Wireless Media Centre Keyboard with Trackball
With the PVR project, I wanted a keyboard for the PC so that I could browse the web if I needed to, as well as using it as the remote control. With web browsing and using any GUI platform, using a mouse is easier than learning keyboard shortcuts. Therefore I wanted a wireless keyboard that had a trackball navigation device. After a fair bit of searching, I found one for £35 at Gizoo which had everything I wanted and actually looked nice too.
The trackball took a little while get used to, but now I use it all the time. I often use it for browsing the web, and the thumb wheel in the top left corner makes scrolling web pages really intuitive. I installed without the need for any drivers at all on Ubuntu, literally plug and play.
I suppose that it is a little overkill compared to a remote control, but it does do its job very well!
Soapbox Moment: Recycling - Am I bovvered?
The number of people who can’t be bothered to recycle is shocking. Most councils now provide dedicated bins for collecting recycled waste. Although most councils don’t recycle everything, they do recycle quite a lot and there’s no excuse to not recycle.
You can usually recycle paper, cardboard, aluminium and tin cans. Some councils also provide recycling for garden waste, plastic bottles and glass, though its unusual to get all three of those for any given council.
Really, is it any effort to put some waste in a different bin? Perhaps collect some of it in a plastic bag to avoid going out to the main bin all of the time, but still, really easy.
If you think what would happen to the world if everyone adopted that same pathetic attitude? Think of the police, nurses, fire services, ambulance crews, charity volunteers, teachers, and many others who earn a low wage, but still dedicate their working lives to helping others. And you can’t be bothered to put plastic bottle in a different bin?
Everyone needs to do their bit, as the planet is rapidly dying. Probably too late to save it completely now, but we can certainly get into good habits and start to reverse some of the damage we’ve done in the last 100 years!
Am I bovvered? Well, actually, yeah I am!
Amazing Crafted Trees
Whilst doing my random browsing over the web, I found these really amazingly crafted trees. I imagine that there’s a whole club or society dedicated to growing trees like these!
DirectorySpy.com now sold
I’ve now sold DirectorySpy.com, and I wish Scott the very best of luck with owning and running the site! I’ll be subscribing to the site myself to see what changes he has in store!