ipad promo?
25 Friday Jun 2010
Category Archives: gadgets
too many clicks
16 Sunday May 2010
Meet Niko.
The little point-and-shoot Casio camera I bought back in December 2007 started fucking up about a month or so ago. Been having to click-cllick-click on the clicky button 5-10 times before the damn thing engages and actually takes a photo, which takes way too long – too many clicks – resulting in many missed moments. And half of them come out blurry. Then the other day I noticed that the moulding was actually coming off the top of it and I had to face the harsh reality of getting a new camera…
hp mini
05 Wednesday May 2010
Isn’t this adorable???
And no, it’s not mine. But I’m getting to play with it for a couple of days. On Monday “Málaga Manolo” was here for his class and we were talking about some of the trips that his girlfriend Victoria (my new part-time boss) was going to be taking. I was saying how when she went to Mexico it was difficult to get in touch because she hadn’t taken her laptop and only had the Blackberry, and one thing led to another so that after the class we somehow ended up over at Fnac getting this little baby for Victoria’s next trip to the US. I very generously offered to set up the netbook for her (ha, you kidding? I couldn’t wait to get my mitts on it) and it’s really been fun. It’s only about 18 x 26 cm (7 x 10 inches) and perfect for travelling. Gotta give it back tomorrow…
ipad
29 Friday Jan 2010
WANT!
So, this has been all over teh internets the past couple of days. As you can imagine there have been all sorts of conflicting things written about this new Apple tablet (with the rather unfortunate name), but the review I trust most is this one, written by fellow gadget lover Stephen Fry. And this video from Apple showing the iPad in action totally made me drool …
People keep saying “it looks like a big iPhone” like that’s a bad thing. If you watch the video and see what the iPad can do I dare you to say it isn’t a marvel. Sure, it will probably be even more amazing a year or two from now, but I am envious of Mr Fry being able to play with this first version. This is what netbooks always should have been.
And from the man who brought you The Apple Mactini…
The ipad instruction video by Peter Serafinowicz
beam me up, scotty!
14 Thursday Jan 2010
Nog finally got his Christmas prezzie yesterday!
It’s very cool. A flip-top Nokia mobile phone (named Hamish – geddit?) to replace the five-year-old beater he’s been using. But what an ordeal to get the thing. I first saw it in November and tried to “purchase” it then – I was going to use my mobile phone bonus points to buy it. But after much faffing around the salesclerk informed me that I couldn’t use my points again until January 10th. Bummer. So on Christmas day I gave Nog a photo of his upcoming-prezzie instead, and went to pick it up last Monday. No way. There was some problem with the place that approves the point system thingy … and so finally last night we managed to get it. The sales clerk laughed when I handed the package to Nog and said “Feliz Navidad!”, and then joined in the fun, wishing Nog the best of the season. Ha.
It’s the first time Nog has had a mobile phone that did more than just, well, phone people. This one has a camera and a radio, and some other doodads that he’ll probably never use. But what the heck. The best feature on this phone is the flip-top thing, as Nog always carries his phone in his pocket (with keys, coins, etc) and so this will protect the screen better. Plus it’s rather nifty looking, doncha think? And it was fun having another Christmas.
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