Posts Tagged ‘review’
This is the first post in what will be (at least) a three part series. I’m also planning to look at the Quick2Wire board(s) and Gertboard. The ladder board (sold by Tandy for the bargain price of £5.99) is designed for Gordon at Drogon’s ladder game[1], but can be used for various other purposes – basically anything […]
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Tags: board, GPIO, Ladder, LED, makers, project, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, review, RPi, switch
Race Against The Machine
I’ve been an avid follow of Andrew McAfee’s Blog ever since JP first pointed me in that direction. He’s clearly a man that understands how technology is reshaping how we do business. Whilst I was on holiday a few weeks ago I noticed that he’d published a book along with Erik Brynjolsson – Race Against […]
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Tags: #racemachine, copyright, economics, education, employment, entrepreneur, founders visa, immigration, Internet, patents, politics, race against the machine, regulation, review, SMEs, startups, technology
Review – EVGA G210 Graphics Card
After getting my 27″ monitor I needed a graphics card with Dual Link DVI that could do 2560×1440. I didn’t want to spend a load, and I wanted something without a fan (and associated noise) – the EVGA G210 was the cheapest I could find – £23.05 from Scan.co.uk (with free delivery courtesy of the […]
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Tags: 210, EVGA, G210, GeForce, NVidia, review, WEI
After some hassles getting it, the X121e has been in the household for a few days now – so it’s time for first impressions review. Design and build The machine looks and feels more like an IdeaPad than the ThinkPad’s I’m used to. This is no surprise given the price. The chassis seems pretty robust, but […]
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Tags: lenovo, review, x121e
Review – Dell U2711 Monitor
I’ve lusted after a 30″ monitor for a while now, and got to use one some time ago (an Apple Cinema display) . The price of those beasts is headed in the right direction, but still – ouch. 27″ seems to be a different matter. A few weeks ago my brother was being disparaging about my […]
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Tags: 2560x1440, 27", Dell, monitor, review, U2711
It’s time for another one of those posts where the purpose is to save me from repeating myself, and also hopefully seed some ideas into the industry. I take inspiration from my recent purchase of some Vibram Five Fingers, which I hope to review here another day. It boils down to this – I see […]
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Tags: account, audit, break glass, entitlements, idm, portal, provisioning, review, self service, service, system, technical
iPad 2 versus Samsung Galaxy Tab
I ordered an iPad 2 on the day that they were made available in the US (and had it shipped to a friend I was visiting a few weeks later). A few days later I got a note from one of the R&D guys at work saying that a Galaxy Tab was on its way […]
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Tags: apple, Galaxy Tab, iPad, IPad 2, review, Samsung, Swype
Review – HP Microserver
This might well be the bargain of the decade, and I must say that I’m quite cross that the news took so long to find me. A couple of days after I bought my NAS a friend tweeted: I asked Leslie how it was so cheap. It turns out that the (ex VAT) price was […]
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Despite knowing that ‘free 3G’ is a trap I still ordered a Kindle 3G. There was nobody home when the postman came yesterday, so I had to pick it up from the depot this morning before rushing for my train (depot opens at 0800, train leaves at 0803, I just made it). This isn’t intended […]
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Tags: 3G, amazon, ebook, kindle, reader, review
I watched this film last week, but it’s taken me a while to find the time for a quick review. I guess I must like Michael Moore‘s films, as I’ve watched most of them, though I know from experience to expect a certain political perspective that I might not entirely agree with. I think he […]
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