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Why we’re not ready for mainstream Tablet computing…yet

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Recently I discussed (albeit somewhat crudely) the mass flood of E-Reader devices that made their debut at the recent CES exhibition and what the future holds for Joe Average. I’d like to take this opportunity to reveal that yesterday I, yes me, despite the very best restraint I could muster, purchased an Amazon Kindle 2 [...]

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January 18th, 2010 at 10:53 pm

Tom Hanks, bowel evacuation and E-Readers. A love story.

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Scientists and Historians can be certain of two absolute and undeniable facts. Mankind has forever had the mandatory requirement to evacuate their bowels in turn leading them to spend literally thousands of years designing waste receptacles and developing elaborate sanitation systems to handle it. Mankind has also spent the best part of millions of years [...]

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January 12th, 2010 at 7:05 am

Back in the saddle…

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Life took an unexpected turn for the ‘rather busier than I was before’ tangent in recent weeks, leaving little time to attend to my little corner of the Internet. Lots has happened since my last entry back in late October 2009, I’ll spare you the long-winded details!
Look out for more irreverant babbling very soon!

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January 10th, 2010 at 5:01 pm

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First Gundam, now Giganator invades Japan!

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I’m still squealing in delight that a full life-size Gundam was constructed and displayed in Japan. But today I learned of equal, nay, even greater news. Not satisfied with the epic Gundam construction, around ¥135m was raised to construct a life-size Tetsujin 28-Go!
I’ll give you a moment to pick your jaw up off the floor.
Secretly [...]

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October 6th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

Cast your eyes to the right of the page…

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Over the past few days (rather, when I have had the time/energy/will) I have made a few changes to the site template (if you have never scrolled to the very bottom of the page before, you will not know this site uses a self-modified version of the excellent Journalist Wordpress theme).
If you take a look [...]

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October 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm

A slight increase in site traffic today…

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Don’t try to act so surprised, we all know before today the only person who read this blog was me!
Today I feel like Ajay Bhatt!
What a day it has been, it appears the previous post regarding the Windows 7 party pack unboxing has proven to be quite popular across the Internet. It has been covered [...]

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October 1st, 2009 at 9:43 pm

Windows 7 Party Pack Unboxed!

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Scratch what I said before, today I just received Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (for FREE!).
This post could be interpreted as an ode to the fantastic customer service you can receive from Microsoft. Actually scratch that, this post IS an ode to the fantastic customer service you can receive from Microsoft.
You can stop rubbing your eyes, [...]

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September 29th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

Kill The Naked: Progress Report 1

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It has been quite some time since I have been able to post any updates regarding my ‘Kill The Naked’ album project, but I do have some further information and some audio clips from a work in progress to share with you!
To be honest my schedule has become so busy in recent weeks that it [...]

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September 27th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

Sunday Seafoam fun! If I can do it, so can you!

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Having taken a couple of weeks to get used to the knacks and quirks of buying a used car, I used the time between purchase and today to do lots of research on our new vehicle.
Since purchase I have actually undertaken a couple of small jobs already. A couple still remain which I will get [...]

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September 20th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

After the hype: District 9 reviewed

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I can recall with great fondness the last movie that generally made my jaw drop and my eyes tingle with delight. In Bruges was that movie.

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September 19th, 2009 at 9:30 pm