Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Beta 3 is out and the new OS fixes the non-working Youtube from the previous beta.
[Update: and also breaks syncing, which now hangs on "Syncing contacts..."]
[Update2: Seems like the contacts syncing hang was a temporary issue...]
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
I just got a new drive for my MacBook (MacBook2,1 – black) and am quite pleased with the simplicity of the process. First up, I didn’t need to add a jumper to throttle the SATA II drive down to SATA I speed. I put it in, it was recognised OK. The drive is a Seagate [...]
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
It would be unbelievable if it wasn’t something I’ve almost come to expect here: Movistar’s iPhone page only works in IE.
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Nice watches on ebay at Poljot Watches, and if you’re a penguin-bothering type of geek, especially this one, with 24-hour dial and penguins!
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
This is an interesting idea, that seems slightly mad at first, then starts to make perfect sense once you think about it. Then it seems really obvious. Then it makes me think about that fact that I already provide this service to family members! Cool.
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
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Friday, February 17th, 2006
This is a pretty nice piece: a wooden clock that looks just like a plain block of wood when switched off. But when you switch it on the digital numerals shine through… nice.
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
Ah, how I love the rumour always associated with possible new Canon cameras (especially DSLRs)… This time it’s the turn of the 5D and it certainly looks like, if true, it’ll be an interesting addition to their DSLR line-up. The usual “It’s real!”, “No, it’s fake!” is going on, but I’m hoping for true.
One [...]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
If you ask me, cats are scary enough, but the robot variety freaks me out. The movie for Nocoro’s felines should give you an idea what I mean ;)
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2005
While snooping that slightly mad Phobile Handset over at Firebox the other day, I noticed their VoIP Cyberphone, which seems to answer my previous question on what’s out there in the Skype phone world. Anybody tried this out?
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