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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Gigabeat Microsoft At Their Own Game

    Interesting! It appears Microsoft’s new Zune player is nothing more than a repackaged Toshiba Gigabeat. This from Wikipedia, by way of Gadgetell. [Toshiba] “1089” and The Zune Microsoft’s Zune is a branded version of the new “1089” model of the Gigabeat. Due to a very tight release schedule, Microsoft worked with Toshiba to modify the… Read more

  • Veoh is Malware

    I’d been wondering why our download speeds had halved, and why, for the first time since signing up with Digiweb, we’d exceeded our monthly (20 gig) download limit. I did some back of the envelope calculations and even including generous allotments of guestimation for Quicktime trailers from Apple and flash video from Youtube, it didn’t… Read more

  • WiiMii

    Joystiq have a neat shockwave toy that let’s you demo the buddy character functionality of Nintendo’s new Wii console. Courtesy of Wiffy. Read more

  • Better late than never

    Just came across this article, via the swearing lady [subscription required]. Apparently Technolotics was mentioned in ye olde paper blog, The Irish Times. If many young students are not yet using modern technology to express themselves, three have done so successfully. Technolotics.com is billed as an irreverent look at technology, politics and the media by three… Read more

  • Data migration on the web as platform

    Discussing online communities today with one of Trinity FM’s up and coming editors, the problem of data migration came up. Web 2.0 services are fantastic, but what happens when we want to leave their walled gardens? As it stands right now there exists no feasible way of say, carrying an identity from Bebo to Myspace,… Read more

  • Kick the Kat 23.11.06

    Back on the air tonight..10pm to 12pm GMT, on Trinityfm – available online or on air on 97.3FM in Dublin city. Also I have a cold, so be prepared to enjoy a nasal whinny from time to time. I’ll be playing a couple of tracks each from Joanna Newsom, Final Fantasy, John Darnielle and Tom… Read more