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Drop

I dropped my iPhone on the floor this morning. It is fine, I’m typing on it now. What occurred to me though was how underworried I was that it would be okay. I have dropped it before, on harder surfaces, … Continue reading

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Spike Jonze Playlist

Have been doing a little collating on youtube, and now have a pretty decent collection there of Spike Jonze’s work:

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Reprise Podcast 18 – Dave Angel

Well about the only thing that was going to get me through the gym tonight was some cracking music, and this certainly did the job. Lovely Dave Angel mix on the Reprise Podcast, big tunes through to mellow. Lovely stuff. … Continue reading

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I'm now sold on DJ Hero

I think I’m going to have to get it. Was very tempted already when I heard that DJ Shadow was involved. However I’m a sucker for Daft Punk. Ideally I’d spend several hours a day wearing one of their robot … Continue reading

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Learning to love Forza 3 slowly

I’m playing a fair old bit of Forza 3 this week. It looks lovely. It plays fine. It’s just, hmmmm, a little hard to put my finger on it, but it’s just not there at the moment. I think it … Continue reading

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The worst thing on Television at the moment

is the last shot of this Pepsi Max commercial: It makes me angry beyond words. Well okay it doesn’t do half of that. However it is terrible. What exactly are they doing at the end there? I don’t understand. Maybe … Continue reading

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I don't care who you are, fall off that big thing now please

I’ve just been reading Charlie Brooker’s latest Screen Burn column. You should too. Then come back here. Done that? Good. Right, where were we? Okay, early on he sums up nicely one thing that really annoys me about television at … Continue reading

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Jamaica runs wild

Well the World Athletics championships got off to something of a flying start. Usain Bolt was just astonishing winning the 100m final in 9.58 seconds. Even more so in that I felt he could have gone very slightly faster, just … Continue reading

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When New York is attacked by something strange

Worth a look at this photoset on Anthony Hibbert’s site (wait and it will start the slideshow for you), it’s seems that something rather strange was happening in New York when he last visited.

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Fingers crossed for Felipe Massa

Today’s qualifying for the Hungarian GP was marred by a horrific accident suffered by Felipe Massa. He was hit in the head by what appears to be a spring from another car, lost control of his car, and went straight … Continue reading

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