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Make me an iPod with GPS and RFID a few other things

Saturday 14 July 2007

If my iPod had GPS, it would adjust its volume and music genre according to where I am, the time of day and some manual settings.
It would detect one of my gym locations and switch to my sports playlists provided it was 7am or 1pm.
It would increase its volume if it lost reception, 9 times [...]

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Sunday lunch: Dalek cake

Sunday 8 April 2007

Three days ago (April 5th) was Dr B.'s birthday and I made him a cake in the shape of a Dalek.
By coincidence a few days earlier I had come across a BBC Blue Peter Dalek cake recipe that was just perfect, as it involved no cooking. All you have to do is stick a couple [...]

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