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You’re my coo coo, atchooo!
Photo (above): “Fluffy” the wood pigeon/dove pigeon thingy that we found nesting in our climber around 2005. Sadly the egg fell out of nest and was subsequently abandoned. Ah, May.The sound of wood...
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X-Men Behaving Badly: Days of Future Farts
I don’t know about you, but this poster for the new X-Men: Days of Future Past makes it look as though Professor Charles Xavier has just discovered the after effects of the world’s hottest curry. “I...
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Carry on typing – on the iPad Mini
These days I tend to find that I’m using my iPad Mini while I’m out and about rather than my Macbook Air. The Mini is not that bigger than my Kindle Paperwhite, and is a good all rounder when it comes...
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The World of Minecraft
Photo: Where’s me knotted hanky? Ice cream anybody?I’m not a fan of compute games despite owning a PS3. I’ve not played Grand Theft Auto 5 for many months now, and tend to stick to reading about...
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About TURN! Back to Spotify!
That didn’t last long.While Deezer has much to recommend, Spotify is still ruling the roost when it comes to the catalogue selection and ease of use. While there is a Mac Deezer client in beta, it’s...
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The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away..
I was all set to have a nice profitable end to May after I discovered that I’ve been overpaying my electricity bill for nearly a year.It turns out that I’ve been misreading the meter (above) and giving...
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BT Infinity Home Hub 5 Dropouts
Moving back to BT has definitely been the worst decision I’ve made this year. Since March, my internet connection has dropped almost on a daily basis.This in itself is not much of a problem, but BT’s...
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BBC’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell wraps, 6 months of post-production...
According to Cuba Pictures’ Twitter feed, principal photography has now finished on the much (trust me when I say much) anticipated adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell....
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The birthday kid
Photo (above): Dad’s birthday card to me Another year’s gone by. I’m now a late ‘thirtysomething’ – a whole 38 years old. Blimey. I’m in good company as a 22nd May Gemini. Graham Linehan, creator...
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Soap without the opera
One of the finest television shows I’ve had the pleasure watching over the past 11 years has been Farscape. Starting way back in 1999 and ending in 2003, it was a rollercoaster of a show featuring the...
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Patsy May from Britain’s Got Talent: The Royal Wave
It’s good to know that the talent on Britain’s Got Talent are practising their waves for the royal family, but I’m quite concerned how Patsy May managed this one. Cough. (As a sidenote, you’ve seen...
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Martyn’s adventures in Coffeeland Part Three: Coffee at Home
Previous entries: [ The Coffee Wars | Part One | Part Two ] I’ve acquired quite the taste for coffee and tea recently. I’m a bit of a late starter in this regard, but now I’ve made the switch, I don’t...
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New Stargate film trilogy with Emmerich and Devlin back in the driving seat
According to Deadline Hollywood: MGM’s Gary Barber called Emmerich and Devlin “world-class creators of the original Stargate,” and said they will “bring their reinvigorated vision of this wildly...
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Debugging the Home Hub 5′s dropouts – part one of several million
So I’m now paying Virgin Media £16.50 extra a month (I’ve cancelled Sky Movies + HD package to cover the extra cost) to utilise a stable internet connection (152Mbs) while I try and debug the ever...
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Most disappointing movie of the week: Kick-Ass 2 (Sky Movies HD)
The Goodies, goody goody yum yum.. The Goodies pretty much sums up what Kick-Ass 2 is to me. A mix of chaotic nonsense with a similar visual style, especially when it comes to the effects. But less...
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Kingsman: The Secret Service – Behind the Scenes (unofficially, sort of)
I had no idea they’d released the first trailer for Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kingsman: The Secret Service. I just only hope it’s better than Kick-Ass 2. I really...
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Fargo is the new Breaking Bad: bloody, brutal and brilliant
The best thing on television at the moment is Fargo, the US television miniseries based (very) loosely on the Coen brothers’ film of the same name. I love everything about this show. The cast in...
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.UK is here, but is the right of registration fair?
Nominet, the organisation in charge of looking after .uk domain namespace (including second level names such as .net.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, .co.uk, .ac.uk, nhs.uk, gov.uk, and police.uk), today revealed...
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Pixar to give Renderman® away free for non-commercial use
Photo (above): I couldn’t find my Pixar walking teapot, so an old Star Wars toy had to do instead. Back in my day in visual effects (2002-2008), Pixar’s Renderman® was the de-facto factor rendering...
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Something to cheer me up at the end of a lousy day..
As you may already know, I am a HUGE Studio Ghibli fan. It is perhaps the finest film studio in existence. Hayao Miyazaki, the finest writer and director of stories in, perhaps, ever (although not to...
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