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Review: Acer Iconia A1 Android Tablet

Matt — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:51:36 +0000

A whole lot of bang for your buck I didn’t know what to expect when I was invited to the launch party for Acer’s new tablet device. A quick Google search showed the rumour mill was abuzz with talk of Windows 8 tablets and high-end Android devices. What was presented was perhaps more humble, but to [...]

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Review: D-Link DHP-329AV PowerLine Starter Kit

Matt — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:08:37 +0000

Stylish PowerLine networking for multiple devices PowerLine kits are ten a penny these days, and it can be hard for manufacturers to think of something different to do. The people at D-Link seem to be switched on though, producing this dual adapter kit with each device featuring not one, but two [...]

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All TME content now available as PDFs

Matt — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:13:47 +0000

New content to be written in a “PDF friendly” layout Seeing as I’ve been writing some more complex how-to guides lately I decided that it was about time that I implemented some sort of system to allow readers to download the text and images on in an article for reading offline. So, I’ve made use of [...]

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Housekeeping + TME is 3 years old!!!

Matt — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:48:12 +0000

3 years of inane babble tidied upTech Made Easy turned three years old last week and it got me thinking that perhaps some housekeeping was in order. It turns out I was correct; the error_log file for the site was over 1GB in size due to a plugin which had broken about 18 months ago. A new line in [...]

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Lose weight and feel great with MyFitnessPal

Matt — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:04:34 +0000

Working for me thus far Losing weight can be hard, especially if you’re not the most active person in the world. I managed to pack on two stone (28lb, 12.7KG) in the two and a half years that I’ve been back in the UK. It’s not just a question of how much you eat, lifestyle plays a massive part in [...]

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Simple sound sensitive light show using LEDs

Matt — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:23:14 +0000

Now where to put it? So after spending a bit too much time putting together my 8x8x8 LED cube I found myself with a bunch of spare parts laying around. When I took the cube into the office really, a bunch of people asked me if I would be able to make is sound reactive. The simple answer was no, at [...]

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Nokia announce budget handset with dedicated WhatsApp button

Matt — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:56:27 +0000

Rainbow coloured social handset Nokia have unveiled a new budget handset in their “Asha” line of social orientated phones. The Asha 210 will come with a QWERTY keyboard and WhatsApp integration including a dedicated WhatsApp button. It’s not the first time that Nokia have made a phone with a [...]

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