Actually, to be more accurate, Microsoft is retiring it’s venerable TechNet, with renewal only available until the end of August 2013 for one final year. […] Read More
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I need to address my home server storage capacity problem. For a while I’ve been using a single disk 2TB Buffalo home NAS with an […] Read More
Leaving GoogIe? I use e-mail a lot. I know it’s not as cool to talk about in these social website times, but the truth is, […] Read More
Like many, it seems over the last few years, I’ve been getting more interested in some simple home brew hardware hacking. Thus, I’ve recently taken […] Read More
For over 15 years, I’ve built my own PCs. The first was a 486/DX2-66 based machine just before Windows 95 came out. I’ve done it […] Read More
OK, maybe fun is not the right word, but over the last few years, I’ve been ‘digitally archiving’ a few items – it started with […] Read More
So last month I bought my first tablet – a Google/Asus Nexus 7. There hasn’t been much in the way of gadget updates here in […] Read More

Here’s a quick Kiva update; I’m currently part way through participating in my second Kiva micro-loan. The first was to a Vietnamese metalwork shop, as […] Read More

After thinking about getting one for quite a while, I finally bought myself a GoPro Hero 2 camera. For those not familiar, the Hero 2 […] Read More
Perhaps as you get older, and certainly when you have children, you start thinking a bit more about preserving family photos. All photos of my […] Read More