4
Jul 2, 2010 22:33 - 0 Comments
Oh there are so many problems with iOS4 but I won’t repeat them here but my biggest problem with it (after the horrendous battery life) is the multitasking. In particular the way that now when you close down an app it goes to the background. This is fine for the most part but for some [...]
