Skype 5 for Mac Exits Beta, Group Video Calling Now Premium Feature

January 27, 2011 · Posted in foundFings . . . · Comment 

Skype 5 for Mac Exits Beta, Group Video Calling Now Premium Feature:

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Skype 5 on Mac is absolutely awful….it needs a lot more than a few tweaks

Skype today announced that Skype 5 has gone gold, exiting the beta stage that began last November….

Virgin Media are a disgrace

January 25, 2011 · Posted in Rants . . . · 4 Comments 

This evening I have wasted around 3 hours dealing with my intermittent (and that’s being nice about it) 50M Broadband service.

I had my 10M connection upgraded to Virgins 50M service last Tuesday. The engineer who installed it said that the Modem took much longer than normal to connect and once he’d left I found that I had to call up and activate it again, despite him having already done this once.

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Today you…. tomorrow me

December 21, 2010 · Posted in foundFings . . . · 2 Comments 

I’ve seem this story in several places on the web and wanted to put it here so I’d know where to find it if I wanted to read it again. It’s simple and hopefully inspirational…why can’t everyone do something to help someone, even something small, every day.

If you know where/who this story originates from (I think it may have been a comment on Reddit) please let me know so that I can give credit where it’s due.


Just about every time I see someone I stop. I kind of got out of the habit in the last couple of years, moved to a big city and all that, my girlfriend wasn’t too stoked on the practice. Then some shit happened to me that changed me and I am back to offering rides habitually. If you would indulge me, it is long story and has almost nothing to do with hitch hiking other than happening on a road.

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and so it begins…

July 15, 2010 · Posted in brain dump . . . · Comment 

think I’ll be taking my laptop on the train with a bit more regularity from now on 😉

Samsung announces rugged Xcover handset with 67-day standby time

June 29, 2010 · Posted in foundFings . . . · Comment 

Samsung announces rugged Xcover handset with 67-day standby time:

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looks like the perfect festival phone – rugged and the battery life is epic 😉

Prefer your cellphone to be more tough than smart? Then you might want to give…

James Whatley: TV star & Roaming Guru

June 26, 2010 · Posted in foundFings . . . · Comment 

James Whatley: TV star & Roaming Guru:

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Nice one Whatleydude … and ta for the Truphone nod 🙂

PS. we do a clever roaming SIM card now as well as the software 😉

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Hey! What’s that? It’s only James…

Very cool: super slow motion footage of Apollo 11 launch

April 27, 2010 · Posted in foundFings . . . · Comment 

Very cool: super slow motion footage of Apollo 11 launch:

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Very cool camera shot and commentary explaining what’s going on 🙂

Okay, okay, it’s totally freaking awesome. I really want to know what the film speed and exposure…

Publisher Experiments With ‘Free’ And Sees Book Sales Increase 20x

March 17, 2010 · Posted in foundFings . . . · Comment 

Publisher Experiments With ‘Free’ And Sees Book Sales Increase 20x:

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wow, a publisher that’s finally beginning to get it???

We’ve pointed to numerous studies, at this point, that have all found that, when done right, free ebooks can greatly…

Pulling the tablecloth out from under the place-settings with a performance motorcycle

March 13, 2010 · Posted in foundFings . . . · Comment 

Pulling the tablecloth out from under the place-settings with a performance motorcycle:

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he he he, hat’s pretty cool 😉

This is a very clever way to promote your performance motorcycle: BMW chains a very, very long tablecloth with a very, very elaborate…

New Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Enough High-Tech Gear To Make Your Head Spin [Iron Man]

March 8, 2010 · Posted in foundFings . . . · Comment 

New Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Enough High-Tech Gear To Make Your Head Spin [Iron Man]:

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not only do they seem to be doing all the right things with this franchise but they have the gift of great music already written … Iron Man by Black Sabbath and now War…

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