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The Great Office Changearound – Part 1

The Great Office Changearound – Part 1

| June 7, 2009 | 3 Comments

I have had something of a frantic week, each day has been a series of appointment after appointment of both a personal and professional nature.  Blogging has taken something of a back seat, with only my Twitter feed(s) getting regular updates.  Review fans will be pleased to hear that I have a review of the [...]

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Blu-ray Review: Marley & Me

Blu-ray Review: Marley & Me

| May 31, 2009 | 0 Comments

After the greatly deserved drubbing I recently gave to Bride Wars, I was a little wary of watching Marley & Me. The signs were not that good, and like many others I wrongly assumed that the movie was going to be a light hearted romcom centered around Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston and Marley the dog. [...]

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Kingston Lacy

Kingston Lacy

| May 31, 2009 | 4 Comments

Not a mention of high definition anything in this post, because every geek needs a break now and then.  We headed out to Kingston Lacy today, situated in the more rural Dorset (where there are four tractors to every one person…possibly). It’s not dissimilar to Exbury Gardens which I wrote about a couple of years [...]

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Coffee Break Musings

Coffee Break Musings

| May 27, 2009 | 3 Comments

CAUTION: This post contains spoilers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. If you are one of the few gamers who hasn’t completed one of the finest shooters even made, proceed with caution! After my last post where I ruminated on the slightly uneasy feeling I had playing Call of Duty: World at War, I did [...]

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Touching a Nerve

Touching a Nerve

| May 24, 2009 | 8 Comments

It’s the summer gaming/TV transition once again.  All of the major TV shows are finished for the next few months, leaving only Harper’s Island and a massive stack of The Wire, Buffy and dozens of other shows for contemplation.  Once upon a time I used to bemoan having a lot of movies to watch, now [...]

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