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The Sun Shines and people forget

My parents used to own and work in a nursing home. From the day I was born, I was in constant contact with the elderly and the disabled, people who were not long for this world and would soon be leaving us. You may think that this would have been a depressing environment for a [...]

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4 VG Remix Albums you MUST download

Video game remix albums, or arrangements as they seem to be known by some (most?), are one of my prime sources of aural enjoyment these days. They bring back the memories of my youth, and at the sime time wow me with the fantastic edges they have been given. I love that feeling of “Oh [...]

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Some Minor Updates

As I said earlier, I have put my cute little WDOOS button on the site (See the upper right hand corner above the “Latest Images”). I also made a point of doing some minor modification to the design of the site, Nothing major layout wise, mostly graphical but I’ve also made a few tweaks here [...]

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Seems Like Summer is Here!

Well, It feels like sumer is already here! Or at least, well on its way. I’ve started to get that feeling of wanting to go to the park with some friends and having barbeques (Which I’m sure I shall arrange soon)and all that jazz. Also i’m getting that creative urge again, I think over the [...]

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2 New Nintendo DS games

So, I got payed, headed to croydon to the nearest x-electrical there, and I cracked, I gave in to my temptations, and bought the import versions of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Hotel Dusk: Room 215. So far, I haven’t had MUCH chance to play them, but of what I have managed to squeeze out [...]

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In Loving memory of a dear friend.

Today a very close friend of the family and friend to me passed away from cancer. Having known him all my life the news was very emotional, he had been given only a few months to live and had passed expectations by nearly a year, but, unfortunately his state had worsened to the point he [...]

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A new year approches

Christmas is over, and everyone seems to be waiting for the new year. Lets roll back a few days to Christmas day… My Nintendo Wii arrived! I was most shocked, seems like Santa really DOES exist, The tale goes something like this:

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My New Job

So, I got me a new job working at an SEO/PPC company, and I’m loving it. The people are all great, really friendly and helpful, the atmosphere is quite relaxed, I’m learning LOADS and im getting money, what more could I want? Thing is, they’re planning on moving offices some time early in the new [...]

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Heroes is AWESOME

After reading many different peoples praises of the show Heroes, including the gents over at Penny Arcade and Ctrl+Alt+Delete, I finally gave in and decided to see for myself what they were tootin’ and hollerin’ about. Mr. Tim himself from the aforementioned (and widely known) CAD had posted a link to full episodes on NBC’s [...]

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Cool little USB cup warmer

Okay, so a few days ago, perhap about a week at max, I ordered a £3.00 usb cup warmer online. Today it arrived. I will up some pics later, after I’ve tried it out and let you know. Im VERY pleased so far though, since it has an on/off button… simple things I guess. Right, here [...]

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