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19 to 23 August 2013 Tech Universe Digest 25 Aug 2013 | 01:41 am
Tech Universe: Monday 19 August 2013 HUNTING, SHOOTING, BIKING: Off for a spot of hunting or fishing? Leave the four wheel drive at home and go by bike instead — the Cogburn Outdoors CB4 bike, to be ...
12 to 16 August 2013 Tech Universe Digest 18 Aug 2013 | 12:36 am
Tech Universe: Monday 12 August 2013 MAKE IT REAL: The new IKEA catalogue taps in to your smartphone to show how products such as sofas, desks and bookcases would fit in your home. Place the catalogu...
Take Control with a big discount on incredibly useful books 13 Aug 2013 | 05:47 am
When I wrote MacTips I would regularly review and promote the Take Control books. That series is what I turn to to learn and to deal with issues I may be having. See, for example Take Control of Text...
05 to 09 August 2013 Tech Universe Digest 11 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am
Tech Universe: Monday 05 August 2013 ON YOUR BIKE: Ambulances save lives, unless they’re stuck in city traffic unable to get through. But that’s where the Ambucycle plays its part. In Israel the Unit...
Optimism, hope and delight 11 Aug 2013 | 01:43 am
I spent a couple of days at our new property up at Waikawa Beach. While we wait for our bach to be built the dogs and I stay in a tiny cabin. My favourite time to take the dogs to the nearby beach fo...
29 July to 02 August 2013 Tech Universe Digest 4 Aug 2013 | 02:21 am
Tech Universe: Monday 29 July 2013 LET THE SUNSHINE IN: The town of Rjukan in Norway is surrounded by mountains. For 5 months of the year the sun doesn’t reach the floor of the valley. Never mind, th...
22 to 26 July 2013 Tech Universe Digest 29 Jul 2013 | 01:39 am
Tech Universe: Monday 22 July 2013 A NEW SPIN: The silk that comes from Spiber in Japan hasn’t been spun by silkworms. The material is tougher than kevlar, lighter than steel, and can be stretched 40...
15 to 19 July 2013 Tech Universe Digest 21 Jul 2013 | 12:24 am
Tech Universe: Monday 15 July 2013 NODDING ALONG: You may use a wheelchair, but if you’re paralysed from the neck down controlling it is a challenge. Unless you go for the new GyroSet system. It does...
Laser welding not required; foggy in patches 17 Jul 2013 | 10:41 am
In Flashes, floaters and fog I wrote about problems that suddenly cropped up with my left eye recently. My optometrist though I had a vitreous detachment and referred me on to a specialist ophthalmolo...
Flashes, floaters and fog 15 Jul 2013 | 08:01 am
About a week ago in the evening my left eye suddenly started misbehaving. For one thing, a huge floater, shaped like the number 7, appeared then drifted across and out of my view. That was followed by...
