Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category
Celestron FirstScope
Posted by: Kerosene on: September 23, 2009
I soooo want to buy one of these. But after hours of research, I’m not going to. They’re currently priced at around AUD $120 (delivered), which makes them nearly half the the price of a ‘real’ Dobsonian scope. They are incredibly cute though…
I just bought an EeePC 901
Posted by: Kerosene on: February 7, 2009
I’m posting this on my new EeePC 901.
I had a bit of trouble deciding between the 1000H and the 901, mostly because I prefer the larger keyboard on the 1000H – but I really wanted something tiny that I could carry around easily, and the 1000H isn’t actually that much smaller (or lighter) than my [...]
Texas Instruments Little Professor
Posted by: Kerosene on: July 18, 2007
One of my favourite childhood treasures resurfaced a few days ago – the Texas Instruments Little Professor. I tested it today and it still works, I even managed to get the first question wrong. Nope, 7 + 4 doesn’t equal 13.
What’s on my GP2X
Posted by: Kerosene on: April 9, 2007
Everytime I pick up my GP2X (which hasn’t been enough lately), I realize just how neat it is…
PocketSNES and SquidgeSNES – SNES emulators
The SNES is easily my all time favourite gaming console, and if all the GP2X did was play Pop’n Twinbee I’d be happy. Between PocketSNES and SquidgeSNES I can play every single game [...]
ICQ for PPC
Posted by: Kerosene on: March 12, 2007
- In: Gadgets| PDA| PocketPC| iPAQ
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I don’t know how I missed this – but there’s a version of ICQ for PPC. It’s only at 1.0 Beta, but it seems to work fine, and is way easier to setup than all the other PPC IM clients I’ve tried.
Get it here.
I bought a lock pick set
Posted by: Kerosene on: February 25, 2007
After watching the lock picking video presentations by Barry “The Key” Wels’ from What The Hack and Hope Number Six, I tool the plunge and ordered a simple 5 piece pick set. I can’t imagine myself getting into “lock sports”, but being able to pick locks whenever somebody has forgotten their keys (or really needs [...]
My ten favourite gadgets
Posted by: Kerosene on: November 28, 2006
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Consumerists/materialists… here we go!
In order of the little pictures…
iPod Nano
I only got this a few weeks ago, and already I’m feeling guilty for leaving my (now vintage) 40GB iPod in a constant state of ‘being charged’ tethered to my PC. Although I haven’t used the Nano in transit much, I really like the fact that [...]
Mario Kart on GP2X
Posted by: Kerosene on: November 1, 2006
- In: GP2X| Gadgets
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I updated the GP2X firmware today, and installed the latest version of SquidSNES. And after actually reading the SquidSNES readme, I’ve finally been able to get Mario Kart to play nice. Mario Kart is one of the SNES games I never really got into when it was released, so I’m kinda discovering it for the [...]
Watching YouTube on GP2X
Posted by: Kerosene on: October 27, 2006
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It took a few tries, but I’ve finally worked out a simple way to get YouTube clips onto my GP2X. It only takes 2 steps to do it…
1. Download the flv by pasting the YouTube url into keepvid.com.
2. Convert the flv to DivX (or whatever) using Total Video Converter.
Done diddly done!
Cateye Micro Wireless
Posted by: Kerosene on: October 24, 2006
- In: Cycling| Gadgets
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I got a Cateye Micro Wireless bike computer yesterday – bought it on eBay for half the price they are in the shops, so I’m pretty happy. Setup was easy, and everything works as it should – and apart from being wireless, it’s basically the same as the old Cateye Mity 2 I’ve got on [...]
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