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2013: Week Thirteen: Somebody’s Watching Me

  By Alex | April 1, 2013 - 2:10 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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giraffe_eye
A week in which things took an entertainment slant, with dragons, doctors and a surprise appearance by Metal Mickey.
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2013: Week Twelve: So long, and thanks for all the fish

  By Alex | March 24, 2013 - 7:53 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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shipfish
Many things happened this week, not all of them good, and not all of them within my usual home state. A week in which I complained about the great and mighty, got hypnotised by science and bootlegs and waterboarded in the name of chasing shipfish. The very shipfish in this exact photo.

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2013: Week Eleven: Stomping Grounds

  By Alex | March 15, 2013 - 7:20 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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Heffalump
You know who can deliver a good stomping? Elephants. Yeah, I know, I’m meant to be all about the Hippos, but Elephants are cool too. I wouldn’t want to get on their bad side.

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2013: Week Ten: Steaming Frozen 42″ Google Commode

  By Alex | March 8, 2013 - 5:12 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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Hippo
I’m not sure I’ve ever written about such a broad set of themes, from massive smartphones (some of which you can’t have) to building your own emergency toilet to the inevitable steamed hams. It’s been that kind of week. (more…)

2013 Week Nine: Life… don’t talk to me about life…

  By Alex | March 1, 2013 - 3:51 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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tiger
In which I discuss Australia’s 4G scene, phones you can’t have and whether it’s possible to gnaw your own face off…
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2013 Week Eight: ELVIS!

  By Alex | February 25, 2013 - 1:23 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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Elvis
This week’s roundup is a little later than normal, because — look! Behind you! ELVIS!

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2013: Week Five: Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous

  By Alex | February 1, 2013 - 4:14 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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Money
Not that I’m either rich or famous. But I did write down a lot of quotes from some rather well-known folk I was in contact with this week. (more…)

30 Seconds Of Tech: Blackberry Z10

  By Alex | January 31, 2013 - 11:30 am | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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z10s

They’re not RIM any more, but they — and by “they”, I now mean “Blackberry” have new phones to show off. Here’s the new touchscreen Blackberry, the Z10.
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Tagged 30 Seconds Of Tech, BlackBerry

2013: Week Four: Hacking Lives For Fun And Profit

  By Alex | January 27, 2013 - 12:59 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published
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GN2

No, not with a machete. Don’t tempt me. In which I take on the title of “Guest Contributor”, and stare deeply into a phone that’s larger than I am. (more…)

Tagged 30 Seconds Of Tech, ABC Technology+Games, Lifehacker

30 Seconds Of Tech: Kobo Arc

  By Alex | January 24, 2013 - 3:51 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech
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KoboArc_s

With bonus tablets, Wil Wheaton and some kind of best-selling “Grey” book that I’m apparently meant to want to read. (more…)

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