Monthly Archives: May 2007

Garden input

Posted on Thursday 31st May, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

As spotted on the Optimus project blog: This is a standard Latin and Cyrillic double-layout on a monumental concrete keyboard installed in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg (shot on Sunday). Visit the blog for a larger image. How cool is … Continue reading →

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Google Maps Street View

Posted on Thursday 31st May, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

Have you seen the new feature on Google Maps: Street View? It allows you to see a 360° high-resolution view of certain cities at street level. Currently the only cities available are in the USA (from West to East): San … Continue reading →

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Lock – phone – BB

Posted on Wednesday 30th May, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

When I got home from work today Jane had had the front door lock changed! To be honest I’m surprised that she’s not done it sooner! Actually, all was good: there have been some days that I’ve had to leave … Continue reading →

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Obviously not too metal for St Andrews

Posted on Tuesday 29th May, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

Terrorizer magazine sitting proudly on the shelves of my local metal-luvin’ WHSmith May the gods of real metalâ„¢ be praised! Look what I spotted on the shelves of my local WHSmith: if it’s not this month’s Terrorizer magazine – the … Continue reading →

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Mindjet MindManager 7 coming soon

Posted on Monday 28th May, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

One of my favourite and most-used applications is Mindjet MindManager 2002. I use it for everything, from planning websites and managing complex projects to helping to decide what to buy people for Christmas and reorganising my filing cabinet. Mindmapping is … Continue reading →

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O2 Xda Orbit … nearly a review

Posted on Monday 28th May, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

It was my intention this evening to write a review of my O2 Xda Orbit, the mobile/cell phone / PDA / GPS / radio device that I got about a month ago. But instead I’m spending my evening performing a … Continue reading →

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Software review: Mp3Tag

Posted on Sunday 27th May, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

I’m not ashamed to admit that I am a little obsessive with keeping things in order, neatly categorised and (usually fairly) tidy: books, cassettes, CDs, clothes, files, folders and even MP3 tags. Which is why I love this piece of … Continue reading →

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