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  • And a happy new year to you, my friends

    You’ve heard it a million times, you’ve heard it from everyone, but allow me to wish you all, dear readers, a prosperous, healthy and productive new year! Have a good evening, drink in moderation (sort of), don’t drink and drive…

  • She steals the pens from home.

    Thought I’d post a link to my sister Julie’s cool little media project from this past university semester. It’s a true image of her desktop (probably less messy than it really is) and an interesting little insight into her personality.…

  • How to spend your days off

    Ze hubby and old housemate Hodgson are watching Total Recall this evening. Arnold Shmarnold, it’s a rubbish film! At least, I’ve got chocolates and my laptop to help make up for the sheer crapness of the movie they picked! To…

  • Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

  • I’m Luke, I’m 5 and my dad’s Bruce Lee

    My favourite song of the moment is the JCB Song by Nizlopi. A few Warwickshire boys who recently came out the paintwork and turned out to have produced a good, fun, lighthearted album. Not necessarily the album of the year,…

  • Wrapping up…

    Whether you’ve been wrapping up presents for friends and family or wrapping up projects for the end of the year, I wish you all, dear dear readers (whoever you are, I still don’t get why anyone finds my nonsensical ramblings…

  • Like Top Gear?

    Just a little heads up for Top Gear lovers abroad, quite a few videos are available on Google Video now! How to get around the Nurburgring in a Transit van, the unavoidable Supercars comparisons, the Lotus Exige vs the Apache…

  • "Go get the snow tires put on before it's too late!"

    This is the nagging sound of any Canadian wife to her husband in early November when the first signs of winter frost start appearing. A car without snow tires is like well… a Canadian without a shovel, it ain’t going…

  • Le roi et l'oiseau

    I just had a moment of melting childhood softspot when I saw this link to Le roi et l’oiseau on DVD Times on Spyhunter’s blog. It was apparently renamed The King and the Mockingbird in English, but was never subtitled…

  • Rsstroom Reader – for people on the go (or those who need to "go")

    Haven’t had the time to read your favourite RSS feeds these days? Wishing you could catch up with your blog reading? Lo and behold, the Rsstroom reader is here to solve that problem! The Rsstroom reader prints your RSS feeds…