Two of my workmates are currently at the Future of Web Apps conference in London. Not only have they had to pay for their wifi (which they were using to update a page on our wiki with details of the talks) but the connection is terrible: very slow and keeps dropping – they’ve given up trying to use it, despite having already paid. That’s pret...

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I now have a nabaztag. It’s an ambient device in the form of a wifi, talking rabbit (more details). If you like you ca...

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I’ve had my Linkssys WAG54G (a wifi router and four-port switch) for about eighteen months, but over the past month or so, it’s been consistently dropping and then reconnecting my wired network connections every few seconds with Windows reporting that “A network cable was unplugged”. Replacing the ...

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Opera have announced that they’re going to release a browser for the DS in Japan. Frankly, this is brilliant. The browser on the PSP is all very well and good, but it’s nowhere near the ease of navigation that a touchscreen will give. The amount of time I end up waiting at train stations with free DS-enable...

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I live in an apartment block. My last home was also in an apartment block. Before that, a house for a year, but for the two years previous to that, I lived in an apartment block. Our noticeboard is very small, and covered in messages from the owners of the building. Everyone living in an apartment block shares some similar concerns – am I paying too much for rent?, when do the bin men co...

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With the recent announcements of the N91 and the 770, Nokia have shown that they’re not kidding around. They’re not in this to sell phones, they’re in this to sell mobile digital devices. It’s tempting to say “mini-PCs”, but w...

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The Showroom (location)cinema and bar in Sheffield provides free WiFi access to all customers in its bar, and is only a two minute walk from my apartment.

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I’ve come home to Bristol for Christmas (wonder if I’ll see any of the ILRT folks like Libby Miller or Dan Brickley doing their Christmas shopping?), and what do I find? I find that not only has my Mum bought a new computer (a 2.2GHz Dell with half a gi...

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