Category:Holiday

Another in the series of ‘Boys and their Toys’!!! My new Canon Pixma 640 All-in-One Printer arrived today. It uses technology where the ink droplets are extremely small – currently, the smallest around – 1 picolitre, (whatever they are!) This results in ultra pin-sharp images and text, that even at very small point sizes, will …
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Saturday We met up at Bicester Shopping Village and after a coffee and a slice of cake, Ralph and I headed back in his van whilst the girls did the hard work and carried on shopping! The van was needed because R and K are getting rid of a lot of garden furniture and because …
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This is useful. It allows you to enter your post-code and then the resulting web-page shows a comparison of other internet providers’ speeds in the area. Currently, because the data is sent in by people like you and me, there’s not much there, but I can see that when entering our post-code, internet speeds are …
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Depending on where you look on the ‘net, the launch date in the UK for the most technologically advanced cellphone to-date, is either next week (the 12 or 13th)…or possibly the week after. In the meantime, those clever people at XDA Developers have managed to acquire the Quick Start Guide and the Full Operating Manual.Nerd …
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Although Bertie’s out of hospital, he’s still not well. It’s a difficult time for Lee at the moment. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for …
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Well, it’s nearly here – the iPhone killer from HTC and the most significant phone on the Windows platform since the previous phone from HTC running on the Windows platform! 🙂 It had been the worst kept secret on the ‘net (or was that deliberate?); and for weeks there had rumors there and rumours here, …
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If the rumours are to be believed, O2 will be stocking the ‘iphone killer’, the HTC-HD2, from Monday. I’m in the queue…! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together …
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Humberto was taken into hospital today… 🤔 Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to …
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It’s official, after lots of speculation, the HD2 is coming out soon – probably mid-October here in the UK. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness …
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Even if you don’t really care much for phones, you can’t fail to be impressed by this one… Photo courtesy of engadget Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together …
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So, the rumours ARE true. O2 is going to launch the most powerful Windows Mobile phone ever! This page is from a leaked version of O2’s October magazine – and the device hasn’t even been launched by the manufacturer HTC yet!!! Someone at O2 is going to get their wrists slapped! ..so now all we …
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If you’re a bit nerdy like me AND you like the latest in mobile phones AND the current iPhone 3GS isn’t quite powerful enough for you, then read on… The ‘net seems to be falling over itself to report on the new flagship PDA/phone by HTC codenamed ‘Leo’ , (to be renamed the ‘HTC HD2’), …
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That’s good news! Bertie came out today… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to …
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OK gadget fans – Since Wednesday’s blog about this phone, the internet has suddenly become flooded with more rumours of HTC’s ‘iPhone-killer’. The latest news suggests that it’ll be called the HTC HD2 (which is logical, considering it looks a bit like the original ‘HD’). Rumours also suggest that it’s an October 12 launch… in …
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Lee rang tonight – Bertie’s back in hospital, probably for a few days… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed …
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Looks like the World-conquering iPhone will soon have a rival in the shape of the (codenamed) ‘Leo’ from HTC. Web-wise, it’s about the company’s worst kept secret with quite a few photographs showing up on various geeky sites. A little early for full specifications, but it has a 4.3 inch screen, running Windows Mobile 6.5 …
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We decided to use our final full-day here by travelling by train to Yokohama. So, after the predictable lack-lustre breakfast at the Marriott and arranging transport to the Airport tomorrow, we headed for the subway station, just down the road. Around 45 minutes later, we were in Yokohama, and after a short walk, the Harbour …
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It’s Sunday, so time for a lie-in. Until well after 8am actually (very unusual for us!). We went down to breakfast at 9.15 and it was absolutely packed – so much so that they set up the bar as a temporary eating area. We think it must have been because a Tour was due soon, …
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  We had a lay-in, before pigging out on the excellent breakfast a little later and then heading off to Kyoto station for Osaka (the second largest city in Japan). We took the subway to the waterfront area to visit the well known Aquarium and when we got there, it looked like the rest of …
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Just a quick note to say ‘ooops’ – it looks like someone has hacked into my occasionally-used Google-mail account and has been sending emails to all my address-book entries. Sorry about that – I think I’ve now fixed it, so if you get any more after today, just let me know! Steve PalmerI got into …
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We slept well – so for now, all is right with the world! 🙂 We were up at 7 and ready to tackle the extensive range at breakfast – yum! With brekky over it’s time to head west once more, and today it’s Hiroshima and Himeji Castle (the only castle in Japan to have been …
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Hmmm, we didn’t sleep well last night and by the time we did, three seconds later, the alarm went off! So it was rather a rushed breakfast in the hotel restaurant. For the short time we spent in there though, we enjoyed the range of food on offer. We’ll appreciate it more tomorrow when we’ve …
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At last, we slept right through – perhaps we’re at last, getting used to the time-zone. Ironically, on the day we had to check-out, we slept-in until 8.30am! Breakfast was the usual disappointing selection of luke-warm half-English-style; more boiled vegetables; duff pastries perfected by a non-baker; yoghurts and cereals. As for the coffee, it tasted …
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We were both up by 7.45 today and after yesterday’s disastrous day, weather-wise, we were hoping today would be different. I took a look out of the window and it looked good – Dry and a clear blue-sky. We had breakfast in the hotel – it was busier than yesterday with at least a dozen …
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We landed at Narita Airport around 9.00 (25 minutes ahead of schedule) local time, which was a good start! Once we’d got through the elaborate security (photograph and fingerprints!) we collected our bags and headed for the coach. To our surprise, we could see a local Representative with our names on a card, and after …
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John, our taxi-driver arrived at just after 9.30. We had a reasonably trouble-free journey down to Heathrow and about two-hours later, we were walking into Terminal 3. We’ve booked with Virgin and splashed-out on ‘Premium Economy’. I’m not sure what that gives us over-and-above the economy passengers, but I guess it’s greater leg-room and posher …
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Paul and Karen invited us round for one of their legendary feasts, so as soon as we got back from the film, we headed straight there. We’d estimated we wouldn’t be there until 9, but the film finished earlier than we thought and we were soon chatting and drinking with Paul, Karen, Tom and Julie. …
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