Monthly Archives: September 2007

MNOs – Smart Pipe, Dumb Pipe, You Decide

This is an old post I starred in Google reader to comment on when I got the chance. The person who wrote the post liked the dump pipe. Of course the shareholders of the pipes would love that, I don’t think. My … Continue reading

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Windows Vista; first thoughts..

As I posted a few days back our new home PC turned up so I thought I’d expand a little on what it is and our first impressions. I say our first impressions as the wife and our four year … Continue reading

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Josh clocked 4 years too

Josh clocks up four years of blogging too..happy birthday Josh. I passed this milestone back in June, I also found the web archive of my old site which I start on the 20th of November 1997. So it’ll be 10 … Continue reading

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Apple’s UK iPhone launch event

engadget covers the UK lanuch of the iPhone on O2. They’ve basically brought the iPhone straight over from the US, there’s no modification to it. O2′s edge network is only 30%, that’s a kicker, so it’s down to GPRS then … Continue reading

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Instant web site – jotit

I first saw this via Dave Winer and then Lifehacker. It’s very interesting and is almost a disposable post-it note on the web. There’s been a few times when I’ve had a need to post some data that’s just needed … Continue reading

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Google Presentations Finally Arrives!

Google finally adds the powerpoint style presentation app into it’s Google docs range. I tried Google spreadsheet awhile back and it was a bit flaky and no where near good enough for what the business world requires of a spreadsheet. … Continue reading

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ADSL Speed Panic over

Yesterday the new PC arrived see below, but the ADSL connection was very slow. I panicked and thought it might be Vista and our ADSL router not playing nicely. Part of me looked forward to tweaking MTU sizes and playing … Continue reading

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Opera Mobile on the N95

I’ve totally swapped over the browser on my N95 to the Opera browser as the keyboard short cuts work which makes Google reader mobile a much quicker tool. I hate going back to the built in browser and find the … Continue reading

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The last days of the N800

I sent the Nokia N800 back last Friday and I’m missing it already. I’m seriously considering buying one. I’m missing the casual surfing and listening to my music via orb and the N800′s wireless network. I took some pictures of … Continue reading

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it’s the new Dell!

You might remember my post about Dell not updating me as a customer with why my PC was reportedly delayed. At first, I got an email stating that due to demand my delivery date has shifted to the middle of … Continue reading

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European iPhone doesn’t have 3G

Techcrunch has the story of the iPhone to be launched on Orange in France on Nov 29th. The posts stats that it won’t have 3G either. We just covered the news on TechCrunch France. The iPhone will be launched in … Continue reading

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O2 wins Apple iPhone deal – at a hefty price

Mobile operator O2 is preparing to unveil Apple’s much anticipated iPhone in the UK tomorrow. But serious questions are being raised in the City about how much ground it has had to give away to Apple in order to clinch … Continue reading

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N95 Battery charger

I picked up a battery charger for my spare N95 battery off eBay for the grand sum of £1. I had the problem of once I’d swapped out a dead battery from the N95 that it would remain dead until that … Continue reading

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iPhone: it’s due in the UK next Tuesday

The guardain (miss-spelt on purpose) has a blog post on the fact that there is a Apple event next Tuesday which they expect to be the launch of the iPhone on the (ahem) O2 network in the UK and Orange … Continue reading

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life stream move going going badly so far

I’ve moved the entire life stream to tumblr (follow the life stream link at the top of the page. So far it’s not all rosy, the links keep coming up with errors and the posts look a mess. my login … Continue reading

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