Welcome to the world of Purrfectbox and Pawsomebox, the monthly subscription service for your pets! We recently mentioned both boxes on our ‘best Christmas gift subscription boxes’ list, and I have since been fortunate enough to try out both of these. UPDATE! Enter our competition to win one of … [Read more...]
Come on baby light my fire – candles with a hidden surprise
As we mentioned in the ‘house and home’ edition of our Dork Adore Christmas gift guide, concealing a jewel in a vat of scented wax adds an element of anticipation to the otherwise underappreciated art of setting things on fire. I know this from experience. I recently got to test out one … [Read more...]
Kingston MobileLite G2 review – good (when it works)
The Kingston MobileLite G2 is an excellent little gadget for streaming media, maintaining internet connectivity and charging your devices – providing that the app doesn’t seize up on you. Ok, I will admit that it was not immediately obvious to me how to approach the MobileLite. It’s not … [Read more...]
QGenie – a handy all-in-one
Need your storage, streaming and power problems solved? QNAP’s QGenie is a handy all-in-one. QGenie 7-in-1 Mobile NAS QG-103N CPU: MIPS 24 KEc 600 MHz 64 MB RAM 16 MB flash memory Wifi: 802.11 n 1T1R 150 Mbps USB 3.0 port, Ethernet port, SD card slot Power consumption: 0.8 … [Read more...]
The best Christmas gift subscription boxes
Stuck for an idea for that awesome someone? Maybe they’re totally into books, or coffee, but you’re really close so you want to treat them to something more than a copy of Jane Eyre and a Starbucks mug? Or maybe you’re reading this, Mum, because I’ve been characteristically indecisive in asking for … [Read more...]
Is this your next phone? HTC Desire 620 announced
The HTC Corp has today announced the launch of the HTC Desire 620, a follow up to the 610 model. The design fits in with the rest of the Desire range, but incorporates what HTC’s publicity team has termed a “bold and playful edge” – which I’m pretty sure is sales speak for ‘whatever appeals to … [Read more...]
Good Omens radio show – with photos!!
Good Omens is coming to radio and I am struggling so much not to type this in all out caps (as I have been on Facebook and Twitter). “But Kate, this isn’t the first you’ve heard about it – they announced it a while ago,” I hear you say. And yes, they did. But they didn’t immediately release these … [Read more...]
Celluence Phase One – cellulite cream review
So, I’m pretty high up on the feminist-y spectrum and believe things like “people should not be held up to an ‘idealised’ version of themselves for scrutiny”. At the same time, I also fall under the umbrella of people who think that, say, Natalie Portman and Kiera Knightley are among the fittiest … [Read more...]
Two years of unpaid and pretty much solitary work. An interview with indie games dev Stephen Elder.
There are millions of video games on the market with more and more streaming into existence every day. From the biggest game creators in the world to the smallest indie devs, everybody is fighting to be noticed – and it’s especially easy for independent newcomers to fall through the cracks. So … [Read more...]
Paperwhite – rekindle your love of reading
The Kindle Paperwhite: it’s great, buy it! Fine, fine, I’ll do an actual review – but the above is a pretty good summary of how the following few paragraphs are going to go. My previous experience of a Kindle was with the original, which worked well enough but had the downsides of being laggy … [Read more...]
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