Technology Memory Lane

13Nov07

I found a great site the other day and it took me on a real stroll down memory lane. It’s a bit nerdy, and probably appeals to the OCD aspect of my personality1, but Walkman Central has a list of all the Walkmans that Sony have produced. The two that really struck a [...]

Filed under: Devices   |  Leave a Comment

One Man, One %TEXT NOT FOUND%

25Apr07

Picture by colmmacc
Some rights reserved.

Apparently An Taoiseach thinks that we’re the laughing stock of Europe for not rolling out eVoting (see this RTE News article). Hmm… I’m sure they’re having a good laugh at us in France right now where their Nedap voting machines, the same ones we currently have in warehouses, are causing [...]

Filed under: Devices, Politics, Software Development   |  Leave a Comment

I’ve Switched… (sort of)

22Feb07

A couple of weeks ago I finally did what I’ve been promising to do for months now and finally bought myself a Mac. Originally I was going to pick up a MacMini but I already have one desktop machine in the house and it was going to be hard to justify buying another one.
I [...]

Filed under: Apple, Devices, General   |  Leave a Comment

Apple TV and iPhone

25Jan07

Early last year1 I talked about how I felt the iPod was such a strong seller in the MP3 market because of the Apple brand and that Sony blew it in a space they should have owned. Since then Sony have come out with the hard-drive based Walkman and a rake of other MP3 [...]

Filed under: Apple, Devices, iPod   |  Leave a Comment

Origami Shmorigami

21Mar06

Speaking of natty new devices, during my brief hiatus Microsoft finally announced just wtf the Origami was about, and it turns out it’s not just a poor viral marketing campaign1. It’s actually a mediocre handheld PC. At least that’s what it looks like at first glance.
They’re calling it the Ultra-Mobile PC. Quite [...]

Filed under: Devices, Microsoft   |  Leave a Comment