August 2011
2 posts
6 Things Terence Dislikes about the Samsung Galaxy... →
Malware. Difficulties of combining customizations in the same place. Typically customizing Android to adopt something you like in one versions of Android requires you to give up what you like in another version. In contrast to jailbroken iPhone where such limitations do not exist. Multilanguage support. I can combine any languages in iPhone. Not so with Android where a separate firmware is...
Aug 22nd
The Real Story of Apple →
Great insight by handleym in the comments… The real Apple story is much more interesting: To quote from a comment I wrote elsewhere: “iCloud is NOT, contrary to what simpletons think, a DropBox clone, neither is it the big jukebox in the sky. The essence of iCloud is that it is a set of APIs and services that allow a collection of devices to synchronize with each other....
Aug 19th
December 2008
1 post
Highest-rated GPS devices and gadgets
Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor (added December 15th, 2008) At the time of writing, this wrist-mounted performance and GPS tracking tool has 593 customer reviews and an average rating of 4.5 stars.
Dec 15th
February 2008
1 post
GPS Fleet Tracking Systems and Solutions →
This is the inaugural post on my new site, FromTheBackRoom.com. The article is still under development as I need to collate more information on GPS fleet tracking solutions.
Feb 18th
July 2007
7 posts
The best books on Copy Writing? →
Stumbled onto this discussion while searching Google for reviews on Eric Louviere’s Ad Influence ebook at AdInfluence.com In the meantime, I’m reading through the free ad and copy writing newsletters of Gary Halbert at his archive.
Jul 19th
The Coming of the Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR Camera
A typo? A rumor? Or is it the real deal?
Jul 19th
German Photography Magazine FotoColor finds that... →
Pentax digital SLR owners should be delighted with this conclusion. FYI, IS is a technology used in Canon IS lenses which mount on Canon digital SLR cameras, while VR is used in Nikon (Nikkor) AF-S lenses which fit Nikon digital SLR cameras. The benefit with the approach Pentax has taken is that you get shake reduction with ALL lenses, not just a handful of them. 
Jul 19th
Free Digital Backgrounds →
What a generous offer from Sam B - Adobe Photoshop enthusiasts will love these!
Jul 19th
Ferran Adria →
Watched this amazing Spanish chef featured on Anthony Bourdain’s program “Decoding Ferran Adria” shown over Discovery Channel’s Travel and Living Asia. Anthony Bourdain has received permission to film in the secret research laboratory of Ferran Adria, the most controversial and imitated chef in the world. Hopefully, I’ll get to sample Ferran’s creation one day!...
Jul 19th
Wasted half my day reading Lifehacker →
This site has so much useful information (for IT and internet geeks like me anyway). On second thoughts, I shouldn’t have said I wasted my time, not when I learned for the first time ever how powerful Gmail can be when you hack it. Also, I had no idea that Gmail can be used as a time management and productivity tool - here’s a post on how to use Gmail to implement David Allen’s...
Jul 18th
Alessandro Di Sciascio outlines a comprehensive... →
Covers backing up videos too
Jul 18th