17/10/2008 by Gavin.

Because I want to enhance the site I am changing providers and will soon be hosting at www.gadgetspot.org.   The .co.uk will eventually rediect there.

I’ll be upping the number of posts and hopefully the differences will all be for the good! The changeover should take about a week.

See you there!

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12/10/2008 by Gavin.

 I love Jeff Lynne!

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18/08/2008 by Gavin.

GottaBeMobile - Throw Away Technology : Tablet PC & Mobile PC News & Video Reviews, and Tablet PC Forums

A thought provoking post over at GBM!

Here’s my comment:

Good article Matthew.

I work in the Environmental sector and am acutely aware of how my love of gadgets (and cars!) can be at odds with my profession.

In Europe we have the ‘WEEE’ regs, http://www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/275207/1631119/?version=1〈=_e,  which will hopefully go some way to reducing the amount of electronic waste that finds its way into the Environment, and I am a strong believer that it is manufacturers who must take more responsibility for the ultimate disposal of their products, be it TVs, computers or phones.  And that doesn’t mean farming off disposal to the cheapest bidder who ships it to a developing country to contaminate THEIR environment.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/recycling-of-electronic-waste

I was also reading an interesting article earlier about recyling of mobile phone screens in Japan http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/15/mobiles-recycled-palm-sized
So it’s not all necessarily about having enforced legislation, the market can develop workable solutions too.  There are also a number of ‘freecycle’ groups here in the UK where you can get rid of items to those who need it.  You’d maybe struggle to sell an old printer but someone is likely to take it for free.

Remember however, that all this tech will eventually have a real end of life.  Even by donating and giving stuff away, we’re only postponing by a few years the inevitable.  If you’ve an old 386 PC in the garage, nobody is going to take that off you!  Therefore it’s important that there are genuine, easily accessible disposal routes for this stuff.  Where I live our recycling center has an area for PCs and other electronic waste.  I’ve recently asked our local Council for information on where they then dispose of this waste under the UK freedom of information act and await a response.

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11/08/2008 by Gavin.

Isaac Hayes - August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008

“We shouldn’t be mad at Chef for leaving us, we should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains”

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30/04/2008 by admin.

Welcome to Gadget Spot.  We’re going to talk about tech, you know, gadgets n gizmos, computers, notebooks, consoles, home cinema, basically if it’s got a chip, and it’s a gadget, we’ll cover it!  Stay tuned……..

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