A while ago I decided to use my mobile phone for what I wanted to, as often as I needed and not worry much about the costs associated with it. This gave me a better estimate of how much I would normally spend instead of having it biased by how much I had left in [...]
Category Archives: Gadgets
Freeview|HD – Update
A few weeks ago I wrote an article on trying to get the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid TV Tuner working with New Zealand’s
Freeview|HD
Most of the problems I’ve been having with EyeTV are resolved in EyeTV 3.0.2. I have written an update article that has more detail. More updates: Appears I had the position of the Hamilton infill transmitter slightly wrong on the map, updated the co-ordinates. New Zealand recently launched Freeview|HD, a High-Definition free-to-air television service. There [...]
Thoughts On Music
Steve Jobs has issued a Hot News article detailing Apple’s stance on DRM and it’s future. I’m going to go so far as to say he has laid down a challenge in full public view to the big 4 Music Distribution Companies. However I can see that his account serves only to appease the public’s [...]
Laser Printer
It does appear that yesterday I purchased a small laser printer. They retail for about $178 so we’re talking small, low-end laser printer. Its the Brother HL-2040. According to the reviews, photo printing quality is sketchy at best (even for a black and white laser). I just printed a high resolution photo on it and [...]