Computing and Tech
1 December 2011
Just thought I’d post this, as I’ve found a solution for something that’s been driving me crazy for a very long time. I use a Parrot in-car handsfree bluetooth kit. It’s wonderful. It works very well, and always has, for making and receiving calls. However, it also acts as a A2DP destination for the iPhone [...]
1 August 2010
Just updated to the latest version of Android on my HTC Desire – version 2.2 – codenamed Froyo (short for ‘Frozen Yoghurt’ in case you didn’t know – Google has a habit of naming Android updates on desserts…!). Just so happens I’ve ‘rooted’ my Desire already, and the good old bods over at xda-developers.com have [...]
31 July 2010
iPad Camera Connection Kit I’ve just received my iPad Camera Connection Kit through the post today. This unassuming set of dongles attaches to the dock connector of the iPad and allows you to import photos and videos directly into the iPad’s Photo gallery app. The premise is simple – just plug either the USB [...]
5 July 2010
Falling short… Since I got my iPad, the only thing I’ve really lamented is it’s lack of GPS and 3G. Being the Wifi (read: cheaper) model, I had to make do with WiFi only. As usual, my tendency to over-analyse and get the most out of anything I have got the better of me, and [...]
20 June 2010
Yesterday, I was browsing, as I often do, in the Cardiff branch of Mr Jobs’ finest tech-emporium, when I finally decided (after yet another round of touchy-feely, have-a-go marketing), to take the plunge and sort myself out with an iPad. After a lot of reading, trying, and agonising about whether it would be worth the [...]
11 January 2010
Following on from yesterday’s post – it’s been kind of interesting getting a feel for what all this Lomo stuff is about. I don’t know what it is that draws me to the Lomography style exactly… I think it must be the lack of any fixed rules, and the way it captures bits of life [...]