Tag Archives: gadgets

Welcome to the new computer

By Owen | October 23, 2008

So, while we were away, we bought a new computer for Camille. Her old one was starting to throw some problems with its USB ports and the screen was starting to come loose. The problem with laptops is that they are rather hard to repair, so we thought we’d get a new one to make [...]

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Useful HDMI gadget

By Owen | September 22, 2008

You learn something every day. I wasn’t aware that you can actually get an HDMI switch for your HDMI devices. It’s a switching box that takes 3 inputs and lets you select which one gets displayed on your TV. I knew you could get them for standard video signals, but I mistakenly assumed that HDMI [...]

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Pop Up TV

By Owen | August 5, 2008

How cool is this. Import Advantage is a company that specialises in pop up tv solutions that can be placed in a wall unit, at the foot of a bed or anywhere else you might want. Look how cool this is.
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I so would like to get one of these. Not because I love gadgets, well, [...]

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Games routers play

By Owen | March 13, 2008

I had a couple of hours yesterday where my Wifi connection stopped working at home, and it was quite disconcerting. I wasn’t sure if it was the entire router that stopped working or just WiFi, so I almost got myself a spare CAT5e to test it out. All of a sudden however, it just started [...]

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