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The Optimus keyboard is a new idea many have been waiting for; a keyboard with a layout that changes depending upon its use. For example it can display the usual QWERTY keyboard in Word but just as easily switch to a French AZERTY layout if need be. This would also extend into games where you could have a different setup of keys and functions depending on the game being played. Read more ⇒
Setting up a world visible host with a Netcomm NB1300 ADSL modem…
Due to the reluctance of many hosts on the internet to update their server software I have decided that I will use my spare computer at home as a small server for testing my PHP5 scripts and so on. But I ran into a few niggling problems along the way. Firstly alot of the modems functions are not properly documented in the user manual, which is pathetic, they assume that you know a lot about ADSL modems and procedures to do with them. Read more ⇒
Toby is a wee rabbit who is going to be eaten unless his site creator is paid $50k USD in the next month. Fantastic little web legend if you ask me, please go and check SaveToby.com out for yourself. The updates page has some hidden gems. Read more ⇒
Strange name for the latest incarnation of a linux distribution, but then Ubuntu is a very different beast. First of all the best thing about Ubuntu is that initially you only need to download one iso image from their site and you can get a desktop or server up and running a CD burner later. You can then download binaries for other programs you may need via an inbuilt and remove programs interface. Read more ⇒
If you don’t already know about this site then you have not been on the web in the last five years. It has become the biggest place to discuss Windows related news and problems. It now has a very large member base and is ever expanding. The news is well worth a look for details about the latest updates to your favourite programs, but the forums are the greatest resource on there. Read more ⇒
Quite simply the best player I have come across. It is lightweight and starts up exceptionally quickly and maintains a minimal footprint. It sounds great and the interface is nice and simple. Skinned players are for losers. I like to listen to my music not look at the player. This player does what it says on the box and it is not bloated. Download it and use it now. Nothing else to say! Read more ⇒
AMIP is a program that gets the currently playing song title from your music player and broadcasts it to your email client and MSN messenger among others. I now use it for my email signatures and in MSN Messenger7 where it does a very good job. It has many builds and you need to pick the one for the player you currently use. In my case foobar2000, which is quite possibly the best player available. Read more ⇒
I have been using Konfabulator on my Windows machine for a little while and I am very impressed with it. I also tried out ObjectDesk but I didn’t feel it was as good. Konfabulator just works and does its job perfectly. ObjectDesk kept falling over which was quite irritating. There are also plenty of Widgets available for Konfabulator and unlike ObjectDesk the news widgets don’t all link to bullshit like CNN! Read more ⇒
Ever since I first saw Phill Eather’s Lancia Stratos at the Targa Tasmania race event when I was a kid I have wanted a one. They have classic styling that has not dated at all, well not much for a car of its age. Most of its competitors are all but forgotten. Yes Bertone did a wonderful job on the coachwork for Lancia’s rally monster. Despite not having any money I have been looking into the Stratos replica options. Read more ⇒
Most people use it as their instant messaging program of choice and it is the most fully featured and frequently updated one out there at the moment, at least of all the main stream programs out there. Microsoft claim to receive 100 million unique connections through their messaging service per day, which is quite phenomenal. So with this in mind I began to wonder why exactly this application was such a piece of shit. Read more ⇒