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I tend to be pretty conservative, technology-wise, and only get around to trying out the latest gadgets and games years after they're released. Unfortunately it would seem that the time has come for me to give up my nice simple bar-phone mobile and dip my toe into the baffling and unnecessarily complicated world of The Smartphone ( Read more... ) -
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I've finally realised - the US republican campaigns are actually all a gigantic spoof, a little joke America is playing on the rest of the world. The latest insanity: don't vote for Mitt Romney - you can't trust a man who speaks French!
Dear Real Life: the Onion called, they want their story back.
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I always forget just how much I love Pitch Black.
The sci-fi horror romp plot is entirely unexceptional and he cast is nothing special, though I'll say that I think it's one of Vin Diesel's better performences. No, the best part of Pitch Black is the gorgeous filming - and it's not even special effects, most of it. There's clever, effective use ( Read more... ) -
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I'm re-watching the first televised leaders' debate, the one that turned Nick Clegg from a nobody into a household name overnight. And it's so good - Brown and Cameron had both come prepared to argue with each other, but it's so gloriously obvious that neither of them had really considered that Clegg would be any more than window dressing. And they ( Read more... ) -
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So the government has accepted the Vickers report, which advises the separation of retail and investment banking.
....wait. Why does that sound familiar?
Oh yes.
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The funniest part about the 'Clegg smacks the French' story is how every (British) outlet and news site is marvelling over the fact that he spoke to the man in French.
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Arg. This was posted to fandomsecrets tonight. WHY. I HAVE SPENT DAYS WORKING HARD TO FORGET THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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Everything about this story is jawdropping.
And not even so much the pepper spray and general violence, but - half the population? The entire population? Including the children and the elderly and those who send their spouses out to shop for them and the people who ordered it all on amazon, or don't celebrate christmas at all?
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Last night, my PC went from 'acceptable speeds' to 'geriatric snail' for no reason that I could see. Did all the usual stuff, clearout, defrag, virus scan, looking for dodgy processes, and finally getting that bloody realplayer to uninstall. Nothing worked ( Read more... )
