A look at the Ford safety event
Over the past few years, we have seen a dramatic increase in the uptake of technology in vehicles. Whilst this website is primarily focused towards iPhone and Mac reviews we do sometimes have to step back and take a look at the grand picture. So to summarise that’s exactly what I did today. I was [...]
Got an iPhone with o2? You NEED to read this – UPDATED
With o2? Got an iPhone? You know you can make a phone call and still use mobile data, right? Well, supposed to. Ok, I’m awkward, I work in IT so I actually use this, but suppose someone rings me on my phone, I shove it on speakerphone, tap the home screen then go out to [...]
It’s time
Well, It’s taken over a year of searching, tweaking, playing, fiddling, you name it and I’ve struggled along, but it’s finally happened. I have located the new theme for the pro website, which will be accompanied by a minor rebuild and rebrand in places, but it’s finally the site I want. I’m hoping to have [...]
Full Body Scanners
There’s been a lot of hubub recently over the implementation of full body x-ray scanners. Many people have quipped about loosing their liberties and modesty, some on the other hand are absolutely fine with it, but unfortunatley it seems like these people are in the minority. It’s all come about since 9/11, increased security, increased [...]
The seven deadly sins of technology
As a breakaway from the traditional posts (something I seem to do a lot) I’m going to focus on the seven deadly sins but in a technology sense. Anyone who is a gadget fan will be a complete and total sinner as far as this is concerned, but it might also provide an interesting look [...]
Artificial Intelligence? Or Simulated Reality?
It’s been a while since I did a technology related post, and in fact this one is going to fall into the category of complete geekery, it’s also going to fill certain aspects of philosophy and ethics. If your not interested in any of these things, then it’s time to find something else to do. [...]
Just how important is technology?
Funnily enough, I’ll start this article by saying I was reading wired on my iPad. Through the reading however there was a particular line which got me thinking. “…checking your email is now akin to brushing your teeth…” So just how important is technology in our daily lives, and is it really akin to brushing [...]
I have finally done it
Well it didn’t take long and so I finally decided to get an iPad, my thoughts are simple and can be expressed in one sentence, “my god what have I done!?!” But wait, read on, I want to explain that somewhat. You see the thing is, I’ve never been one for “early adopting” yet there [...]
A hard lesson learned
Late last week I had a somewhat unnerving experience, I walk into my office and turn on the computer and then go back out to make a cup of coffee expecting my computer to boot up into windows so I could copy across all the files that were on my laptop. It didn’t. Try as [...]
Ah Macheist
So the time has of course come that my Mac endeavours include MacHeist and it’s wonderful nanobundles. For someone like me who is relatively new to Mac (near a year) these things are invaluable to me since they let me know about fantastic applications that I’ve never heard of (or thought of). Before you ask, [...]
How computers took over cars? More like another rant on the BBC and their technology editors
I’ve been continually disturbed by the inaccuracies of the BBC technology reports as of late. The BBC used to be a fine, trusted news source with reliable accurate information even if it was a little slow to come to date, but today has really hit a nerve with me and I’ll explain why in a [...]
How Far is Too Far? – Cleaning
Come plastic fantastic or metal maniac, your sure to have to brush off the dust from your favourite computer gadgets. Of course, this goes without saying for many, at least, brushing the dust off does. But I find myself regularly cleaning my Mac and my iPhone with more than just spit and polish. It seems [...]
And so here is 2010, the year we … well…
…yeah I’m still struggling to fill in that one little tag line. Fifteen years ago we had such aspirations and hopes for our technology that we forgot somewhat to actually do it. If Arthur C Clarke was even close to being right, we would have orbital space stations that were publicly accessible, long range manned [...]
Thinking Different?
I’ve been using my Mac now for about six months, having never used a Macintosh before, but there are a few things that still seem alien to me, and of course some things I miss from Windows. For those of you who have never used Mac before, I thoroughly recommend it, there is no real [...]
IMAX Opens in Cardiff & I got an advanced screening
I’ve never been to an IMAX cinema before, so getting invited along to the press launch of the Cardiff IMAX cinema screen was a pretty incredible way to be introduced to the technology. With over half a million pounds invested in the new cinema screen and technology, cardiff ODEON cinema has made a substantial investment [...]
The problem with ‘Googling it’
Right now I’m sat here waiting to go to the emergency out of hours doctors appointment I’ve made for my ear infection. I’m not telling you this because I want to, I’m telling you this because it’s going to come up later in this post, be patient. Here in Cardiff, we don’t exactly have the [...]
The new iTunes app store, and why I hate it
Oh dear, Apple you have done something I never thought you would do. You changed the app store. And you did it badly. The changes have only happened this evening so I expect there will be some teething issues and changes however, the new app store is completely counter intuitive and as stated by a [...]
Announcing a New Section: Tech
I said before that I wanted to include more tech related posts, since this site is inevitably becoming just a blog of a tech nut / photography nut / amateur artist … etc this is the first major stage in doing that. There are some posts already in there, but you’ll also be seeing my [...]
Windows 7, Macs et all, my thoughts
I’m often loathed to give myself tasks which I fear completing. In fact not only do I loath it, I also seem to do it with an alarming number of things. Take twitter for instance. A user on twitter asked about Windows 7, and what did people think of this new operating system from the [...]
The importance of wifi
I made a commitment at one stage to be sat in a bar at least once every other week and sit and write a blog post. Well, here I am, finally, sat in the funky buddah in cardiff contemplating the world, life and well… my bottle of Peroni. It’s a strange experience really being sat [...]
The trouble with technology
It seems very apt that I should open with that line for my latest blog post given everything that has gone on lately. In fact over the past week or so I’ve been unfortunate enough to have three very expensive pieces of technology break on me. My Car My iPhone My Camera All in the [...]
ISP’s and P2P… It’s going downhill
We’ve been aware for some time now of the government and indeed the ISP’s increasing awareness of that newfangled technology known as P2P (Peer 2 Peer file sharing). Over the past few months the publicity on this subject has grown rather dramatically as ArsTechnica recently broke the news of one particular ISP in the UK [...]
The State of My Mac
So, following on from my last or shall I say last but one blog post. Guess what just arrived. Yes! My £1500 iBrick. The solid piece of aluminum machined down into a finely crafted expensive… computer. And you know what? I’m In LOVE!! Oh My LORD! I Swore I wouldn’t do this post, I really [...]
