Twitter introduced list functionality a while back, and I’ve used it a bit here and there (mainly so I can find the real life people I know on Twitter amongst the “noise”), but I wanted to start using them a little differently so did some research.

I outsource some work overseas, but I’ve moved away from single contracts and now have someone on a regular long term contract to work with me, but this post isn’t about that, it’s about some of the spam I’ve been getting on this blog recently! I use both Akismet and WP-SpamFree to keep this blog reasonably clean of spam, but more has been getting through recently (well through to the point where it’s held for moderation). I wanted to tell you about the two most recent (and persistent offenders) Battery Man The most recent items are all about batteries and hard drives on my posts about MyXerver and my PINES USB Battery Pack. The spammer merrily went through several posts… Continue reading »

Apple’s stock is at an all time high at the minute, can this continue? If it can, you might be well advised to follow Kyle Conroy’s advice! Kyle’s post suggests that if rather than buying that shiny new Apple MacBook G3 250 back in 1997 for $5700 (ouch!!), you’d bought $5700 worth of Apple shares then today you would $330,000 better off! It’s not really surprising given where Apple are today I guess, but does beg the question – could you do the same today with Apple? The fact that an iPod Touch (3G / Late 2009) was $199 in 2009 and would now have shares worth $315 suggests you might (particularly as that’s only a few months ago!). Or,… Continue reading »

You may have read recently about comparing of battery sizes, capacities and the like when I was looking for a rechargeable battery pack for my phone, I took the advice of @ZuuMediaSwindon and bought the PINES Rechargeable Backup Battery Pack I’ve now had a chance to use it in anger and at least five people have asked what it is and where I got it from, so here it is! Boxed: It comes with an array of manuals and handy, carry case (about the size of an old style Nintendo DS): Opening it up, for charging the battery you have: A mains charger A car charger A USB charger And charging “tips” for such a variety of things I can’t… Continue reading »

Two posts on the same day and both techie – don’t be put off, normal ranty service may well be resumed soon… I’ve used my Windows Mobile in the past as a tethered modem for my eee pc when out and about without WiFi, it’s not always been easy but has been handy to have around! I reinstalled my eee today, and was looking around for how I’m going to achieve this same functionality with the Milestone on Android, almost everything screamed “root your device” at me. I’m not a fan of rooting it for a lot of reasons the biggest being I don’t want to brick the device – so that’s a non-starter. Then I spotted a handy guide… Continue reading »

I know I haven’t posted in a while – but I’ve had lots going on…. Then my first post back is a techie one, I apologise (well for some of you I do anyway!). I want a backup battery for my Motorola Droid/Milestone, I’ve already got one for my iPod Touch and it’s invaluable – but I figure if I get one with a straight USB out it can charge almost any of my devices with the right cable! This makes far more sense to me, so today I went hunting. Would you believe how hard these things are to find? I’ve been offered rechargable batteries, battery chargers, spare batteries for the phone all sorts of things – none of… Continue reading »

Most people that know me know that I love my mobile phone, and it has to be a good one – simply because I run the business from it! I rang Orange the other day to enquire what was currently on offer, and as usual they don’t have a single phone that interests me… The HTC Touch Pro 2 I did fancy is available, but not as an upgrade. I’m not convinced I want an iPhone as I’ve got my iPod Touch and it really does lack a keyboard that I need. Even if they had got a phone I’m not sure I’d upgrade because every contract is 18 or 24 months – what happened to 12 month contracts? Locking… Continue reading »