Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Guy Fawkes Night 2010

To all those British out there and anyone else for that matter, please remember the 5th of November as it should be and remember why we celebrate it, The failed Gunpowder Plotof 1605. Don’t forget your guy “penny for the guy anyone? :)”, roasted chestnuts and of course your fireworks. Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night as it should be celebrated, celebrate it

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Minecraft Halloween Update Is Out!

Need I say more? The Minecraft Halloween Update Is finally out (thanks goes to Markus “Notch” Persson and his team at Mojang Specifications). Check out http://www.minecraft.net/ and http://www.minecraft.net/boo for more info and of course the download (if you havent purcahsed already)! 😀 Update (22:57): Seems  http://www.minecraft.net/, http://www.minecraftforum.net/ and http://www.minecraftwiki.net are all having down time problems, hopefuly http://www.minecraft.net/ will be back up soon so we can get

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Tesco Reveals Shopping List Of The Future

This week, Tesco announces it is updating its popular grocery app to include a barcode reader that will enable customers to add items to their online shopping basket more quickly and simply than ever before. The barcode scanner for the iPhone is a UK first for the supermarket industry. It is particularly targeted at busy parents and time-poor professionals who

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Brits Go Mad For Puzzles: What Kind Of Puzzler Are You?

Six types of puzzler have been identified by research. Brits feel the need to challenge themselves! 96% of adults in Britain regularly play puzzles of some kind from crosswords and Sudoku in their newspaper to electronic puzzles on handheld devices, according to new research. More people are puzzling now because of a wider choice of games, more space devoted to puzzles