Jan

5

The Gadget Guru » Uncap Your iPod

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As suggested by The Gadget Guru » Uncap Your iPod, I’ve just downloaded GoPod. Further news once I get the chance to use it but my iPod irritation is similar to his.
One of my few irritations with my 4G iPod has to do with the volume when I connect it to the deck in my […]

Dec

21

So, we’re not the only ones…

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There’s an interesting difference here in iBook experiences. I’m typing this from a shiny new iBook G4 which we received on Saturday as a replacement for the G3 whose logic board died, for the fourth time this year, a short while ago.
The G3 is sat next to me as Apple UK do not intend […]

Dec

18

Finger and toe crossing pays off

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We were a little surprised yesterday morning to be awoken by a courier who asked us to sign for a large parcel. The parcel turned out to contain an iBook G4, replacement for the G3 which keeled over a couple of weeks ago (and a couple of months ago, and a couple of quarters ago, […]

Dec

7

iBook problems

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For the fourth time this year, the logic board on Kate’s iBook has gone. We’re hoping not to have a repeat of Zoara’s iBook saga and were pleased today to be told by the nice man at GBM that we should be due a replacement. Fingers and toes are crossed.

Nov

15

My ideal diary

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I don’t hate iCal. But you must admit, it really is crap. Sadly, I’ve never yet found a good alternative that fully satisfies my requirements.
I need to be able to synchronise calendars with my Palm for when I’m out.
I need multi-user access to this calendar so that Kate and I can each add, delete and […]

Nov

15

Skype and Application Enhancers

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I have today downloaded Skype, partly and ironically because of an advert for a rival service. Sadly, I had nothing but strife trying to get the thing to work as the software crashed every single time I tried to log in.
Eventually, I tracked this down to the Application Enhancer. Once I had added Skype to […]

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