The third series of Being Human, the BBC’s #1 supernatural houseshare comedy-drama, begins. And they’ve got a cliffhanger to follow up from last year, a new setting to launch and more werewolves than a whole shop full of cheap horror DVDs. Suddenly, the series has also started attracting a much … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 4, Episode 4 – Dork Review
Another week of ITV’s Primeval powers past, and you might be surprised to hear it has a dinosaur in it. Oh, and there’s shouting and shooting. Hannah from S Club 7 demonstrates some girl power. Does that help discern it from the others at all? This one also features unrealistic computer hacking … [Read more...]
Episodes, Michel Roux’s Service and Fast & Loose: What We’ve Been Watching
It's not often that the cream of British comedy combines with the genuine American A-list - at least not on TV, our comics do get the odd Hollywood cameo - so to see Green Wing's Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Grieg on screen with Friends' "Joey" in the new BBC sitcom Episodes was always going to be an … [Read more...]
How to green your website
The aviation industry gets a bit of a bum rap when it comes to energy consumption. OK, it's hardly the poster child for energy efficiency, but there are other industries out there guzzling power without a care in the world. The tech industry for example. Now, it's not gone unnoticed that web … [Read more...]
The best retro gadgets you can still buy
Ever hanker for the days when mobile phone batteries lasted all week and calls were never randomly dropped because your phone suddenly suffered a nervous collapse? Miss the days when your watch slightly patronised you by telling you the time in numbers and beeped every hour that went by? Well, … [Read more...]
Geek Chic Cosmetics
Sometimes it's tough being a girl geek in a market seemingly geared towards men, so it's fantastic to see a cosmetics company aiming to challenge that preconception with their range of cosmetics inspired by all things dorky. Geek Chic Cosmetics are a small independent US company (who ship … [Read more...]
Primeval: Series 4 So Far – Dork Review
A few years ago, ITV started up Primeval to enter the Saturday night family-fun market that Doctor Who had opened back up. It featured portals and CGI dinosaurs, and ran for three years before getting cancelled. But the show did well enough elsewhere, and had enough fanbase to kick up a stink, so … [Read more...]
Famous & Fearless, Derren Brown Night and Penn & Teller: What We’ve Been Watching
When Famous and Fearless - the new show that brought Chris Evans back to live television on Channel 4 - first aired last Sunday, Twitter was abuzz with how slow it was, bemoaning its terrible 'action to filler' ratio. And I completely agreed, and yet somehow I ended up watching right until the … [Read more...]
The Next Three Days – Dork Review
There are a lot of films out there in which a regular chap (or occasionally chap-ess) suffers some personal setback or tragedy, often involving a child or love interest being endangered or killed. They immediately snap, seize the nearest automatic weapon and become an action hero. In The Next … [Read more...]
Naim UnitiQute high end music centre: Review
When it comes to high-end music centres, I'm usually somewhat overwhelmed by the sheer size and weight of the units. But regardless of their bulkiness, the sound quality is undoubtedly better then your standard £50 music system from Argos. When Naim sent me their latest music centre, I was … [Read more...]
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