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My first Android phone

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The day finally came this past week when I was finally released from Nokia based hell on Earth.

On Tuesday September, 14th was the day of my release. I can only liken the feeling to the one a convict whose just served 40 years in a Turkish prison. Ok perhaps that’s a bit dramatic, but it’s really not far off.

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Learning to play the Tin Whistle

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With my recent re-ignition of all things Gaelic and Scottish, I’ve been listening to more traditional Scottish songs, which are full of the sounds of… Read More »Learning to play the Tin Whistle

Saving a wet laptop (or other tech)

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Over the last few weeks this has come up at my work a few times and I’ve just been watching The Gadget Show on Five when they came up a segment on this exact topic.  I figure it’s all too coincidental to not blog about it.

computer_splashcomputer_stopThis won’t work every time, but from my own experiences it has worked each time.  I’ve never personally filled a laptop with liquid or sunk a mobile phone (either I’m just more careful or really lucky), but I know a number of people that have done this.  So here is the advice I’ve given in all the cases an d it’s managed to work.  You must follow the advice closely and NOT try and rush the process!!!  I can’t say that enough, DO NOT RUSH THE PROCESS!!!

Here it goes.

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