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Most people in my circle of friends have never heard of Digg or Diggnation. That kinda sucks, but it means I have something to share with those nearest and dearest to me. I've watched and loved Diggnation for several years now, and I am certainly gonna feel a void when it finishes at the end of the year. It's a bit like the last Harry Potter book/film, you just wish there was more.Here's a few

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I'm a massive F1 fan, it's such an exciting sport, it competes with Rugby as my favourite. With the new season just underway, I thought I'd give my two cents regarding the new DRS and KERS on the cars.Lets start with DRS. First of all a quick introduction, DRS stands for Drag Reduction System, which basically means that the drivers have a button they can press which will flip up the top half of

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I'm sure you've all heard stories about people who don't use soap to clean their hair. Here's another one. I only use hot water to wash my hair. The only time I wash it is when I get it cut. This is not because my hair is greasy and horrific smelling. I don't know what it smells like to other people, to me it smells nice, but everyone likes their own brew as any fart expert will tell you.

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After having recently purchased the Blu-Ray, and having watched it approximately 15 times in a row—much to the despair of my family—I have decided that my favourite film of 2010 was the fantastic third feature film from director Edgar Wright; Scott Pilgrim vs The World.The reason I can watch Edgar's films again and again is because of his meticulous and almost ludicrous attention to detail.

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Disclaimer: This is not a rant about hating football. But make no mistake I do hate football.I've noticed a recent trend, although it may have been going on for some time but has only recently come to my attention. During programs which have nothing to do with a particular sport, the presenters mention what is currently occurring in a sport event. For example Chris Evans declaring the status

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Before I go any further let me make two things clear, I am a fan of Vincenzo Natali, and in no way is this a criticism of him or his work.I've just spent the last couple of hours looking for even a tenuous contact email/postal address for Vincenzo Natali. 'Why?', I hear thee cry, well what a great question. It's because, I've seen his earlier films Cube and Cypher (which I got because they had

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Everyone likes biscuits, seriously everyone. Frankly if you don't, I don't want to know you, you're evil and disturbed. Not only—I hypothesize—does everyone like biscuits, everyone loves the biscuits I'm gonna teach you to make. They are perfect biscuits. A lovely crumbly texture, the perfect balance of sweet and bitterness. Not too rich, and just a little salt to make them extra delicious.

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I really like food, nay I love it. It's the spice of life, literally in some cases. Not only do I love to eat food, I'm a fairly good chef, capable of inventing my own recipes. I'd like to share a couple of recipes for what I consider staples in my diet, and hopefully I'll share more in the future.First up is a fail-proof bread recipe. Homemade bread is a joy, so much tastier and satisfying

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I've recently started re-watching the Harry Potter films for the 20th time and re-reading the books for actually only about the 3rd or 4th time. It's no news or secret that there are striking similarities between Harry Potter and Star Wars, it's called something like the Hero's Journey or something and is a well known story. The fact that these stories are almost identical isn't necessarily a

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No it's not just a lyric that Adam Duritz wrote. I am actually colourblind. People who aren't colourblind find it very hard to understand what it is, or have preconceptions. I could explain the science which makes someone colourblind quite easily. But actually describing what it's like is near impossible, I've always been colourblind so I have no point of reference. No I do not see in black

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The Wii is stupid. I get that for people who aren't gamers it's a great way in because it's not just pressing buttons, this is fun for old and young alike but not for me. I'm not what I'd call a massive gamer, so don't think of me as some pretentious loon when I say that I hate the Wii. I enjoy video games and I like to write about them, but that's just a human giving an opinion on what they

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This is so late in it's coming I might as well be reviewing pac-man. However the two big consoles in the world — I think — have reached their peak of usability with regards to games, online experience and operating system. I actually only own the Xbox 360, but I have a fair bit of experience with the PS3 and finally feel qualified to go through each feature and directly compare the consoles.

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One other thing about Halo, the music. It's totally awesome, seriously someone should give those guys an award. When I make my first hollywood feature, I want them doing the score. They set the mood so perfectly and it's just beautiful.

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I'd have to say that Dave Grohl and his band of Fighters of Foo are my all time favourite band. I love their music, Even the early stuff, which was just Dave on his own in a shed milling about playing everything like some wonderfully good one man band.The band's progression is wonderful to behold, just by listening to a couple of tracks from each album it is possible to see a sound so

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What is Halo: Reach? I'm so confused about it. At first I tried to ignore it, it was gonna be released in 2010, that was like ages away but now 2010 is looming and I still know basically nothing. I thought for a while it might be Bungie's foray into the world of MMORPG, but that doesn't seem to be the case, it is definitely an FPS but as to what it's about I cannot attest.In fact people in the

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My previous game posts seemed to imply that I would reviewing each of the aforementioned games as they were released. So here is Halo 3: ODST.I said that what got me excited about this was that it had a much darker look than the previous games. It fulfilled its promise there, the stunning scenery that you would usually expect from a Halo game was there with a whole new look, it was dark, it was

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This image, for me, is a perfect commentary on our current economic climate. This is at least how it has affected me the most. I've just graduated from university, I should be eligible for work, but there is nothing. I can't get a decent job and it's driving me insane. At the moment my favourite option is to return to Preston, the city of my university, and return to my university job,

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I read this article today on Slashfilm. For those who don't want to read it let me give you the gist of it. A new film has been announced which is a teen, reversed, skew on Nancy Meyers' 2000 film What Women Want. The original film is great, it's pre-mega-crazy Mel Gibson at his best, in a wonderful Nancy Meyers film, in which a man gets a chance by a paranormal gift, to change who he is.

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I'm a latecomer to The Wire, as I type I'm watching the last episode of season 2. The Wire has been critically acclaimed as one of the greatest things since sliced bread. It's very good there's not doubt there. Some of the scenes are just pure genius, like the scene in season 1 where Bunk and McNulty are looking around a crime scene and using only one word repeatedly to draw conclusions and

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I've had a really big issue with an order I placed with waterstones quite some time ago, which I have still not received entirely. I won't say much more, here is the email I have sent to their customer service department, I'm so fed up and I think people should hear about this sort of thing.Dear Sir/Madam,I have emailed you regarding an order part of which was lost in the post. I reported the

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I did a post about the games I'm looking forward to this coming 6 months so it seems only fair that I review each one as it comes out. First up is Batman: Arkham Asylum.Arkham Asylum is a third-person...errr...umm...well sort of action, adventure, puzzle thing. To be quite frank defining it's genre may be pointless, it's awesome. Let's start with the combat, as that may be the first thing you

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The second half of this year sees some really exciting games come to the table. I am tremendously excited about them so I'm gonna share some thoughts regarding them.The first is the new Batman Game Arkham Asylum. This comes out on the 22nd August, I've already pre-ordered it and today played the demo like 4 times, yes it's that good. The fighting mechanic is a lot of fun. The stealth—i—ness is

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Waltz With Bashir is a disturbing look at the Israeli-Lebanese War. It is told from the point of view of a veteran of the war trying to recount the memories of his days as a young soldier. The main character seems at the beginning to have lost his memories and meets with his old comrades and other soldiers who were involved in the war to reconstruct his memory and figure out if his memory of

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According to my brother's tumbleblog ( http://tomscrace.tumblr.com/ ) it is some famous French guy's 188th birthday (yes obviously he's dead, it's just a celebration of his birthday). It just so happens that at work today I was working with a colleague called Yann who is from France. It was a slow day at the cinema so we found other ways to occupy ourselves as usual. Today's activity was a

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Today has been a poop-storm of poop. I'm working on my dissertation trying to get this video for my study sorted out. I did the filming yesterday with some excellent friends who I will be forever indebted to. Today came editing I thought easy peasy, I've got a mac, just bung it all in iMovie HD and string 'em together with maybe a couple of bits cut out... NOOOOOOOO.First issue, tried to play

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I'm in the middle of watching the latest diggnation and Kevin brought up the fact that Prager had his house broken into. Along with this is the fact that Prager's response to the break in was to tweet about it and to set up a live ustream of the burglar. I immediately went online to find more out. I saw the tweets he posted and the video and I have only three letters prior to the many words I

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I'm considering transferring all the posts from my old film review blog "jollygoodshow" over to here. I'd like feedback from my miniscule readership. Let me know what you think and I shall respond accordingly.Stu.

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I saw Watchmen on Thursday morning, in iMAX Manchester. This was a special screening for UCI employees, of which I am one. Since then I've been trying to think about what I can say about the film very carefully. It was really tough, so much to the point that I considered not writing anything, but I couldn't leave my avid readers - of which I'm sure there must be at least three - waiting.In the

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Valkyrie tells the tale of the last attempt by members of the German Military, during World War II to stage a coup to overtake Adolf Hitler's Government. The film stars Tom Cruise, along with a multitude of British acting talent, and was directed by Bryan Singer who directed the first two X-Men films, Superman Returns and is the main director on House.The opening scene of the film sets the scene

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Slumdog Millionaire is the story of a young man named Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) and how he managed to get to the 20 million-rupee question on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The famous Danny Boyle from 28 Days Later and Sunshine fame directed the film.The film starts with our hero in an interrogation room, he is suspected of cheating on the game, and has been accused of fraud.

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Inspired by Edgar Wright I decided to do my own list of my top tracks of 2008. I had to do some serious tweaking of playlist settings on iTunes, and after much deliberation I found only 30 tracks that had gained my favour in the year of 2008 (can't believe it's over already). It's dominated by the Dr.Horrible Soundtrack but can you really blame me, anyway here they are in order.My Eyes -

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One of my earliest comedy memories is watching The Fast Show with my brothers. When I was that young, most of the jokes went over my head, but even then I loved it. Favourites back then were Johnny Nice Painter – so strange and slightly scary, Rowley Birkin Q.C. – hilarious to absolutely anyone, The Thirteenth Duke of Wymbourne and Jazz Club. It can’t be said that it was good clean family

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I’ve been terribly lax in blogging of late, and the only excuse I can provide is that I’ve just got back to uni for my final year and I’ve been getting into the swing of things. I hope this hasn’t deterred my imaginary readers. As a-fore mentioned in this blog, I’m not a big gamer. However recently, idiotically and on the spur of the moment (even more idiotic), I decided to buy and XBOX 360.

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Ok so I'm on a train right now that's going to York. Hey Stu why are you going to York? Well because I need to go to Preston but there are works on the Euston - Preston line so I have to go to the other side of the country. Hey Stu why are you going to Preston? Well I go to university in Preston, and I have to retake half an exam tomorrow, lots of fun.There's a Jewish family sitting in front

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Imperium is a blog belonging to my middle brother, Chris. Since before I can remember he's loved computer games more than most people I know. As such his blog is predominantly focused on game reviews. I've read four of his posts so far, and it seems like good stuff. My brother and I have a monosyballic relationship, and as such I don't know him very well, but he has a very nice writing style.

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So I was browsing Digg today and came across a story from the Tech Crunch 50, which said that Google was close to finalising a deal to purchase Digg for somewhere in the region of $200m. And I've gotta say, I've got mixed feelings about this.First off don't get me wrong, I love the fact that Google is kicking ass, they have a great business, and everything they seem to do is awesome. I love

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In my last post I spoke about US and UK television, and how they differ, there was also mention of trends that occur in popularity of genres. At the moment I feel that as a genre, food programs are the most popular in television, I certainly can’t get enough of food shows, for a long time now I have watched them more than anything else on TV. The three big shots in my eyes are all now on

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This weekend, I was watching TV and I caught some of Saturday Kitchen, the main guest was Jerry Springer, it reminded me of an interview he did a couple of years ago. I cant' remember the publication it was in but there was a key point he made in it, which i couldn't disagree with more. He said that UK television was 10 years behind the US, it was when he was bringing his show over to the UK.

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My relationship with my grandparents has always been much like that with my father. I care for their existence, and when they go I will be saddened, but mainly because of regret. My brother's and I were never close to my father, he was there most of the time when we were young and he taught us how to ride a bike, he took us on holidays, but we were never close, maybe because he never approached

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Tom HanksTom has been with me since I was a child. He really means a lot to me, I remember him in almost all the films of my childhood, Turner and Hooch, The Burbs, The Money Pit, Big, he was hilarious, and I am disappointed he didn't continue his comedy acting career, he spoke so much to me and he was so cool.But his acting career has been very successful, he has appeared in a number of

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There are a lot of great actors around today. However very few tend to stand out in an extraordinary way, even if they do, it's because the critics say they do. Part of the subjective experience of film enjoyment is actor appreciation. No person can tell you an actor is great, everyone's experience is different, technically a performance could be good and bad, these are worthy merits to

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Ok so anyone who knows me or has seen my DVD collection, knows about my obsession with films. I'm a big film buff, and there is nothing I enjoy more than having a browse at blockbuster, buying a dvd and watching everything on it.I'm quite technical in film appreciation, some of my friends often get annoyed, when I comment on direction, acting and dialogue. However there are films I can say are

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