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Stationary fetishists

For the stationary fetishists out there check out PensRUs.com for a massive range of ink pens, and other assorted stationary items sure to float your boat. Actually I don’t think I’ve ever seen a website solely devoted to pens before, but then, there is a first time for everything. For the record, my pen [...]

Anoretix is another diet pill, although it’s fans would say it’s “not just another diet pill”. Reading the reviews, there are heaps of people claiming to have lost 9 pounds in 9 days, which sounds like a convenient figure to me. I can’t say that I’ve tried Anoretix personally, but from what I’ve read [...]

When I think about sexy costumes it’s really really hard to go past Kate Beckinsale in the movie Underworld. Or Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft… I’m distracted… Having recently re-watched Underworld: Evolution, I think I’m prepared to give Kate the nod as first place getter… Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil, that red dress… oh, this [...]

The price of flash memory has really dropped lately. Or what I should say is that the amount of storage space you get for you dollar has increased. It wasn’t all that long ago that a 512Mb memory stick was the rolls royce. Now I’m feeling a little low tech carrying around my 1Gb stick. [...]

If it weren’t for re-runs of Friends then I would have no idea what a pashmina was. Pashmina refers to a type of cashmere wool and as well as the textiles that are made from it, including shawls (see that episode of Friends). The name comes from Pashmineh, from the Persian word pashm (or “wool”). [...]