Archive for December, 2011
The Sony Ericsson phone, Christmas and O2
Back in November I purchased a Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro Android phone as my daughter’s Christmas present. O2 had a limited offer on it at the time where you got an additional £20 voucher with it, so I snapped it up. When I received it, I took the phone out of the box, put [...]
Why I still don’t like Chrome
Last year I made an attempt to move from Firefox to Chrome – as much as I love Firefox, Chrome is a lot quicker in use. However, after living with Chrome for a few days, I’ve moved back to Firefox again. There was always the issue over searching. I love having a little search box [...]
Signalex Computer Microphone
This review is part of the 1 Pound Challenge – can you find a decent gadget in a pound shop? The microphone built into a laptop can often be a compromise – providing a basic facility, whilst keeping it as small as possible. Those of you with computer repair training will know what I’m talking about. And if you’ve got a desktop [...]
WordPress plugin review of 2011
2011 has been a hectic year for me and my WordPress plugins. I’ve learnt an awful lot – especially thanks to the excellent book Professional WordPress Plugin Development . As a result I’ve been re-visiting a lot of my plugins and vastly improving their code quality and capabilities. I’ve also got rid of my first plugin . Plugins that have been given a fresh lick [...]
ReTrak Retractable HDMI Cable
ReTrak , popular in the US, are now selling their range of products in the UK at retailers such as PC World , Dixons and Amazon. You may have come across retractable cables before – often found on portable mice for laptops, they wind excess cable into real which is suspended half way along the cable length. What [...]
ReTrak Micro USB 3-in1 Wall Charge & Sync
ReTrak , popular in the US, are now selling their range of products in the UK at retailers such as PC World , Dixons and Amazon. You may have come across retractable cables before – often found on portable mice for laptops, they wind excess cable into real which is suspended half way along the cable length. What [...]
Connecting a Samsung Galaxy S2 to an iGo/ThinkOutside Stowaway keyboard
I bought an iGo (ThinkOutside) Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard some years ago to go with my Nokia N95. However, since getting rid of the Nokia I’ve not had a device that would support it. However, after some tinkering I’ve managed to get my Galaxy S2 to connect to it. Here’s how it’s done… Open up the [...]
How to drive traffic to your blog with Artiss Draft List
I’ve just launched version 2 of my Artiss Draft List plugin for WordPress and if you’ve not tried it, it’s really worth a punt. In a nutshell, it lists on your blog any posts (and/or pages) that you have in draft. This can provide an ideal, and unique, way to promote posts before they are [...]
Signalex Game Card Case Plus+
This review is part of the 1 Pound Challenge – can you find a decent gadget in a pound shop? The Signalex Game Card Card Plus+, although not stating so, if for the storage of Nintendo DS games (it does show an image of a DS on the packaging, though). The “Plus+” bit, however, is because it can also [...]
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Blog review of 2011
It’s nearly the end of 2011, so I thought it was time to review what’s been most popular on this site this year. First of all, let’s start with the top 5 posts that were new this year… Creative WP-300 Bluetooth Headphone review LG E2360V monitor review Creative ZiiO 7″ tablet review Dell UltraSharp U2311h monitor review Creative Zen Style M300 review Yes, all 5 are reviews. The number of reviews on the site has certainly increased this year [...]
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