Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

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• January 13, 2013

Magnus iPad Stand

I really like my iPad, I only got it last year so it's still new to me, but I use it all the time. My biggest complaint is that it's quite heavy (it's not an iPad Mini) and so I've been looking for an iPad stand. Enter MyBanana. Yep - a rather daft name - but they're a small company based in the south-west of England and they sell premium Apple Accessories. So I ordered a Magnus, magnetic iPad stand. [...]

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• November 15, 2012

Caseable – Customizable iPad Cases and More…

I am so clumsy, and I am currently living in what can only be described as a building site. Last year my wife and I bought our first house and we have been renovating it ever since. Because of the renovations we currently have bare concrete floors on the ground floor. On it's own this isn't a big problem, at least it wasn't, until I dropped my iPhone 4 on it. The screen shattered. Luckily the phone continued to work, [...]

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• October 5, 2012

Virgin TV Anywhere – the future of Television?

The way we watch television is changing. There's a lot of talk about the multi screen experience - watching tv from your sofa while surfing the Internet on your iPad/ laptop. And television broadcasting companies are noticing. They're also noticing that our viewing habits are changing. With devices like laptops, tablets, and smartphones more people are consuming media in more places. This is where Virgin TV Anywhere comes in. Virgin recently invited me to their office to check out what [...]

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• December 16, 2011

New Xbox 360 – Just For Games?

Not entirely sure how this happened but I was recently invited to be an Xbox 360 ambassador. What does this mean? Well I have been asked to write a couple of blog posts and post some tweets about Xbox. The reason for becoming an ambassador is to promote the new Xbox 360 dashboard functionality that turns your Xbox from a pure games console, into a full blown media hub. New Dashboard When you first load the new dashboard the first [...]

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• July 27, 2010

Sumo Gamer Bean Bag

A couple of years ago Sumo sent me a Sumo Omni bean bag to review. It was fantastic for relaxing on, in particular for sitting around and playing video games or watching movies. But now its time for something new. The Sumo Gamer. On paper the Gamer is smaller than the Omni. Width and depth are less, but the height (and so the volume) more than make up for this... in fact my brand new Gamer dominates my living room. [...]

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• April 12, 2010

9

As post apocalyptic movies go, things don't get much more apocalyptic than they do in the movie 9. In a post war-time, when the only things left are some golems made by an old man, and a bunch of distinctly WWII influenced robots things can't get much more bleak. Despite this 9 has a sense of heart and a distinctly more grown up story than your average animated adventure. Likewise some of the 'enemy' machines are genuinely scary with some [...]

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• April 7, 2010

March Movie Madness

I watched loads of films last month. Most aren't worth mentioning - but below are some short reviews of the ones I enjoyed the most. Hellboy 2 Call me weird but the original Hellboy is one of my favorite films. It's up there with Blade 2 as a really enjoyable popcorn action flick. I love the cartoony over the topness. The colourful characters - and slightly crazy special effects - they all add up to make a really enjoyable movie [...]

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• February 25, 2010

February Film Reviews

Recently I have been getting back into watching movies. I have a whole stack of them to catch up on and I am now finally reducing the stack. 3 of the films I watched in February were, Kung Fu Panda, The Invention of Lying, and The Soloist. Read the article for mini reviews of each.

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• December 17, 2009

WordPress MU 2.8: Beginner’s Guide review

WordPress MU 2.8: Beginner's Guide surprised me positively. To be honest, I did hesitate before accepting a review copy from the publishers as I fully expected it to be "just" a beginner's guide to WordPress mu (the multi user version of WordPress) - essentially the same as a beginner's guide to WordPress, only with a couple extra characters in the name. I was wrong. Yes, it covers WordPress mu, but it also covers a whole variety of other software that [...]

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• November 30, 2009

WordPress Developer Cookbook

If I am totally honest there aren't many computer books that I actually find useful, they're generally for beginners or full of information you can get online for the low-cost of a Google search or two. That's why I like developers cookbooks. Cookbooks are full of simple, easy to digest, recipes that help make your life that bit easier. Thankfully the WordPress 2.7 Cookbook is no exception. It starts off covering the basics you can read anywhere, but once they're [...]

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• November 7, 2009

Coraline

Coraline is a stop motion animated movie directed by the same Director as The Nightmare Before Christmas, which meant I instantly assumed that the Director was Tim Burton, and after watching the movie my opinion hadn't changed. Coraline is a very atmospheric, dark film, and it wouldn't have surprised me at all if Tim Burton had directed it - but it turns out he hasn't. The Director of Coraline is a man called Henry Selick, and the story was written [...]

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• November 1, 2009

UP

Pixar have a habit of creating stories and worlds that transcend the age gap. Despite the fact they are animations the stories tap into your emotions, and in many ways are more real than anything filmed with live actors. Being digitally animated means that you can ignore who the (voice) actors in Pixars films are, and concentrate on the performance and story. It is often easier to project your emotions on to something that isn't real - your own imagination [...]