Posted in General on Mar 11th, 2009
Because it is outstanding, and because they asked for people to link to them, it’s time to mention the Calendar for TV. Your one stop shop for knowing what is airing and when – even taking into account time zones. As someone who watches a lot of American TV, this is excellent for keeping track [...]
Posted in General on Jul 19th, 2008
Yes! A thousand times yes, Mitchell & Webb nail exactly why the whole idea of “Identity Theft” is a great scam for banks and bad news for unwitting consumers.
Oh, and it’s also very funny.
Posted in General on Jun 30th, 2008
Update 18th July 2008: I called Domotec today and the difference in response was like night and day. New component on it’s way to us now. Horrah!
If you’d spoken to me or Lindsay recently you might have thought we were on comission from iRobot, the manufacturers of the Roomba vacuum cleaner. We’ve been raving [...]
Posted in General on Apr 18th, 2008
Gnarly (and Sparkle)
Originally uploaded by hdurdle
A test of Flickr’s long photos (video) service, showing Gnarly’s many sleeping positions via timelapse. A frame taken every 30 seconds played back at 24fps. Note that Sparkle cleans him when he gets onto the bed. Cute! Oh, and they appear to fight at the end too.
btw: [...]
Posted in General on Jul 6th, 2007
The Simpsons Movie site has a cool way to turn yourself into a Simpsons character. Here’s me and Lindsay (click to enlarge). It’s slightly worrying that I appear to be a cross between Millhouse and Professor Frink.
Check Richard’s blog for a Simpson-ised Richard and Beth.
Posted in General, Hardware, Mobile, Music on Jul 19th, 2006
I’ve been hankering after the K800i since it was announced some time ago. 3.2MP camera, 3G data, mp3 player, lots of memory and all sorts of other bells and whistles meant it looked like a good replacement for my Samsung D600 and my aging digital camera.
As it happens, I ended up buying a new [...]
Posted in General on Jun 6th, 2006
This is the cutest way I have seen to destroy two grands worth of hardware. While I don’t condone the cruelty inflicted on the MacBook Pro (I’ll be starting the NSPCMBP real soon now) I have to admit that watching a kitten chase the Front Row animation around the screen is possibly the cutest thing [...]
Posted in General on May 31st, 2006
The image you see here was taken via a webcam situated on the corner of Bleeker Street and MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. The guy standing by the lamp-post I’ve zoomed in on is Phil, who is on holiday in New York with Catherine.
So, why do I have this picture? Because we’re geeks, that’s [...]
Posted in General on Feb 15th, 2006
This is the Netgear SC101, a budget (60 quid) SAN device. It takes two hard drives which it presents as storage to any client on the network running the Netgear software. Out of the box you can allocate storage to multiple drive letters, or even set up a pair of mirrored disks to protect your [...]
Posted in General on Jan 22nd, 2006
I’m getting worried about Beth and her unhealthy interest in toast. I even tried to call an intervention the other day, before getting sucked into the tempting buttery goodness of toast addiction myself.