Posted on Tue 16 December 2008 in geek
We watched Top Gear last night and I saw a car I'd be happy to buy and still feel good enough about my environmental credentials. I thought Clarkson was a little hard on the Tesla Roadster's range. The rated range of 244 miles on a full charge assumes a …
Posted on Fri 12 December 2008 in geek
After a few false starts last night I finally got a chance to play with PlayStation Home for a bit this morning. The simplest description of it would probably be Second Life for consoles.
First impressions are actually pretty good. The initial avatar creation process certainly gives you plenty of …
Posted on Tue 09 December 2008 in geek
I've mentioned the iPhone once or twice before. Their last entanglement with the ASA, for overly blinging the iPhone "usage experience", got the ad pulled. However undaunted I have just seen the same ad with the rather apologetic light text on a light background "sequence has been shortened" tacked onto …
Posted on Mon 01 December 2008 in geek
It's getting to the point I'll have to make a decision soon on what I want out of a laptop. The current runners and riders are:
Unfortunately there is no current clear winner. Certainly I want SSD …
Posted on Thu 27 November 2008 in geek
Well it looks like everything should be wrapped up by January 5th at which point I shall be officially jobless. I probably won't add to the stats though as despite having worked for most of my adult life I don't qualify for any benefits.
Obviously I've been polishing my CV …