Month: September 2005

Honda comparison: CBR 600 vs Deuville vs VFR 800 vs Blackbird 1100

Honda comparison: CBR 600 vs Deuville vs VFR 800 vs Blackbird 1100

It may seem strange to compare a CBR 600 (small sports bike), a Deuville (small tourer), VFR 800 (sports tourer) and Blackbird 1100 (sports tourer) as they’re all quite different bikes. From the small and nimble CBR 600 to the big, super-fast Blackbird, and then the Deuville with its low revving, plodding engine. They do …

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Led Zeppelin DVD review

Led Zeppelin DVD review

I’ve just bought the Led Zeppelin DVD and what a great purchase it is. For around £15 from Virgin Megastore it has 5 hours of footage on two DVD’s – good value, for a start, and it comes in a decent box with a couple of colour brochures (albeit only a few pages each). The …

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Loads of free BBC video clips

Loads of free BBC video clips

The BBC (and others) have started the Creative Archive Licence Group which is providing a whole load of video and sound clips for free download and use in non-commercial projects. Could be useful for something. Creative Archive Licence Group BBC video clip download archive

Opacity in Firefox, Safari and IE

Opacity in Firefox, Safari and IE

Internet Explorer has suppored opacity for a long time but it’s also possible to change the opacity of a layer in Safari, and both newer and older versions of Mozilla (including Firefox). The code for setting the opacity of a layer to 50% (in JavaScript) is: For IE/Win: layer.style.filter = “alpha(opacity:50)”; For Safari (pre version …

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Telegraph Fantasy Football password

Telegraph Fantasy Football password

Another week, another fantasy football password. Although there were no Premiership matches over the past week, I imagine some people will wait to make transfers until they’re sure that there are no injuries in any of the international matches. For September 7th it’s OVER. Telegraph Fantasy Football log-in

Leyton Orient 2-3 Bristol Rovers

Leyton Orient 2-3 Bristol Rovers

A pretty dismal performance from Orient. For a change, the midfield played worse than the strikers, with Steele playing quite well from deep and Alexander getting his first goal (at the right end of the pitch) this season. Tudor only came on as a substitute and made some difference, and Easton had a generally good …

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Review of ‘Harrington on Hold’em, Volume 1′ by Dan Harrington

Review of ‘Harrington on Hold’em, Volume 1′ by Dan Harrington

I’ve just finished Dan Harrington’s book on Texas Hold ’em, called “Harrington on Hold ’em”. It’s actually the first poker book I’ve read, although I’ve been playing almost entirely online for a few months now. For anyone who doesn’t know, Dan Harrington is a very succesful poker player with a reputation for very tight, solid …

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Nasa rover reaches top of hill

Nasa rover reaches top of hill

After a 14 month climb, Nasa’s Spirit rover has reached the top of a hill it was climbing and sent back a photo. Unfortunately, the photo looks just like every other photo of Mars I’ve seen: dry, dusty and rocky. Okay, it’s in colour where the Viking one’s weren’t, but a bit of Photoshop could …

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