Gavin’s Digital Diner

I was recently doing some background research on the costs and affordability of using 3G for internet connectivity in South Africa.  Well, as these things tend to happen, that research got me thinking about similar options in the U.S. And, that reminded me that I’ve always meant to try using EDGE now that I have [...]

Every once in a while I stumble across useful tools, things I want in my bag of tricks.  Hamachi is one of those tools.  (Why is it called Hamachi?  Hamachi = Tuna = which sounds like tunnel? That’s a guess.)
With Hamachi, at first blush, you’re left with the question: what do I do with it.  [...]

I commute one hundred miles a day – an hour each way.  During the first five years or so, I entertained myself with NPR and the BBC.  Then — seeking to be more “productive” I started digesting books on tape and later, books on CD.  Turns out I have a passion for non-fiction — science [...]

According to the SwedeSpeed forum, installing the USA-SPEC Volvo Ipod adaptor should take about 45 minutes.  Figuring this was my first attempt, I allowed 2 hours.  I was done in three and a half.  (I spent a half hour looking for the battery!)

Here’s a picture of the adaptor in all it’s glory:

Here is what [...]

Full disclosure: I’ve been using a Blackberry since … well, since I can’t remember not having one. I love it. I’ve traveled with it all over the world, and it’s worked just about everywhere.
Also I have to add that we have the Blackberry Enterprise Server (known affectionately as Bessie). So this is not a [...]

Several years ago – during the Dot-Com crazy years, there was a company called DigitalConvergence. They were going to “revolutionize” marketing by linking barcodes in magazine advertising with online web sites. To participate in this revolution you had to have a barcode scanner (called a Cue Cat), be sitting near your PC, see something that [...]

This is a copy of a reply I posted on the NTEN-Discuss listserv. The original post was a call to action about Congress implemeting an "anti-spam" feature on constituant email. The plan called for implementing a system that would:
…“require human interaction (by answering a question or retyping displayed letters/numbers) before the email could be submitted [...]