James Gilmore's Blog: Technology

That WAS easy!

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:00:06 GMT

Yep, as you may have guessed, I've bought an easy button. After several trips to staples, I gave in to the cheap plastic thrill the button delivers. It now sits next to the monitor on my computer desk and really does comfort me and make life seem more, well, EASY! My Verdict: BUY IT! It rocks, and its easy! 5/5, 5 Star. That was easy! [read more]

Referral sites? - FreePay? - A free iPod??? - A FREE MACBOOK???? - EVEN A F R E E i P H O N E???!!!

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:57:00 GMT

All of the above products and a whole lot more are all under the banner of FREE at a site called FreePay.com FreePay goes under several domains, including FreeiPods.com, and they claim to give away free gadgets, even the iPhone! The company works on a system of referral, you sign up to FreePay, and then sign up to a free/cheap offer by one of their sponsors, a months free rental with BlockBusters,... [read more]

Windows in a Blender

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:07:34 GMT

Hi All! I still can't handle this new interface! Quick note: only 32 more hits 'til the magic 50!!!! Tell your friends!! A good friend of mine sent me this via Bluetooth, it's a remix of the Windows startup theme (the thing that goes Dun-Duh-Dun-Duh, Dun-Duh when you boot up your computer, alternatively, if you are the owner of a Mac, you are very lucky, and the Windows Startup sound is the think... [read more]

My First Web 2.0

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:43:47 GMT

Just messing about with THE GIMP, I've come up with this little logo about a fictional site: Sorry about the quality, it was lost when I saved the image as a gif! [read more]

Google TV??? Really??? no....

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:33:00 GMT

A while ago, someone thought that they would fool the world, by making this YouTube video: Google TV, of course, is a hoax, a similar service may be coming, but as a branch of Google Video, please do not log in, log out, log in, log out etc.. 1200 times. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED There are many other videos that insist the contrary of this post. They too, are fakes. [read more]

Joining the G

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:05:49 GMT

For a while now, I've been trying to get a Gmail account (Google mail) and thanks to a certain kind member of a certain forum, I now have my own Gmail account!!!! magratheanjames@gmail.com If you aren't aware, Gmail works on the basis that when you get an account, you can invite 50 others to Gmail, the only way in is by invite, so please feel free to email me at the above email if you would like... [read more]

Nintendo's Website

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:05:00 GMT

Wa hey! The weekend begins and I can get down to some serious blogging, this font size looks awful, wait a mo. Yay! Comic Sans for a change so today I wanted to talk to you about the website of the largest most popular oh heck, my favourite games company NINTENDO, recently, a friend introduced me to the site (earning him 250 stars). The site has a great interface, with you being able to control... [read more]

Desperate For A Wii

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:16:00 GMT

Sorry about lack of posts recently but School, Homework and struggling to stop audacity from crashing has kept me away from posting. Anyway, as I'm sure many of you know the Nintendo Wii (previously called the revoloution for those of you who have not discovered the name change) is Nintendo's contribution to the line up of next-gen games consoles. And although this may be a little biased, coming from... [read more]

Last.fm - For music lovers

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:35:57 GMT

I'm not sure why, or when I downloaded it, but in a dusty corner of my harddrive lay the last.fm audio scrobber, then there was a workshop in ComputerActive on Last.fm, so now last.fm is a much better used program, than it was whenever I downloaded it. To be exact, it's playing as i'm typing this post up. If you want to set up an account, head over to last.fm (how the heck did they get a .fm domain???),... [read more]

Mepis - DCOP???

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:16:53 GMT

MEPIS - WHAT IS THE DCOP SERVER??? I was recently bought an INSTAL MEPIS LINUX magazine with discs, my laptop partitions were set, and I installed, however, when I try to log on, I get and error message about the DCOP SERVER. Ah well... I'll sort it out sometime! [read more]