Monthly Archives: June 2011

“So that’s why the Wifi has stopped working”

Posted on Saturday 25th June 2011 by syklist

Here is a post for those of you out there involved in designing home routers. In particular those of you involved in the important design details of the positioning of buttons. IF you are going to put a button on … Continue reading →

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Nokia C3-00 and watching videos

Posted on Tuesday 21st June 2011 by syklist

I bought a Nokia C3-00 a while back, simlock free of course. I never got on with texting using T9 and a standard phone keyboard so if I were to buy a phone it would have to have a QWERTY … Continue reading →

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Can a socialist be a technophile?

Posted on Tuesday 21st June 2011 by syklist

The thought just popped into my head after writing the previous two posts. Given that most people confuse new ways to sell you things with new technology, can a socialist join in with the capitalistic, pseudo-monopolies of the current internet … Continue reading →

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Oh you technophobe!

Posted on Tuesday 21st June 2011 by syklist

I’m a technophobe? I don’t think so. If I’m a ‘phobe’ of some sort then ‘commercephobe’ would be a better term. People confuse a phobia of restricted commercial practices with luddite-ism. Ads everywhere, mobile devices tethered to the company that … Continue reading →

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The internet is dead, long live the smartphone app.

Posted on Monday 20th June 2011 by syklist

Now in this stage of the internet we are experiencing the internet equivalent of the land enclosures acts. Everyone trying to wall off a bit of common, open internet space and push internet serfdom on the rest of us. The … Continue reading →

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