2008-08-04UTC02:31:18It's a god-awful small affair...HOLY COW, Mars Phoenix has discovered life on Mars! Well, possibly, there is a rumour they have discovered the potential for life. I would have said the chances were something like a million to one against this happening, but what do I know?... 2008-03-05UTC09:41:03RE: Ever feel lacking in skills?That's crazy talk, and quite an arrogant viewpoint for Wired - screw building a clock out of voltmeters. I've got a degree in electronics but there is no way I'd open up your iPaq to see why it wasn't working. Gadgets are sold as black boxes, and are... 2008-03-05UTC09:14:20Ever feel lacking in skills?I do, all my skills are in software, if the power went off tomorrow I'd be SUNK! I wish I had more hardware skills, not just computer hardware, but general mechanics and making and fixing things. Here's an interesting article along those lines from w... 2008-01-15UTC09:12:04Apple AirbookThere's a new ultra portable mac to be announced todday I think, some speculation here on Wired, see how everyone has to comment without reading the article? (Cue replies here, missing the point of this post, if there was a point, and there were any ... 2007-04-18UTC08:33:51Boohoo, I preferred their earlier stuff This is rubbish:Oh, boohoo, i preferred the earlier stuff, now everyone's got an IPOD, it's not fair! What sort of massive 'lord is he anyway if he has to keep taking his computer into the "genius" bar to get it fixed? Just bang it on the desk until... 2006-12-04UTC04:41:53If only we'd known that iPods would unite and overthrow the very humans they entertainedFrom The Simpsons, via Wired:A citizen of the future laments: If only we'd known that iPods would unite and overthrow the very humans they entertained... HEY! My IPOD has come back to life now, I think, I've managed to restore it and get it talking t... 2006-01-11UTC11:46:04IPOD pantsIPOD pants, Levi's possibly making a pair of fully wired jeans. There are a few things like this around already, but a pair of jeans is more practical around the home / office / high street than a bulky snowboard coat or rucksack. Oh and there's a ne... 2005-12-28UTC10:05:43Belated Merry Christmas!We do have a lot of snow here today, this is from lst year though - got to do some downloading and jigging about to get the pics off my camera, and some setting up to get my new christmas camera online; got it working wiredly (for a few minutes yeste... 2005-11-13UTC01:33:07Roasted TomatoesBah, making lunch, thought I'd have a hummus and roasted tomato baguette, like what they used to do in Pret. Rick Stein says they take nearly two hours... so, it's going to be hummus and half roasted tomatoes.Had a fairly constructive day yesterday, ... 2005-08-08UTC10:05:54My last Friday, Saturday and Sunday as a single manI feel I have messed up a bit. My last weekend as a single man was spent partly shopping and mostly sat at home watching DVDs, how sad. Still, it was good. Friday we stayed in for some reason, we were planning to do one or other of our last remaining... 2005-06-28UTC01:35:32IPODs got podcasting bookmarksThe latest IPODs are colour only, and they have the facility to "bookmark" podcasts (and any long MP3). Hmm, actually I hope that'll work for MP3's, and not say only files that have been saved as AAC... I've not had time to write much these days, and... 2005-02-15UTC07:54:48Apple & Celebrities2005-02-09UTC11:26:09Wired 13.02: The Lock Busters2005-01-11UTC10:18:23Monkey Island for mobile phones?Hopefully there are some clues in this article that will show me how to get the SCUMM virtual machine and games working on the Pocket PC... downloaded it, but can't get it working so far, need to spend more time on it. Thanks to www.engadget.com.What... 2004-10-11UTC03:40:34It's big scaly spines!Don't forget, he is a lizard...Also don't forget, David Devant and his Spirit Wife LIVE at Islington Academy on Wednesday night... it will be SMART! Hmm, I might have some free tickets for this, drop me a line if you fancy it. But better be quick...... 2004-08-06UTC03:37:06i seeso let me get this right. the one you bought by accident has a modem built in. but (like me) you already have a modem and all you want is the wireless router right?and im confused about how your wireless router works...does that get inserted between ... 2004-08-02UTC08:25:57Where'd the site go?Something up at the hosting centre has meant this has been unavailable, and me with so much news! The new computer arrived, so just plugging that in and playing now, all seems to have come up quite neatly. It's trying to sync with Outlook, which I do... 2004-06-02UTC12:11:45Wireless home networkSome right useful info about setting up my own wireless home network from mate at www.itchypaws.co.uk... Posting it up here so I don't delete the email again, and just in case it's useful to anyone else!I have the following router (I think I sent thi... 2004-04-29UTC05:10:57Hack your way into the Hollwood dreamYou can keep your LA motivational advisors - THIS is the real way to succeed in Lala Land...'An America Online customer service rep illicitly surfs the company's customer database, ferrets out private data on celebrity members and then hunts them dow... 2002-11-20UTC05:10:45Totally WiredNo, not wired at all, we've had a serious shortage of coffee today, as the guy in the tea rooms next door is on his own, and is too busy doing food, so can't be arsed to do coffee...Was thinking of going out, to the pub and that, there's some top stu... 2000-08-21UTC02:18:23Cerys MathewsWell, it was last year about 4am. My girlfriend was working on the stand, serving up enchiladas and chimichangas and the like and I was keeping her company. Cerys was there, dancing to the TECHNO on the soundsystem, looking a bit wired, like she'd ha...