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Typepad Ajax on E7

Listen I HAVE ALWAYS wondered how Typepad's Ajax interface would work on Nokia handsets and after a few experiments, I know the basic Nokia web browser gets easily confused by Ajaxy things. I started this blog post on my E7, saved it to...

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Biros and Webcams

View "E7 in Natural Light" as a Qik Clip MY WORKSHOP at the ICT in Education Conference on 14 May in Thurles covered how to leverage a biro and a webcam in the classroom. I made a series of three Qik clips using bo...

Pocket Link Kills My Nokia E7

ONCE A MONTH, I discover my micro-USB charging cable will not snap into my Nokia E7 and I have a minor panic. The panic is caused by pocket lint that burrows into the small slot where the micro-USB tongue should fit. With lint in the wa...

Mobile Phone Costs One Euro A Week

I HAVE TWO YEARS of user data to confirm that when you can totally control the behaviour of your mobile phone, you can keep phone costs to one euro a week. Our grandparents are doing that with no data services. You won't be able to cons...

Happy Birthday Evernote

EVERNOTE CELEBRATES its fourth birthday today and I'm one of the millions of people who are paying for its service. I've been using the program since July 2008 and even though the Symbian version of Evernote is a weak sister of other ope...

The Brilliance of On-Board Maps

IT IS A BIG RELIEF knowing that I can open my phone in the States, Ireland or England and use maps that navigate me with no requirement to be connected to the local mobile phone operator. I routinely use Nokia Maps on my Nokia E7 becaus...

AirPort JustePort Crack

GVSV -- Jon Johansen, author of DeCSS, has discovered the public key that the AirPort Express uses to allow software to play audio through it and posted it to So Sue Me. The public key for AirPort Express is out in the open (see below bu...

After One Month with egfDell

Listen I AM INVITING participants on the Web Promotion for Business course to comment on my observations about the group dynamic that I have seen while working with 18 ex-Dell employees taking a Level 6 course accredited by the Limerick...

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Sync Complete

FOR THE FIRST TIME ever, I have set off into a new semester with a schedule already synchronised on my phones and on my Google Calendar. It leaves me feeling empowered. The procedure is straightforward because calendars sync easil...

Generations of Stories

THREE GENERATIONS are under one roof in our Cashel home at the moment as we count the hours to a new arrival. Hearing the grandparents tell stories makes me realise that our oral history collection is too small. It's the same compelling ...