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24-Hour Non-Hallowe’en Scare-A-Thon

Wednesday, 28th October, 2009

9pm on Tuesday, my home time after a long day at work. After quickly checking my email, I packed my laptop into its bag as I have done thousands of times before, and I neatly tucked the mouse and power adapter away, as I have done a hundred-or-so times in the past. Knowing I would [...]

The 7am WTF! The 8.45am WTF!

Monday, 2nd February, 2009

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It was 7am when I was rudely awoken this morning. The noise emanating from my mobile phone pierced my ears with so much annoyance it had to be stopped. It wasn’t the alarm though, but instead a text message from my boss.

Porsche Have The Wrong Attitude

Sunday, 21st December, 2008

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I’m relaxing on my sofa, flicking through the Awards 2008 issue of Top Gear Magazine, when I come across an article about Porsche’s new four-seater sports car, the Panamera. It seems that it is all the rage at the moment, for luxury pocket-rocket makers to stretch out the wheelbase and add in some proper back [...]

I’ll Have 568.2615 Millilitres Of Lager, Please

Wednesday, 17th December, 2008

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I’ll Have 568.2615 Millilitres Of Lager, Please

Britain has been allowed to keep it’s pint, the BBC reported today. To some, this probably seems like a small thing, almost unworthy of reporting. But to Britons, it’s actually quite important. Despite being so geographically close to mainland Europe, and enjoying a fairly good relationship with the continent, the British are very resistant to [...]

Is A Staircase Really That Hard To Walk Up?

Monday, 15th December, 2008

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Is A Staircase Really That Hard To Walk Up?

Last month I was hopping around various travel websites trying to figure out a good hotel to stay in for my winter trip to Venice. I usually just consider the synopsis of amenities the hotel provides and take a glance at the photos they put up. Taking into account the images were probably shot just [...]

Washing Machines, Apples & Televisions

Saturday, 25th October, 2008

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Washing machines are scary. Seriously, of all the machines I use on a daily basis, doing the laundry ranks among the scariest of all. I regularly get into lifts and get shot up to a height that could kill me if everything in the lift and back-up mechanisms failed and I fell. Yet I don’t [...]