http://tech-for-life.org Gadgets, Tech, Tips For Your Life Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:29:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ever wanted a device that has a screen much bigger than the actual device? Impossible? Not any more! The Readius from Polymer Vision is set to be just that impossible device! The screen in the picture above folds out from the main body of the device. That's right, a fully functional FOLDABLE ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/29/readius-floppy-tech-and-no-i-dont-mean-5-14-disks/ Apolgies for the lack of posts over the last few days. I, along with much of England have been suffering from a really bad headcold, and it's been painful to even look at a computer, much less concentrate and write! Normal service will be resumed very soon, hopefully later today, or ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/19/43/ There has been a lot of talk on the net about whether Steve Jobs will announce an updated iPhone during his keynote speech tomorrow. Hell, there has been a lot of talk on the net about whether he will announce everything from a touch screen macbook, to a new iMac, ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/14/iphone-update-will-hewont-he/ Late last year I did a quick look over the Nooka range of watches. What attracted me was the way that they tell the time clearly without using either the traditional "face" or digital numbers a la 1982. Well, I did it, I bought one! Just yesterday a black Nooka Zub Zot ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/13/money-firmly-where-my-mouth-is/ What a week! My day job has been sucking me dry these last few days, and it feels like Christmas never happened, or at best is a very dim and distant memory. How about you? Feeling those New Year Blues? Well it could be that there is more to it than ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/09/zap-those-energy-zappers/ Browsing around Firebox.com today, I saw something that I just had to look into further, as it seemed like one of those "too good to be true" stories. The makers claim that this kettle can heat water, from cold to tea making, in three seconds. Think about that for a ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/07/fastest-kettle-in-the-west-or-east-probably/ Along with at least half the western hemisphere, I made a number of New Year's Resolutions the other day. Now I will be the first to admit that I am not necessarily the best person at keeping to such promises, but I always make them with the very best of ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/03/joes-goals-make-those-resolutions-happen/ On Tech For Life I am trying to concentrate on technology or gadgets (and the odd lifehack) that are not only desirable, but actually useful. Browsing the web at work today (Lunchtime...honest!) I found this, perhaps the single best gadget for a bycicle I have ever seen. The idea is ... http://tech-for-life.org/2008/01/02/happy-new-year-and-bycygnals-to-you-all/ I probably wont get to make a post today, but I have been productive. I have installed a new Wordpress template, which is responsible for this shiny new look. I am a big fan of white space, and also of the image classes that this template uses so I hope you ... http://tech-for-life.org/2007/12/20/new-blog-design/ ...or at least the cables will, as one company is currently busy pushing fibre optic cable through Britains sewers. H2O has been rolling out (literally) its FOCUS (Fibre Optic Cable Underground Sewer!) since 2003 and with luck it is going to help stave off the broadband crunch that I, and ... http://tech-for-life.org/2007/12/19/broadband-britainit-stinks/