I am finding it hard to move in the living room because of all the accumulated junk and I am thinking of taking the radical step of boxing up all my CDs and putting them in the attic.  I realised the other day that I don’t actually play CDs very often now, although I now […]
Entries Tagged as 'Gadgets'
New phone
July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on New phone · Technology
I gave in today and got a new mobile phone.  I don’t really use the mobile much: I don’t make many calls and certainly don’t receive many, but it was getting a little frustrating that I was missing what calls and texts I was receiving because the old phone didn’t make a noise. To be […]
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Jammy
July 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Jammy · Life
I have been getting free stuff from Amazon through their Vine Programme for a while now. In that time I have had quite a few books to review, some CDs, DVDs and software and even a couple of hairdriers, but this month I really hit the jackpot, to the extent that I am almost jealous […]
Walkman
June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Walkman · Music, Technology
The BBC made a 13-year-old swap his ipod for an original Sony Walkman for a week and then asked him what he thought.  What he said, and I am paraphrasing here, is: “Skuds – you are so old! How did you ever get by with one of these?” Well that’s how I interpreted it anyway.
Micro four thirds
June 1st, 2009 · Comments Off on Micro four thirds · Technology
As it happens I am quite happy with my combination of a Canon EOS 1000D for normal use and a Canon Powershot 590 for when I really can’t carry a DSLR around and as both are less than 6 months old I don’t intend to be in the market for a new camera in the […]
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Txt spk
May 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology
Do ‘the kids’ really use all these acronyms?  The article raises more questions than answers, not the least of which is – what the hell was number 15?
The power of uninvention
May 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Life, Technology
I do sometimes wish I had the power of uninvention – that I was able to uninvent certain things which must have seemed like good ideas at the time, but turned out to have too many drawbacks, or which just personally inconvenience or annoy me  A few are just too obvious to mention, like […]
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Getting more stupid
April 9th, 2009 · Comments Off on Getting more stupid · Life, Technology
I had a perfect example this evening of how we are getting more stupid.  Or maybe its just me, in fact thinking about it, it probably is just me.  I have often reflected on how, if I was somehow transported back in time to occupy my own body twenty years ago I would be totally […]
I want one
April 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Technology
A two seater Segway…  fantastic idea. It would be improved by better mileage, but even as it is I could get to work and back for two days on a full charge.
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A world of music
February 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life, Music, Technology
Although I might appear to some people as tech-savvy and into all the latest digital and online fads that is really not accurate. Yes I do have my own website, blog excessively, download music, upload photos to Flickr and kind of keep a Facebook page. I have a couple of digital cameras, a couple of […]
