hardware

It’s not an iPhone..but I like it

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OK..so I can’t have an iPhone until January 2008 here in Australia, but I can be happy with what my Co-Pilot brought back with the shopping today.

(Didya know the iPhone has no buttons at all…..?)

(And if you turn the screen sideways, the display changes to landscape….?)

(I’m happy with what I’ve got..I am…really..)

Anyhow..I sent him out to get one of these:

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Seagate 2.5GB pocket hard drive

Because I’d borrowed the 5GB version from a friend and I now need something bigger than my 2GB thumbdrive. I use my work laptop and home PC about 50/50 and keep backing one up to the other and driving myself mad trying to find files.

Anyhow..he told me that for about twice the price I could by one of these, like my friend’s one:

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Seagate 5GB pocket hard drive

But mentioned that for the same price I could get this:

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It’s a teeny weeny 60 GB hard disk. It’s powered from the USB port, so no chunky power adaptor to cart around…just something a little bigger than my PDA.

It’s mine now. I’m happy.

(Until the iPhone comes to me anyhow).

Gizmoes, gadgets and CES 2007

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Wondering why that portable hard drive you’ve been lusting after for the last 4 months is suddenly much cheaper? And why flash drives are suddenly dime a dozen?? And what’s with all those LCD TVs suddenly cheaper?……Maybe it’s just Christmas marketing..or maybe…

… because in the USA, the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show is happening.Bill Gates spoke today, Michael Dell (yes, THAT Dell) speaks Tuesday Jan 9th. It’s big.

It’s also where the new gadgets and gizmoes are given their first outing. The manufacturers know that once we see those babies, that technothing we’ve been drooling over for the last few month is going to look..well….so very ’06.

Not too much has caught my eye, but I’ve been mildly interested in the HP MediaSmart Server powered by WindowsHome Server.

The new OS version was developed to help consumers deal with managing media across multiple PCs and devices in the home, and will provide automagic backup functionality and remote access as well as central file storage and management.

And has Sony really added RSS to television?

If the happenings at CES is the type of thing you like to track, then it’s definitely worth subscribing to a feed for a search, like the technorati tag. CES.

Pimp my PC

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Over at Tech Explorer, Corey asks “what does your computer say about you?” He had the thankless task of visiting a large number of staff computers in his library.

I was interested that many people had loaded in a favourite background image. Our electronic services librarian says this reminds her …and others…that she has a life outside work.


10 years ago, I customised my first work laptop with the album cover for Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Instead of the Windows close down noise, I had Bollywood. I sampled in Sri Devi singing the “awi wiwi wiwi wiwi wiwiw wi” bit of Hawa Hawaii from Mr India.

I think I must have got it out of my system, because after that I haven’t really fiddled with my PC settings too much… I just make everything a subltle shade of lilac, nowadays. And set the default browser to Firefox.

But.. I think I might be expressing myself outside my PC, at least at home….

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