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Buying Starcraft

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Andrew

At long last, Blizzard has unleashed the next chapter of StarCraft, with the release of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (959 days since StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, and not a day too soon). As I was slightly disorganised, … Continue reading →

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Books 7

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Andrew

Two months on from the last list. Much time on trains has meant much time reading, hence the list is already long. Temeraire by Naomi Novik: a gunpowder mix of fantasy and historical epic. I was not convinced at first, … Continue reading →

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Books 6

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Andrew

A quick review of the latest books to be fed through my eyeballs. It’s been seven months since my last book list. I must try harder to publish these lists more frequently, as I could barely recall the plot of a … Continue reading →

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Antipope the second

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Andrew

I previously had a bit of a grumble about The Antipope by Robert Rankin. Mr Rankin was decent enough to follow up with me on Amazon and Twitter, and to my shame he’d already pushed out a corrected version of … Continue reading →

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The Antipope

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Andrew

This review is for: The Antipope (The Brentford Trilogy) (Kindle Edition) 1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story ruined by poor spelling and typesetting,10 Jun 2012 The story is reasonably entertaining if a little slow to get going. Unfortunately the … Continue reading →

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Out for delivery?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Andrew

It feels like my Amazon order has been in transit for ages. It was dispatched over 40 years ago and I’m still waiting …

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Home office essentials

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Andrew

I’ve been working at home quite a bit recently, following my change in employment status. As a result, I’ve been buying a few bits and pieces to make life easier. Therefore, some reviews. ~ First up, a Sennheiser PC36 USB Plug … Continue reading →

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Books 4

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Andrew

A couple of months already since my last reading update. A couple of busy months, so not much was actually read, but here’s what I did get through: Deja Vu: A Technothriller (The Saskia Brandt Series) by Ian Hocking, and … Continue reading →

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Touchpad kindling

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Andrew

Fire sale. Touchpad. Kindle. You can now pick up TouchPads ridiculously cheaply. Unfortunately, if you’re in the UK, there isn’t yet a Kindle app available, so the claim of “TouchPad: cheaper than a kindle, includes a kindle” is not yet … Continue reading →

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The Lonesome Success of WebOS

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Andrew

In an overly dramatic article on Techcrunch, John Biggs talks about “The Lonesome Death of WebOS“. He cites some seemingly-poor sales of TouchPads through Woot, just 612 versus 2,288 for the Motorola Xoom. He then goes on to talk about … Continue reading →

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