Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

Top Tip of the week: Iif you start an auction at 99p (or less), there are no insertion fees for the first 100 items a month on eBay.

So that meant that Mary and I spent a chunk of yesterday listing items we've had lying around for a while, mainly because we've upgraded or just don't need them any more, and that could go to a new home...

• A5 PC graphics tablet: Wacom PenPartner Graphics Tablet


• Webcam that becomes a digicam: Creative PC-CAM 600


• UnpoweredUSB hub: Xgene Hubsucker 7-port USB hub with suction attachment


• Presentation remote: Xgene Gogopad Bluetooth remote control with touchpad


• iPod docking station and speakers: Sharp DK-AP2(BK) Portable iPod Docking Station


• Damaged Treo 600 for parts: Orange Palm Treo 600 (broken screen)


• Spare battery for a tablet PC: Motion Computing Extended battery for LS Series


• Featurephone: Sendo D800


• Homeplug ethernet port: Phonex NeverWire 14 Powerline Homeplug Ethernet Bridge


• Featurephone: Sendo M550


• Collectable fabric keyboard (might also do for craft projects): Roll-up fabric keyboard for Orange SPV


• Use an old disk with a new PC: IDE-SATA adaptor


• Use a second old disk with a new PC: IDE-SATA adaptor


• 200GB of network attached storage and printer sharing: Linksys Etherfast Gigadrive EFG80


• Windows mobile smartphone: O2 XDA IQ


• Windows Mobile smartphone: Orange SPV M2000

A productive afternoon. Now for them all to sell!

In March we spent a night in Death Valley, staying at Furnace Springs and taking a side trip up to Salt Creek to see the pupfish. They're amazing little things, tiny fish that have adapted to live in some of the most extreme conditions possible.

We were lucky, as there was plenty of water still (though signs of the dry summer to come were all around), and the pupfish were mating - with aggressive little yellow males darting around.

I decided to try out the HD video recording capabilities of my DSLR, filming a small group of the fish in a relatively shallow section of the creek.



Salt Creek, California
March 2010