This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
Now, Sue’s iPhone 3GS has a very strange problem. It’s been there since day one we think and even the recent iOS4 update didn’t cure it. Symptoms: The homepage icons don’t go into edit or wobble mode when they are held down. It works fine on mine but try as I might holding any of [...]
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Filed under: Hardware, Software, Techie
Although I only use an iPhone 3G the suggestion from Apple this week was to upgrade to the latest operating system iOS4. iTunes sync made the whole operation pretty straightforward, if longwinded. After about 20mins-half an hour of data thrashing between the phone and the Mac, I was able to use a few of the [...]
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About 3 years ago I added a post here about the fantastic service I had received from Logitech regarding a faulty cordless mouse. Well, here we are, 3 years later and it’s happened again! My trusty MX1000 cordless mouse has developed the same fault as before. Unfortunately that model is no longer made so I [...]
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Filed under: Great Service, Hardware, Techie
This last Tuesday, Microsoft released a bunch of patches and updates for Windows. Normally, I recommend everyone should update but on this occassion I don’t! Why? Well take a look here, the list of people with problems after this update is growing by the hour and they are having serious problems. My own machine(s) updated [...]
Well the hype is over and the web is alive with reviews, “hands-ons” and more about Apple’s latest release, the iPad. Yes, I like Apple products and yes, I did follow the bloggers covering today’s event; but I have a small problem before parting with my hard earned cash. Why? well take a look at [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Hardware, Isle of Wight, Techie
Here they go again….. My BT broadband speed seems to have settled at 2,720Mb/s over the last few days. It seems that BT are playing games again…. When I phoned them today to ask what was going on they promptly offered to reduce my monthly payments…. took me almost 2 seconds to accept!
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Filed under: Hardware, Home, Hosting, Isle of Wight, Techie
Checked the BT HomeHub again today and now find it’s reading 4,320 Kbps! Somebody at OpenReach is fiddling with things again… UPDATE: Mmm… I spoke too soon, today Wed 06/01/2010 it’s back to 3,776 Kbps….. ;(
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Filed under: Hardware, Home, Isle of Wight, Techie
For ages now I’ve had a BT broadband speed (recorded by the BT Home Hub) of 3,200Kbps. This has been disputed by the SamKnows speed trial but it’s near enough. Anyhow, for the past few days the Home Hub has been showing 3,800Kbps. I have no idea what BT have done to get the improvement, they [...]
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Filed under: Hardware, Home, Isle of Wight, Techie
For my birthday this year, Sue bought me a copy of The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive. Not only is this book a list of interesting places to visit, it’s also a condensed mine of information about each one, describing why it’s worth a visit and providing weblinks for further [...]
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Filed under: Books, Hardware, Hobbies, Techie
