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Contact form glitch – now fixed

November 24, 2010

Good morning all – this is a public service announcement :) I noticed yesterday that a higher number of people than normal were visiting the contact page on Geek-Speak, but that no e-mails had been sent to me. Now, it could be that people just visited the page and didn’t want to send e-mails, but [...]

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Christmas ideas for gadget geeks

November 9, 2010

OK, so we looked at Christmas ideas for sci-fi geeks yesterday, but what if gadgets are your thing instead? Well today we’ll have a look at a few gadgety ideas that would make nice Christmas presents. Zippo Hand Warmer The Zippo Hand Warmer comes from the iconic lighter company and offers a stylish way to [...]

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Geeky Sci-Fi Christmas Present Ideas

November 8, 2010

What to get the sci-fi geek in your life for Christmas… here are a few suggestions.

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Friday Fun: Ghost Hacker

November 5, 2010
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Enter battle in CyberSpace with Ghost Hacker: a tower defence flash game.

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The Fallout universe is closer than you think…

October 27, 2010
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Undergound shelters by Vivos are designed to increase survivability in the event of a disaster… but I can’t help thinking they’re like a sci-fi movie backdrop.

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Beginner’s Guide to Blogging – now free!

October 12, 2010

Back in March of this year I wrote a review of the excellent Beginner’s Guide to Blogging course. At that time the course cost $47 and was well worth every penny. Now, however, things have changed. For the better, I might add. Mike is now offering the Beginner’s Guide to Blogging for free… gratis… not [...]

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Driving a sub-thousand pound car for a year

September 6, 2010
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This is a guest article by Dan Rous of HouseOfRous.co.uk Think the title of this piece sounds like a Top Gear challenge? Well in my case, it was a reality. In May 2009, my wife got a temporary job that meant we needed a car each. We already had our family car – a 52 [...]

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A shout-out to my blogging dojo

August 23, 2010

These inspirational and interesting bloggers make up my “blogging dojo”. These are some of the guys I learn from, and who inspire me to greater things. Why not check them out?

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Friday Fun: The Dreamerz

August 20, 2010
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Reassemble the Dream Machine in this week’s Friday Fun: Deamerz

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Mindmapping – by far my favourite note-taking technique

July 20, 2010
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I found myself thinking today about the way I take notes. I listen to a lot of speeches and lectures, as well as podcasts, and often want to take notes about what I’ve heard. The problem is that trying to write everything down verbatim is too difficult unless you’re a shorthand genius. I’m not… so [...]

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