Tech updates

November 18, 2009 in Technology

A few weeks ago I did a triumvirate of tech-related posts (about TV tuners, Magic Mice and backup disks.) Here’s a quick follow-up post, updating on progress on each.
TV tuners
I left the original post broadly happy with the Elgato EyeTV tuner I’d acquired, but wondering: “Will I watch video on the iPod with this new [...]

links for 2009-11-17

November 17, 2009 in Bookmarks

Making public data public
How the Government and Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency, will open up its data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries, postcode areas and mid scale mapping information.
(tags: ukgovernment data postcode ordnancesurvey maps)

November film reviews

November 16, 2009 in Films
Tags: 10000BC, Clive Owen, duplicity, Julia Roberts, Roland Emmerich, star trek

I’ve actually managed to watch three DVDs in the last couple of weeks – not bad going for me! – and some capsule reviews are in order.
10,000BC
Since the adverts for Roland Emmerich’s latest blockbuster 2012 are all over the place, I allowed myself to fall into the trap of watching his most recent previous film. [...]

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November 11, 2009 in Bookmarks

links for 2009-11-13

Twitter users share early adopters symptoms
Recent findings of a Pew Internet study revealed, Twitter is being extensively used as a status update service to keep in touch. Youth (age 18 -44), social network users and users with access to mobile internet show early Twitter adoption symptoms.
(tags: twitter socialmedia trends metrics)

Communicate Magazine
As chief executive [...]

Mouse traps

November 2, 2009 in Miscellany

So this weekend I finally managed to get my hands on one of those new-fangled Magic Mouse devices from the local Apple Store. They were announced a couple of weeks ago but have been slow appearing in the wild: but this weekend, finally, there were mice to behold and purchase.
Now I should say that I’m [...]