Author Archives: Angus Hardie

Happened to be in a major supermarket’s electronics section the other day and was told that the “3” network offers the best mobile broadband. Although oddly all of the O2 retail hardware boxes were sold out, plenty of “3” boxes … Continue reading →

We recommend using 1920×1080, 60Hz(Except for 19/22LU40**, 19LU50**, 19/22/26/32/37/42LH20**, 32/37/42LG21**, 32/37/42LG33**, 19/22/26LG31**, 42/50PQ35**, 42PQ65**), 1360×768, 60Hz(Only 19/22LU40**, 19LU50**, 19/22/26/32/37/42LH20**, 32/37/42LG21**, 32/37/42LG33**, 26LG31**, 50PQ35**), 1024×768, 60Hz(Only 42PQ35**, 42PQ65**) , 1440×900, 60Hz(Only 19LG31**) , 1680×1050, 60Hz(Only 22LG31**)for the PC mode, this should … Continue reading →

Newspapers are in trouble, everyone seems to think this. Most newspapers have seen circulation declines of their paper editions and the web doesn’t pay that well for advertising. What to do? Lots of obvious ideas like charging monthly fees or … Continue reading →

This is a brilliant video of Senator Al Franken of Minnesota drawing a map of the United States entirely freehand and  including all of the states. YouTube Video (via NGM)

Fortunately, we were able to re-solder the USB connector back to the PCB and continue testing. [Ars Technica] How many websites would bother doing this, and more to the point how many websites have reviewers who could do this?

I just saw this comment while reading an article about David Letterman: This article is poorly done. It uses sweeping generalizations, it is factually incorrect in several areas, and shows a general misunderstanding of television. … I  enjoyed reading the … Continue reading →

I’m puzzled that this doesn’t seem to have a uk release date (or even a distributor as far as I can see) The trailer looks great: http://www.apple.com/trailers/summit/thebrothersbloom/ http://www.brothersbloom.com/

I picked up a copy of Wired UK yesterday and I started reading it this morning while I was eating my breakfast. So far I’m impressed, it feels solid, there’s plenty of interesting looking stuff and I liked the infographics … Continue reading →

DRM is stealing stories from the eyes of children. Spotted recently while reading a forum (which sadly doesn’t allow direct linking as far as I can see)

Recently seen in a Reddit thread: Upvoted for completely incomprehensible analogy.

Interesting early signs of improvement in Detroit. People are buying and renovating the unoccupied and abandoned houses: Mitch and Gina have already been approached by some Germans who want to build a giant two-story-tall beehive.

I ran into a problem in the last few days with YouTube. I would visit the site, but every video I tried to watch displayed the message “we’re sorry the video is no longer available”. Other people seem to have … Continue reading →

I was in the supermarket the other day looking for juice, only to find that the regular own brand wasn’t available! A disaster that was only averted when I realized that they were carrying a new branded juice instead. But … Continue reading →

SamKnows has an article on some limitations that exist for 3g mobile internet access. (using usb dongles). The killer is the limit for total bandwidth, as low as sharing 6.75 Mbits/s between everyone connecting to a single base station. I … Continue reading →

I happened to attend a lecture today at the RSSA given by Roger Lockwood who the head of the Northern Lighthouse Board. The board manages and maintains lighthouses and other navigational aids around Scotland (and for various reasons the Isle … Continue reading →

Randall Munroe (of xkcd) gave a talk at Google.