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Category: Experiences

  • Finally a fix for the noisy fan on a Fujitsu Stylistic Q704

    Finally a fix for the noisy fan on a Fujitsu Stylistic Q704

    For the past few months, I’ve been enjoying the experience of using a Fujitsu Stylistic Q704 Ultrabook computer. This is one of the new breed of multi-purpose devices defined by the word ‘Ultrabook‘ that are coming from a wide range…

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  • Here’s the proof, @EE

    Here’s the proof, @EE

    I bought a new data SIM card from mobile operator EE a few days ago, to use in my Fujitsu Stylistic Q704 Windows Ultrabook. With the deal came an Alcatel One Touch Pop 7S Android tablet. Nice! It’s a good…

  • The FIR podcast and a foundational decade

    Today is a special day for my podcasting partner, Shel Holtz, and I as we mark a milestone – January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2015 – that is ten years to the day since we started For Immediate Release: The…

  • Making a QR code useful isn’t rocket science

    A technology that’s often subject to much criticism is QR codes, those square symbols that enable a barcode scanning app on your smartphone to interpret the data they contain and deliver information to you when you scan them Much of…

  • Marking eight years of Twitter

    I remember when I first started hearing about Twitter, in the summer of 2006 less than six months after the service started earlier that year. As the year progressed, the name kept popping up in blog posts and comments –…

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