Monthly Archives: April 2008

Wii-Fi Woes

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Simon

We just got a Wii.  It’s so cool!  What wasn’t so cool was the wifi situation. As you’ll know I’m using DDWRT on my Buffalo router, I’m gonna change to Tomato soon as something keeps dropping out, apparently Wii has … Continue reading →

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HelloTwitFace 2.0 Available

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Simon

It’s taken me a couple of weeks but here is version 2.0 of HelloTwitFace! This was quite a major update, the main portion of which was moving away from using m.twitter.com to using the API and the great new tweets … Continue reading →

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Poundland blog

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Simon

Who knew that this existed.  Following on from my post last week, The best things in life are free…well a pound, I’m proud to say that I received a ping back yesterday from www.poundlandblog.co.uk that’s quoting what I’ve said about … Continue reading →

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next hellotwitface update

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Simon

Another hard night of geeking out and I’m almost there. There are a few ui changes to make and I still have to work out how to create a cab that doesn’t overwrite all files but its getting there. The … Continue reading →

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Coding horror

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Simon

This weekend was purposed to see the launch of some additional features in hellotwitface , unfortunately that wasn’t to be. The reason, the resulting 37mb cab file! It was that big because I used an API I found on the … Continue reading →

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Living with the Touch Dual

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Simon

I said I’d write this up eventually, well after using the device for a while about my experience with it.  I could do it in two words, but that would be a short post, “Really Great!”.  To put it simply … Continue reading →

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The best things in life are free…well a pound!

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Simon

One of my favourite shops for gadgets in England is a chain called Pound Land!  They’re really great at bringing in some basic technology really cheaply, actually for £1 gbp! Previously I’ve bought a USB hub, a retracting USB cable … Continue reading →

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HelloTwitFace update

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Simon

I’m planning on updating HelloTwitFace at the weekend, probably late on Saturday with new feature I’ve been working on.  I’m going to move the twitter tab away from simply using http://m.twitter.com to using the twitteroo 1.4 API to build my … Continue reading →

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Bluetooth headset for under £5

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Simon

When I wandered into Tesco at lunch time today I spotted this fantastic bargin.  A Bluetooth head set for just £4.98, so I bought two. They are pretty basic so there isn’t much to say, I’ll post a mini review … Continue reading →

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HelloTwitFace launch

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Simon

I’ve just spent this evening on a bit of a GeekOut quest.  I’ve just put the finishing touches on HelloTwitFace.  It’s a really simple app that combines three of my favourite mobile sites, hellotxt, twitter and facebook. I think this … Continue reading →

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