The term “Personal Digital Assistant”, or PDA, was originally coined specifically for Apple’s Newton. These days it’s a more common term, applied to everything from Palm devices to Windows Mobile systems. But perhaps it’s bandied about a little too easily …
Read moreApple Newton 100 (Pt. I)
The Apple Newton was released way back in 1993 and although I thought it looked interesting, I steered clear of it for two reasons: It was expensive. Very expensive. Several hundred pounds of expensive. I’m left-handed, so figured that a …
Read moreAnother pen-based computer
I’ve just bought a Nokia 770 internet tablet (because it was going cheap). It’s yet another pen-based computer system of one sort or another, to add to the ongoing list of stylus-driven systems I’ve owned over the years: Apple Newton …
Read moreFeeling a little sore
My initial thoughts on the Nintendo Wii.
Read moreNixie Clock
Over the weekend I built a nice nixie clock from a kit.
Read morePerhaps a little too edgy?
Ubuntu 6.10 (“Edgy Eft”) was released last week, but upgrading to it wasn’t as painless as previous versions.
Read moreA Ripping Yarn, Pt. 3
Having ripped and converted all my CDs, it was time to play back the mp3 files on my Ubuntu box. What I hadn’t expected, however, was that Amarok would fail to play them.
Read moreA Ripping Yarn, Pt. 2
A couple of months ago I decided that it was finally time to re-rip my CDs. Not only were there numerous discs which hadn’t yet been converted to mp3 at all, but now hard drives were cheap enough for me …
Read moreA Ripping Yarn, Pt. 1
Several years ago I decided to rip my CD collection to mp3 format. At the time the hardware was such that ripping a CD was a slower-than-realtime event.
Read moreTechnical (lack of) Support
Being the local “person who knows about computers” I was recently drafted to sort out someone’s inability to get a new laptop talking wirelessly to a new router on a new ADSL connection. It didn’t help that she’d been mis-sold …
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