By Roamer, on February 11th, 2008%
Powerdropping.com is a new site that has come out of the new online business card craze of entrecard’s.
Powerdropping.com gives you a list of the 300 fastest loading EntreCard sites in order of loading speed, and utilizing this list you can drop your card onto some of the quickest EC sites out there, increasing . . . → Read More: PowerDropping.com – Entrecard
By Roamer, on January 20th, 2008%
I’m currently testing a piece of software for my N95 from telewaving.com called Wavelog. It allows full posting to WordPress, either hosted or on wordpress.com. Currently i’m using the trail version which doesn’t allow posting of media files, but once i’ve tested it out i’ll buy the licence and then test the media file . . . → Read More: Posting from a Nokia N95
By Roamer, on October 22nd, 2007%
Sorry if you’re tired of hearing about ripoff Britain, but this has really got my goat!
In the USA you can now get (From Amazon.com) the PS3 40GB Spider-Man Movie Pack for only $399.99, where as on Amazon UK we can get the plain PS3 40GB console on it’s own for £299.99 – does . . . → Read More: PS3 UK vs USA pricing – ripoff Britain
By Roamer, on October 20th, 2007%
Last month PC Pro wrote a hands-on review of the Asustek Eee PC, which is their interpretation of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).
On the 1st of November this year we will see RM start selling this ultra portable computer as the RM Asus miniBook in the UK.
Spec-wise they are very reasonable, it runs an Intel Celeron M ULV 900Mhz processor, a 7″ 800×480 display, 256MB or 512MB of memory, 2GB or 4GB of storage Continue reading The £169 Laptop – On sale 1st November
By Roamer, on October 20th, 2007%
For some time one of our ADSL lines has been serviced by Virgin.net – now Virgin Media, and from my own experience I really wouldn’t recommend them to any of my friends at the moment.
Why, you ask, wouldn’t I recommend them, I do this on two counts:
- The provide telephone support on an 0906 number which costs 25 pence per minute!
- Their network latency is awful (So are their transfer speeds, but this is secondary to the latency from my point of view).
Now the support number problem I don’t see as an issue to myself, as I much prefer to use their live chat system (If you can get hold of someone of course), but the latency problem is terrible… Continue reading Virgin Media ADSL – Latency is killing the service
By Roamer, on October 19th, 2007%
Yes, I can’t quite believe it but, after my call to OfCom yesterday, and then an email off to the RSGB as well, I got a reply telling me that they had just done the detail transfer over to OfCom and that if I retried they were sure I’d be successful this time.
So, I logged on to the online licencing system, and miracle of miracles – I was able to proceed with my foundation licence application, but then onto my next problem – the callsign.
Continue reading I’ve got my Amateur Radio Licence – Finally