I think I'll have to grab one of those JW Walls posters for myself!
Are you a Geek Dad/Uncle/Mum/Aunt? Ten Techy Gifts for kids this Xmas
It's that time again. Get ready to dig deep into your pockets, and spend your hard earned cash on gifts for the kids, the nieces and nephews, the neighbour's sprog and just about everyone else who's flung their arms round your knees and cooed "Unkle" appealingly. If you're torn between bankruptcy and a whole string of people …
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Monday 15th December 2014 12:54 GMT Nigel Whitfield.
Well, indeed, not a completely new thing, admittedly.
You wouldn't believe the number of press releases sent out this time of year that start "If your publication is running any gift guides..." full of the most bizarre stuff imaginable. So a certain number of trips to the pub and lateral thinking were involved in this one, trying to come up with things that would appeal, without taking the easy offerings from the PRs
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Saturday 13th December 2014 18:37 GMT Moonshine
Re: FUZE T2
Interesting(ish) factoid: The original price of the BBC in 1982 was £399. The effect of inflation means that in today's money that's about £1300. That will get you (for example) a Toshiba Satellite P50-B with an i7, 4K display, 8GB RAM, etc. However the Tosh won't generate the same excitement in the average household as the Beeb did in 1982.
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Tuesday 16th December 2014 01:31 GMT Roland6
Re: Not helpful
I'd say wing it and just give him the wrapping paper.
Better wrap a couple of large cardboard boxes - only need small presents that rattle when box is shaken. Kept my children quiet most of the day, particularly as one box was black inside and had glow in the dark star and planet stickers inside. Unfortunately (in this respect) they do grow and so enjoy whilst you can...
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Monday 22nd December 2014 10:09 GMT JaitcH
Belkin? Poor Quality - off-standard comms
Seems to me that Belkin has never managed to meet, or beat, the quality of competitors.
For example, they had a Notebook Security Lock - all it is good for is making the security hole in the laptop large enough until it falls out. Pure junk.
If you are going into home-based systems it's essential not to locked in to a non-standard communications protocol. Look at X-10, supported by numerous Third Party vendors.
Nest is solid because it has Google behind it.