Aug 8, 2010

There are those who think that CD sounds better than vinyl, and then there those who know that the sound of vinyl has a warmth that digital music seems to lack. We have covered parts of this discussion in earlier Gadget Grill shows. One of the disadvantages though, with vinyl, is that you cannot easily copy the music. Not that you are supposed to, of course, and...

Aug 8, 2010

Tune in to The Gadget Grill tonight, on 2RDJ FM-88.1 or at http//www.radio2rdj.com for your chance to win a fabulous OXX Classic Digital Radio, courtesy of OXX. Winning is so easy, just listen, and tweet the answer to our question to @leighlo or call us in the studio.

Aug 1, 2010

On Monday last, Sydney had the pleasure of welcoming the Plastiki into her harbour. In case you’re not aware, the Plastiki is a 60 foot catamaran, constructed from recycled materials such as plastic bottles, and was completing a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney. Conceived by David de Rothschild, the voyage was designed to highlight the need for us to...

Aug 1, 2010

This week I attended a preview of next year’s Norton anti-virus offerings, where they discussed some of the current and emerging techniques for ensuring your on-line safety. They are expanding their use of reputation based heuristics, whereby they are able to determine the likely safety of a site or download based upon, for instance, a site’s...

Aug 1, 2010

“And for your safety, the exits are located … ” One of the best tourist attractions west of Sydney would have to be the Jenolan Caves. And they were once featured in an episode of TNG, with the naming of a ‘Sydney Class’ Starship – the USS Jenolan, in the epsiode entitled Relics. The caves already offer self-guided audio...