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October 15, 2009

WikiReader

The WikiReader is a funky Hitch-Hikers Guide style gadget that gives you Wikipedia in your pocket. I love the form, the touchscreen, the low power consumption, the low price and that it uses a MicroSD card. You can subscribe to bi-annual updates and they will post you the cards, or you can download the (4GBs of) data yourself.

I'm waiting for an e-reader gadget like this, but the size of a paperback, that allows you to put any data on the card to read. Ideally running some flavour of Linux. And none of this copy protection nonsense! 

That's all I want.

     
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WikiReader_tag_brainfart_gadge.zip (179 KB)

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December 1, 2008

Upgrading my Eee PC to 2GB of RAM

And I'm pleased to report that it was as dead easy as it looked, took five minutes and caused zero complications. I can't say that I've noticed any speed bump though.

I also bought a 1GB SD card for about £3.40, which I plan to just leave in the SD slot instead of the blank piece. Next on the list: Mobile broadband dongle and big extra battery...

       
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October 29, 2008

I still haven't find the perfect place to read my RSS feeds... Any suggestions?

  • I use Google Reader for EVERYTHING I find and want to check back on occasionally.
  • I tried feedly for a while. It's pretty good, but I didn't like how it chose to present the feeds to me.
  • I like Netvibes, and use it as my homepage on all my computers, but I keep my feeds on separate tabs, and don't delve into them that often.
  • I briefly used Thunderbird as a reader, but never liked it (I always click through to interesting stories). 
  • Standalone readers won't work for me for the same reason.
  • I don't like friendfeed for RSS either.

Is there anything else I could try? What do you use?

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October 15, 2008

So I just joined Strands - *another* lifestreaming service

I love the concept of lifestreaming services, and I keep trying them, but they all seem to have the same fatal flaw. You set it up, and forget about it! So my Strand profile is up, if anyone is interested. I also have a Lifestream.fm profile here. FriendFeed and tumblr are the only ones that seems to have enough added value to be worthwhile, as far as I can see. I'll bet most of these new services will be gone by this time next year.

Sweetcron is probably the best solution, if you are going to want a useful lifestream. Install it on your own server, design it however you like and bolt on whatever features possible.

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