Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Apple iPod Nano

ake everything you love about iPod and shrink it. Now shrink it again. With 2GB (500 songs) and 4GB (1,000 songs) models starting at $199, the pencil-thin iPod nano packs the entire iPod experience into an impossibly small design. So small, it will take your music places you never dreamed of. Link to the site

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Browsercam test your website on other OS’s and Browsers

Today I was reading a Web Designer magazine called “.net” and in it I found a little column on one of the pages that told you about this site that lets you test your site on other Operating systems and Browsers directly from your pc I was intrigued to how this could be done so I quickly visited the site

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Air car bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) powered

I’ve only just found out about this, but thought there must me something like this going on already somewhere in the world because of the prices of petroleum increasing day by day a little bit more, take a read and visit the link it’s quite interesting! Welcome to the future! After twelve years of reserch and development, Guy Negre has

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The US Army is to build an aircraft the size of a football field

The US Army is to contemplate the build of an aircraft the size of a football field, is to become a reality or is this just another fantasy, the quote and link I give you below has quite a bit of information on it, I’ll tell you one thing though and that is that some of the artists photos of

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Windows Vista Beta 2 to Ship Late 2005

Despite rumors to the contrary, but in keeping with the schedule that was posted months ago, Microsoft is planning to ship Windows Vista Beta 2 in late 2005, not in early 2006. According to internal documentation, Vista Beta 2 is scheduled to be “feature complete” by September 29, 2005. Then, Vista Beta 2 will enter lockdown mode between October and

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Stellarium Astronomy Software

Stellarium isa free GPL (Open Source) desktop software planetarium for Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX, what it does, is it renders realistic skies in real time with openGL which means the skies will look exactly like what you see with your eyes, binoculars, or a small telescope and the great thing of all is it’s easy to use even for beginners.

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SQL Server 2005 CTP DVD/CD kit

Today I have received through the post a DVD containing SQL Server 2005 June Community Technology Preview that I ordered online last week after receiving a Microsoft Newsletter about it welcoming me to get a free copy to test it out, I probably will be installing it this afternoon. This CTP Kit Includes: SQL Server 2005 (virtual environment) Product overview