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Death to Outlook and Exchange: two-way, over the air Google Calendar to Blackberry sync!

April 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

If I could sync my Blackberry with Google Calendar over the air, bidirectionally, I'd be able to dump Outlook forever. (Though admittedly Google doesn't have a particularly robust contacts system for Gmail yet and it would be nice to sync…

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Now this is what I need… car charger double adaptor

March 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

How's a man to charge his Blackberry and GPS navigation device at the same time otherwise?

A steal at $25.95.

And yet I wonder if my little 1990 Honda Civic could cope with it.

http://www.expansys.com.au/p.aspx?i=135885

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Video of a guy blending an iPod

January 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Amazing… this company sells blenders and to demonstrate the power of its machines it blends things on camera… like iPods.

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Flaccid with rage over the Apple iPhone

January 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Well, my post on "top 10 things to hate about the Apple iPhone" generated a fair bit of controversy. I can't say I didn't write it with this in mind :-) The traffic on apcmag.com has been nothing short of…

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Microsoft uses penis to advertise Zune

January 6th, 2007 · No Comments

The guy who runs Zuneuser.com has posted a video and his analysis of a Microsoft ad that uses a "weird penis looking thing" to advertise Zune. I can't say it better than him, so check his post out.

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My rapidly growing email habit

December 4th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Interesting. I used Smart Mailboxes in Apple Mail to count how much mail I've been receiving month to month.

November 06 - 4373 emails
October 06 - 3963 emails
September 06 - 3583 emails
August 06 - 2833 emails
July 06 - 2233
June 06 -…

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I'm now the proud owner of a Honda Civic

November 27th, 2006 · 7 Comments

Well, if you're going to test GPS navigation devices (my new obsession; last year it was wireless broadband) you've gotta have the appropriate testbench, right?

I reckon I got a fantastic deal on this car: $2300 for a 1990 Honda Civic…

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Happiness is a Dyson vacuum cleaner

April 9th, 2006 · 3 Comments

dyson Happiness is a Dyson vacuum cleaner

Well, I finally took the plunge and invested in the ultimate geek vacuum cleaner, a Dyson.

I would have loved to have got The Ball but our house is a narrow terrace with not much unused floor space, so it didn't…

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Getting closer to the perfect internet mobile

February 7th, 2006 · No Comments

m600i Getting closer to the perfect internet mobile

UPDATE | According to this story, the M600i is not only Blackberry-like, it actually supports Blackberry Connect for push email. Looking nicer all the time! (Microsoft ActiveSync is also supported so I guess that means it should be easier to sync…

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