fordie’s blog

On Christmas Eve Laura apologised to me because the gift she had ordered for me online over two weeks previously had failed to arrive from Dixons. When she handed me a printout on Christmas morning with a picture and the tec specs of the TomTom Go 520T that was on it’s way for me I [...]

In a recent post I talked about how I got my hands on a Vodafone V1605 for free; having had the phone for a month now I thought it made sense to talk about it in a bit more depth.

Overview:
The Vodafone V1605 is the Vodafone branded version of the HTC hermes; it’s a Windows Mobile [...]

My Vodafone contract is now at a point where I can upgrade my handset, so after a lot research I decided I was going to go for the V1605 (HTC Hermes).
I really liked the look of the v1605, My previous handset (before my current N-70) was an i-mate jam (also an HTC device) I really [...]

At the weekend I installed the Orange Live box for my in-laws. They were already on Orange broadband, and their old netgear wireless router had died so the FIL decided to take a deal from Orange & upgrade to the Orange live box.
As soon as I popped the installation CD into the PC I hit [...]

It was Isla’s and my Birthday yesterday. My sister Anna bought Isla a Fisher Price “Kid Tough” Digital Camera which she gave her on Saturday when we all met up in London after going on the London Eye.
Isla was thrilled to bits with her camera, and actually she’s taken some pretty good photos (considering she’s [...]