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Dec
31
Top YouTuber's of 2009
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YouTube has certainly be a phenomenon in the past couple of years and it has seen the rise of internet celebrities. Those who never visit YouTube will probably never heard of them! These are the talented individuals I look forward to seeing their new video’s (in no particular order): Gay Comic Geek This guy is [...]
Dec
31
Top Websites of 2009
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I don’t really do “best of…” type things on my blog but thought I would attempt going through my most visited websites of 2009 (in no particular order). This is not a review of the technical infrastructure of the site but the content. 1. BBC Being disconnected with the UK I want to stay on [...]
Dec
29
DC vs Marvel Holiday Specials
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Every year I buy the “holiday specials” that the two major American comic producers; DC and Marvel. The stories in these are loosely linked with the current time-lines of their respective universes, mostly they are just one off stories of the cute nature. So who out of the two publishers do I think is the [...]
Dec
25
The Best of Christmas TV 2009
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Alas, flicking through the channels this year in the hunt of that exciting “lift your spirits up” film or program, I did not find anything that grabbed my attention. That is until I came across Channel 2, which I have in fact been playing all week. I have no idea what type of programming the [...]
Dec
24
This is my final review of Christmas Puddings for the season. We are very lucky to live near a British store in Vancouver called The Celtic Treasure Chest and this is where I buy a lot of classic goods from the old country. I was very pleased to find, on my last visit, they had [...]
Dec
15
Goodbye Teletext
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Its the end of an era in British television history as it closes its Teletext service this month. In fact, by the time you are reading this its probably gone already. When teletext was first introduced I remember everyone being totally amazed by this service, you press on a button on your remote and the [...]
Dec
9
Filip has Gym Named After Him
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The French media has been active in the past two days regarding an honour that is to be bestowed upon Filip Nikolic. Filip, who died in September, was very much thought of in the town of Longjumeau where he grew up. The Mayor of the town, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, has decided to name a gym after [...]
Dec
3
I got this Christmas Pudding from Safeway in Oakridge, they do seem to be in plentiful supply of them! Coming from Safeway I was a little concerned over the quality!! I actually didn’t realise that Cross and Blackwell did Christmas Puddings, maybe they don’t in the UK and just sell them overseas. There isn’t a [...]