View from the Potting Shed

Spotted a while ago on my favourite gadget blog Übergizmo.com the Belkin USB Travel Adapter Kit is a neat little kit featuring three USB adapters.
These take a standard USB A (male)-B (male) cable and allow you to convert the B (male) end to:

A (female)
5-pin Mini-b
4-pin Mini b

7-in-1 travel pack
The only thing is … I can’t […]

I have Another Potting Shed!
For the last few days I’ve been experimenting with another blog, hosted on WordPress.com, using it much like a “microblog”: short, informal, blether-like posts.
I’ve had that WordPress.com blog for a couple of years now, but not done anything with it. I originally signed-up for it out of curiosity, to see […]

It’s nice to see Cube247 finally have a new website, and it’s looking great.
More than a few months back they relaunched their site only to discover there were problems with it and it was promptly downgraded to a very simple and static brochure-ware site.
The new design looks great, and I love the customization facility for […]

It looks like Weebl and Bob have been playing Valve Software’s Portal this week.
Portal is now available bundled with The Orange Box, and appeals to me more than the Half Life games. Check out the trailer.
Weebl and Bob are two of my favourite cartoon characters. Ever.

(Image from Oscar Controls)
Each week b3ta.com run a feature whereby they pose a question and readers write in with their answers.
Last week’s question was: “Have you carried out a successful con? Perhaps you hustled a few quid off a stranger, or defrauded a multi-national company. Or have you been taken for the wide-eyed, naive rube […]

Oh dear! As reported by Custom PC magazine this week: Vista vs XP: Performance tested, and Vista is slower.
XP vs Vista
The Custom PC / PC Pro teams ran some test on the same kit, one machine running XP, the other running Vista, and the conclusion is that
they don’t do Vista any favours. In all but […]

Steve Lawson’s gig in our living room last night was a roaring success.
While only six people turned up, it didn’t detract from the enjoyment of a relaxed evening in the company of friends, with plenty of good wine, fine chocolates, beautiful music and much laughter.
I videoed the entire gig, including Steve’s Q&A at the end, […]