Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
So I just got a Macbook
Monday, January 25, 2010 15:02 No CommentsI finally caved in. After years of slagging off Mac fanboys and their undying love for Mac products – I’ve joined the team and actually got one myself. I’ve used Mac’s plenty before but I just never got what everyone thinks is so great about them. Apparatntly they are easy to use but coming from [...]
Top 10 Essential Google Chrome Extensions
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:48 2 CommentsIf you are not using Google Chrome yet – I highly advice you download it right now, and make it your primary Browser. I’m absolutely loving Chrome, especially since they brought extensions into the game. The quality of the Extensions in Chrome are simply fantastic, here are my recommendation for the Top 10 Must have’s [...]
What is the best Controller Setup for Traktor Pro
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 13:24 No CommentsThere are a multitude of different ways you can use Traktor wit different setups – it will work with any Midi controller – so really its down to personal preference:
The M-Audio Evolution UC33e is a solid reliable controller with loads of Faders, Knobs and Buttons to which you can assign loads of different things to Traktor. [...]
Paypal – Some things will never change
Monday, September 7, 2009 14:36 No CommentsNice little add from PayPal showing the future of things to come – they are soon to open up their API so any developer can integrate their super easy and safe payment method into, well, almost anything! Banking on the fact that microsoft-surface type gagets everywhere. Somehow I think it will be a while before [...]
Google Launch an Operating System: Chrome OS
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 8:29 1 CommentI’ve been waiting for this to happen for years – but they have now finally announced that Goggle will release “Chrome OS” – an Open Source Operating System. I remember thinking years ago how it would make a lot of sense for Google to do this, yes ok, they have Android the Mobile OS but [...]
6th Sense Device – This is the future
Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:07 1 CommentI’m a big fan of the lectures @ TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) – they invite some really interesting and innovative people to give a short lecture on pretty much anything. This one in particular really impressed me.
Mobile Phone and PDA’s have changed our lives in ways that we possibly could barely imagine 20 years ago. [...]
Bumptop – the future of the computer desktop
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 10:01 No CommentsIt’s not quite Minority Report, but this little program (available now for free) gives a new and fresh approach to using your computer desktop. I wonder if this is what Windows 2015 will look like?
Microlending – Charity 2.0
Saturday, February 21, 2009 13:11 No CommentsCharity. It’s something we all think about and most of us try to do our little but, but form many reasons we just do not do it as much as we should, or could really afford. I think one of the reasons many people are reluctant to give to Charity is the lack of knowlege [...]
Nikon UP300x – Guaranteed to get you Mugged!
Monday, February 9, 2009 15:36 No CommentsHere it is kids! The communication tool of the future! A head mounted fully featured communications device with all of your audio and video needs combined into a completely ridiculous looking package! Designed by the Japanese (no surprises there) it aims to give someone the total audio and video experience without looking contact with the [...]
Shazam! Find out the name of any song
Thursday, February 5, 2009 22:52 No CommentsOk I had a huge amount of text here about how great this thing is, but this vide pretty much sums it up as well as I ever could. Watch it:
Gmail Task list on your iPhone!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 13:30 2 CommentsA while back I was excited to write about how Google added a task list into Gmail. Like most people I always have a to do list of random things I need to remember, unfortunately I pretty much use my head for these things, which we all know is not 100% reliable. I always wanted [...]
So what’s the deal with Twitter?
Monday, February 2, 2009 13:33 No CommentsTwitter is a relatively new web 2.0 company that came on the scene not long ago and had massive growth over a very short period of time, with a very simple idea. If you use facebook then you’ll already be familiar with the “Status Updates”. Twitter is pretty much exactly the same, with a few [...]
I’m getting an iPhone!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 13:18 No CommentsDespite the fact that I’m a fairly tech-savvy kinda guy, up until recently I’ve never had any Apple products. iPods are deemed are essential by many, but due to the fact that my music is always with me in either my car on on my pc media centre at home, I just never had the [...]
Tech Crunch Crunch Pad
Monday, January 19, 2009 12:00 2 CommentsThis is very cool – I love to see ingenuity like this. The guys over at TechCrunch have made themselves a low cost touch screen tablet, for just over $200. It boots directly into the browser and is perfect for surfing the web with a touch screen keyboard.
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Does Apple deserve it’s reputation?
Sunday, January 18, 2009 18:05 1 CommentI’ve been a huge PC man for about 15 years now. I’ve always had an interest in Apple and Mac’s – but really I’ve never really got what everyone else sees in them. I don’t have any massively different requirements to everyone else – I surf the internet a lot, design a few small websites, [...]