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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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

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Wake up to breakfast and claim a FREE Box of kelloggs Cereal!

Just saw this in an ad on the MSN.co.uk Homepage, click it for your free box.:) Scrap that….. it’s not actually completly free. You need to buy at least 3x packs of cereal first. 🙁 First enter your unique FREE Cereal Code. Look inside the pack and you’ll find the unique code printed on the inside front panel of your

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Most Incredible iPhone Insurance Claims

‘I dropped it from a hot air balloon’ and ‘my dog mistook it for his favourite toy and chewed it to bits’ are among the bizarre insurance claims made for lost and damaged iPhones over the last 12 months, it emerged yesterday. Other unusual claims include ‘I lost it while skydiving’, ‘I dropped it in a blender’ and ‘It fell