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Arc mouse

Simon — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:40:53 +0000

One of the items on my Christmas list was the beautiful Microsoft Arc Mouse. I’ve been huge fan of Microsoft pointing devices for years and I’ve actually had a couple of IntelliMouse Explorers all of which are still working perfectly.

The arc mouse is a dream for mobile people since it collapses to less than half it’s size and it even has a very clever little magnet to hold the USB dongle-wireless-transmitter-thing. The surface of both the mouse and the dongle-wireless-transmitter-thing are slightly rubberised and franky they feel wonderful as a result.

I’ve only got one criticism, the little back button is a bit too little…sure I’ll get used to it.

Installation is super easy, no drivers are required. To get even more from it though grab the software for it from Microsoft which gives you access to extra features, like putting Flip3D on a middle mouse click. Works perfectly with Window 7.

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The first Reading Geek Night

Simon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:17:00 +0000

First and foremost thanks goes out to Jim Anning ( @JimAnning ) for organising the first Reading Geek night.

The night was a great success with presentations from Ben Nunney ( @bennuk ) , Chris Tingley ( @fringley ) , Dom Green ( @domgreen ) and from Jim who covered some pretty diverse topics. It was great night and I decided to contribute by taking some often blurry photo’s of the whole thing.

Great conversations were had about digital identity, how newspapers and ebook readers like the kindle can coexist and far too much other interesting geeky stuff. If you’re a geek in Reading you should come along. Follow the blog , and the hashtag #rdggeek on twitter.

You’ll find my Flickr photos of the event here and take a look at @amykates photo’s too. Here are a couple of my favourite pics from the night…

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Lego Space Geeky T

Simon — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:53:07 +0000

It’s been a while so time for a another Geeky T-Shirt and this might be a new number 1 as its full on retro Lego man geekyness. Want to look like the little blue fellow to the left? Well now you can thanks to this superb T by Redrubble which features the original Lego space man logo, so now you can be about town rockin the Lego man look…where does one find the helmet?

[Lego man image from #0000ff;">Cardz on Flickr)

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Proof that drinking coffee makes you hard as nails!

Simon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Ok the title is a little misleading but if you’ve ever been drinking your coffee and had your biscuit (cookie) stolen out of your hand you probably need one of these. This is almost as good as the Pantone espresso cups I have. It’s a mug with a nuckle duster handle. Sweet. Geeky and sweet!

Available from these folks http://thabto.co.uk/mug.htm

[via @overheardatmoo on twitter]

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Subtle, but very cool geek t’s

Simon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:26:00 +0000

No, not me. M3rse let me know about what could possibly be the all time best, and most subtle geeky T-Shirt store Last Exit To Nowhere. My favourite is this Aliens T-Shirt, if you don’t get it then go watch the film for a catch up!

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I hate mornings!

Simon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:03:00 +0000

Well actually that’s not true, I just have lots of trouble waking up and it’s far worse in the winter. I’ve been talking about getting an alarm clock that simulates daylight to wake you up gradually for a while, but I’d abandoned the idea in favor of an iPod dock to have an elegant charging solution by the bed. It looks like I needn’t abandoned hope as Philips, who actually make all the most attractive daylight simulators have come out with all I want in one package. This thing might actually wake me up.

It’s on the US Amazon site, but doesn’t seem to be available in the UK just yet, oh well.

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Possibly the best geeky t-shirt ever!

Simon — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:48:00 +0000

I have a thing for geeky t-shirts, and this is a super example…might have to get my hands on it. If you don’t know what it is it’s Chewbacca on a bicycle, Genius.

It’s available just here and I found out about it via the fabulous Uncrate

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Geeky T-shirts

Simon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:16:02 +0000

I do like geeky things and that extends as far as my attire under some circumstances, especially so in summer. So it was with sheer glee that I purchased this t-shirt from play.com last week as it matches my other number one criteria…bargins! The geekyness is doubled by its inclusion of not only Starwars but also of Lego, and all for just £4.99 delivered. It’s a Fruit of the loom tee too so the quality is good, in fact I remember printing the same in my fathers factory as a nipper.

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Surfs Up! Live Wave 3 is comming

Simon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:28:18 +0000

I’ve just been reading on Techcrunch and eWeek about the cool new features that are about to come along in Live Wave 3. Basically it’s the next step in the story of turning Microsofts Software plus Services web technology on.

What we get this time though is what promises to be some hefty integration. Bringing not only all your Live services together (which till now have frankly been all over the place) but it also allows you to start aggregating your external content, ala Friend Feed. Mike Arrington on Techcruch has published the reviewers guide with lots of delicious detail, but this is looking good.

Potentially it’s less Walled Garden than most of the other social network sites and it also integrates your email, calendar, well pretty much every darn thing you’ve got. The interface is also getting a far more consistent make over which is never ever a bad thing.

Reports are it’s due to be turned on this evening.

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The best way to buy glasses

Simon — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:09:14 +0000

Sometimes a website gives you such great service that you just want to write something about them. Glasses Direct has done that for me!

In case you don’t know, which you probably don’t if you don’t wear them, glasses can be really expensive. I wanted a new pair so I did the usual rounds on the high street, the only pair I found that I liked were upward of £200 – that’s a new PC!! So I decided to get online and went strait for Glasses Direct.

They have loads of styles online to choose from and with much umm and arring with my fiancé we decided on a pair, then a pair of sunglasses. You can see the new pair in this picture, which is incidentally my new profile picture / avatar everywhere (hence the new).

I placed the order by entering the details from my last prescription (which was from a hastily purchased and ill considered pair of Ray Bans). I got an email to say that the order was placed.

A couple of days later I got an email to say that they’d been manufactured and sent. The first pair made it through the letter box. They were the sunglasses, and frankly they’re great. Normally when I put on some new glasses my eyes have to adjust for a couple of days, these didn’t. The new specs in this picture arrived a couple of days later. Both arrived with an edible eyeball!!!!!

So, get your glasses here. The website is great, the service is great, the delivery (which was from SMS) was great. I’ll be buying some more soon just for the heck of it. Oh yeah, and they blog too. Total cost for both pairs £91 !!!

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