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Ear Wick

Yes, “Ear Wick”.
Doesn’t sound nice, does it?
That’s what I’m currently enjoying – a wick, in my ear, to do some “wicking”.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had quite a nasty ear infection. Strictly speaking, I’ve had two nasty ears infections: one in each ear. Actually, if I’m to be 100% accurate, I’ve probably had [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions

Number one: blog more. Lately, this place has gathered a few cobwebs, and I’m not happy about that. Things are going to change. I might start posting less specific rambles and rants, as the mood takes me.
Number two: catch up on review material. I’ve got piles of DVDs and CDs to get through for [...]

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Normal Service…

…will be resumed shortly.
Apologies for the lack of updates over the last couple of weeks; things have been busy.
I’ve got a raft of updates coming soon; I’ll be introducing a review feed so you don’t have to see rubbish like this appearing in your RSS reader of choice. I’m also planning to make it easier [...]

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Aerial installation fun

I can write this now. It's taken far longer than I thought it would, but I've finally got digital television in every room of the house. After two weekends worth of leaping about in my loft (thanks Dad), drilling, cabling, connecting, disconnecting, swearing, exchanging, and fiddling, it's all working. Having my wife run up the [...]

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30 Boxes

It's an odd title, but 30 Boxes is one of the neatest web apps I've seen for a while. It's basically just an online calendar, with Ajax up the wazoo, and that oh-so-trendy Apple shade of grey. Play with it for a while though, and you can tell it's had some thought put into it.
You [...]

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A single console philosophy

In the past, I've always owned every console on the market. There have always been platform exclusive titles like Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, and Metal Gear Solid, to name only a few, and the thought of not being able to play each platform's gems was enough to make me own every machine. Even if [...]

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