Category: Reviews
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Reading List 2017
So I’m being a little more ‘read-y’ this year, and reading books again. I normally get through a book a month for bookclub, and usually do audiobooks, but I decided I have an obscene TBR pile and it needed to be read. They’re all dead-tree books too, which I find helps me focus on reading…
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Reviewing Sonos, or “I want to build a stereo system out of Lego and I have too much cash!”
Reviewing the Sonos is overdue. I’ve had a Sonos system since early 2013 and, well, I know reviews are supposed to tease you all the way to the end of the many thousands of words I’m writing for free… …the long and the short of it is that Sonos is freakin’ awesome and if you…
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Just in Time: The Pebble Time Steel Review
A lot of people enjoyed my original Pebble review (way back when), so I thought I’d try to do my new Pebble Time Steel some justice. I’m a special flower, as a double Kickstarter supporter, so my edition of the Pebble Time Steel has a nice ‘Champion!’ engraving and trophy on the back. Some Context…
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I’ve waited. I’ve waited. So long – Reviewing ‘The Ocean at the End’ by the Tea Party
I’m generally one to rant passionately about things that I love that disappoint me. In fact, I will rant much more if my expectations are smashed than if I didn’t love it. Disclaimer: I have never reviewed a music album before and so have no idea of the jargon or conventions of the form. You have…
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My Book is Now Magic: The Lumio Review (HT: @hellolumio)
I’m constantly spending money on nerdy and/or wanky crap, and then reviewing it on this site. I even do it constantly without any payment or free things from the manufacturers, can you believe it! This time, I’m gushing about my latest Kickstarter arrival. For those of you who haven’t switched a computer on in a…
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Could it be Hue? My Hue update.
You may recall my ranting from such earlier posts as It’s not me, It’s Hue, but I’ve now grown a few months older with my wifi-enabled Hue bulbs, and can make some firmer statements.
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Bioshock Infinite is #InfiniteBS
There, now I’ve got your attention. As part of my loose effort to write something every day this year, I’m reflecting on my experience playing Bioshock Infinite in a single game session while I was sick, on the first day of 2014 (Yes, I have a huge pile of shame full of acclaimed games I’ve…
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I love Hue – A Requirements Specification (Addendum to the Hue Review)
[Update Feb 15, 2014: As time has progressed most of this specification is now redundant. The Hue doesn’t yet manage animations on the Bridge, and I’m not sure it will in the near future, but the rest of it is pretty thorough. I’ll leave this article up for historical purposes, but beware it’s mostly redundant…
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It’s not Me, It’s Hue (The Hue Review, Part 2)
[Update! As of early January 2014, I have added a follow up review here] [Update! If you just want to buy the best Hue controller app for iOS, get iConnectHue and don’t look back. I wouldn’t use my Hue system without it.] In part 1 I revealed the Secrets They Won’t Tell Hue and some of the…
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It’s not Me, It’s Hue (The Hue Review, Part 1)
[Update! As of early January 2014, I have added a follow up review here] [Update! If you just want to buy the best Hue controller app for iOS, get iConnectHue and don’t look back. I wouldn’t use my Hue system without it.] Overhue This is an account of my experience with the Philips Hue. It is my review,…
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