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The keen-eyed among you will have noticed I have a new header at the top of my website, the not-so-keen-eyed are checking it now. I always enjoy a little tweak and change every now and again when it comes to websites. I don’t often get…
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Digitalisation: Switching your library to the cloud
I think that one of the most exciting developments of the 20th century is the cloud. For anyone who doesn’t know what the cloud is, it’s a number of things. Firstly it’s a backup for your data. Second, and this is my favourite one, it’s…
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Finally, a Nintendo to Switch to
Excuse the pun. It was just to irresistible. But, you will have no doubt deduced that this blog post is in relation to Nintendo’s latest console release: the Nintendo Switch. I indeed caved to the pressure to purchase one of these consoles. Primarily upon the…
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Car Trains, and the importance of rails
I imagine you think I’ve lost it. ANOTHER post with a kids show as the photo. Don’t worry, this has precious little to do with the awesomeness that is Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave (the kids show pictured at the top of this post). But it…
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Cutting the Cable (aka Netflix vs LoveFilm 2)
A few years back, I wrote an article reviewing and comparing the two video streaming services; Netflix and the then LoveFilm (later to be rebranded as Amazon Prime). At the time, I concluded a win for Netflix after reviewing various factors. Earlier this year I…
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Boxset Marathons (for the under 3’s)
Today is Father’s Day. So I thought I would take this chance to share a little bit about the Fatherhood I am living. But first: Happy Father’s Day to my Dad. Thanks for everything you’ve done for me – of late and throughout my entire…
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Top(ish) Gear
So, I just finished watching the all-new Top Gear. It took three sittings to get through a one-hour episode. It was that tough. I thought I should at least watch the first episode and give it a chance. Which I did. It wasn’t all as…
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BrownCoats and Netflix
It’s been suggested many times to me that I should watch the classic Science Fiction TV Show: Firefly from 2002/2003. I confess, the artwork and concept didn’t particularly appeal to me, but while working through my Netflix list-of-things-to-watch, Firefly’s time came. Why did I wait…
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Another Season Finale Part 2
Sometimes you can know something constantly, and really know it. You’re reminded of it a thousand times. But it doesn’t hit you until the thousandth-and-first time. The night before the big day, my friend of many years gets married. I should be sleeping, but I’m…
