For my recent trip to Europe I was able to take and road test a Lenovo ThinkPad ultra-portable laptop (model x201i). I’m going to be a bit sad to give it back. That’s a pretty big call for someone like me who usually takes a MacBook Pro on trips and hasn’t used a Windows laptop for many years. The Lenovo turned out to be a … Continue reading Gear review: Lenovo ThinkPad X201i
My dog T-dog* is a somewhat bolshie little beast and she does not like it when I travel away from home overnight (I’ll come back to this fact later). Recently we (T-dog and me that is) were asked to participate in a trial of a new dog food by the folks over at Yoghurt Plus. The deal was T-dog would eat the food and I … Continue reading My dog and her new food
I’ve been an American Express customer for a long time. But recently they made it apparent that they do not want my custom so I’m in the process of closing my accounts. Unless their customer service tactics are treat ’em mean and keep ’em keen something very strange is happening at that company IMHO. It went thus … I’ve had and used both a gold … Continue reading American Express discovers new depths to customer service
Over the past few weeks I’ve been able to *try out one of the new Flip Mino HD™ digital camcorders. It is the most convenient (literally pocket sized) & high quality video camera I’ve seen. Easy is the key term that comes to mind with this gadget. Connecting the Flip to a computer is easy with the built in USB – no more losing the … Continue reading Review: Flip Mino HD
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