Tag: technology
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An Apple All Day Keeps The Boredom Away
Now this is why I love technology. This weekend I picked up an Apple AirPort.   This is handy little gadget that lets you connect your PC to your stereo wirelessly. It’s a pretty good device, and in theory very simple to set up – it will effectively set up a home wireless network for you just by plugging it in. Unfortunately I already have a wireless network, which kind of confused it, and my wireless network is achieved though the use of a wireless router and not a wireless card in my PC itself (big difference, apparently). The instructions that… Read more
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Now where did I put my ipod-ready Gucci loafers?
This Christmas I (and around 14 million others, if the figures are to believed) bit the bullet and joined the ipod bandwagon. I’d resisted for a long time, reasoning that I could play MP3s on my all-singing-all-dancing HP iPaq 4700, but the 4Gb card in my iPaq was full, and an 8GB card costs more than an actual ipod. Naturally, I plumped for the top of the range model – a 60gb ipod video (in black – you never really get over Goth!). I really can’t see myself watching videos on it, but the color screen does display the album… Read more
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RSS – Read Something Stupid
When I started this blog a couple of months back, I noticed that a number of other blogs offered RSS feeds. I didn’t really know what an RSS feed was at the time, but as everyone else had one, I wanted one too. (I’m such a child!) Actually, I just don’t like to leave a technological path untravelled, regardless of whether I actually need to go down it or not. So I did some research, worked out what an RSS feed would give me and what I needed to do to get one, and within no time had my very own… Read more