As you know, I am really enjoying my iPad and it’s becoming really useful for a number of things, thanks to the increasingly great number of brilliant apps that are available in the app store. Five apps that I’ve been finding useful are…

TV Guide for iPad - Free!

Released by tvguide.co.uk, this app is great for checking whats on the box, and the ( Read more... )

As well as enjoying some nostalgia about my favourite old games, I’ve been looking forward to some new ones that are due to come out (or they have come out, but have yet to make it into our collection).

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3)

UK Release Date: 19th November 2010

We got Assassin’s Creed II bundled with our PS3 and instantly loved it. In ( Read more... )

Welcome to the second part in my series of blogging lessons - I’m not claiming to be an expert or anything but I’m going to go ahead and air my views on what makes a great blog. This information comes directly from the amount of things that annoy me when reading other blogs - and everything that annoys me is another thing that will make me want to ( Read more... )

I’ve been using the MiFi unit that was loaned to me by the generous folks over at Three Mobile Buzz for two weeks now, and I didn’t want to give it back! Ok… well, I don’t really mind, but only because I’m going to buy a V2 unit instead. I will miss it in the interim period though.

To summarise my impressions; it was great to have with me to be ( Read more... )

Even though reading ebooks was one of the main uses I had in mind when I begged James to buy me an iPad for my birthday (by the way, I never thought he’d take me seriously… but I’m overjoyed he did!) I just can’t get over how enjoyable reading on the iPad is.


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Over the past few years I have accumulated quite a long list of blogs that I read regularly (and in some cases religiously!) or at least visit now and again. As such, I have a mental list of common errors I see happening in the blogosphere. Most of these problems are irritating or off putting to the reader, and some of them are actually annoying to ( Read more... )

I have always loved gaming. In fact, it’s hard to believe that the Wii James and I bought when we got together in 2007 was my first console, when you consider how much I’ve always loved computer games.

When I was just a kid we had an amiga, and then progressed to a PC with Windows 3.1 (yay DOS based games) and then carried on from there.

Lately I’ ( Read more... )

The lovely people at Three Mobile Buzz sent me a MiFi v1 unit recently to try out with my iPad for a few weeks, and I’ve been putting it through its paces while I’ve had it. A MiFi device allows you to create a mobile wi-fi hotspot to connect to the internet when you are out. When James got me my iPad, we decided to opt for more storage space ( Read more... )

I’ve been playing with my iPad for over a week now, and I’ve already found quite a few applications I love. Some are simple or just plain fun, and others are real productivity tools.

I will do separate posts for ‘creativity’ and ‘entertainment’ apps, as the list for this post is big enough already, and I haven’t even got started on apps for working ( Read more... )

Well, I’ve had my iPad for a few days now, and I have to say it has completely lived up to my (very high) expectations thus far. A few observations at this early stage:

• It’s an absolute joy to use - the device is brilliantly made, and feels sturdy in your hand; closer to a MacBook air than an iPhone, yet really thin and light.
• When you’re using it, ( Read more... )