Category Archives: Cool geek stuff

Things that are cool in a geeky sort of way, like Starwars T-Shirts, robots and door mats in the shape of keyboard keys.

HelloTwitFace launch

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Simon

I’ve just spent this evening on a bit of a GeekOut quest.  I’ve just put the finishing touches on HelloTwitFace.  It’s a really simple app that combines three of my favourite mobile sites, hellotxt, twitter and facebook. I think this … Continue reading →

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Killer Web Services

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Simon

I’ve posted in the past about what’s on my phone, what’s on my Media Center, and what my Media Center hardware is.  In the same theme this post is about the killer web services that I use.  First up I … Continue reading →

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Projects I want to do

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Simon

It’s fair to say there are a number of projects I want to do ggua year and I intend to post about each of them as I do them. cctv: I want to be able to remotely monitor the house … Continue reading →

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Media Center – The Hardware

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Simon

Well I’ve already posted about my software setup, but just what do I use in hardware terms on my Media Center Rig? The Basics The basic PC is actually quite old, I bought it to replace something stole during a … Continue reading →

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Windows Live Writer Portable 2.0 Now with U3

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Simon

I was just looking for couple of plugins for Windows Live Writer and came across this. I already use the brilliant portable apps suite to use Firefox but this is a really cool addition…tested and working fine…right now infact. Get … Continue reading →

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My Media Center Setup – the software

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Simon

I don’t think I’ve ever actually talked about how and what I use to run my Media Center. This is a little list of what I think is some truly excellent software that’s been produced by some very talented individuals. … Continue reading →

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Yawcam – Yet Another Webcam Software

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Simon

I wanted some form of monitoring from the home setup of something. Not really sure why but I sometimes get a bit worried when we are away from home. So I picked up a Tesco Value Webcam and found the … Continue reading →

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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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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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