Monthly Archives: February 2008

What's cool on my device

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Simon

Here is a list of my favorite apps on my WinMo phone.  Thought it would be useful and was sparked off from what Jason Langridge said about Communicator (as in OCS) being the first thing he always loads. PointUI – … Continue reading →

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Last night at the MMMUG

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Simon

Last night I popped along to an MMMUG, mainly to be honest to hear Jason Langridge talk about Windows Mobile and managing it using System Center Mobile Device Manager. I have to say this product looks like a cool way … Continue reading →

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Living with myTV

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Simon

It’s been a few days now since I got myTV working fully on my MediaCenter rig. Got to say I’m loving the experience! myTV has made me reorg my filling system and it now works a bit like a dream. … Continue reading →

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Media Center in the kitchen and DiNovo Mini

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Simon

Over on10 Steven Lindsay as done something I’d really love to do at some point, if I’m allowed, and has installed a Media Center into his kitchen. Looks cool too, here’s the link: The Media Center show interview & Media … Continue reading →

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QR Codes and beyond

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Simon

One of those interesting things that I  got into about a year ago was QR codes.  Interesting but not much use for them at the time.  Well it looks like they’re use is set to increase in the UK soon.  … Continue reading →

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myTV

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Simon

Over the weekend I downloaded and installed the excellent myTV for media center. It’s written in mcml and is the best non Microsoft Vista Media Center app I’ve seen. I dont’ have access to the link at the moment to … Continue reading →

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Checking out Amazon associates insert from LiveWriter

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Simon

This is one of my favourite books.  It’s a very friendly management piece that takes you on journeys.  My all time best management book. The Naked Leader ISBN: 0553815652ISBN-13: 9780553815658 hiojioj Technorati Tags: blogging,live writer,amazon,naked leader

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Power Monitoring

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Simon

This looks like a really interesting new system that I’d really love to get into. The Greener Grass: Concept – Current State This is an automation system that does remote control of sockets, but the killer feature is that it … Continue reading →

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WeFi 2

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Simon

Well its installed on my device and its immediatley picked up a free mapped hotspot on my street. Somehow I doubt thats a real one. My guess is that it works off of the name of the spot and its … Continue reading →

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Wefi

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Simon

Wow, this looks rather cool.  I was just bouncing around www.mashable.com and found this new tool.  WeFi it looks quite similar to

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