If you’re a lover of air conditioning and cool air, get yourself down to Hell right now. It has temporarily frozen over whilst I temporarily dump my iPhone for an HTC Legend. When announced, I wrote that the Legend might just have the potential to make the swap from iPhone to Android, but it was … [Read more...]
Soda Stream: Review
Back in the days of double denim and the SNES, there was only one way to get your fizzy caffeine kick, the SodaStream. Kitchens across the country were dominated by this huge white machine and all of its accessories and flavour bottles. Inevitably, the sheer size of the machine led to it being … [Read more...]
Is Avatar’s Tree Of Souls in Hyde Park worth seeing?
To coincide with Monday’s DVD release of James Cameron’s blue-skinned elf-fest, an “installation” of Avatar’s Tree Of Souls was to be erected in Hyde Park over the weekend until the 26th April. It would apparently be interactive, fibreoptic, iPhone compatible, shiny, modern and shiny. Since I had … [Read more...]
Free Lemmings Amigurumi crochet pattern
You know you're a child of the 80s if you....spent hours addicted to the platform game Lemmings. For those of you who didn't whittle away large chunks of your day playing this PC game, the concept was to persuade a line of green-haired little people to make their way to the target whilst avoiding … [Read more...]
Dork Review: Kick-Ass (The Movie)
When sitting down to write a review of the movie Kick-Ass, I labour in the shadow of a mighty forerunner. I speak, of course, of the Daily Mail review from last Friday. In terms of sheer entertainment value, there’s no way I can compete with a review that leads off with “Verdict: … [Read more...]
Dork Review: Doctor Who’s “Eleventh Hour”
Never mind the switch of government that we’re facing; the only British regime change that counts in 2010 finally happened on Saturday night: Matt Smith took over as the Doctor in “The Eleventh Hour”. Alongside new head writer Steven Moffat and companion Karen Gillan, he crash-lands gloriously on … [Read more...]
My Eyes! Four minutes on ChatRoulette
I went on it so you don’t have to. Things I saw: … [Read more...]
Tom Tom Start Review
Navigating around the internet has never been a problem to me. Navigating in real life is a whole different story. My driving ability is....something of a running joke with my family and friends. All the best drivers fail the first few (seven) times, right? On the upside, it has given me the … [Read more...]
Asus EeePC 1008HA (Seashell). Dork Review
I'm in the market for a new netbook. My Dell Mini 9 has had a good run, but after 18 months, three falls and one virus attack, it may just be time to consider my other options. So, when the lovely people at Asus offered me the opportunity to try out their Asus EeePc 1008HA (Seashell) (in a pretty … [Read more...]
Dork Craft: Mario Amigurumi
Mama Mia! One of the most famous gaming characters on the planet has been recreated in crochet form. This Mario Amigurumi has been created by WolfDreamer off the Hook as part of a set of SuperMario characters including Goomba, Luigi and the Mushrooms. This is a free pattern, so you can get … [Read more...]










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