http://www.webcoding.co.uk Webcoding.co.uk articles RSS Feeds (c)2005 webcoding.co.uk Interesting to note that the US and UK TV schedules are starting to become very close together. The usual "months" of time between show A starting in america and england have dropped a lot. Take a look at Prison Break - Season 3, this is out tonight in the US and follows on the 24th September in thttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 17 Sep 2007 09:48:11 +0100I've just recieved the Humax 9200 TB PVR Freeview Recorder. Initial impressions (visually) First impressions are good. The case is good quality with easily accessible points though I'd be happier if the USB connection was at the rear of the device as opposed to the front (within the pull dohttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 17 Sep 2007 09:35:29 +0100Microsoft Surface aims to be the ultimate home system. The multi-touch system is essentially a glass topped table with a touch screen interface allowing you to directly interact and achieve "stuff". The similarity (especially the photo manipulation) is strikingly similar to Jeff Han's multi-touchhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 31 May 2007 08:45:27 +0100I was watching some videos over at Google Code and I came accross Dasher which is an attempt to do away with the good old keyboard. Now, I understand the idea behind it and I also like the idea of moving ahead with newer ways of getting information from our brains into computers but I just couldnhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 26 Apr 2007 16:00:27 +0100I have one :) Great device, good playback (note: this device has serious issues with supporting certain DIVX/XVID codecs and wont go near AC3 sound). Anyway, I was at the pub, I stepped on mine and smashed the screen :( :( So! Creative offer a £125 price for exchange of the device - not a badhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukSun, 1 Apr 2007 14:15:43 +0100I've seen one :) I've touched one :) I've played with one! So what do I think? Not bad, small and descreet with typical Apple styling. They get hot, quickly, but overall I think they are a nice design and the plug and play straight into the HDMI of your nearest HDTV is quick and simple. I had http://www.webcoding.co.ukSun, 1 Apr 2007 14:13:31 +0100FOWA (Future of Web Apps) I was at the conference this week and it was pretty good. Some interesting things were shown and said and I’ve come away with perhaps a few more ideas and new things to try out. I have to say that the conference does seem to be a lot about the sponsoring companies http://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 22 Feb 2007 11:50:30 +0000I've been writing a few ajax objects, but im pretty fed up of rewriting ajax stuff to suit specific onreadystate changes. The following object I've done basically pushes the ajax onreadystate process to a new object which you pass into the core ajax object. The source is here, take a look. Simphttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 13 Feb 2007 15:33:54 +0000So I was playing with the Sony FX1E HDV Video Camera (one of the first to record at 1080i) and the request was to push video out to the 63" Samsung Plasma at work (yes, 63 :)) We got an S-Video lead and it worked fine but the question came as to why the resolution seemed a little blurry/low. I http://www.webcoding.co.ukFri, 9 Feb 2007 15:41:28 +0000Charlie Brooker over at the Guardian writes a great piece on why Mac's are crap. Loved it and more so since those truly useless adverts currently being aired. Charlie Brooker Article Charlie missed out a good point too.. Mac's are apparently so cool and amazing that Apple decided to launch bohttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 5 Feb 2007 17:01:38 +0000Please, take a look at UncleGuy.co.uk and contribute. The best shots of every month will get a free uncleguy t-shirt sent to them! http://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 1 Feb 2007 14:40:51 +0000This is why the internet is great. A while I go I found a Javascript implemention of converting an easting/northing to latitude and longitude written by Roger and Carabus.co.uk. I decided to port this to java for my work and now Adam Retter from the "Devon Portal Project" has pushed this out to XQuhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 1 Feb 2007 10:32:03 +0000Take a 40" Samsung F71 (LE40F71BX) 1080p LCD TV and mix it with a XBOX 360 - the result? Frankly, pretty damn good. It's often dependent on the game in question but so far it's difficult to not be impressed with the combination. For those of you thinking this will be ultra amazing, you mayhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 24 Jan 2007 16:00:31 +0000It's shame you cant borrow a TV for a time. We have a debate going about the pros and cons of the Plasma versus the LCD. I'd love to be able to actually run a Samsung Plasma along side the F71 and actually test the differences. In shop demos are always poor with ill informed staff and a total inahttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 15 Jan 2007 12:15:27 +0000I got the Media Centre up and running on the Samsung F71. It looks lovely. I used the Hiper Media case which is awesome. It's the size of an average DVD player and houses the entire system without issue. The only issue is the coolermaster low profile CPU heatsink which whirls away and makes http://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 15 Jan 2007 09:57:00 +0000I should be getting the "Hiper Media Case" from the guys at xcase.co.uk. It looks like it's going to be a decent addition to the AV setup as it's pretty slim. I also had to get the shallow CPU heatsink/fan for a P4 as the current one is far too big for the new case. I already have a Windows Medihttp://www.webcoding.co.ukFri, 12 Jan 2007 09:50:22 +0000This is just something I've been experimenting with as a bit of fun, it's in no way proven nor optimized but I thought i'd share it. Essentially it allows a series of images to be shown and when the mouse is hovered it will slightly scale them and if clicked they will move. A demo at the moment buhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 11 Jan 2007 11:11:25 +0000The Sony NS76H HDMI DVD upscaler is a really good piece of kit. The one I bought plays alternate format (divx) and suprisingly XviD (which is not stated on the spec sheets). The upscaling seems to work very well and I suspect, given the quality on some stuff that it also attempts to upscale xvid/dihttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 8 Jan 2007 10:16:39 +0000The TV arrived. It's amazing. A really good choice for all the things I wanted to do with it. I think the Panasonic 600 series may have made a better TV in general but overall for movie/tv/PC use this thing is truely amazing - no question. Using Google earth via this screen is like a new type of http://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 3 Jan 2007 12:21:14 +0000I took the plunge and got a Samsung F71 Series 40" 1080p LCD TV. If you know me then you'll know that if I'm interested in anything then I will make it my mission to understand it all and really try and get good at something before I proceed. I may not spend the most possible but I try to at leahttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 26 Dec 2006 11:19:01 +0000Just finished my first program for Windows Mobile in C#. Ill post more when im done but I want to test out a few things - has a lot of cool potential..http://www.webcoding.co.ukSun, 24 Dec 2006 00:25:01 +0000The Beeb's "Have your say" feature is good. It's got some seriously good content but the approach used to view the information is slightly difficult. The web page has a small central comment area and it can be quite hard to follow all the conversations. Anyway, this brings me nicely around to a nhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 28 Nov 2006 09:33:49 +0000This project just keeps on getting better. By really taking advantage and pushing the boundaries on javascript it's very possible to start creating some truely inspiring systems which really interact with the user in real time. The boundaries of stateless web are disappearing and this new era is rhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukSat, 7 Oct 2006 15:10:56 +0100I'd also like to add my best wishes to Richard Hammond and his family and freinds. Yesturday, Richard was trying to break the land speed record (300mph) in a "Vampire". On one of his runs the jet powered car hit the grass and rolled for a long distance with the final resting place apparently upsidhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 21 Sep 2006 12:32:38 +0100Microsoft have rolled out Vista 5536. Its a good build with a lot of potential but there are some REALLY annoying things going on which are turning me off very quickly. 1. Playing video and then doing something which requires an admin confirmation resets the aero interface to the plain and borihttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 30 Aug 2006 20:47:05 +0100I dont know how to tell you how much I hate this website and its offerings. The idea that placing a current "terror" level on your website is just scare mungering, oppurtunistic and pretty tasteless. Keep the people afraid, very afraid!. http://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 15 Aug 2006 10:27:43 +0100Following on from the weather feeds I did supported by backstage.bbc.co.uk I've now added a slightly modified XML feed which should be compatible with RSS readers out there. The feeds gives a daily summary for a specific location. http://server-2.webcoding.co.uk/feeds/weather.htmhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 24 Jul 2006 15:36:34 +0100Wow, the heat just keeps on going in the good old UK.. This week the weather is going to be: 30,30,34,32,30 (celcius) 86,86,93,90,86 (faran) Dave Winer thinks its hot in his neck of the woods! Myspace is down due to a power problem. Sorry, I don't think this is the full story. Firstly, thttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 24 Jul 2006 14:27:56 +0100I missed this first time around, very interesting letter from the MPA to the Swedish Government essentially demanding the closure of the Pirate Bay torrent site.. More and more coverage of the rival mp3 player coming from Microsoft. The Microsoft ZUNE is going to compete directly with the ipodhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukSat, 22 Jul 2006 21:24:02 +0100Interesting and very important move coming from Yahoo! as they release an unrestricted MP3 of Jessica Simpsons new single, more at the bbc A picture can say a thousand words, this does it well Valleywag got mugged last night, I bet Scoble was involved :)http://www.webcoding.co.ukFri, 21 Jul 2006 15:51:08 +0100Bought a pair of KOSS headphones - what a complete waste. I bought some about 4 months ago and they broke (the hearing of the left side failed).. I thought that this may have been down to something I've done so bought a new pair.. Two weeks later and the new pair are broken again, this time the rhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 19 Jul 2006 16:47:59 +0100BoingBoing pushed out a feature on the _very_ old story about the Microsoft/Sound Forge (deepzone) pirating things. Seriously, did you guys even bother to check up on this, Slashdot featured it in November 2004 after a German online magazine made some noise. Really OLD news. Slashdot article frhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 19 Jul 2006 15:14:15 +0100Haven't seen the Google Parks before, they're very funny. Probably well known but I thought I would point out Travel Wiki, this is an excellent travel resource for finding out about different countries and such. Kids are cool, look at this Jayne and Richard are up for eviction this Fridayhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 19 Jul 2006 08:28:17 +0100Wierd and wonderful video of insects doing circus tricks [youtube] Guardian reporting of the London based "Wank-a-thon", odd. Given the current middle east state, this bible code piece is interesting. No I don't believe it but its interesting anyway. Scoble points out the current noise beihttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 18 Jul 2006 16:35:23 +0100I'm not an overly big fan of Scoble but he does a good job of presenting (along with Jessica Arnold) some pretty good features of outlook 2007. I've tried it, and its _slow_ but apart from that its a decent piece of software and I have to say the video piece has shown me a few more things I didnt khttp://www.webcoding.co.ukSat, 20 May 2006 21:26:22 +0100So it's about to start again. It's one of those things which takes a lot of flak when its on but lots of us tune in to see whats happening. Im sure this year they will try and find the worst possible people in the world and im sure they've succeeded. Thing about it is that after seven years and thttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 18 May 2006 19:41:12 +0100Sitting at Waterloo today I was suprised to see that ReadyToSurf doesnt close all its ports before you pay. Web access if blocked and you are redirected to another "pay now" page but suprisingly accessing a remote webpage on a random port number (I have one setup) allows me straight through as doeshttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 18 May 2006 19:33:39 +0100Snap.com has made to the headlines with a new style of search engine, based (it would seem) on the Google Suggest site. For me personally I think they've gone to public too quickly. The level of results is very small and the interface is (whilst ajaxy) not great. Google depth of results, exisitinghttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 18 May 2006 13:32:59 +0100A pretty good summary of the events can be found at Valleywag. But seriously, sometimes blogging seems to be massively over-the-top. So, Michael posts up a design he likes, it really isnt that big of a deal. Arguments, resignations and such all done over the web via blogs just seems wierd, how abohttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 17 May 2006 08:28:14 +0100Google have released the "Google Notebook" which looks promising, however I cant help but feel that notes not accociated with a specific URL or domain will soon get muddled. Personally I think it would be great if they assigned a domain (e.g. labs.google.com or www.google.com) to each note you makhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 16 May 2006 17:12:36 +0100"England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has admitted he picked Arsenal teenager Theo Walcott for the World Cup despite never having seen him play a match." Good on you Sven. Sometimes these type of pickings whilst on the face of it look odd and probably stupid are also the moments of inspiration whichhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 9 May 2006 00:17:15 +0100Is this the best show on the planet? I think so. Clarkson, Teeth and Hippyboy just go from strength to strength in what is probably the most funny TV show on. This week sees them create a convertible people carrier which is tested at a zoo and in a car wash, the stig crashes a £400,000 car and http://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 8 May 2006 13:56:17 +0100Microsoft have released the latest IE7 Beta 2 Preview, heres my first impressions and thoughts as a developer: Cannot uninstall IE7 - If you have the previous version of IE7 Beta 2 then it will fail on the install and tell you to uninstall the exisitng IE7. All well and good but when you go to http://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 25 Apr 2006 11:46:19 +0100The new Office 2007 is nice. The previous pre-release was lacking but the new version, well, i take my hat off to Microsoft. It's visually attractive, well rendered and whilst it might be a bit slow in areas its a nice piece of software. The menuing system has been improved a hundred fold and thttp://www.webcoding.co.ukSat, 22 Apr 2006 09:33:38 +0100The BBC is reporting that a large number of "security holes" in Firefox have been fixed and are now available in a new update. This alone isn't really any news or of much interest however the comment "Programs like Firefox have been thought to be more secure than other browsers such as Microshttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 20 Apr 2006 23:20:24 +0100As a little project I've setup a pretty comprehensive feed set of weather data available in XML format for both 24 hour and five day forecasts (note that some 24 hour forecasts are not available). The feeds are now live and working well so if you are after some sort of XML feed for weather then ghttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 13 Apr 2006 22:55:15 +0100I get a lot of requests for Ajax Ticker and BBC TIcker and most of the tickers ive done are either in c# or java so I thought I would knock up a simple ajax/js ticker which people can simply add into a website. Building this type of ticker is split into three small parts. The first is to create http://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 30 Mar 2006 08:20:00 +0100I've taken the Top 40 Singles chart provided by the BBC at bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart and with a bit of scraping and shaping I 've managed to produce a pretty decent XML feed for those that want it. If anyone wants to see modifications or has any good ideas on how to push this into an RSS feed then ghttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 28 Mar 2006 11:46:13 +0100Since I detest most batch image convertors I thought I would write my own. An easy to use image conversion tool for you to use. Freeware of course. Simply takes the entire contents of a directory (image files of course) and batch converts them to a number of image formats (png, gif, wmf, emf, jhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukSat, 18 Mar 2006 02:54:21 +0000I've just downloaded the Royal TS replacement for Remote Desktop which is supposed to be excellent however I've come across what looks to be a problem with .NET installers. Im currently running the latest and greatest .NET CLR 2.0.50727 however this application requires 1.1.XXX. The result is thhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukFri, 17 Mar 2006 16:50:16 +0000So, I've just completed a very small util to screen capture a web browsers view. It loads the URL in question, takes a snapshot of it and also creates a thumbnail. Ill be adding this to my projects list shortly.http://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 9 Mar 2006 09:11:07 +0000Hmm, seemed to be broken this morning. None of the pages are loading for (on this site) and on /. Maybe google have bitten off more than they can chew!http://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 9 Mar 2006 09:09:44 +0000For those of you who haven't seen it yet, take a look at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-y3ZNaCqs|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-y3ZNaCqs] . This is truly brilliant and very probably the future of interactive computinghttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 22 Feb 2006 16:52:35 +0000Attempting to Resin 3.0.17 at work and coming accross a new changelog addition which is causing merry havoc with exisiting stuff. Caucho, in thier wisdom have decided to really start attaching null values to a Document's DocumentType which is causing our XSLT processors to have a fit. Still havinghttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 16 Feb 2006 14:52:37 +0000Well, i've been playing with this for a good week now and it's pretty good. It's a slightly more refined UI than Firefox but lacks the extensible nature of Mozilla. The Zoom feature and view all pages in one window is very neat and I like that. Tab logic is better than firefox, most people whohttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 7 Feb 2006 16:45:51 +0000I like this (maybe not the flash so much): [[http://www.liveplasma.com||Live Plasma]]http://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 19 Dec 2005 13:20:08 +0000Anyone need any more evidence that [[http://www.google.com||Google]] is not the "good" we have all been PR'd into thinking. They are about to make a massive investment into [[http://www.aol.com||AOL]] (Part of Time Warner). [[http://www.aol.com||AOL]] are horrible in so many ways it's difficult to http://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 19 Dec 2005 13:17:24 +0000[[http://www.microsoft.com||Microsoft]] are shortly to push out a new CTP (Community Technical Preview) in December of Vista. Apparently there will be an internal "full feature" version floating around Redmond (how long until it leaks?). January 2006 will see a new CTP release and some "new " feahttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 19 Dec 2005 13:09:52 +0000i've been banging on about this for some time and now I can finally show you the Ajax based search system (currently in a sort of beta phase). I've really gone to town with the Ajax based side and it's really prooved to be a great way for searching data when the amount of data is limited (in the sehttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 13 Dec 2005 15:10:39 +0000Ill be writing more about my new search system for work shortly but you can see a [[/?page=ajax||small article]] on one of the problems i was facing with automated searching using ajax. I was also looking into the idea of using [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory||MEMORY]] based tables in [[http://www.webcoding.co.ukFri, 9 Dec 2005 08:35:53 +0000Check out [[http://www.pandora.com||Pandora]], a great way to listen to music in that you suggest genres and artists you enjoy and the site will attempt to create a customised station (playlist) for you based on your likes. I tried [[http://www.radiohead.com||Radiohead]] and was pleased with the sehttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 8 Dec 2005 09:45:44 +0000It's one of those things that developers put up with isn't it? For years now it seems I've searched google for specific help I wanted with some coding problem. More of than not EE comes up with a matching result. I have stopped clicking, in fact I stopped after about 2 attempts 300 years ago bhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 6 Dec 2005 13:21:58 +0000I've just received the development package for the Tele Atlas product. This is going to be an interesting development and there will be numerous changes (both UI and backend) from previous GIS systems i've implemented. One of the bonuses of the Tele Atlas product is the coverage area and the shttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 5 Dec 2005 13:52:10 +0000A bit away from my usual chatter but I thought I would mention how terrible "Flight Plan" is. By far the worst movie of the year due to the obvious potential and the utter destruction of this film. On the flip side, Finding Neverland, for me, was charming and really quite lovely. I should of watchttp://www.webcoding.co.ukSun, 4 Dec 2005 22:38:28 +0000Finally, after months of waiting my 10MEG service is here. It's so nice.... and fast. http://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 1 Dec 2005 07:24:15 +0000Well, we now have some beta level RSS feeds for work, you can get the OPML file here (Sorry this link is going to have to wait for a day or so). Currently I've added 4 feeds but the ability to add more is simple and very quick. Note that this a beta test and may or may not work / be live. Otherhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukFri, 25 Nov 2005 09:58:19 +0000Looking into creating more structured and deeper javascript code by using objects. You can see what ive been doing by looking herehttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 24 Nov 2005 09:50:35 +0000Work has decided to allow Fridays (assuming other things are ok) to be a day where we do new innovative research projects. We're currently looking closely at building a comprehensive ajax based search system for the site and it's going to be something remarkable. Stepping back from our currenthttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 23 Nov 2005 17:17:59 +0000Isn't it crazy when you message people who sit next to you :)http://www.webcoding.co.ukFri, 18 Nov 2005 11:09:23 +0000Check out the latest Macromedia offering "flex 2" at thier site. Interesting to see this and it's got good potential. The days of the desktop and internet being seperate are numbered. High "LAN" speed broadband connections is beginning to bring into reality "INTERNetwork applications". http://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 17 Nov 2005 18:46:48 +0000Are we starting to let Google have to much information? It's a question I've been asking myself for a while now but with the advent of Google Base, I'm somewhat worried that Google is starting to take too much information. Step back for a second and examine what they have already: Google Grohttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 17 Nov 2005 17:12:29 +0000Well, took me a massive four hours to create this web site :) Haven't got a lot of time so I hope people like it. I decided to do a little revamp so the homepage now includes my blog, projects and such aswell as rss xml listings. Blog backend is still using wordpress and I moved all the data to thttp://www.webcoding.co.ukThu, 17 Nov 2005 01:42:51 +0000I was working with XSLT today and after some thought I realised that this (especially XSLT2) is turning into a proper programming language (of sorts). If you code XSLT and use the template system aggreesively you can really start to produce well structured XSLT (trust me, this is hard). It leadshttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 16 Nov 2005 14:14:48 +0000Microsoft have released the .NET Framework 2.0 for your PC, you should grab it today! You can get the latest framework from Microsoft. Expect to see more and more applications requiring this to run as .NET with it's JIT compiler and other features look like a good thing. Now.. where's the .NET http://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 15 Nov 2005 10:44:11 +0000Well I'm just about to undertake a port of my Java based RSS Ticker to Win32. IM going to attempt to replicate the BBC's ticker in full but adapted to use the BBC's RSS feeds. I'll follow this post up with more news as it comes. The project will be titled, suprisingly, as "Backstage RSS Ticker fohttp://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 9 Nov 2005 19:58:10 +0000After spending several million years trying to find a good way to handle my task load, that being work, computer home stuff and general life issues I havent had much luck... or that was until I had a spare 10 minutes and wrote an RSS feed for the job. Premise is simple - Write a very simple form http://www.webcoding.co.ukWed, 9 Nov 2005 17:43:02 +0000Now in working stage. Proper installation to go but very cool. See pics herehttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 7 Nov 2005 16:21:48 +0000Well, it's been three weeks and I probably the longest single stint I havent shaved for. Here are the crazy results of the shave which prooves that I should either have a beard or nothing but none of the other options! Here's the linkhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 7 Nov 2005 09:57:23 +0000Frustrating as it is, the Apple iPod is a nice device. I've actually chosen an iPod Shuffle as music is secondary to video for me and my main portable unit (which also supports music) is the Hauppauge Portable MVP (Note that this is a rebranded MobiNote). Anyway, back to my point. My wife hashttp://www.webcoding.co.ukTue, 1 Nov 2005 10:36:45 +0000I've just release v1.0-RC4 of my BBC Backstage RSS ticker. Thanks to some great feedback from people I've been able to add numerous features which have resulted in a new release. The project is now on freshmeat and it's nice to get some hits for it and to know that at least a few people are using http://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 31 Oct 2005 17:40:09 +0000So I've just bought a new inside for my computer. AMD64, aBit Fatality nForce4 Mobo with non-fan cooling, 2x250GB Maxtor SATA drives and a Nvidia 6600 GT Graphics card. I love it. Have to mention though that Windows XP 64-bit Edition is useless. Driver issues, application slow-down - the whole thttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 31 Oct 2005 17:36:34 +0000I've just bought the final piece to my puzzle. I've been wanting to install a car-puter for a year or so now and I've just recently made the purchase which makes it all possible. Let me introduce the Lilliput 7" Touchscreen TFT. It's lovely, the first one I got was broken but this one is worhttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 31 Oct 2005 17:32:17 +0000These days it seems to me data is the big thing, personally I carry a lot around, usually useless but none the less important to me. For the past year i've been using an ICYBOX 2.5inch hard disk drive enclosure with power provided by the USB port. It's awesome. Completely portable storage on a mahttp://www.webcoding.co.ukMon, 31 Oct 2005 16:38:52 +0000