smufflersWorld http://smufflersworld.com my life online . . . Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:14:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 and so it begins… http://smufflersworld.com/2010/07/test/ http://smufflersworld.com/2010/07/test/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:11:21 +0000 jodrell http://smufflersworld.com/2010/07/test/ think I’ll be taking my laptop on the train with a bit more regularity from now on ;-)

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looks like the perfect festival phone – rugged and the battery life is epic ;-)

Prefer your cellphone to be more tough than smart? Then you might want to give…

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Nice one Whatleydude … and ta for the Truphone nod :-)

PS. we do a clever roaming SIM card now as well as the software ;-)

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Hey! What’s that? It’s only James…

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Very cool camera shot and commentary explaining what’s going on :-)

Okay, okay, it’s totally freaking awesome. I really want to know what the film speed and exposure…

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wow, a publisher that’s finally beginning to get it???

We’ve pointed to numerous studies, at this point, that have all found that, when done right, free ebooks can greatly…

]]> http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/publisher-experiments-with-free-and-sees-book-sales-increase-20x/feed/ 0 Pulling the tablecloth out from under the place-settings with a performance motorcycle http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/pulling-the-tablecloth-out-from-under-the-place-settings-with-a-performance-motorcycle/ http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/pulling-the-tablecloth-out-from-under-the-place-settings-with-a-performance-motorcycle/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:01:15 +0000 jodrell http://smufflersworld.tumblr.com/post/445339277 Pulling the tablecloth out from under the place-settings with a performance motorcycle:
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he he he, hat’s pretty cool ;-)

This is a very clever way to promote your performance motorcycle: BMW chains a very, very long tablecloth with a very, very elaborate…

]]> http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/pulling-the-tablecloth-out-from-under-the-place-settings-with-a-performance-motorcycle/feed/ 0 New Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Enough High-Tech Gear To Make Your Head Spin [Iron Man] http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/new-iron-man-2-trailer-has-enough-high-tech-gear-to-make-your-head-spin-iron-man/ http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/new-iron-man-2-trailer-has-enough-high-tech-gear-to-make-your-head-spin-iron-man/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:22:49 +0000 jodrell http://smufflersworld.tumblr.com/post/434562656 New Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Enough High-Tech Gear To Make Your Head Spin [Iron Man]:
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not only do they seem to be doing all the right things with this franchise but they have the gift of great music already written … Iron Man by Black Sabbath and now War…

]]> http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/new-iron-man-2-trailer-has-enough-high-tech-gear-to-make-your-head-spin-iron-man/feed/ 0 This Watch Shouldn’t Exist, But It Does [Watches] http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/this-watch-shouldnt-exist-but-it-does-watches/ http://smufflersworld.com/2010/03/this-watch-shouldnt-exist-but-it-does-watches/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:51:26 +0000 jodrell http://smufflersworld.tumblr.com/post/426310217 This Watch Shouldn’t Exist, But It Does [Watches]:
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If I wore a watch it would probably be something like this …

The more I look at Thomas Prescher’s Mysterious Double Axis Tourbillon watch, the more I think it’s…

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excellent news, the first of many I hope

Virgin America late Tuesday said it has dropped Flash altogether from its website. The change, which quietly took effect Monday,…

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yep, I know people like this ;-)

The weird sense of duty really good sysadmins have can border on the sociopathic, but it's nice to know that it stands between the forces of darkness and your cat blog's servers.

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