I am having great fun using my Dell Streak 5. Have had it two weeks and I love many features of it. A word of warning though about the keyboard. The key to the left of the space bar only needs to be tapped to cycle through all the languages you can type in. If [...]
Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category
Here are instructions for your “Trek Time Watch” otherwise known as “Montre Trek Time”. I have no idea why there are no instructions either on the box or printed on a bit of paper and included in the box. So 20th century? I bought one for my wife to fix on the handlebar of her [...]
For a church web site I can highly recommend pure-design.org. Too many churches do not have a web site, and don’t where to start getting one. I have a friend who, moving to a new area, searched on-line for a church to try. He saw that many churches were without a web site. It meant [...]
Seeing the Bowes Museum Silver Swan is one of those things everyone should do before they die. I saw it when I was about 7 years old when on a caravanning holiday with my parents. I thought it was a great wonder and I never forgot the experience. In time, as the years went by, [...]
My friend Matthew in Singapore sent me this. It is magnetic sign that can be thrown on to a passing car. It is the idea of artist Peter Miller. I have had a few near misses from cars and buses but I am not sure a polite notice is the answer. In my experience most [...]
So you have unwrapped your automatic hen house doorkeeper, otherwise known as the VSB, and are trying to understand the instructions? I hope this helps. You may choose to fit the gadget before you try adjusting it and connecting it to the door but you don’t have to. The things to understand are these: Getting [...]
I have just read an article talking about a revival of 1950’s holiday habits Most people who enjoyed cycling and camping trips in the 1950s could not afford to fly, as with many of today’s recession-hit holidaymakers. The recession appears to be re-shaping holidays, with trips abroad being replaced by holidays in Britain and a [...]