Archives for: August 2006
Internet culture beats Hollywood
This was quite funny.
My mother who isn't a technology follower by any means was reading a recent copy of the Globe & Mail which advertised a charity appearance by Matt Damon. In the picture it looks like he's with a group of African children. She… more »
Upgrading systems is for the birds
As time moves on, I get less and less interested in playing with the internals of computers. Each time these days I open up a computer to do some maintenance I'm reminded again that it's not fun any more, but work. more »
Forte Agent Newsreader Updated
I used to use Forte's Agent a lot when reading newsgroups and mail under Windows; I still have it installed although I've mostly migrated to using Open Webmail and Google Groups these days. The USD$19 upgrade fee (or USD$29 for a new license) isn't bad… more »
Review: Dock-N-Talk
Summary: the Dock-N-Talk is a gizmo that allows regular telephones to use a cellphone as if it was a landline.
Rationale: $500 a year in Telus charges for a landline barely used while paying quite a lot more for a cellphone with lots of any-time… more »
Review: Plantronics Pulsar 590A Bluetooth Stereo Headphones
Summary: Bluetooth-based stereo headphones.
I like listening to music while taking the bus or working in the garden, but find the corded headsets prone to catching and tugging off. Naturally, I'm less than fond of that so was looking for alternatives.… more »
Hidden Songs In The Key Of X
A while ago, I picked up "Songs In the Key of X" which was a tribute (?) album to the X-Files. I remember hearing a few years ago that there was a hidden track on it. The track (two actually) exist in slot 0 (i.e. before the CD starts, and don't get… more »
Review: Creative Soundblaster Wireless Music
Summary: The Creative Soundblaster Wireless is a 802.11b MP3 player designed to feed digital music into a stereo from an archive elsewhere.
Part 1: History
When a review starts "I really wanted this to work well", you know it's not going to be a… more »
Poor business practices
A while ago I was pretty positive about a Palm application called WorldMate Pro. It's a traveller's companion including all sorts of conversion factors, world weather reports, airline flight checker and so on. It looked nice and worked pretty well. When… more »
