I see that Apple have announced the second version of their iPad today, to much fan-boy acclaim. Looks very nice, in fact if the first one had been as good (and if they were all a lot cheaper) I would have been less dismissive of it. I still can’t get excited though. I can’t remember [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gadgets'
Virgin Tivo
February 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Technology
I found out about two new things from Virgin Media today. The first was by accident: a lot of people at work are having trouble connecting their company laptops through our encrypted VPN if they have Virgin broadband and I was looking for possible reasons for this. While doing this I noticed that their XL [...]
Tags: Gadgets·TV·Virgin Media
New toy time
February 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Technology
My printer has been playing up a lot lately. Lots of error messages about the ink system failing, and it would also lock up a lot when scanning. I did a bit of research on the net and found that it was most likely a hardware fault that could easily be fixed with a couple [...]
For the hairy man in your life
November 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life
I saw this on Amazon the other day – the Mangroomer Do-It-Yourself Electric Back Hair Shaver and thought it was a joke at first, but on reflection it makes sense. I’m not a particularly hairy bloke, but I have heard women complain a lot about hairy backs, so I guess that if you are a [...]
Tags: Gadgets
Flip UltraHD 8GB
November 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Technology
Well I have finished playing with the new Flip UltraHD which arrived from Amazon yesterday. For anybody interested, the full specs of all the different models are here. I was a bit frustrated that it didn’t arrive on Saturday so I could try it out at the CCAR party and a bit miffed that when [...]
Flipping heck
November 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Technology
My Flip arrived today – the new 8GB HD model, and very nice it is too. It is willfully bereft of features as it is based on the design concept of just doing one thing, doing it well and making it easy for you to make it do that thing. I had read good things [...]
Temptation
September 3rd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Technology
It has been a long time since I have been sorely tempted by a new gadget, which is a bit of a relief for the wallet but makes life more boring. I used to be able to spend hours browsing Comet or PC World wanting every other thing in there but I have sort of [...]
The rainbow kettle
August 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
I had a bit of a result with the Amazon Vine programme this month.  When I got the list of products to choose from, there was a kettle on there. I had recently noticed that our kettle was dribbling a bit, which annoyed me somewhat, but not enough to go out and get a new [...]
The solution to gun crime?
August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology
This is supposed to be art – a sculpture that can turn into a gun, which would appear to owe a lot of inspiration to a certain James Bond film – but it could be the answer to gun crime. Just tweak the US constitution so that the right to bear arms means you can [...]
A new toy
August 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology
With all the shelf-removal I have been doing lately it was a bad time to discover that my little electric screwdriver was totally kaput. Sure, the big one is fine for taking the big screws out of the wall, but a bit awkward when tackling the screws holding shelves onto the supports, especially on shelves [...]
Tags: Gadgets
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