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Pavane - The First SteamPunk

March 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Pravane holds the claim to be the first published SteamPunk work. You can read a full review of the book here.
Comprising a cycle of linked stories set in Dorset, England, it depicts a 1968 in which the Roman Catholic Church still has supremacy; in its timeline, Protestantism was destroyed during wars that resulted from the [...]

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How to Protect your Laptop, MacBook or MacBook Pro

February 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

How to Protect your Laptop, MacBook or MacBook Pro
So you’ve just spent a small fortune on your new laptop? Money that could have gone toward gold plating your dog, cat or toddler. Although you missed on on the gold plating, you do have a wonderful new shiny laptop. All is well with the world - [...]

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Tags: Apple · CreationRobot · IT · Security

How to write a blog - the 5 golden rules of blogging

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

What is a blog? What should a blog be? What’s your blog’s point?
Well one of the original bloggers, Jorn Barger, gives his views in this Wired article. Some of his points I agree with, some don’t make sense and take the power and bite out of the collective production and sway of the blog.
At [...]

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Spore on OS X

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Will Wrights often delayed epic Spore will be winging its way to Apple’s OS X, launching at the same time as the Windows version. The announcement is timed to coincide with the Macworld Expo, which at the time of writing is still running. At the convention EA has three booths running Spore on Macs.

“With Spore [...]

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How to get Windows on your Mac

August 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Or how to dance with the devil in the pale LCD light.
One of the first things I did when I received my new MacBook Pro was install MAME. This is not relevant to this article in the slightest, I just happen to like Arcade games. The next thing I did was install Windows. On my [...]

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Simpsons Movie, The 2007: Reviews

July 28th, 2007 · No Comments

The managed to succeed in making The Simpsons M…

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Nanowrimo 2006 is on

November 3rd, 2006 · No Comments

National Novel Writing Month is here again. I’m…

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Five Tips to Increase Your Likeability

September 24th, 2006 · No Comments

prometheusinstitute.net has an interesting five…

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