To a mere mortal like me Mashups have sometimes appeared…errr…. over-hyped and (to be frank) not much use to the man in the street. However, I’ve just been reading about a Mashup that’ll track your UPS, DHL or FedEx package and provide an updating rss feed of it’s progress. Guess I’d better flog something on [...]

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I’m off to Namiba on Sunday but I had a phone call from the Airline earlier this week to say my Passport would need to be valid for at least 6 months from the time I exited Namibia (as opposed to the date I entered the country). The law of sod being what it is [...]

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If you’ve ever read Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility you’ll no doubt recall the three Dashwwod sisters – Elinor, Marianne and Margaret. My three daughters attended a Regency Ball just before Christmas in Winchester which was organised by Hampshire Regency Dancers. During the evening they were photographed by Hampshire – the County Magazine and when [...]

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Back in April ’07 I bought a Kenwood Car Stereo that sported a ‘pucker’ iPod dock connector that allows me to control an iPod, quite nifty c’os I can change playlists and fast forward the iPod from the radio head unit. I’ve recently discovered that you can pick up a remote control unit for under [...]

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So, I’ve been a good boy flogging loads of my ‘older toys‘ on eBay over the past few weeks ‘cos hey, we’re moving house shortly. These activities have generated a healthy wad of of dosh in my disposable income wedge plus a vacant orifice in the Phil B toys and gadgets dept. In a couple [...]

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( Caveat – I original wrote this as a forum FAQ back in December but decided to promote to a full post now that several users have tested it. The notes are still work in progress so see the update info at the end of the post. Also be aware that the iPhone SDK will [...]

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