A bit of this and a bit of that

We’ve had slow moving water in the shower for a few weeks now, and usually we use some sort of drain unblocker or a plunger. But this time I decided to try something completely different. I managed to get my hands on a JML Turbo Snake, a little gizmo that you can slide down the [...]

The great thing about having good weather is that we can actually make more use of the patio. In fact, this evening we just rolled out the new patio furniture, and had dinner out in the fresh air. It was fun and I’m sure the babies enjoyed it too. They seem to like the outdoors, [...]

Image via Wikipedia I’ve just received my new Dreambox DM800 back from China. I had to send mine back because the tuner started playing up, so DVBSeller shipped me a brand new one; which again, has me really impressed about their customer service. As you can imagine, I have my fair share of gadgets at [...]

Image by liftarn via Flickr Just finished watching a show on TV called Britain’s Worst Home. The reason it stuck in my mind is that one guy had a house full of computers, computer bits and all sort of peripherals. I recognised a Spectrum, a VIC 20, an Amiga … then I stopped myself. If [...]

Isn’t it nice when you get those days when you get the change to play around with something you enjoy? Well, today I was messing around with my HomePlugs which let me use my network over my power sockets. I got them to get my Dreambox connected, but also looking at the option of using [...]

Well, it’s playtime by my definition, as I have 2 gadget to play with at home. Camille just told me that my Buffalo Linkstation has arrived. It’s a NAS device with redundant storage, or in other words, somewhere I can put my photos and videos without fear that they may be lost. It’s a nifty [...]

Image via Wikipedia My mate Andy today showed me a really cool 2D barcode that can be read by your mobile phone to give you a URL to a website. It’s a cool technique that can be used for a number of different applications, from advertising to touristic attractions. He had some software installed on [...]

Image via Wikipedia I’m a big fan of watches, especially if they have some sort of high tech features. My previous watch actually could display videos and play MP3s, but unfortunately, the watch part of it was rather poor, taking around 20 seconds before it would display the time. So I shelved that, and now [...]

We’ve just got back from a great week in Edinburgh and stayed in an apartment with an LCD TV, which got us thinking that we really should upgrade our TV to something a big funkier and flatter. The TV in Edinburgh was mounted against a wall, but our room isn’t quite right for that, so [...]

I bought Arthur a wind-up torch the other day. It only cost a couple of pounds and I’m sure we’ve saved the amount in batteries already. The problem with a 2-year old and torches is that it’s a bit difficult to enforce that the torch is switched off when he’s finished with it, especially if [...]