The O2 Mobile Phone Upgrade saga concludes

By On June 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Conclusion

I finally managed to get the O2 XDA Serra (HTC Touch Pro) but boy was it a hassle! (See Trying to upgrade my O2 mobile phone) I had to start a new contract with O2 and lose my old one that I’d had since 2004. I now know that this means I’ve lost [...]

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Trying to upgrade my O2 mobile

By On May 7, 2009 · 4 Comments

I’ve been out of contract with O2 for probably around two years now and during this time I’ve been perfectly happy with the XDA IQ that I’ve got. I also carry around a Blackberry that I have for work so use that to browse the Internet, check email, and send tweets. [...]

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My reply to: Which is the worst Transformer?

By On February 3, 2009 · 3 Comments

I follow Chris Garrett on Twitter and he posted a link to a blog post about Which is the worst Transformer?. As a kid I really liked The Transformers and felt compelled to defend some of them. I posted what is about to follow as a [...]

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Problem solving lessons relearnt

By On December 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’ve had one of those days. I set out early this morning aware that I had a tough task ahead of me at work. By the end of the day I’ve made very little progress.

 

 The silly thing is that I know exactly what mistakes I’ve made today that have hindered [...]

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Synaptics scrolling not working

By On May 17, 2008 · 9 Comments

I’ve just updated my Synaptics touchpad drivers and after a restart the scrolling no longer worked. I did the obvious, check the settings and “do a google” but could not find the solution anywhere. I then went back to the settings and then noticed a sub-settings option for the touchpad in the Device Settings tab. [...]

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Train newspaper recycling

By On April 1, 2008 · 2 Comments

I recently took a job back at Caplin Systems in London and as a result have started commuting into the city every day by train. Once you’ve done the same journey a few times there’s little new to see when looking out of the window so most [...]

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HP/Compaq nw9440: the purchase, review, problems and solutions

By On September 11, 2007 · 7 Comments

In June 2006 I started working as a self employed software consultant. To mark this momentous occasion I decided to buy myself a shiny new laptop (as mentioned in an earlier post). After a reasonable amount of searching, including asking those I know who are knowledgeable about such things, I plumped for the

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Whinge of the Week: Elephant.co.uk – bad experience

By On January 29, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I was recently in an RTA. I’ve only once before been in a car accident but this time my car was quite badly damaged and the damage was judged to be “borderline”. This means that the cost of fixing the car is in the same region as the car value. [...]

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