500 unique visitors per day

November 10, 2011

This might be a nice time to stop for a few minutes to reflect on this site’s website traffic. I honestly don’t care for page loads, it’s unique (and returning) visitors that interest me most. And here you all are over the past month: I’m currently getting about 500  unique visitors per day (max: 650, [...]

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This is what happens when a star explodes

November 8, 2011

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens to suns larger than ours at the end of their life. They explode and all the stuff that made them up gets scattered across interstellar space. The Veil Nebula Complex This image was taken using my new widefield scope (an Orion ED80T with a x0.8 focal reducer) and [...]

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Crucial M4 256GB SSD Review (on SATA 2)

November 7, 2011

Whether your computer is a desktop or a laptop, the single best upgrade that you can treat your computer to is a solid state drive. I’ve been a long-time advocate for SSD’s and use them in all my builds. Whilst they’re more expensive per gigabyte than a traditional spinning platter hard drives, they deliver blistering [...]

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Guess who just got Giffgaffed?

November 6, 2011

Guess who my (wife’s) most recent GiffGaff referral is? The son of god himself! It’s official. Jesus wants us all to communicate with one another on the same network – for free (up to an hour in one call). He also clearly approves of the competitive tariffs and the iPhone “JesusPhone” 4S, as this is [...]

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Blazewear heated clothing video review

October 27, 2011

The first “Thoughtful Geek” video is now live on my new YouTube channel. This video reviews a couple of electrically heated garments, just the thing one needs with the approaching cold weather! This is my first ever video review, and it’s my first ever attempt at actually presenting a video on camera. It was done [...]

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New YouTube Channel

October 27, 2011

Coming soon to a video sharing site near you! (logo design by Jason “Jaffo“)

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Want a GiffGaff Micro SIM for your iPhone 4 for free?

October 7, 2011

Would you like to join the UK’s fastest growing and best value for money pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobile network? Would you like a free £5 top-up with it too (£5 will be added to your account upon activation of your first top up)? Then you’ve come to the right blog GiffGaff is wholly owned by O2 [...]

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Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. [...]

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Analytics search terms in motion

October 5, 2011

How did I miss this? Google’s Analytics has a motion chart feature which shows not only the top keyword search terms, but how they move over time allowing you to more easily identify and spot trends over time. Quickly taking a look at my blog’s data for last week shows this (I turned trace on [...]

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What Apple didn’t tell you about the iPhone 4s

October 4, 2011

Apple made a big deal during the presentation about how talk time is longer with the new iPhone 4s. However what they didn’t mention is that web browsing and standby time (according to their own statistics) are reduced! iPhone 4 iPhone 4S Talk time 3G 7 hours 8 hours (+1 hour) Talk time 2G 14 [...]

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