These days we hear of a number of efforts getting off the ground thanks to overwhelming global interest from individuals when the big businesses don’t want to touch a concept with a fifty foot barge pole. Kickstarter has been instrumental in helping projects get not only the exposure but also the funding to get going. If you …
Mar 18 2012
How to Check a Website’s Availability
Quick tip for tonight. Sometimes you might not be able to reach a particular website for one of many reasons, including: the website being down for maintenance, the website being flooded, a link between you and the website going down. It’s hard to tell unless you have another internet connection handy (like a mobile phone …
Mar 16 2012
Lytro Camera Unboxing
So, after many months of waiting it finally arrived – the Lytro camera! For those who don’t know what makes the Lytro camera so special check out this prior article I wrote up about it. I’m just getting used to it at the moment and working out its features and functions before I do my …
Mar 15 2012
Incoming Gadget – Raspberry Pi
A quick heads up for tonight. I have had my eyes on an interesting credit card sized computer called the Raspberry Pi. It’s an ARM-based computer (similar to the CPUs found in phones and tablets these days) and is designed to run Linux. It’s also low cost as well with Model A costing around AU$30 …
Mar 14 2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes Out of Print
This has been widely publicised already today but I thought it was a noteworthy event to record. The Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease its printing the 32-volume encyclopeadia after nearly a quarter of a millennium (244 years to be exact). You could have called the Britannica the old school version of Wikipedia which was updated once in what would …
Mar 11 2012
Read Norton Ghost Images Without Shelling Out Your Cash
Here’s a short and sharp tip for tonight. If you’ve ever used Norton Ghost (or Symantec Ghost as it might be called) to capture a disk image at some point in time but you’ve now lost the software there is a solution to help you out. You can still grab a copy of the Ghost …
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