Monthly Archives: October 2007

USB travel adapter kits

Posted on Tuesday 30th October, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

Spotted a while ago on my favourite gadget blog Ãœbergizmo.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 … Continue reading →

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Another Potting Shed

Posted on Monday 29th October, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

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, … Continue reading →

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Cube247 have a new website

Posted on Monday 29th October, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

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 … Continue reading →

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Weeb and Bob playing Portal

Posted on Sunday 28th October, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

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 … Continue reading →

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Those were the droids I was looking for!

Posted on Sunday 28th October, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

(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 … Continue reading →

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Windows XP vs Vista … and XP wins!

Posted on Saturday 27th October, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

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, … Continue reading →

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Steve Lawson in the living room

Posted on Saturday 27th October, 2007 by Gareth J M Saunders

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 … Continue reading →

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