Do you have an old computer sitting around at home?
Is your Cupboard Of Discarded Gadgets getting a bit full?
eDay 2009 is this Saturday (12 September), giving you a chance to drop off your old PC, laptop, or mobile phone and be sure that it will be recycled safely and used for new gadgets.
Last year 946 tonnes of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tech stuff'
eDay 2009
September 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Environment, Tech stuff
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Solve Your Addiction
April 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Tech stuff
How is your internet addiction today?
As the internet becomes an integral part of our lives, and more and more of us spend a significant part of our work day in front of a computer screen, many are finding that unhealthy addictions are alive and well in cyberspace, as well. Some (most?) are addicted to FaceBook, [...]
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Google your past!
October 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Interesting, Tech stuff
In celebration of their 10th anniversary, Google have put up a page linking to their oldest available index from January 2001. Searching for such things as “iPod“, “broadband“, and even “Barack Obama” (yes – he did not just drop from a cloud in 2006) lead to some interesting results.
Of note to us types is [...]
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A full size keyboard that fits in anyone’s pocket
September 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Tech stuff
The Virtual Laser Keyboard has been around for a while now, and it looks to be hitting the spot for a number of people. Essentially the device projects a virtual keyboard on to a flat surface and can detect keys that are ‘hit’ and even supplies the clicking noise to go with it.
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3G iPhone. Here it is.
July 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Tech stuff
Firstly – here’s the iPhone software version 2.0 for those who want it:
(link removed – software is now available directly through iTunes).
iPhone tear down.
The guys from iFixit are here in New Zealand to tear it down. The results will be posted as they do.
Vodafone New Zealand’s iPhone site can be found here:
iphone.vodafone.co.nz
Apple Releases iTunes 7.7
Use [...]
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Vodafone’s iPhone rate plans – Why???
July 8th, 2008 · 39 Comments · Tech stuff
So what has Vodafone got in store for us?
Pricing
iPhone Plans
iPhone 250
iPhone 500
iPhone 1GB
Cost per Month
$80
$130
$250
Included Minutes
120
250
600
Included TXT
600
600
600
Included Data
250 MB
500 MB
1 GB
iPhone with plan
8GB iPhone
$549
$449
$199
16GB iPhone
$699
$599
$349
Prepay: $979
Outright: 8GB – $979 16GB – $1129
The general public will be privy to [...]
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My Addiction
June 13th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Sailing, Tech stuff
A short post about where I’ve been lately…
In case anyone is wondering what I’m doing when I’m not flicking bits (and bytes) back and forth chances are the answer is sailing.
I started sailing in December 2006, as a guest on board ‘Fast Company’ – the craft of the indomitable Tony Smith. Thrown in at the [...]
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Apple iPhone coming to New Zealand! (and 9 other countries)
May 6th, 2008 · 29 Comments · Tech stuff
New Zealand, Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, South Africa and Turkey are the lucky recipients. While this won’t mean too much for those who couldn’t wait and already have a grey market iPhone, for the rest of us it means we get to use the device on a New [...]
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Broadband Providers – how did you choose yours?
May 4th, 2008 · 23 Comments · Tech stuff
Something that has been of interest lately is ISPs, and how the average person chooses their broadband provider.
The many people I know of who have broadband are broadly split in to two categories. Those who are technically minded, and those who are not. Â I know quite a few of the former, due to the [...]
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Slingshot give away 1TB of data
April 2nd, 2008 · 99 Comments · Tech stuff
A better place indeed!
How would you like 1 Terabyte of data to use on your broadband connection?
Rumours have been circulating recently that NZ based (and owned) ISP Slingshot are looking to introduce a referral reward programme that offers users some sort of reward, based upon how many people they refer who sign up. Now, [...]
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