Category Archives: General Musings

Monthly mailbag musings

Posted by: Jane Douglas With July very nearly upon us, it’s time for a choice few words from Tech & Gadgets’ noble readers. Your comments are, as ever, always appreciated, in whatever shape you choose to give them. Dropping us … Continue reading

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Friday lynx for cheetahs (on Thursday)

Well I’m not around tomorrow (or today if you’re reading this on Friday, or yesterday if you… you get the idea) so I’m bringing forward our regular look back at the hottest T&G articles of the week AND the best … Continue reading

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Why do TV computers HAVE to talk?

I watched the BBC’s new drama last night The Last Enemy  – which I’d been excited about all week, and I have to confess that a few things about it irritated me. Let’s be honest – premise wise, it’s right … Continue reading

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Friday links – inside and out

Well it’s been a good week – with Jane arriving and Rob Clymo’s first ever column T&G is getting better and better. But, as Bachman Turner Overdrive suggested, you ain’t seen nothing yet. However, before we look to the future, … Continue reading

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The week in links

It’s Friiiiday – and that means that T&G is duty bound to provide you with our retrospective of the week both on the channel and in the wacky world that is the internet. Why the UK loves texting Are we … Continue reading

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It bugs everyone

Considering my recent rail against identity cards, I doubt it would surprise you to find out that I am following the current MP bugging scandal with great interest. For those of you who haven’t been reading the front pages in … Continue reading

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The best of the web – this week

Hey look what happened – we left Thursday behind and bumped straight into Friday! After you’ve got over the shock, we have a veritable feast of great links for you. But I start, as tradition dictates, with a look at … Continue reading

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Sponge day

I managed to get one of of my articles done and dusted it relatively quickly today which is always cool because it gives me a little time to look around, find some decent blog links and generally sponge up some … Continue reading

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Links, links and more links

A slightly brief version of the Friday links. If I said the words ‘busier than a particularly industrious bee that has found itself with a particularly large honeycomb building project with the entire hive at stake’ then it would be … Continue reading

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ID Cards – scrap them now

I’m delighted that the ridiculous plan to bring in ID cards has reportedly been delayed; I think the whole scheme is one of the most insidious and potentially damaging things that could happen to British society. It’s been a week … Continue reading

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