Feb 20 2012
I’ve been on a bit of a weight management thing lately (i.e. getting out and exercising instead of sitting on my butt all the time) and part of that is obviously tracking and recording your stats to make sure things are going in the right direction. Anyway, I’ve had my Fitbit for a year (still …
Jan 07 2012
Given that I am going on a holiday to Hawaii in a few weeks time I decided to get a Tru SIM for my own mobile after the good experience had by my wife when she was overseas (which I wrote about here). Anyway, my Tru SIM (from Tru and formerly known as Truphone) arrived …
Dec 26 2011
Recently, I reinstalled Windows 7 from scratch after putting a brand new OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 solid state drive in my desktop computer but since then my computer hasn’t been going to sleep automatically after its nightly backup. After a bit of research, I found that I needed to use the powercfg tool to see what …
Dec 07 2011
Here’s a quick tip. Most Wi-Fi devices these days will support the latest wireless security protocols such as WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA2. In particular, 802.11n devices will require that you use WPA2 in order to obtain faster speeds otherwise you get knocked back down to 54Mbps tops. However, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is still kicking around …
Oct 02 2011
Last time, I covered the Panasonic washing machine that was shown off at the recent Panasonic home appliance launch last week. Today, I am going to cover off the new cordless phone that will be added to the existing lineup. Granted, these days landline telephony might be viewed more as a legacy service compared to …
Sep 06 2011
I came across this tidbit while trawling the web this evening. Apparently, Toshiba have been working on an SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) card that incorporates two-way Wi-Fi connectivity. It is designed to be used in digital cameras that specifically support it (so you just can’t chuck it into any old SDHC compatible camera unfortunately) …
Aug 07 2011
Kindles are very good for packing a stack of documents into a lightweight device but not everything comes in PDF format. Sure, you could send an e-mail to your personalised e-mail address for your Kindle and have your document (of a supported format) converted and transferred to your Kindle over 3G for a fee but …
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