This post is an update to my previous one about the CurrentCost Energy Monitor and the software I built for it. After posting brief details about it, I agreed with the guys over at the MSDN Coding for Fun site to write a full project article for them. The suggested a couple of changes – [...]
Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
Kameleon 8040 aka One For All 4 in 1
January 15th, 2009
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I bought one of these about 4 years ago – initially loved it, but it chewed through batteries at an incredible rate, so after a few months of use and another instance of needing fresh batteries (and none being available) it sat in a drawer for some (considerable) time. Now that I am a (proud [...]
Xbox 360 Networking
January 15th, 2009
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So before Christmas I bought an Xbox 360 (60GB HDD version). Reasoning was “it will be good for the kids hand eye coordination” which in reality was a thinly veiled “I want one and the kids might like it too” (as it turns out they don’t)… Anyway, one of the first tasks was networking it [...]
NikePlus Gets An F Minus
July 13th, 2008
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One of the things I find really helpful in terms of motivation (for running) is having easy visibility of weekly, monthly and total mileages, times, paces etc. So, a couple of weeks ago I bought myself a Nike+ Sportband. This promised it all – a senor that fits in your shoe and automatically records your [...]
HTC TyTn II Windows Mobile
December 5th, 2007
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I’ve had my HTC TyTn II (aka Kaiser aka Vodafone V1615 aka HTC 4550) for a couple of weeks now – very impressed. This is almost the converged device I have been looking for (it is still a little too big to be perfect)… Wireless Networking 11g GPS Bluetooth GPRS / 3G / HSDPA 3MP [...]
Manic few weeks but normal service is resumed.
December 4th, 2007
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First post from my new Windows Mobile – HTC TyTn II aka Kaiser aka Vodafone V1615. More updates / posts over the next few days. GEO 51.4043197631836:-1.28760504722595
Vista and my new Acer Aspire L100
May 9th, 2007
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A couple of weeks ago I purchased an Acer Aspire L100 desktop PC and have only just got a chance to set it up and get using it. I had been looking for a small ‘machine’ (in terms of physical size), with a decent monitor for some time now, I’m past all the ‘buy a [...]
Creative Zen AV Connection
January 3rd, 2007
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After a bit more investigation on the AV connection front for my Creative ZEN, I found the following : A definition of the AV pinouts for various media equipment and particularly the Creative ZEN. I already have a Camcorder Cable, so one of the tricks I found in some AV forums is to fully insert [...]
Creative Zen Vision M 30GB
December 31st, 2006
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Isn’t Santa a nice guy. For no other reason that I had been ‘good’ all year, he brought me a shiny new black Creative Zen Vision:M 30GB. Thank You !! So far I have loaded it up with : 200 CD’s of music Just shy of 3000 photos Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 (ripped [...]
High Definition TV.
November 1st, 2006
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I recently persuaded Sarah to let me buy a High Definition (HD) TV, a 32″ LCD job. After much research, I decided on a Vistron model from eBuyer – there are over 50 customer reviews on their site and it seems most of them are pretty good. It was delivered in a couple of days [...]
