Jan 11 2011
Here’s a tidbit of information that some of you might find handy which went under the radar last month. I’ve always had an interest in phones and phone systems along with finding out how they work. Occasionally, I have played practical jokes on people by working out quirks in a phone system (such as enabling …
Jan 10 2011
If you are an old hand with Windows like myself you may have become accustomed to using the old “Run box” found by click on “Start” and then “Run” since Windows 95. However, with Windows Vista and Windows 7 it disappeared from the Start Menu in favour of getting people to use the newly included …
Jan 09 2011
Just a quick tip for tonight. Looking at those end user license agreements (or EULAs) every time you install a new piece of software can be very time consuming exercise. Of course, EULAs are there for a reason but the fact that they can run into thousands of words in length its not surprising that …
Jan 07 2011
Yesterday I published the unboxing video for the Fitbit Wireless Personal Trainer and hopefully you have had a chance to watch it. Today, I recorded the preview video to give you a closer look at the various components that came in the box as well as the Fitbit itself, the statistics it tracks on its little …
Jan 06 2011
Earlier this week I received my eagerly anticipated Fitbit Wireless Personal Trainer from the USA via my mail forwarder of choice, comGateway. With our dollar being at parity with the USD it was quite affordable at US$99 plus delivery. Anyway, as is customary with new gadgets, I have made an unboxing video to give you …
Jan 04 2011
Just a quick heads up for this evening. Many of us use broadband in Australia these days at home and on the move and with a service that keeps us socially and informatively connected with our family, friends and colleagues we are bound to have an opinion on the standard and quality of the service …
Jan 02 2011
Edit: Thanks to Brian Layman for picking up some horrible errors on my part on the below 🙂 A slightly more technical article for today. For those of you who use FTP every now and then along with FTP client software such as FileZilla or the command line FTP utility that comes with Windows you …
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