A busy week here wraps up with Apple’s launch in Australia of the iPhone 4. I covered the queues overnight in Sydney for MacTheMag, and video blogged it as a result. It’s the first time I’ve bothered with a midnight opening, and the first time I’ve ever been pushed out of a venue by security. […]
iPhone queues, iPod docks, the Golden Rules and a computer called Colleen Read More »
The theme for today’s stories is clearly “large”. Such as the dimensionally challenged (to be nice) netbook I’ve reviewed for CNET.com.au: MSI Wind U160: “There is one fashion faux pas that the U160 commits, however. It’s the U160’s six-cell battery, and there’s only one thing to say. Yes, U160, your bum does look big in
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This week’s Vintage tech continues the theme of having guest contributors, after a fashion. Last week, rather aged video of Steve “Woz” Wozniak adorned my Apple II article. This week, the video is even older and the star even more stellar, as James T Kirk makes an appearance… Vintage Tech: Looking back at the VIC-20:
Radar Rat Race time… Read More »
I don’t only write stories about Apple, it should be noted. Except.. well, this one. But at least this story is about something Apple doesn’t sell any more. I know. I checked. This week’s Vintage Tech covers… Apple. Vintage Tech: Looking back at the Apple II: “If you check out the Apple Australia online store
Ancient Apples and the NBN Read More »
Having spent most of last week in Adelaide (or en route to and from Adelaide, as followers of my Twitter stream might have been able to work out), I haven’t updated with all of last week’s published works. There were, to put it mildly, a few articles going up while I was heading west. First
I've got a lovely bunch of content… Read More »
It’s been a bit quiet on this blog this week. I wonder why that was? Oh… right. There was this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utUo-HIhVKA[/youtube] While I was busy dealing with the fun and games of having no reliable mobile phone signal (thanks Vodafone!), an awful lot of content was being generated. First, at CNET.com.au, a slight departure from
Printers, laptops, airPads, Karateka and Frog Congee Read More »
One of the benefits of freelancing, so they say, is that you become your own boss. Nobody peeking over your shoulder, and endless days of getting up late, working in pyjamas and being hand-fed peeled grapes by dusky island maidens. The reality, naturally enough, is slightly different. Grapes go substantially up in price. The dusky
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Well, that didn’t take long. The first of what I suspect might just be a few iPhone 4 articles I’ll pen over the coming weeks, live now for your perusal at PC Authority. It should be noted that I might just annoy 70 million people with this one: iPhone 4: The top 5 reasons to
Five reasons to buy iPhone 4 (and five reasons not to) Read More »
Today’s vintage tech deals with a computer system I grew up with, the Amstrad CPC family of machines. It’s always unusual doing the research for vintage tech articles, as the online sources can often be a little flaky (yes, I’m looking at you, Wikipedia), so it was rather nice to work on something where I
Never let it be said that I don’t have some variety in what I write. Well, OK, two of today’s articles might just have something to do with Apple. But the other one doesn’t limit itself to just one kind of fruit. First up, at Hydrapinion, my stint standing in for Stephen Withers comes to
Pac-Man underwear, nice warm jumpers and mining tycoons… Read More »