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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 I [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 am [...]

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 [...]

It was great to finally see Google’s new mobile OS finally launch after lots of talk and speculation. The Google G1 looks to be pretty cool, though there do seem to be a number of initial flaws and rooms for improvement. Still, it’s relatively new so I’m sure a number of the shortcomings will be [...]

Well, that was my first experience recording a video like that with YouTube. To tell you the truth, I’ve always just uploaded videos to YouTube, but I just found out that you can actually use the website to record a video directly from your webcam. It doesn’t matter if you want to talk about seagulls, [...]

Have you ever wondered why you can’t use a mobile phone when you’re on a plane? Well, I came across an article today that talks about it, so here’s a snippet for your information:
An airplane contains a number of radios for a variety of tasks. There is a radio that the pilots use to talk [...]