#“Very quick thoughts on Facebook Places” U.S. Only to start with. GrrrrrrrrrrMobile-Web-based for most which is fineiPhone before Android. Grrrrrr.Facebook Pages are not the sames as Places Pages. That's a bit odd. Surely the intersection of a Page's Fans (or Likers or whatever they are called now) and people who check-in is really powerful? Or is it that you have one Starbucks Page but you need 400,000 Starbucks Places Pages? Which makes sense I guess. »
#“The Next Big Battle: Google Places vs Facebook Fan Pages” Facebook's upgrade of the Notes feature this week set me thinking. I asked the simple question if this is another step towards Facebook being "your web-page". First they had to open everything up, now you have permanent pages with your thoughts and simple formatting is allowed. What if they were indexable? What if you had a custom domain for your entire Profile? »
#“Super-Smart Use of Android Portable Hotspot from 11 y/o Son” When I upgraded to the HTC Desire, I gave my old G1 to my eldest son. We try to keep it up-to-date and it is currently running the Cyanogen version of Android 2.2 Froyo. One problem he ran into is that he is on a PAYG O2 SIM and relies on the indulgence of his Grandparents and Aunties/Uncles for call credit. »
#“Really Amazon, my Facebook Friends like Monty Python? Wow!” You can now connect your Amazon account to your Facebook account. The idea being that stuff your friends like might also appeal to you. I'm not so sure when it comes to purchasing. I don't have the same taste in movies as my wife, I'm not a vegan like my old college buddy Bernard, I don't read the same books as my nephew Tadhg and I'm not a big fan of pets like my sisters. »
#“Android gets it own Sky+ app - Pocket-lint” via pocket-lint.com I just installed this and gave it a go. Works perfectly with our Sky+HD. Only glitch was that we have two boxes and I needed to login to the Sky site to tell it which one to record with. App is giving plenty of "bad connection" errors but always works on the second attempt. Looks lovely and can be region set to Ireland. »
#“Bugatti stealing my Sugru design concepts?” You be the judge. My Sky+ Remote: The new Bugatti Veyron SS from Top Gear: »
#“Lovely Brabantia Bin - Sugru to the Rescue” We've had a big-assed 50L Brabantia bin for the past 6 years or so. In their wisdom, Brabantia realise that the crappy catches they put on their bins break regularly and not only provide a spare but make it very easy to order another: Unfortunately, what they didn't suss was basic mechanical engineering and the fracture mechanics of 5 children whacking the bin-lidhard every time they opened and closed it. »
#“Froyo running on HTC G1” This is CyanogenMod 6.0RC2. Working brilliantly on old hardware. »
#“Second Sugru Hack - Sky+ Remote” One of my 5 darling children (identity unknown) decided to peel off a strip of the rubber backing on the Sky+ remote. This bugged me every time I held it. So I decided to have some fun with a Sugru repair. Before: I had a vision in my head for what I wanted to do. Unfortunately I have zero artistic ability. The plan was something like a Spiderman web but this is what I gouged out: »
#“Quick thoughts on the new Digg” I have never used Digg much. It's perfect for when I have spare time and I want to bounce around different stories. The problem is that first bit, spare time. So like most people, I just used it to pimp the shit out of my own shit. But even that gets boring after a while. I heard Kevin Rose talk about the new Digg on TWiT recently and I really liked the sound of it. »