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    Macbook Air costs 1699 euros in Europe, 1799 dollars in the States

    Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

    Buying a Macbook Air in Europe costs 1699 euros. Converted to dollars you pay 2499 dollars instead of 1799 dollars if you bought it in the States. A price difference of 600 dollars !!
    Conclusion : Europe is richer than America.

    No more external sound from your iPhone ?

    Monday, December 17th, 2007

    In case you have the following problem scenario on your iPhone, here’s a quick tip :

    sound via headphones, no sound via the speakers
    your phone rings ok, but
    everything else you can’t hear except via the headphones

    Then you need to plug in-and-out your headphones. Go on, have some iPhone intercourse !
    Do that about 3 to 6 [...]

    Connect your xbox 360 to your iMac using Elgato Eye Hybrid

    Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

    I’ve recently acquired an xbox 360 when MediaMarkt did a clearance sale on a particular package deal. 299 € is a very nice price for an xbox with a 20 gig hard disk, only the arcade version is selling cheaper.
    I thought it was time to buy one, since almost all the games come out on [...]

    Iphone upgrade to 1.1.2 and keypad/sms problems ?

    Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

    This is a fix for iphones in unsupported countries (at the moment only the UK, France and the USA are supported).
    If you upgraded your iphone to firmware 1.1.2 and are suddenly realising that :

    your phone does not ring when somebody calls it
    the sms application does not want to start up, but does show the [...]

    RFID firewalls are here !

    Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

    Today I read an Ars Technica article about a new protection for your RFID tags (you know, those tags that are now used for taking stock of inventory, theft protection, and are now showing up in passports).
    What great about this new protection is that you can configure which tags you want to allow to [...]

    Using RFID to configure your wireless network

    Thursday, March 15th, 2007

    Apple has gotten a bright idea (and patented it right away too) : put a Radio Frequency ID (RFID) chip in your networking device, and bring them in close proximity to each other.
    They’ll recognise each other, and can then configure the rest of the wireless network setup themselves : an extract from the MacRumors site [...]

    Busy with my new mac

    Friday, December 15th, 2006

    I don’t have too much time right now.
    I’m busy migrating my content from my mac mini to my new iMac, plus dual-booting into Windows XP to get a good dose of the latest graphical games there.
    It’s a swweeeet beast… Guess which one I have ?
    Ok, ok, for my own benefit (I just realised I use [...]

    Getting online with your PSP if you use WEP

    Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

    I’ve had to use WEP security for my wireless setup as I am working with a WDS setup.
    This was needed so my DVD-HD Kiss Player, connected to an Airport Express, can get to the internet and download his program tv guide. And WDS only works with WEP… sigh. Otherwise I would be using WPA pre-shared [...]

    Instant lust : the E-ten Glofiish M700

    Monday, November 20th, 2006

    I just saw my new dreamphone: the E-ten glofiish M700. It’s got everything but the kitchen sink :
    quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, GPS (SiRFstar III) with TMC, an FM radio, an integrated camera, and Windows Mobile 5.0, the M700 has the added bonus of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. No 3G support, it seems, [...]

    Setting up WDS between a Linksys WRT54G and Airport Express

    Friday, October 20th, 2006

    Last monday I bought myself an Apple Airport Express (AX), which I want to set up as a Wireless extender for my current wireless netwerk so that I can connect my KISSDVD/HD recorder (a 200 GB DP-558) to the internet and so I can access the Electronic Program Guide Kiss provides on the internet.
    I can [...]

    2-port KVM switch

    Monday, September 4th, 2006

    I have needed a KVM switch (Keyboard, Video, Monitor switch) for some time now, as it has become bothersome to switch between my pc and my mac every time.
    Sure, I did install ultra-vnc on my pc, so I could fire up Chicken of VNC and get to my pc using my Mac’s screen and use [...]

    Qtek 9100

    Sunday, July 30th, 2006

    I am the proud owner of a Qtek 9100 pda-phone now !
    It’s a pda with phone capabilities that has Windows Mobile 5 phone edition, AKU2, so the latest version and is a quad-band phone that can do GSM, GPRS and EDGE.
    At first I wanted to buy the new Tytn from HTC (also the makers of [...]

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