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What Santa got me - A Nokia e65!

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Posted in e65, Technology, Internet on December 28, 2007 at 7:40 pm

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As the title suggests for Christmas I received a Nokia e65, now this is primarily a business focused phone as part of the Nokia ‘E series’ however I saw it as one of the few Nokia phones that I like the look of with Wi-Fi, also in the running were the N91 which whilst having a huge memory which would be good for music was just a bit of a brick for me (and I needed to move away from the brick like Sony Ericsson p900), A quick contender was the E61 due to the nice keyboard but that got nocked out because of the size.

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Useless USB Gadgets

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Posted in Technology, Blogs, USB on December 17, 2007 at 6:13 pm

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It is that time of year again when you can almost guarantee the receiving of some useless USB gadget, now some useless gadget things I like – specially the ones at Christmas but I have to admit that I hate USB gadgets like this – they use up valuable USB ports, which I know could be resolved with USB hubs but this should not be the case. A whole host of useless junk is available:

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Oh my how the price of technology changes…

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Posted in Technology on December 8, 2007 at 7:08 pm

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Last Christmas Santa gave me an Advent 7110 laptop (1.70Ghz Cpu, 1Gb Ram and a 40Gb hdd - £400 from Pc World) I understand how the price of technology changes a lot but I feel rather annoyed at the difference that a year has made in the Laptop market.

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My Ideal World (or house)

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Posted in Technology, Blogs on December 1, 2007 at 1:32 pm

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I believe I could be the saddest of all geeks, however I also believe that I’m not alone, I have often thought of what my ideal house would be in the future (when I’m rich, famous and boss of a big company) I thought as a bit of proof of my geekiness I’d write some thoughts down:

  • I’ll start with waking up, this would of course normally be done using a normal alarm clock however in my future tech home it won’t be a normal alarm clock, it’ll be a networked sound system programmed to come on a certain time so I can wake up to my favourite radio station or tunes from my library. The curtains would also open at this point automatically (leaving the blinds shut too - what a clever idea!). Read more

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