Twitter is unbelievably popular now. There are an incredible amount of people using it and an incredible amount signing up each day. Some people are now beginning to dislike Twitter because of the way it is treated. Gaining followers has become more of a game and a high follower count gives people something to boast [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Apr 2009
27th
27th
iMac Unboxing – Refurbished 20" 2.4 GHz
Live, with 16 viewers, I began the unboxing of my iMac! It’s a refurbished iMac — 2.4 GHz processor with 1 GB of Ram. Basically, the 2008 model. I got it, from the Apple store, for £650 which, for an iMac, isn’t bad! Throughout the day, more people joined the chat to watch the Live [...]
Apr 2009
25th
25th
Otterbox Amor Series Case for iPod
Pros:
Very Protective
Removable clip with cable management feature
Allows you to access the Home Button on the iPod Touch and iPhone
Protects Screen
Cons:
Is very big
Doesn’t look very nice
Doesn’t allow access to Volume and sleep buttons
Rating: 4/5
I was lucky enough to receive the Armor Series Case for the iPod Touch 2G from Otterbox to review. Above, you can see [...]
Apr 2009
17th
17th
Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB External Hard Drive
Pros:
Looks great
Space saving design
Plug & Play
Lots of storage for a low price
Cons:
A bit noisy compared to more expensive drives
Lack of on/off switch
Rating: 5/5
For the last few years, I’ve been using a hard drive in an external enclosure. It was a 120GB hard drive and lately has just kept backups. I’ve never trusted the drive 100% [...]
Apr 2009
7th
7th
Belkin 4 Port USB Hub Unboxing and Review
Pros:
Matches and sits under the Mac
Does not slide around the desk
Looks good
Works well and is a powered hub
Has easy-to-reach USB ports on the front
Cons:
Only has 2 USB ports on the back
Feels quite cheap
Rating: 4/5
This particular USB hub is designed to sit underneath (or on top of) the Mac mini. It has 2 ports on the [...]
Apr 2009
5th
5th
Tech Survey
I received a list of questions, some tech related, some not, from a member of the community, goalkeeperg. You can find his YouTube channel at youtube.com/goalkeeperg. I know this is a blog and I should type my answer to each question, but that would take too long and I don’t have time. Maybe I’ll update [...]
Apr 2009
2nd
2nd
Chimp Open for Public Registration
I’d like to apologise to the people who asked for a BETA invite to Chi.mp, or the Content Hub and Identity Management Platform, because I didn’t get round to giving them out and now the website is out of BETA. Which is good news but I’m still conscious of the fact that I promised some [...]
