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Plants vs Zombies comes to iPhone and iPod Touch (and iPad)

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Finally!  After several short delays in 2009, and increasing excitement by many fans of the game – Plants vs Zombies is finally released in the iTunes store. This is going to be great on the iPad !

Plants Vs Zombies in the UK iTunes App store

Plants Vs Zombies in the UK iTunes App store

A superbly balanced easy-to-play-and-get-addicted-to tower defense / strategy game mixed with the expected polish from Popcap, masters of casual gameplay.


Plants vs Zombies on iPhone / iPod / iPad released February 15th 2010

Charismatic, colourful illustration style, amusing animations, fitting sound effects and (more…)

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Watching TV Doggy Style

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

The family dog, Wallace, likes to watch TV. Well at least it’s only a big old CRT and not a more delicate flat screen.

Anyway, what better way to showcase his doggy style TV watching than with the trailer for Hotel for Dogs?!

Sound will most definitely enhance this video.

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Northern Lights at the End of a Tunnel

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The best way of tackling The Baltic art gallery is to go straight up to the 5th Floor and admire the view of the Millennium Bridge and The Sage.

Millennium Bridge Newcastle

Unless you’re very lucky, this is likely to be the best art you’ll see all day.

From the fifth floor you can also look down onto the exhibition on the fourth floor. It saves you a trip down there if you’re not too keen on what you see.

Thank goodness I hadn’t read the brochure when I (more…)

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Google is Black – Energy Awareness – Earth Hour

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Today, in case you hadn’t already noticed, Google is black.

Black Google to symbolise Earth Hour 2008

Black Google, symbolising Earth Hour 2008

This is to symbolise ‘Earth Hour’, which aims to help make people more aware of the energy they use on a daily basis, by asking them to turn out their lights between 8pm and 9pm (in their time-zone) tonight, Saturday, March 29th.

To find out more about Earth Hour and what you can easily do to help save energy, visit Google’s Earth Hour Page.

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Colossal Squid, Bigger than the Giant Squid. Largest Eyes in the Animal Kingdom

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Colossal Squids (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) are larger than the more well-known Giant Squid. The species was first discovered in 1925, realised from tentacles found in the stomach of a Sperm Whale. There have only been eight specimens of Colossal Squid recovered since their discovery. (more…)

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Adobe Software Costs 60% More in the UK. Director 11 is $640 Cheaper in the US.

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Adobe’s multimedia authoring environment, Adobe® Director® 11 software has been over four years in development. However, despite the extra years that they have had over Adobe’s Flash development team to update and improve it’s features, it is unfortunately looking like just a patch (more…)

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Civet Cat Droppings Used to Produce the Finest (maybe not the freshest) Coffee Beans

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Civet cat, sniffing and maybe even eating coffee beans, in preparation for the ones who can afford such a delicacy.

Well this may sound ridiculous, and some may not believe it. However, there are certain types of coffee beans available to buy which have been especially eaten and pooed out by animals before the grinding process. Who ever said that coffee from vending machines ‘tastes like cr*p’? Oh no, I’m sure they would be charging far more if it really did… (more…)

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Official Google Easter Video Game! Easter Bunny Catching Eggs

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Google have a free Easter video game you can play online, AND there’s your normal google search at the top. Great. So maybe it’s worth bookmarking this at least just for the Easter Break?

Google Easter Bunny Game Screenshot

The Official Google Easter Bunny Game

Play it online now in Internet Explorer or Firefox or whatever browser you have, and decide whether you think it’s a Halo-beater (if you know what that means). (more…)

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