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The micro-SD flash memory chip that came with my new smartphone has some interesting issues with data integrity. I mostly use it to store sound files in the mp3 format, both pop songs of a few MB each and podcasts...
Posted on June 9, 2008 3:11 PM • 1 Comments •
An elderly gentleman saw his grand-daughter answer her phone while holding her newborn baby...
Posted on May 27, 2008 3:52 PM • 13 Comments •
It has deployed its solar panels successfully and is transmitting pictures!
Posted on May 26, 2008 1:47 AM • 1 Comments •
With its extremely late urbanisation, Sweden doesn't have much of an archaeological record compared to Italy or China or Peru. But we keep really good track of the stuff we have: active organised surveying for ancient monuments has been...
Posted on May 19, 2008 3:24 PM • 8 Comments •
I'm at my son's end-of-term violin concert. Wonder if I can blog from the new smartphone w/o using email and a human intermediary? [Yay, I could! The Samsung for some reason comes with both IE and Opera preinstalled. Though Sb's...
Posted on May 17, 2008 9:53 AM • 2 Comments •
After some deliberation, I bought a Samsung SGH-i780 smartphone to replace my Qtek 9100. It has served me well for 2 1/4 years, but I felt it was time, and I've put it up for sale. I've only had the...
Posted on May 16, 2008 4:18 PM • 0 Comments •
I'm messing around with Skype and I find it's working very well indeed. (Skype is in fact the only part of my linux installation that can interact with my Logitech USB headset.) So, Dear Reader, feel free to give a...
Posted on April 29, 2008 3:52 PM • 0 Comments •
I just installed Hardy, the brand new version of Ubuntu Linux, on the household's two Dell PCs. They're a Dimension 4550 mini-tower and an Inspiron 6000 laptop, and I'm happy to say that everything's running fine so far. (Almost.) The...
Posted on April 25, 2008 3:34 PM • 22 Comments •
The audio connector on my Qtek 9100 smartphone (handheld computer cum cellphone) has crapped out for the second time in two years. The warranty's lapsed, and repairing the thing would cost a third of what an equivalent machine of a...
Posted on April 15, 2008 3:29 PM • 14 Comments •
For the past two years I've been packing a soap-sized handheld computer named the Qtek 9100. It's a version of a design named the HTC Wizard, sporting a slide-out qwerty keyboard and running Windows Mobile. The machine's been good to...
Posted on March 31, 2008 8:20 AM • 7 Comments •
Dr Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two. This is the world's #1 archaeology blog according to Technorati.
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