A little experiment tonight: train-based napping. It was a hugely busy day in the office, I had to work late and I was due to spend the evening with a friend. And my lunchtime attempt to nap in the loos ended abruptly when I gave a male cleaner with a master key the fright of his life by perching … [Read more...]
Dork Review: Fantastic Mr Fox
Do you remember making mixtapes? I used to spend hours and hours perfecting playlists so each song led on to the next, designing the cover and working out what songs would fit exactly into the gap at the end of each side so nothing was cut off. It was boring and time consuming but totally worth it … [Read more...]
Dork review: Pzizz for iPhone roadtest – day 1
I chose to nap when I got home from work - some US corporations have adopted a nap-friendly policy to boost productivity, but if I tried catching 40 winks at my desk here in London I'd be out on my ear. So I silenced the boyfriend's hellos, batted away the cat's pitiful pleas for food (pah!), … [Read more...]
Dork Review: Sleep on your problems with Pzizz for iPhone
Before we get into what Pzizz is, let’s say the name a few times. Pzizz. Puh-zizz. Puh-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZIZZZZZZZZZZZ. Isn’t that brilliant? I sound like a blender. So what is Pzizz? Well, it’s basically power napping software – it’s been around for a while but now it’s available for your iPhone and … [Read more...]
Is FlashForward actually any good?
You used to be able to dip in and out of TV shows. Soaps aside, television writers were usually happy to helpfully navigate characters back to where they started by the end of an episode. And if you missed one, unless it was a two-parter, it made no difference whatsoever. Now if you watch a … [Read more...]
Dork Review: Black & Decker Flexi Hand Vac
I don't think I ever fully appreciated the charms of a handheld vacuum cleaner until I got sent a Dyson handheld to test a few years ago. The Dyson is long gone, sadly, killed in a flash flood in the cupboard under the sink after someone forgot to mention that the pipes had been … [Read more...]
Dork Review: The Double Slanket
Picture the scene: You're sitting at home with your loved one, watching the latest episode of your favourite TV show and you feel a shiver. Winter is finally creeping in and you need something warmer to keep you and your partner cosy. Getting up and grabbing a duvet seems like too much effort, so … [Read more...]
5 Reasons to buy a Sony Reader
I've been reviewing the Sony Reader Pocket Edition (£159 from WHSmith) for the past few weeks and I'm sold. But if you're wondering if you can justify spending so much money on a gadget that essentially does the same job a book has been doing for the past few hundred centuries, here's some fodder … [Read more...]
Review: LeapFrog Advanced Digital Baby Monitor
There's nothing quite like having constant access to every grunt, squeak and snore your baby makes, and this LeapFrog Advanced Digital Baby Monitor (£58.79) is specifically designed for that very purpose. It also keeps track of the room temperature in the nursery, plays digital lullabies and … [Read more...]
Dork Review: LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen
It's hard to believe that something as simple as a pen and pad of paper could have charmed the nation's geeks quite so thoroughly. But charmed they are. Vero, over on That Canadian Girl wrote it a love letter, while Shane Richmond at the Telegraph thinks it's pretty damn spiffy. Even Tom Watson MP … [Read more...]
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