Category Archives: hardware

It’s no MagicSlate

Posted on January 27, 2010 by blogmywiki

I have long dreamed of a neat, small computer which I called the MagicSlate and I was interested to read that this was one of the names Apple registered for their slate device. I even wrote a story about its … Continue reading →

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Hands on with the Lenovo IdeaPad S10

Posted on September 13, 2009 by blogmywiki

Times are hard and my Apple PowerBook G4 is on its last pixels… its Firewire port doesn’t work, I think the Bluetooth is bust and the final straw was the screen – most of the time two thirds of it … Continue reading →

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iPod Nano – 4th Generation

Posted on October 23, 2008 by blogmywiki

It’s like a piece of time travel… my first generation 5GB iPod is getting hard to charge and put new music on, as its Firewire connector is dodgy – and the Firewire port on my PowerBook is broken which doesn’t … Continue reading →

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WiFi forgetfulness solved

Posted on September 24, 2008 by blogmywiki

Following a security update, my PowerBook kept losing its wireless connection when waking from sleep or starting up. This was a pain as my WiFi base station doesn’t transmit its SSID and I had to enter its name and long … Continue reading →

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Super-connected

Posted on September 23, 2008 by blogmywiki

Did a security update on my PowerBook today; now it keeps forgetting my wireless network’s name and password. So it really is very bloody secure as it’s now mostly not connected to the internet at all any more. I forgave … Continue reading →

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