Ford On The Road
It was a long bank holiday in central Wales ( Pant-y-Dwr ) to be precise and we had been most wonderfully entertained in the old farmhouse ( now buddhist retreat ). Leaving on Saturday evening we were all crammed into the Ford Fiesta, which is our family car - not...
Shag Cloud
This is my shag cloud for this year. Shirley Sally Anabel Victoria Emily Mary Desdemona Lucy Jill Rachel Ruby Lorna Nicola
Pension Release
Pension Release is a term applied to the process on unlocking funds from a Pension scheme. If you are over 50 and have money tied up in a pension to which you no longer contribute it is often a tempting idea to release these funds as you will be able t o make better...
Ford Mondeo
Sad day yeterday, our family life had been enriched by the addition of dandy- a 10 year old Ford Mondeo. The car's cambelt slipped so it did not accelerate very well; but it delivered a smooth and comfortable ride. The sunroof made us feel like singing as we drove and...
Poor Credit Mortgages
Bad credit mortgages are now a boom business in the UK, they have become a necessity in a financial environment where more and more people are finding that life is hard. The financial situation in the UK has become rather difficult for a whole generation of consumers....
Computer Keyboards
what is the best way to learn to type? I have been using qwerty keyboards for most of my life. True I took a few years away from such things, but I was fiddling with touchsensitive keypads on a Sinclair ZX-81 well over a quarter of a century ago and have used...
Cell Phone Upgrade
Around every January, when the days are long I start gettin a feeling of resltessness, of anticipation. I start counting the days not for spring, not for summer, but for my annual ( nearly ) mobile phone upgrade. This is the time of year I can contact the operator and...
Ford Fiesta
Just turned the key in the ignition and it started. Always does my little rocking Ford Fiesta.
Palm Treo Mobile Phone
Baby it is true, no matter what I do as far as mobile phones are concerned, there will always be only one true love, my Treo. I have battled with conformity now for years with a string or Sony Ericsson's and, to a lesser extent, Nokias. But they all leave me cold. The...
Bluetooth Headset
Succumbing to temptation and due to an act of generosity from a friend I availed myself of a Plantronics 340 explorer Bluetooth Headset, the cockroach type item fits neatly on my ear when I am driving and the mobile automatically diverts calls to it - even answering...
Plantronics Headsets
Authorised Online retailer of Plantronics Headsets, Mediacomm has recently expanded its online portfolio to encompass Plantronics' entire range of headsets. Plantronics Headsets can be used for almost any internal environment. If you are a call center, an office or...
Bluetooth GPS for Mobile
Tell you what I want, ever since I received my rather unexplored, and under appreciated, Sony Ericsson M600i I feel an urge kind of to buy a Bluetooth GPS (Global Positioning System ) transmitter. The phone came bundled with some GPS Navigation Software - Webraska;...
Peltor Headsets
Peltor Design and manufacture a range of special use headsets for many purposes. They specalise in headsets for use in such diverse areas as Aviation, Broadcating, Construction, Hunting and Military/ Police. They offer ear protection in the harshest of situations,...
Building a Website
Planing Taking a full technical brief and producing a planning document of all the functions and technical requirements of the site. This stage involves heavy client consultation as well as thorough research into browsing habits, and likely website usage. We are able,...
Microsoft Zune
Now, my favourite possession and that which contained 40gig of lovingly amassed music crashed onto a wooden floor from 3 feet - wiping the drive and consigning decades of data to dust - I nearly cried, I nearly wept vast tears of utter hopelessness. Happily this...
BT Diverse 6410
Got a beauty DECT Twin Set from Telephones Online, finally solvin the 'mad max' type communications system in our house.
Sony Ericsson M600i
I am a sucker for these mulitfaceted gadgets and when Orange announced that an upgrade was due I looked at the Sony Ericsson range immediately. The new M900i appealed as it contains 4gig of mp3 playing memory. This I managed to convince myself was pretty unnecessary...
Fill it up
As it was extricated delicatley from its waxed cellophane packaging it slipped out with a sigh. I peeled off the protective film from the screen and booted the item into life. Its hard drive whirred and purred and the colour screen welcomed me to its new and improved...
Turning it on for the first time
Turning the baby on, it sparks into life, my sparlking new device sings its startup sound and streams an animated intro to me. When this electric dust has settled it emits a warm colour and entreats me to fondle its touch sensistive screen. I so and it responds with...