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We've moved!
2007-02-17 17:02:03
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It's Official - Techzi.net!
2007-02-10 16:56:02
Goodbye blogger, hello spiffy new Wordpress!http://www.techzi.net/The layout's still having some teething problems, so if you suffer any turbulence, don't worry!http://www.techzi.net/More info on the competition that is due to launch today too. Of course today could mean next Thursday at the rate the website's been going... ;)http://www.techzi.net/And here it is again...http://www.techzi.net/
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Typical...
2007-02-09 16:55:04
Just as we thought we were about to launch Techzi, we ran into a whole host of bugs, errors, issues, browser incompatabilites, and general bad fortune. This included me going down with the "24-hours sickness bug". Supposedly this lasts 24 hours.I've had it since Tuesday evening. It's not Thursday evening. I hereby re-name it the "48 hours and en-counting sickness bug". Far more accurate in my case.Nasty stuff anyhow... Sorry about the delays. Anyhow, I can confirm that we have got ourselves the first set of sponsors for the Techzi Re-Launch competition. We expect this to get hundreds, if not thousands of entrants. So how do you win? Simple!More details coming soon, but at current, there's several hundred dollars worth of merchandise up for grabs. Some great news I suppose.
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February 2 - Optional Brakes
2007-02-06 04:53:02
There are smart things to do in business, and not so smart things to do. Ford? Well... See for yourself. An easy mistake to make, but surely a car without brakes would cause an increase in accidents?What a pity that the engine wasn't optional either... Would have made a great birthday present, no? On the plus-side, it would have been street-legal for me to haul the thing up and down the road.
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February 1 - Vista Ultimate
2007-02-06 04:53:02
I'm all over Vista Ultimate , but I can't help laughing at this great cartoon I spotted on Nate's spiffy new blog. Check it out, and while you're there, let him know that I sent you. ;) Through Nate, I've recently uncovered a whole load of new sites, The Daily Domainer included!Nate has an interesting blog, which regularly covers everything from cars, domains and entrepreneurship to Macs & prioritizing your online life. Recently, Nate quite his job at Apple, and in the space of one week, has earned the same amount he would have made working there! Who said self-employment sucked? That's the net for you!
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February 1 - Wiki Wrangle
2007-02-06 04:53:02
What better way to kick off the month than confusion? The world of wikis has provided just the right atmosphere... The world of Wiki s sits in utter confusion after this past weeks weird developments at Wiki.com . Let's start right from the beginning though. Bought by John Gotts in 2006, Wiki.com went for an incredible $2.86 Million. The world of feed flares, XML divas, and XHTML validation is hip and cool. After purchasing the domain, Gotts contacted, and eventually partnered with Wiki vendor, MindTouch. The domain name came with a humongous price tag, but Gotts was convinced that over time, his investment would pay off, as the domain simply drew direct hits, and was a natural collector of mainstream traffic. "With its easily identifiable name, thousands of people are visiting the site daily without the aid of a search tool, signaling increasing interest in the technology and the value of a domain that drives natural traffic." All was fine, till earlier this week, when a public ...
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January 31 - Vaja Caddie
2007-02-06 04:53:02
Here it is... I'm breaking the silence at last. I can officially reveal that Vaja, are about to launch a new range of cases! The 'Caddie ' series, is great all round, not only for teeing off on the golf course. Like usual, Vaja are using the finest Argentinian leather, hand chosen for it's great finish, and natural aroma. I have it from an insider, that the product page will read as follows..."Carry your gadget in style. The Caddie collection delivers an unique look and full access to main functions while keeping your device secure. Available only for Motorola Razr V3 & V3i, Palm Treo 700 series and iPod video 30, 60 & 80GB, this collection also includes a very stylish Caddie Leather Bag. Customize your own Caddie model by choosing among several leather colors and embossing your name or logo in the backside. Fully personalizable and made from exquisite high quality Argentine leather."With any luck, these beauties will be in stock in the Vaja store within a month or so.
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February 4 - French Dalek
2007-02-06 04:53:02
A French dalek? Instant hit... Check it!I can't stop snorting with hysterical laughter now. Seriously, this is killing me! 'You don't frighten us, English pig-dog!'
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February 4 - Innovation & Originality
2007-02-06 04:53:02
I'm not one for taking sides, but even as a Windows Vista Ultimate buyer, after watching this video, it's hard to score Microsoft any points on the innovation scale.50,000,000 lines of code? Sheesh... They really are branching out!Sourced from THW.
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February 4 - Wiimote Hold On!
2007-02-06 04:53:02
A superbly animated non-superbowl advert, showing the all to unpleasant consequences of not strapping yourself on to the wiimote.Gizmodo caught up with Super 78 aswell..."I really love the Wii and I had been reading these stories about Wii controllers flying out of peoples hands. We had some down time at the office so I got together with one of the animators and I sketched out a storyboard of the spot. In the board the controller is this high energy maniac and the nun-chuck just wants to get away. So our most talented animator Michael Smith created this fun spot there is a lot of character...This was done by us, Super 78, using our own resources, no agency was involved, no money changed hands."Great sound effects too. ;)
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Techzi.net going live!
2007-02-06 04:53:02
Guys! We're on Wordpress!This blog, is no more, but heck, the new one is everything this one is and a heck of a lot more! Snags? Why has it taken so long? Well admittedly we're not finished doing this yet, but have you ever tried to single-handedly copy and paste 680 posts onto a blog? Not a clue how many we have done at the moment... The New Blogger to WP importer didn't work though. Neither did the Old Blogger to WP importer. Suckage...Anyhow, Tech zi.net is going live! Probably tomorrow, which is Tuesday the 6th! Gimme a high five guys!TECHZI IS RE-LAUNCHING! STAY TUNED FOR EXCITING NEWS, REVIEWS & COMPETITIONS!(Yep! Competitions! With prizes!) ;)But yeah... We're not done till tomorrow. Even then, we can't promise that our uber design will be 100% glitch free... It's not up yet because we're still working on the finer aspects of it. Stay tuned... Changes are happening!
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February 3 - Great day!
2007-02-06 04:53:02
The blog's had a great day! I've lost my e-mail account, the blog has been down for several hours, and I've succesfully mashed up pretty much everything! If you don't get a response to any of your e-mails, you know why... They haven't actually come. They won't come either... Pretty poo, huh?Please excuse the incredibly large, melodramatic 'Red X' too.NOTE: Google just informed me that there will be a power outage on my blog server at 11AM PST too... Brilliant.
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February 3 - Dragon Naturally Speaking 9
2007-02-06 04:53:02
This is a totally honest review, of what happened when I received Drag on Natural ly Speak ing 9 to review... Not quite what I'd been expecting!First ImpressionsBrilliant! The spiffy box arrived at my house just a few days before Christmas. On opening the box, I was greeted by another brown cardboard box, this one more tightly sealed. Inside lay a bubble wrap bag containing two CD pouches with the installation discs inside. A users guide and ?Quick Reference? book were also included, along with a wired headset. So far, so good! In goes the disc. Okay, okay? I got through the installation process till the ?Select a drive to install your copy of Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 on?, or something like that. I had lots of trouble installing the software, as it was claiming I had insufficient space on my main hard drive. Infact, I had ?22.6 GB of free space? on my computer, and I finally got it up and running, after repeatedly retrying to install the software. The installation itself tim...
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January 29 - Hammond Crash Footage
2007-02-06 04:53:02
We brought you the great video of a hamster re-enacting Hammond 's crash a few months back, but this time, it's the real deal.And that was Richard Hammond! Yeah, that was amazing! But truth be told, it wasn't half the 'bang' I'd expected. Still, he's one lucky guy!
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January 29 - History Of Tetris
2007-02-06 04:53:02
Thrilling, I know... Here is an hour long History Of Tetris ! I must admit, I've not had the chance or the time to watch it all, but the first half looks interesting... I must admit, I had no idea...
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January 29 - MySpace Revamp
2007-02-06 04:53:02
In this picture, you can see an enthusiastic DevianArtist got their hands stuck in and dirty, creating their own, Web 2.0 styled MySpace homepage. It looks brilliant!Just click for the full-size version. How snazzy is that?
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January 29 - £9 DVD Player
2007-02-06 04:53:02
When major supermarket chains go and launch £9 DVD Play ers, you know that the industry has moved on... And so it has. ASDA, UK-based retailer, are offering the new 'uber cheap player' to anyone and everyone."Asda, which is part of the American Wal-mart empire, has launched a major move into home electricals, as have Tesco and Sainsbury's. Around 80,000 of the Durabrand 1005 machines will hit the supermarket's stores. The development is indicative of savage price cuts on gadgets, where prices are now so low that they can be thrown away and replaced." via ThisIsLondon.I must admit, I had no idea Wal-Mart owned ASDA... I must have missed something major there! O_o
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January 30 - Vista Roundup
2007-02-06 04:53:02
What a day! The launch of Vista , and I didn't even manage to push out a post! Well, besides this one. Anyhow, I can confirm that my Vista Ultimate copy will be arriving on the 12th of February. Please note that I've included a little snapshot above, because the bigger image is 1.1MB in size, and those of you (0.121%) who are using dial-up may not wish to see the whole thing. But click on it to see the full thing.The 'Wow' starts now. In theory... But seriously, Vista is set to be a hit. I'm all for early-adopting it, and in my opinion, Vista will decide the future of Microsoft. I'm hoping to work more closely with the company in future. They still have a great time ahead of them, and us kids need to be educated better, how to use the software, tools and services provided by them in a more streamlined, effective, productive way. At the moment, the only thing the whole of my class knows how to do without fail, is 'Copy & Paste'. Even then, they have trouble rendering the text/...
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February 3 - Web 2.0 In A Nutshell
2007-02-06 04:53:02
A superb video, highlighting what Web 2 .0 is!Afterall my countless efforts spent writing about it, I think this does a much better job. Don't you think?
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February 3 - Great news!
2007-02-06 04:53:02
After my very sarcastic 'Great day!' post earlier, it turns out that actually, today has been great! With the help of 22-year old entrepreneur, Nate Whitehill, I now have my own Media Temple hosting, courtesy of InfinFX! Wordpress has now been set-up there fully, and you can see the test page anywhere at Techzi.net! Now just the Wordpress/Layout/PHP integration to go!Heck... Today has rocked! Thanks for making it all happen Nate. I seriously owe you a big one. Put it there man! He stayed up till 3:50 AM last night helping me! Not to mention the fact that he got back up again six hours later! Customer satisfaction? I'll give him an 11 (That's out of 10)!Looking to setup a website? Looking to get hosting? Want a new layout? Want a fully customizes Wordpress theme? Nate's the man!He also showed me this rather amusing cake too... Very nice. Apple lawyers, you on standby?I present to you, the Apple iPhlake! (Sorry for the chocolatey pun... Ya' know. Cadbury flakes? Gee... Nevermind...
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February 3 - Inka Pen
2007-02-06 04:53:02
Today, I went over to my local post office and picked up my free 'commercial sample' Inka pen, courtesy of InkaCorp president, Greg Adelman, who agreed to send me the Titanium Pen free of charge! Pity about silly EU customs though. I ended up shelling out over $20 anyway. No matter... I'm so impressed with the product though, $20 seems a small price to pay, for this top-notch Titainum-Inka! Shipping?Impressive stuff. Global Priority Mail! I'm glad to see that Inka treat journalists like myself with the same respect they give their customers. So what was in the package? The usual... Oh, ya' know.One commercially packaged Titanium Inka Pen with instructions on use.One Inka Pen mini-poster with full details of the product.Greg's spiffy little business card (very swish)!Oh... and one purple paperclip! "But David! This is a tech blog! Surely a pen is a pen, no?" I have to admit that I would have agreed with you before trying out the pen myself, but seriously, this thing is fancy!...
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January 28 - Mac 2006 Adverts
2007-01-28 16:50:13
A quick roundup of the 6 Apple 2006 PC vs Mac adverts. Even if you're a PC fan, it's hard to resist liking these adverts.Speaking of PCs, I'm getting a new one for my Birthday. Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS, 2GB RAM, Intel Core 2 Due E6600, Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, Office 2007, and a whole lot more... Weighs in at $3500!
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January 27 - Web Developers
2007-01-28 16:50:13
Sorry about no posts yesterday... Something major happened, which quite frankly distracted me from everything else. I'm still a little shocked about it, and my heart goes out to the family involved.Anyhow, it seems bLaugh have the right end of the stick on this one...Who else has arachnophobia?
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January 26 - HDR Photography
2007-01-26 22:48:02
In an ever advancing technological world, one of the new things that has started to become very popular in the wonderful world of photography lately, is HDR. There's a great tutorial over at SIC. Pity the skilled photographer has never heard of Klingons though... Perhaps it's not all that popular over in Bangkok.
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January 26 - bLaugh Down
2007-01-26 22:48:02
So it seems that bLaugh , the popular blogging cartoon, is currently down. DOOM ON YOU! But this seems to be something pretty major... All of the cartoons, are displaying in IE as 'little red Xs', which we all know means only one thing. Hosting problems, or the dreaded 'Server Maintenance' dudes! Well... This does suck. The latest comic out was the 'Modern Day Bully', which my daily e-mail from feedburner has pointed out. Else I wouldn't have realised... Check it! Doomed 'alt text', or in IE, a big, fat, red X! By the way, that's not a hot-link to bLaugh... All images there are down. 404 on the homepage too. Google cache is even having trouble rendering the site, because no external files 'exist'. It can't call images or style-sheets up as references, because they simply don't exist. bLaugh is gone... And we're hoping it's only temporary!Your heard it first at Techzi.UPDATE: Over 90 minutes later, and still no news from Chris, or any one from the website. We'll let y...
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January 26 - Future ID
2007-01-26 04:47:01
Could this seriously be the future? Will we all be talking about ID in the future, as in a well established LinkedIn account?But seriously... LinkedIn would be more useful. Who cares if MySpace has a trillion users... It's not hald as practical as Xing, and other business related opportunities out there.
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January 24 - Vaja Macbook
2007-01-25 16:46:05
I've been eyeing up the Vaja Classic Jacket for Mac Book 's starting in sizes at 13" and going up to 17". They're looking really spiffy at the moment, and as and when I get myself a new MacBook, count me in with this swish looking leather case!Using Vaja's own specially made fabric lining, the case protects against everyday bumps and scratches which are the usual side affects found with such sleek and portable cases. The Vaja logo, as usual, is inlaid with Sterling Silver 925, and optional graphical/text personalization can be requested, and will be laser cut to your standards. Why do I love Vaja? It's so you. You decide every aspect of your case, from the little tabs on the side, to the size of your inner pockets on the bags. To the type of Argentinian Leather hide used, and the colour combination requested, it seems Vaja do their best to cater for everyone's needs.Click on the picture above to enlarge.
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January 24 - 1080P
2007-01-25 16:46:05
Another classic from bLaugh. Seriously, this content rocks! They have more ideas than a forest faerie canoing. That doesn't actually make any sense what so ever though. aka, They seem to have more ideas than me.Nobody said anything about Forest Faeries...
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January 23 - Social Spamming
2007-01-23 22:44:02
Social Spam ming, as Timo Heuer, German Web 2.0 critique puts it. I'm strongly against Timo on this one. On his blog, he highlighted a conversation he'd had with 'X', a user of LinkedIn, who presumably asked to remain anonymous. Unless his real name is indeed X.Upim: LinkedIn?s mission is to connect people and business partner and not to contact with someone you don?t really know?X: It?s not spamming though. It?s part of a business model. And I am making an effort to get to know all these people.And LinkedIn strives to connect people with similar areas of interest and create possible business ties.Upim: Spamming is a business model?X: It?s not spamming.Upim: It isX: It?s notUpim: Of course it isX: Another contact. =)It?s not.Read the LinkedIn homepage. They aim to connect people.I?m not spamming. I?m making an effort to connect.Upim: contacts are people you know? that?s my understanding of itX: And I?m making contacts.I?m making an effort to get to know these people.I?m making an...
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January 23 - Startup
2007-01-23 22:44:02
These past two or three days, I've not had much time for Techzi admittedly. What started off as a wild idea, has really impacted on me, and now I'm taking it as seriously as Techzi. This idea is big. This startup is big. This will be big. If any of you in the magazine/newspaper/printing/publishing industry are interested, let me know who you are, and where you work.I'm teaming up with some of the biggest names in Blogging for this one. They're attacking my ideas and contributing themselves, and at the moment, it looks great.By the way, I should really credit Tony Hung for the b5media logo. Don't be getting any ideas from it yet either... Nothing official has been said yet. Kinda... ;)
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