Category Archives: Review

Amazon Kindle Support – impressive

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

In the last couple of days I’ve been very impressed with how the Amazon Kindle customer support is handled – in fact I’ve been thoroughly surprised at how efficient it is. I’ve been using my Kindle since September with no … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 10.10 – OS for all

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Just installed the latest Ubuntu version, 10.10, from the Desktop CD. It took about half an hour to install and then after a quick restart everything was up and running.

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10:10 Carbon Footprint Reduction

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Back at the end of 2009 I signed a pledge to reduce my carbon footprint by 10%, called 10:10, here’s my results. Well, it was close… depending on how you calculate it… although in another sense I totally failed. Electricity … Continue reading →

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My New Laptop

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Matthew Wilcoxson

My new laptop has come. It’s a Dell Inspiron 15z and I splashed out for the Cherry Red version (which looks much more red than the photo gives credit). This is a quick blog about it, expect a more detailed … Continue reading →

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The Own Art scheme

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Here’s a really nice way to buy some prised pieces of art – be it anything from paintings to pottery. It’s a scheme run by the Arts Council in England (And therefore only available in England – sorry world.) They … Continue reading →

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The Collectors tales of beedle the bard.

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Wowzers… It’s in my hand… and … it has got to be the nicest looking book I have ever seen! Don’t read on if you want to keep what’s in the collectors edition a surprise The outer box looks like … Continue reading →

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Star trek XI

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Matthew Wilcoxson

The new trailer for the Star trek 11 is now out. And it looks really great. It doesn’t start out as your typical star trek, in fact there’s no sign it is star trek until a fair way in. I … Continue reading →

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Spiderman 3

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Matthew Wilcoxson

Watched the third film in the Spiderman series on Wednesday. I really enjoyed it, the action was great and it was really funny in places, the plot didn’t always make sense but who’s going to let that get in the … Continue reading →

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The age of the Snowmen…

Posted on April 20, 2006 by Matthew Wilcoxson

So did you get the film title from the cryptic title? Well, it’s Ice Age of course, actually Ice Age 2. And I went to see it last night. I thought it was very good. The animation of the characters … Continue reading →

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The Feast of Lupercalia.

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Matthew Wilcoxson

So today is the day after what is usually a pretty miserable day for me. Usually, I’m all on my lonesome at home… (sob, sob…) but this year was different, this year I decided to go out and be lonesome … Continue reading →

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