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Review of Logitech S150 USB Digital Speakers
I’ve recently had to move my computer into a new hutch which does not have as much space as my old one and I needed a set of speakers that provided good quality sound, but did not require a bulky power supply. I already had a set of USB powered HP speakers, but they were …
Tefal Actifry Review
Read our Tefal Actifry review to find out whether it can really make crispy chips with a fraction of the oil! We saw the Tefal Actifry demonstrated on QVC and we really liked the concept of low fat cooking as well as some of the other benefits the product claims to offer: Preserves the quality …
How to watch the US Open Tennis without a Sky subscription in the UK
There is no terrestrial transmission of the US Open Tennis Tournament via the digital freeview service in the UK which makes it difficult to watch the tournament without a SKY subscription. Sky are covering the tournament on Sky sports 4, but we don’t have Sky and it is too expensive for us as we don’t …
Review of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Both Lulu and I were very excited to have spotted this book about a very distinguished rabbit called Edward. As soon as we spotted the book on Amazon we bought it right away. Initially we bought the kindle edition and then after having read the book we bought paperbacks of all of the other books …
Review of White Rabbit England Rabbit Lamp
One day I was given a box and inside was a wonderful surprise! I’d had my eye on one of these White Rabbit England Ceramic Lights for a while but could not really justify buying it for myself, so when my man gifted it to me out of the blue, I was thrilled! What’s in …
Netgear N900 WNDR4500 Review as a replacement for BT Infinity Homehub 2
After months of annoying problems with our BT Homehub 2.0 I decided to replace it with a Netgear WNDR4500, and the good news is that it is very easy to do and took me only about 15 minutes from taking it out of the box to having it up and running. We have been experiencing …
Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 Review as an XBMCbuntu/OpenELEC PC.
We needed to replace our ageing custom built media centre PC with something small and more powerful. I chose the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 Nettop PC as the candidate. It has got good internal storage, a decent CPU, and it is small and attractive enough to sit alongside the television in the living room. First things …
Draper Expert 78924 6-Piece Precision Screwdriver Set Review
This is a short review of my Draper Expert 78924 6-Piece Soft-Grip Precision Screwdriver Set. I’m often opening up expensive and delicate equipment such as laptops, servers, games consoles. Having a quality set of precision screwdrivers makes the job much easier and causes far less damage to the equipment and screw heads than cheaper, lower …
Perfect Breakfast, croissants with Nespresso Vivalto macchiato
Warm croissants with home-made jam, washed down with a Nespresso Vivalto macchiato coffee – made in my Krupps Pixie, of course!