Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Minecraft Bans on the up for May 2011

Wow what a crazy day on my Minecraft Server (Yet Another Minecraft Server). I have had to ban a total of 12 people so far today! That has to be a record, but it’s not a record I am proud to say we have achieved on the server but unfortunately some people just don’t follow the rules. I will not tolerate

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Channel 4 Seeks New Presenter For Future Family Series In Partnership With E.ON

Channel 4 is looking for someone with a passion for technology and gadgets to join the presenting team for Future Family, a major new documentary series in partnership with E.ON. The new five-part TV and web-based series will follow an average family as their lives are transformed using futuristic technology and gadgets. Featuring the latest environmental and energy-saving technology, Future

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Meet ‘Doodle’ – the worlds first fully personalised speaker

‘Doodle’ is the first of a kind, a speaker that you can design! In just a few simple steps you can have your very own custom Doodle speaker printed and delivered to your door! ‘Doodle’ is a music speaker that can have any picture printed on it. Just take an image, photograph, logo or some custom artwork and then upload

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Top 10 Search Keyphrases for April 2011

4138 different keyphrases were used to find my site in April 2011, here are the top 10 with the amount of times they were used plus their overall usage percentage. 4138 different keyphrases Search Percent desperate dan 302 3.7 % there was an error opening this document. access denied 137 1.6 % harry s speech 109 1.3 % excel 2010 easter egg

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Prince Harrys Leaked Best Mans Speech

As Britain and the rest of the world are gripped by Royal Wedding fever, the pressure will be on Prince Harry when he presents his best man speech to a room packed full of the world’s elite. Last week a campaign launched by Article10 presentations imagined what the young Prince might say in his address to the 1,900 wedding guests,

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Sand by The Carpels (One Beat Records)

I was contacted about a new band the other week, called The Carpels who have real ambition to be at the forefront of modern cutting edge pop music with songs that have indie, punk, dub step & electronic music running through them – Picking up an inspired lead on pop from Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem, Late of the Pier and The Fall amongst others. In

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Download the Minecraft PC Gamer Demo

Just noticed there’s now a demo of Minecraft, PCGamer Branded! Might help some of you get your freinds to see what they are missing, then buy the full version, and even maybe even join my Yet Another Minecraft Server (YAMS). Minecraft now has a demo. Procrastinating excavators: you no longer have an excuse for skipping our favorite open-world game. Better yet,

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Like A Fire Without Sound by Should

Well today as you should know from my last post, I’ve been listening to music! In fact I’ve been scouring the Internet looking for new music to listen to, and I came across “Like A Fire Without Sound by Should” and I must say I quite enjoy from what I can hear of their music. Seems the album is due to be released

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Music Video: Big City by Cyndi Nabozny

I was just listening to some music and it made me wonder if Cyndi Nabozny had posted any new music on her YouTube channel. Well it seems she hasn’t as her last one was Big City. I’ve heard BigCity before but for those that haven’t I’ve embedded it below for you to listen: Also don’t forget to check out her other

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Republic Signs Facebook Deal With One iota

Leading fashion retailer Republic has joined the likes of Debenhams and Argos to launch a new Facebook Deals service. Implemented and managed by One iota, the mobile and Facebook commerce provider, Republic will give shoppers access to exclusive offers and promotions. Deals will be activated when users ‘check-in’ on their mobile phone through Facebook to Republic stores in Manchester, Sheffield,