Posted on March 10th, 2010
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
In the wings looms heavily a general election. You hadn’t noticed? So far by the leaders of the political parties there has been limited (success) social media engagement. So Facebook or Twitter; Tory, LibDem or Labour: Which is it to be?
Posted on March 8th, 2010
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
Who/what will be 2010s key influencer’s? In the run up to the General Election maybe it will be the highs (and no doubt lows) of politics and politicians. This time we have political ‘news’ and ‘views’ via their Twitter feeds. Here’s the crunch. First are we really that interested in what they tweet?
Posted on February 3rd, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
It occurred to me today that there are a few gadgets that I couldn’t live without…. Ironically some of them are gadgets for gadgets! Doh!
iPhone Portable charger – See I said I had gadgets for gadgets! – This one adds pretty much a full recharge of your iPhone. If like me you use 3G on [...]
Posted on January 31st, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
A short while ago I came across a fantastic little tweet courtesy of my lovely followers! It was all about a new board game which I’m hoping to get my hands on to review and see how good it is. In essence it’s a board game that teaches the fundamentals of object orientated programming through [...]
Posted on December 24th, 2009
Written by Sarah Blow
Some time back I got to catch up with the Leyio team again, my first encounter with Leyio was a while back when I got my first geeky Leyio gadget with its UWB data transfer and dinky interface. For a product review of Leyio pop over here!
This video gives details of the latest [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2009
Written by Sarah Blow
At the Beam Presents event a few weeks back I got chatting with Ella from I Want One Of Those where she gave me a gadget tour of their latest geeky gadgets that they have been selling this Christmas holiday!
Ella is the buyer for I Want One Of Those… She possibly has one of [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2009
Written by motoko
I’ve been looking for a new MP3 player for awhile now, I love my Cowon D2 for the simple fact of different codec support, the amazing battery life and of course the sheer quality of sound. But it is getting a bit old now.
Enter the Cowon S9. I looked around at other alternatives from different [...]
Posted on November 1st, 2009
Written by Sarah Blow
For those of you who know me you’ll probably know that I go and do regular yoga sessions. Well this weekend I went on the hunt for a shiny new yoga mat bag as my parents asked about getting me one for my birthday. Anyway whilst I was looking around I did come across the [...]
So just in time for those scary halloween stories with your family and friends here are the top 10 halloween books.
1. Dracula, Bram Stoker – The quintessential vampire novel – a cornerstone of horror literature
2. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley – Featuring the most famous monster in the genre, a warning against disobeying the laws of [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2009
Written by Sarah Blow
Whilst I was over at the Beam Presents event a few weeks ago I got to talk to the company behind the new Coolerbooks e-reader device. This little device is very much Apple style and like all other e-reader’s gives people the opportunity to buy books and read them on the go. The benefit being [...]
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