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Scratching a Galaxy S 26 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
Some years ago when I first got a LG U990 Viewty (which in some ways is the best phone I ever owned) I went swimming and left my phone in my bag. My phone happened to rest on my car keys and had vibra...
The End of Kogan Mobile 20 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Kogan Mobile has just announced that Telstra succeeded in it’s attempt to break it’s contract with ISPone and thus end the Kogan Mobile business [1]. Over the last few years there has been a trend for...
Google web sites and Chromium CPU Use 15 Aug 2013 | 04:29 pm
Chromium is the free software build of the Google Chrome web browser. It’s essentially the same as the Google code but will often be an older version, particularly when you get Chromium from Debian/St...
Nexus 4 Ringke Fusion Case 13 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
I’ve been using Android phones for 2.5 years and for all my phones (Sony-Ericsson Xperia X10, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy S3, and LG Nexus 4) I’ve bought “gel” cases. The gel cases are made of so...
Religious Conversion 3 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
Today I was in the center of Melbourne and I saw two stands run by Muslims advocating their faith. They had a selection of DVDs and brochures to give away and seemed friendly enough for anyone who wan...
Links July 2013 31 Jul 2013 | 10:15 am
Wayne Mcgregor gave an interesting TED talk about the creative processes of a choreographer [1]. The dancing in this talk is really good. Melissa McEwan wrote an interesting article on whether being ...
Security is Impossible 23 Jul 2013 | 09:34 am
The Scope of the Problem Security is inherently complex because of the large number of ways of circumventing it. For example Internet facing servers have been successfully attacked based on vulnerabi...
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 10 Jul 2013 | 06:07 pm
A few weeks ago I bought a new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android phone. As I predicted in my post about Phone and Tablet Sizes [1] the Note 2 with a 5.55″ display is a bit too big for me to have an ideal ...
Links June 2013 30 Jun 2013 | 06:55 pm
Cory Doctorow published a letter from a 14yo who had just read his novel “Homeland” [1]. I haven’t had anything insightful to say about Aaron Swartz, so I think that this link will do [2]. Seth Godin...
Nexus 4 29 May 2013 | 10:18 am
My wife has had a LG Nexus 4 for about 4 months now so it’s time for me to review it and compare it to my Samsung Galaxy S3. A Sealed Case The first thing to note about the Nexus 4 is that it doesn’...
