My Gadget Life

I discovered a new acronym the other day - AFOL. No, not ROFL, AFOL. It's for Adult Fan Of Lego. It sounds a bit seedy. Like it might ha...

Ever tried explaining Skype to your dad? It's like trying to explain it to Alexander Graham Bell himself. My initial experience with S...

So you like what you read here? Can't be bothered to wait for an update? (There's one coming shortly, promise!) Then why not subscri...

...er, like, without all the stuff we lost 'cause of the harddrive failure. Oh well... back to square one. As a side note, Apple have mi...

Ok, so our new(ish) iMac G5 packed in yesterday. It was after some serious iMovie/iDVD action and we went to put it to sleep for the night a...

Thanks to Islamic jihad and the fact that easyJet have cancelled all London to Glasgow flights, I'm traveling by train today. Actually, ...

Sometimes, despite, ooh, minutes of research, a gadget purchase can go awry. Particularly if your gut instinct is to buy as soon as you clap...

Apologies for not posting for a while. What with summer getting in the way and all I haven’t had much inclination to sit down and write for ...

The humble watch. Possibly the only piece of body adornment that can be gadgetized. That and the bluetooth headset. And the Oakley Thump . O...

You remember those old Tex Avery cartoons, the ones where if a character did something stupid he'd turn into a donkey? Or at least what...

Ok, so now I'm officially pissed off . I'm flying up to Glasgow from Luton airport and discovered the office have miss-booked my fli...

Today I tried Tesco's new self-scan checkout at my local store. It's a little bit weird... you basically scan in your own stuff, pac...

Yes, yes I know it's a pen. A simple writing implement forgotten in the onslaught of mobile communications. A tool of a bygone age. A re...

"It's pink!" I exlaimed a bit too loudly as the 12 year old shop assistant returned from the stockroom clutching a small box. ...

Well folks, please give a big hand to the latest item to gather dust at the bottom of the gadget drawer. Only kidding. For now. I'm actu...

Hello folks! Right now I'm in a hotel room in London - my work involves extended periods away from home - so over the next few weeks I...

Hello, and a Happy New Year to everybody. If you've stumbled across this from iLounge, then welcome, make youself at home and help yours...

Dear reader, you may be forgiving for thinking, from reading my earlier posts, that all my gadgets are electronic and digital by nature. Not...

Well, folks, it finally arrived on tuesday, 3 1/2 weeks after ordering. Now, a computer at home is a fairly essential bit of kit for most, i...

No. Not really. More like leaf sucking. I got a Flymo GardenVac a few years ago and never really used it much. But my garden has lots of tr...