I had an email last week from Apple, inviting me to their store opening in Brighton where I work. They even threw in the tempting idea of a free t-shirt, for the first 1,000 people through the door. Excited, I decided to go with a friend during our lunch hour.
Oh. My. God.
Figuring it’d be either [...]

Those who know me well will know all too well how much soul searching I have been doing over the last 2-3 months with regards to mobile/cell phones. It started out with the “I want the new iPhone”, thinking that the one Apple will release will be the all-singing, all-dancing device that everyone was hoping [...]

For the majority of blogs, speed isn’t a great big deal. Efficiency doesn’t matter too much either. I’m not terribly fussed about either issue on this blog. My other blog however, gets quite a hammering now. Given the little server it is hosted on, this can cause problems. So how can you make a small [...]

You may recall in May I was the very happy recipient of a Western Digital MyBook Mirror Edition. This USB 2.0 device contains 2x 1TB Western Digital Green drives, in a delightfully styled ‘book shelf’ case. Now that I’ve been using it for a month or so, it’s time for a review!
Ignoring the initial ordering disaster, this [...]

Last year I received a call out of the blue from my current cell phone provider (Three UK), with an existing customer only offer of half-price mobile broadband. For £5.00 a month I’d get 1GB inclusive transfer each month, and a free USB modem, for the life of both contracts. Excellent!
What turned out to [...]

I’ve had a Google Mail account since 2005, but it’s only since I set up Google Hosted Apps (using your own domains etc) that I’ve really started using it to the full. My latest addiction is the Calendar. The reminders flexibility is great; you can choose from email, popups, or SMS and have them fired [...]

I bought my monthly copy of “Stuff” magazine yesterday. It’s about the only monthly publication I buy with any frequency, and it has nothing to do with the scantily-clad women on the front cover. Honest.
I’d heard quite a bit about Spotify before, but I still didn’t really have a clue what it was. I hadn’t [...]

Yes, it’s illegal in this country. I know that. But, to be honest, I don’t care. I’m not doing it to make illegal copies or anything, I’m doing it because I want to have a great Home Cinema setup. So far I’ve ripped about 50 DVD’s that were lying around the house using DVD43 and [...]

In the quest for having my new home planned out long before I’ve even got the deposit together, let alone having actually found somewhere, I’ve stumbled across Apple Remote. This allows you, for those who don’t use it already, to control your iTunes media library from your iPod or iPhone. “So what?” I hear you [...]

I was a fool to base a purchasing decision primarily on price, I know that, and nearly every time I do it I say to myself afterwards, never again. But I’m only human, and apparently never learn!
So anyway; cast your mind back to my earlier post when Mum asked me what I wanted. I did [...]