While the USA and the UK have been swanning it up with music subscription services like Spotify, Pandora and Mog, we Australians have lived it up with iTunes and record stores. We’ve been teased with the promise of all you can eat music for a monthly subscription and that’s the way it still stands except for one of the big overseas players. Rdio. I’ve had a peak and, for the most part, I like what I hear. Read the rest of this entry →
For the spontaneous among us, the Nike+ SportsWatch featuring TomTom technology is the proverbial ducks nether regions. As your everyday watch it makes for a classy, if not a little garish, talking point – but don the runners and it transforms into the easiest to use GPS run tracker on the market. Featuring only three buttons, it’s perfect for simpletons like me. For the rest of you it’s just about everything you’d need for a day on the trails. Or is it? Read the rest of this entry →
Hot on the heels of Mr Whale’s recent frustrations with mobile network reception, I thought I’d write in to share my own experiences. You see, like our esteemed tech-savvy cetacean, I’ve been experiencing my own unenviable set of problems, chiefly revolving around, to put it bluntly, rubbish reception!
Put simply, I’ve been suffering at the hands (or ears, as the case may be) of gradually deteriorating call quality since I signed up with my previous carrier, who shall remain nameless. Suffice to say, ‘Yes’, they’re fond of using animals in their TV advertisements…
So after much to-ing and fro-ing, we decided enough was enough, it’s time to change carriers. The inevitable wrangling over contract exit fees ensued, and of course, like so many others, we ended up knocking on the doors of our local regulator, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. Seemingly the posturing was enough, because our exit fees were reduced to a token charge to pay out the phones, and we were happy with that.
We’ve since migrated to a carrier widely reputed to have far superior signal coverage and I must admit, I did so with some trepidation. Not wanting to swap rubbish for garbage, I was understandably nervous about making the transition. Read the rest of this entry →
Psychotic blogger in the wild
So here I sit. Savouring the last of my double full fat Swiss cheese, triple ham, French’s classic yellow mustard, on wholemeal. Thinking and musing. You know, I think to myself, I was a real dick. My endless agitation over the poor Telstra coverage at home and our in-store embarrassment ended in almost hysterical fervor and, to be honest, ended with me achieving just slightly more than hypertension and disharmony at home. Yep, I was a dick. Read the rest of this entry →
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