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Swords, Sandals and Ray Harryhausen

With the upcoming release of Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1981 classic of the same name, it got me thinking about all the epic sword and sandal movies of the past. The old classics are some of the best movies ever made. They are full of great cinematic moments and full of the brilliant creatures that Ray Harryhausen created.

Harryhausen is a legend of the big screen and one of the greatest model animators of all time, More

7 Reasons Why I Hate My iPad

No other gadget on the market received the attention and hype that Apple’s iPad received (with the exception of maybe that beach towel in a bag, that was crazy). It seemed to be the wave of the future and nobody thought anything bad could ever come out of the mind of Steve Jobs and his associates over at Apple. But with the iPad fully on the market, there seem to be a fair bit of griping over its quality. More

Clock Mental

I don’t order everything online. Books and DVDs fine. But some things I need to touch and feel. One such thing is the humble alarm-clock. I can’t just order one without going to the shop, especially after what happened last time (not that I do it every week, but I do like me alarm-clock just so).

I had done a search for alarm-clocks which have a soothing waking-up sound. Following years of torment at the hands (ha!) of a Casio More