Posted by Notcot on Dec 19, 2012 in
Steampunk 
Embark on a most extraordinary expedition Make haste and pack your bags right away – you’re not going to want to delay this charming adventure! Whilst perusing the pages of Steampunk Emporium, the harrowing antics of Miss Emily Ladybird will engage you in the most enchanting of worlds. Join her as she records the adventures of intergalactic space pirates, undersea voyagers and Jurassic explorers – all the while, dabbling in the details of which baubles best benefit the venturesome class. Discover within: 20 beautiful and whimsical designs accompanied by detailed step-by-step images and meticulous instruction. Projects ranging from decadent jewelry, medals of great distinction, wine charms for imbibers and many devices of note. Superb instruction for a variety of jewelry, polymer clay and mixed media techniques you can use in all your adornment escapades. Let Steampunk Emporium outfit you for the unabashed adventure of a lifetime!
Price : £ 11.24
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Posted by Notcot on Jul 1, 2012 in
Gadgets 
Ferrari 360 Driving Experience You know that at this particular moment in your life you’re experiencing something very special. All the while you’re learning how to handle this car, polishing your driving skills. And as you settle into the driver’s seat of the Ferrari, you almost feel ready for it, ready for the final challenge. You whoop with delight the thrill is simply too much, but then hold on are you really prepared for this? You will begin your experience with a briefing on arrival, followed by your instructor showing you the racing lines and various techniques. Next it’s your turn, with the opportunity to drive the ultimate supercar – the Ferrari 360. You will finish your session with a de-brief and presentation of certificates. Please note the programme varies depending on location, please check on booking. At some locations there is an indemnity registration form that is completed on the day of the experience, a term states that the driver may be liable up to the first £2000 for any damage caused whilst they are driving. Some drivers may want to reduce this risk and pay for an indemnity up front. This means that as long as they are not driving recklessly and following the direction of the instructor, they will not be liable for this amount. The indemnity costs £20 and can be purchased on the day when registering for an experience. Please check on booking. About The Ferrari 360 Driving Experience When can you go? This experience is available on selected weekdays and weekends, from May to November, depending on the location. This experience is a great idea if you are looking for Christmas gifts that are a little bit different. How long does this activity last? This experience lasts approximately 1 to 2 hours, depending on the location. This experience is a great idea if you are looking for Christmas gifts that are a little bit different. You need to know The minimum age for this activity is 18 years old. The minimum height for participants is 1.52m (5ft 0″), the maximum height is 1.95m (6ft 5″). The maximum weight is 114kg (18 stone). This activity may not be suitable for those who are pregnant, suffer from epilepsy or any mental or physical disability. A full valid manual UK or European driving licence is required, which must have been held for at least one year with no serious offences. You and how many others? There will be between 1 and 25 other people taking part in the session. Family and friends You are welcome to bring friends or family with you to watch. We cant control the weather This activity is dependent on appropriate weather conditions Where? Nr Corby, Northamptonshire; Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire; Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire; Heyford Park, Oxfordshire; We are really sorry but loyalty points cannot be used against activities because they come from a large number of different suppliers who do not allow us to make discounts. Gift Vouchers are valid for 6 months. If you have not used your Gift Voucher by this time, it is possible to get an extension Ferrari 360 Driving Experience This is for a voucher entitling the holder to any of the activities supplied by Activity Superstore up to the value stated. Next working day delivery cut off time is 11.00am on a normal working day (Mon-Fri). If you select next working day option on an activity placed after 11.00am it is guaranteed to arrive within two days. All guaranteed next day deliveries will arrive before 1pm and will require a signature. Please note that the Before 9am Service is not available on activities. Unfortunately Gift Wrapping is not available. Why You Should Buy From Us! 30 day money-back guarantee Low-price guarantee Loyalty points discount off future orders Huge range of unique gift ideas for all occasions Excellent customer service Next day delivery available – cut off 11am
Price : £ 119.00
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Posted by Notcot on Jul 1, 2012 in
Gadgets
Ferrari 360 Driving Experience You know that at this particular moment in your life you’re experiencing something very special. All the while you’re learning how to handle this car, polishing your driving skills. And as you settle into the driver’s seat of the Ferrari, you almost feel ready for it, ready for the final challenge. You whoop with delight the thrill is simply too much, but then hold on are you really prepared for this? You will begin your experience with a briefing on arrival, followed by your instructor showing you the racing lines and various techniques. Next it’s your turn, with the opportunity to drive the ultimate supercar – the Ferrari 360. You will finish your session with a de-brief and presentation of certificates. Please note the programme varies depending on location, please check on booking. At some locations there is an indemnity registration form that is completed on the day of the experience, a term states that the driver may be liable up to the first £2000 for any damage caused whilst they are driving. Some drivers may want to reduce this risk and pay for an indemnity up front. This means that as long as they are not driving recklessly and following the direction of the instructor, they will not be liable for this amount. The indemnity costs £20 and can be purchased on the day when registering for an experience. Please check on booking. About The Ferrari 360 Driving Experience When can you go? This experience is available on selected weekdays and weekends, from May to November, depending on the location. This experience is a great idea if you are looking for Christmas gifts that are a little bit different. How long does this activity last? This experience lasts approximately 1 to 2 hours, depending on the location. This experience is a great idea if you are looking for Christmas gifts that are a little bit different. You need to know The minimum age for this activity is 18 years old. The minimum height for participants is 1.52m (5ft 0″), the maximum height is 1.95m (6ft 5″). The maximum weight is 114kg (18 stone). This activity may not be suitable for those who are pregnant, suffer from epilepsy or any mental or physical disability. A full valid manual UK or European driving licence is required, which must have been held for at least one year with no serious offences. You and how many others? There will be between 1 and 25 other people taking part in the session. Family and friends You are welcome to bring friends or family with you to watch. We cant control the weather This activity is dependent on appropriate weather conditions Where? Nr Corby, Northamptonshire; Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire; Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire; Heyford Park, Oxfordshire; We are really sorry but loyalty points cannot be used against activities because they come from a large number of different suppliers who do not allow us to make discounts. Gift Vouchers are valid for 6 months. If you have not used your Gift Voucher by this time, it is possible to get an extension Ferrari 360 Driving Experience This is for a voucher entitling the holder to any of the activities supplied by Activity Superstore up to the value stated. Next working day delivery cut off time is 11.00am on a normal working day (Mon-Fri). If you select next working day option on an activity placed after 11.00am it is guaranteed to arrive within two days. All guaranteed next day deliveries will arrive before 1pm and will require a signature. Please note that the Before 9am Service is not available on activities. Unfortunately Gift Wrapping is not available. Why You Should Buy From Us! 30 day money-back guarantee Low-price guarantee Loyalty points discount off future orders Huge range of unique gift ideas for all occasions Excellent customer service Next day delivery available – cut off 11am
Price : £ 119.00
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Posted by Notcot on May 26, 2012 in
Cult Film 
After nearly two decades in Britain Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while but before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain. His aim was to take stock of the nation’s public face and private parts (as it were) and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named Hardy place names like Farleigh Wallop and Shellow Bowells people who said ‘Mustn’t grumble’ and Gardeners’ Question Time.
Price : £ 12.99
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Posted by Notcot on Feb 25, 2011 in
Noir 
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is, perhaps unsurprisingly given the game’s title, the setting for this point-and-click romp which combines the best elements of Bogart-esque private eye movies with the best-known fantasy environment in the world.
The game follows the trials and tribulations of the Discworld’s first PI as he takes on his first case–a missing persons job on behalf of a darkly mysterious female client who’s husband has gone walkies.
It’s pretty standard adventure fare with pointing and clicking aplenty as the case unravels, villains are revealed and outrageously long FMV sequences disturb the flow of the plot.
OK, so far it doesn’t sound that good, right? But perseverance is the name of the game and you won’t be able to help getting drawn further into the plot to the point where it is impossible to leave it alone. The major draw in this title is the obvious input from Pratchett himself. The characters really bring this game to life, mixing the new, such as Lewton the private eye and main character, with the old, Nobby Nobbs of the City Guard, Death and the Grim Squeaker–a hilarious character who is actually the Death of Rats.
Comedy abounds here, from the obvious to the incredibly subtle, and there is plenty going on to keep you playing for quite a while.
At the end of the day, this is more suited to the Discworld fan then to someone looking idly around for an adventure game to fill in a couple of hours, but with its budget price thanks to an Infogrames re-release, Discworld Noir is a good purchase. –James Gordon
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Posted by Notcot on Feb 5, 2011 in
Cult Film 
Wolverine, fan favourite of the X-Men universe in both comic books and film, gets his own movie vehicle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tale that reaches way, way back into the hairy mutant’s story. Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, two boys grow up amid violence: half-brothers with very special powers. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors (and victims of a super-secret government program) known as Wolverine and Sabretooth, played respectively by Hugh Jackman (returning to his role) and Liev Schreiber (new to the scene). It helps enormously to have Schreiber, an actor of brawny skills, as the showiest villain; the guy can put genuine menace into a vocal inflection or a shift of the eyes. Danny Huston is the sinister government operative whose experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in, Lynn Collins is the woman who shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with our hero when he tries to drop out of the program, and Ryan Reynolds adds needed humour, at least for a while.
The fast-paced early reels give an entertaining kick-off to the Wolverine saga, only to slow down when a proper plot must be put together–but isn’t that perpetually the problem with origin stories? And despite a cool setting, the grand finale is a little hemmed in by certain plot essentials that must be in place for the sequels, which may be why characters do nonsensical things. So, this one is fun while it lasts, if you’re not looking for a masterpiece, or an explanation for Wolverine’s facial grooming.
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Posted by Notcot on Jan 1, 2011 in
Noir 
One of the classics of the noir psychological thriller, In a Lonely Place is one of Humphrey Bogart’s finest performances. He is almost unbearably intense as Dixon Steele, a screenwriter with high standards and a nasty temper who finds himself under suspicion when Mildred, a hat-check girl he knows, is found murdered. Immediately he gets an alibi from a neighbour, Laurel, and equally quickly, he recognises that this is a woman who meets his standards: the question is, as suspicion of his involvement in Mildred’s death continues, can he make himself meet hers?
This is a wonderful study in trust and suspicion and the limits of love; Bogart’s performance is impressive simply because he is prepared to go well over the limits of our sympathy in the name of emotional truth. The scene where he explains imaginatively to a cop and his wife how the murder might have happened is a spine-chilling, creepy portrait of amoral artistic brilliance. Gloria Grahame is equally fine as the woman who lets herself love him, for a while.
On the DVD: In a Lonely Place comes with an excellent documentary in which Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential) explains the importance of the film to him and discusses its place in the work of Bogart and the director Nicholas Ray; there is also a quick interesting documentary about the restoration and digitisation of classic films. The film is presented with a visual aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and with restored Dolby Surround sound that does full justice to the film’s snappy dialogue and the moody George Antheil score. –Roz Kaveney
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Posted by Notcot on Dec 12, 2010 in
Cult Film 
Wolverine, fan favourite of the X-Men universe in both comic books and film, gets his own movie vehicle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tale that reaches way, way back into the hairy mutant’s story. Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, two boys grow up amid violence: half-brothers with very special powers. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors (and victims of a super-secret government program) known as Wolverine and Sabretooth, played respectively by Hugh Jackman (returning to his role) and Liev Schreiber (new to the scene). It helps enormously to have Schreiber, an actor of brawny skills, as the showiest villain; the guy can put genuine menace into a vocal inflection or a shift of the eyes. Danny Huston is the sinister government operative whose experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in, Lynn Collins is the woman who shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with our hero when he tries to drop out of the program, and Ryan Reynolds adds needed humour, at least for a while.
The fast-paced early reels give an entertaining kick-off to the Wolverine saga, only to slow down when a proper plot must be put together–but isn’t that perpetually the problem with origin stories? And despite a cool setting, the grand finale is a little hemmed in by certain plot essentials that must be in place for the sequels, which may be why characters do nonsensical things. So, this one is fun while it lasts, if you’re not looking for a masterpiece, or an explanation for Wolverine’s facial grooming. –Robert Horton, Amazon.com
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Posted by Notcot on Nov 30, 2010 in
Photography 
A710 Digital Photo Frame. Enjoy those precious memories with a fun choice of slideshows. 17.8cm (7-inch) WQVGA wide LCD, 128MB memory. Mini USB connector. Alarm clock mode. Illuminated Sony logo.
- 128MB Internal Memory
- Auto Orientation Sensor
- Remote Control
- Screen Size: 7″
- Multi-card slot accepts: Memory Stick, MMC and SD
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
Good value LCD frame, 12 Nov 2010
This review is from: Sony DPFA710B 7 Inch LCD Photo Frame (Electronics)
This is an excellent LCD frame from a major manufacturer. It has a number of features that certainly a year ago would have been regarded as high-end options. Plus points are:
1. Inbuilt memory so you don’t have to buy a memory card (but note storage space is limited)
2. A USB/multi memory card slot so if you do want to load more photos onto the frame you’ve a lot of options on how to do it
3. A remote control to turn the frame on and off and select menu options
4. An in built timer so you can set the frame to come on and turn off at set times
5. A wide variety of slid show options so you can view pictures in a variety of ways and chose how the pictures change
6. Auto-orientation so the frame automatically displays photos on landscape or portrait
And finally the picture is pretty good as well. Good colours, good resolution and a fairly bright display. At the price an excellent Sony product.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
Great and simple, 12 Nov 2010
This review is from: Sony DPFA710B 7 Inch LCD Photo Frame (Electronics)
After hankering after a digital photo frame for a while I stumbled across this one on special offer – not a lot off, but worth a try! Anyway, it arrived and my first impression was how smart it looked with it’s piano black finish and slimline depth. Plugging it in and inserting the SD card straight out of my camera was the next step and “bingo”… a very clear image appeared on the screen, and I mean very clear, stayed for almost 10 seconds before the next image appeared. Clearly the default setting was a slideshow and after pushing a few buttons on the remote control handset (supplied) I was straight in to ‘navigating’ around the menu with great ease – it was so logically simple – rotating images, pausing the slideshow, scrolling through the images, you name it! The same can be done from the back of the picture frame which I think is useful if you lose, break or can’t be bothered with the remote. Another thing I like about this frame is that if you rotate the unit from ‘landscape’ to ‘portrait’, a sensor inside realises you’ve done this and rotates your image accordingly. The other ‘little’ nice touch is the small SONY logo that appears at the bottom of the picture frame… a tad ‘anal’ I know, but quirky and, in my opinion, doesn’t look too intrusive or cheesy.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Good features but poor picture quality, 27 Nov 2010
This review is from: Sony DPFA710B 7 Inch LCD Photo Frame (Electronics)
The frame comes with lots of features such as, a remote control, lots of display settings, and an orientation sensor. However, I found the picture quality was much poorer than I’d expected. Also, it’s worth knowing that if you want to link to a computer it appears you need to buy your own USB cable.
I’ve decided to send it back and order a Kodak EasyShare P725 7 inch high-resolution Digital Photo Frame, with 4000 image storage capacity – Black which Amazon are currently selling for a few pence less (as at 27/11/10). The Kodak frame has fewer features but a higher resolution so in theory should provide a better picture quality. Hope this help!
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Posted by Notcot on Sep 8, 2010 in
Steampunk 
Average Rating: 1.5 / 5 (10 Reviews)
Bringing dramatic third-person shooter action to huge, steampunk-inspired environments, Damnation for PS3 puts a range of unique weapons in your hands and lets you test the limits of the human body by performing acrobatic stunts to move through vertical levels. Set in an early 20th century world where the Civil War never ended, this game will have you climbing walls, commanding killer vehicles, and seeking out ways to stop industrialists with a thirst for totalitarian power.
- Take up a rough fight against the PSI in a world inspired by American history and steampunk aesthetics
- Explore huge, detailed environments that maximize the impact of vertical space and levels that each include up to three hours of game play
- Cling to ledges, hang from scaffolding, slide down ropes and climb up them, all while taking part in firefights
- Use your unique Spirit Vision ability to see friends and enemies through walls or from far away
- Experience four distinct multiplayer modes and support for up to eight players on each map
Damnation (PS3)
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