Archives for February 2010

Helen Sharman Seizes her Moment in Space

Helen Sharman was the first British person to go into space. Her autobiographical account of that time is very interesting reading.

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My aging MacBook Pro

My 4 year old MacBook Pro is still going strong, but my needs are starting to seriously stretch its capabilities.

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Cheap as chips – is your chair networked?

Adam Greenfield sees a future where our environment contains millions of networked devices.

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Do you sit still on the web? Or are you moving?

More and more people use handheld devices such as smartphones, accessing the Internet while they’re away from their desks. What could this mean for the information you provide, and how you provide it?

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Fact and fiction in the palm of your hand

A smartphone is a tiny Internet-enabled computer we carry with us all the time. That completely changes how we approach our world.

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TelstraClear, are you embarrassed yet?

YouTube Video Speed History clearly shows how awful TelstraClear is for playing YouTube videos: one third the global speed, and half the average New Zealand speed.

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Hello dual-band wi-fi

Hey, where’s my Internet gone? A dead Time Capsule has a silver lining.

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From mountain to road with a light heart

A new lightweight bike brings me joy.

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The relegation of RSS

I seem to have stopped following RSS feeds. Is it Twitter, or Apps that are the reason?

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