Re: Perl e-commerce?
I looked at Handel a few years ago; does anyone have any current experience with it?
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:17 AM, michael lush wrote: > http://xkcd.com/949/... http://www.notes.co.il/benbasat/user/snail.JPG ( from http://www.abenba.com/?p=10991 )
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
Man, if only there were a way to get radio programmes, like, directly from the radio. Right? I mean, those are cheap, and don't require wifi or 3G or any such technological tomfoolery. Oh well, sounds like a lost cause. -- Chris Devers
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On 20/09/11 14:33, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: On 20 Sep 2011, at 14:21, Edmund von der Burg wrote: Perhaps an iPod Touch with some cloud syncing so you can put music onto it? No idea about the details though but if my toddler can work an iPad your Mum should be able to too :) No, he said there's no wifi in the house. iPhone was my first thought or maybe iTouch plus one of those 3G->wifi dongledoofers. Bite one's tongue and install a secret wifi box with all the latest "security" etc? We have an old 8G iTouch here going begging... Much better then a Kindle for multimedia.
Should I get my mum a Kindle?
> So ... a Kindle. If I buy her a Kindle with 3G (it has to be 3G, cos > there's no wifi network available) can I "push" audio content to it Buy several old iPods on eBay (they're about 30quid each, so you can get five for the cost of a 3G kindle.) Mail one to her (royal mail) with the content on it every time she asks for something. Pick them up next time you visit. Mark
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 03:54:44PM +0100, Simon Wilcox wrote: > On 20/09/2011 14:02, David Cantrell wrote: > >However, she does like iPlayer. Specifically, she likes to phone me and > >ask me to "acquire" radio programmes for her that she missed. > How about a TV or Bluray player that has an iPlayer interface built in ? > It would need an internet connection of some sort so if she has no > internet as opposed to just wired internet then that's a non-starter. No interweb at all. And, indeed, no TV. -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire Irregular English: ladies glow; gentlemen perspire; brutes, oafs and athletes sweat
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:02 PM, David Cantrell wrote: > My mother is a technophobe, and furthermore, she's not allowed to have a > computer anyway, because then she'd ask me for help with it. > > However, she does like iPlayer. Specifically, she likes to phone me and > ask me to "acquire" radio programmes for her that she missed. Until > now, I've done this either by putting them on my iPad so she can listen > to them when I visit, or putting them on a CD. But now I've run out of > blank CDs. http://xkcd.com/949/... Seriously you could get a handful of thoes little 1Gb conference keydrives and circulate them between you and her, there are a lot of radios with a USB socket she could then play straight off a key drive. Its not so good if she wants to maintain a collection of stuff she wants to go back to. -- Michael Lush
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On 20/09/2011 14:02, David Cantrell wrote: However, she does like iPlayer. Specifically, she likes to phone me and ask me to "acquire" radio programmes for her that she missed. How about a TV or Bluray player that has an iPlayer interface built in ? It would need an internet connection of some sort so if she has no internet as opposed to just wired internet then that's a non-starter. S.
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 02:33:10PM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > On 20 Sep 2011, at 14:21, Edmund von der Burg wrote: > > Perhaps an iPod Touch with some cloud syncing so you can put music > > onto it? No idea about the details though but if my toddler can work > > an iPad your Mum should be able to too :) > No, he said there's no wifi in the house. iPhone was my first thought > or maybe iTouch plus one of those 3G->wifi dongledoofers. The great thing about a Kindle is that there's no monthly cost for the data. -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 02:21:44PM +0100, Edmund von der Burg wrote: > Perhaps an iPod Touch with some cloud syncing so you can put music > onto it? No idea about the details though but if my toddler can work > an iPad your Mum should be able to too :) An iPod touch wouldn't work, as it would need wifi. -- David Cantrell | Bourgeois reactionary pig Irregular English: ladies glow; gentlemen perspire; brutes, oafs and athletes sweat
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On 20 Sep 2011, at 14:21, Edmund von der Burg wrote: > > Perhaps an iPod Touch with some cloud syncing so you can put music > onto it? No idea about the details though but if my toddler can work > an iPad your Mum should be able to too :) No, he said there's no wifi in the house. iPhone was my first thought or maybe iTouch plus one of those 3G->wifi dongledoofers. We have an old 8G iTouch here going begging...
Re: Should I get my mum a Kindle?
On 20 September 2011 14:02, David Cantrell wrote: > My mother is a technophobe, and furthermore, she's not allowed to have a > computer anyway, because then she'd ask me for help with it. Quite right! > However, she does like iPlayer. Specifically, she likes to phone me and > ask me to "acquire" radio programmes for her that she missed. Until > now, I've done this either by putting them on my iPad so she can listen > to them when I visit, or putting them on a CD. But now I've run out of > blank CDs. > > As I am a geek, I would like to solve the problem by throwing a > ridiculous amount of technology at it. After all, what's the point of > living in The Future if I can't solve her problem by deploying more > computing power than existed on the entire planet when she was born? > > So ... a Kindle. If I buy her a Kindle with 3G (it has to be 3G, cos > there's no wifi network available) can I "push" audio content to it? Or > if not, could I configure the web browser on the Kindle to have > something that I control as its default page, and she can download audio > from that? Err - yes you can but it will be painful. You can email stuff to a kindle, and if it comes from a whitelisted email address it'll download straight away. But there is a data cost to doing that over 3G. Not much, but for audio it'll be biggish. The kindle is awesome for reading and the sound it pretty good. But the navigation on it is a pain as the screen is slow to update. No problem for page turns, but real issue for anything that is meant to be interactive. If left with the wireless on and when playing audio the battery is not superb - again not the usage it is designed for. Perhaps an iPod Touch with some cloud syncing so you can put music onto it? No idea about the details though but if my toddler can work an iPad your Mum should be able to too :) Cheers, Edmund. > -- > David Cantrell | Bourgeois reactionary pig > > THIS IS THE LANGUAGE POLICE > PUT DOWN YOUR THESAURUS > STEP AWAY FROM THE CLICHE >
Should I get my mum a Kindle?
My mother is a technophobe, and furthermore, she's not allowed to have a computer anyway, because then she'd ask me for help with it. However, she does like iPlayer. Specifically, she likes to phone me and ask me to "acquire" radio programmes for her that she missed. Until now, I've done this either by putting them on my iPad so she can listen to them when I visit, or putting them on a CD. But now I've run out of blank CDs. As I am a geek, I would like to solve the problem by throwing a ridiculous amount of technology at it. After all, what's the point of living in The Future if I can't solve her problem by deploying more computing power than existed on the entire planet when she was born? So ... a Kindle. If I buy her a Kindle with 3G (it has to be 3G, cos there's no wifi network available) can I "push" audio content to it? Or if not, could I configure the web browser on the Kindle to have something that I control as its default page, and she can download audio from that? -- David Cantrell | Bourgeois reactionary pig THIS IS THE LANGUAGE POLICE PUT DOWN YOUR THESAURUS STEP AWAY FROM THE CLICHE
