From the “improve our lives by addressing the mundane and everyday” department… Folding Design Flattens the Fatty UK Plug (Gizmodo) That’s just totally wonderful. The whole design is impressive, but the Big Grin Moment for me is when the folded plugs all connect to the side of a master adaptor. Someone please give those designers [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Technology'
Spotify on the go!
May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Consumer, Technology
As a huge fan of Spotify, I couldn’t help letting out a little squeak of excitement at the news of a forthcoming mobile version. But then the cold light of rationality hits me and I wonder how practical this is going to be. With our mobile network providers still charging ludicrous rates for even the [...]
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Infinite Summer
May 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Art/Culture, Technology
… or “why I love Twitter #237″. One of my Twitter friends (or followers, if you prefer) is the groovy solo bassist Steve Lawson. In one of his tweets he mentioned his namesake. I’m a nosey Twitterer, and regularly follow links to people I’ve never heard of, so I clicked over to this other Steve [...]
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Useful: Preamp valve outputs
April 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Guitar, Music, Technology
This is probably only of use to the most insufferably geeky guitarist, but I’m putting it here mostly so I can use the URL in delicious. It also shows what a wonderful thing Twitter is… @hifitubes_org 12AX7 (gain of 100) 5751 (gain of 70) 12AT7 (gain of 60) 12AY7 (gain of 45) 12AU7 (gain of [...]
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Why we need experts
April 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Huh?, Music, Technology
Let me introduce you to Expert Village. A few mates and I have been swapping links from this exciting site recently, amazed at the high quality of tuition on their videos. Experts in a wide variety of subjects share their knowledge on the Expert Village site… for free! My two favourite tutors are Athena Reich [...]
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Instead of just wittering…
January 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Drivel, Technology
… I’ve now switched to Twittering No idea if this is going to be something I’ll end up sticking with… you just can’t tell with these clever Web 2.0 thingies. It took me a while to get the urge to use Facebook, whereas I went crazy for Myspace fairly early on, and now rarely ever [...]
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Next time you change your ISP…
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Consumer, Politics, Technology
… consider how you’d feel about them signing up to Cleanfeed, the “Great Firewall of Britain”, which prevents access to websites blacklisted by the Internet Watch Foundation. At present, six UK ISPs are filtering web content in this way… Virgin Media, Be Unlimited/O2/Telefonica, EasyNet/UK Online, PlusNet, Demon, and Opal. Great Firewall of Britain (The Nock [...]
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iTunes 8
September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Apple, Technology
Although I see more and more things to dislike about iTunes with each major update, I’m usually thankful to Apple that these “features” can be hidden or disabled. I just want a program that stores and catalogues my music and videos, manages my podcast subscriptions and works seamlessly with my iPods… a mixture of versions [...]
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It was 30 years ago today
May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Drivel, Technology
Unhappy birthday Spam! (But not the edible variety, which is much older)
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Google Analytics is ruining my internets!
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Drivel, Technology
In recent weeks, I’ve noticed that some fairly big-name websites are loading a lot more slowly than they used to. Looking at the status bar on my browser, the line “waiting for ssl.google-analytics.com” seems almost always to be the problem. Amusingly, I just spent a good couple of minutes trying to access my Gmail account. [...]
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