Earlier today someone in the office asked me of an easy method of limiting their 13 year old son’s access to some of the less undesirable elements of the internet. A quick off-the-peg free solution is OPENDNS, a simple redirection service filters out a wide range of yucky material you wouldn’t want your kids, your [...]

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A send-up of apple’s recent iPod and iPhone TV ads… [flv width="425" height="319"]http://snipr.com/21tjr-zn6qcw[/flv]

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Had a few folks ask about this so thought I’d mention it.. in case you are unsure an iPod Touch is almost a thinner version of the iPhone but missing the phone functionality, the camera, internal speaker and bluetooth. On the plus side for same loot you get double the memory of an iPhone and [...]

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There’s a nitty web page over at Apples Web Apps library called Tubes. It simply polls London Underground every 5 minutes advising of the status of each line and warning of any hold-ups making journey corrections that much easier. I’ve no doubt this info has been around in other guises for yonks and to offer [...]

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  I’ve done some pretty interesting stuff in the 52 odd years I’ve been on the planet including jumping out of aeroplanes; some dodgy third-world helicopter reckies here and there: loads of awesome Landrover ‘excursions‘ when I worked on Camel Trophy and charging around on quad bikes in Samoa to name but a few. Up [...]

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Earlier today I  carried out a compatibility check on some IT kit for a busy London Office who are planning to trial a product called  Powerperfector.  I’ve yet to fully research this but from what I’ve read so far Powerperfector install equipment that optimizes the incoming mains voltage.     The savings quoted are typically around 10- 20% and there are [...]

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