Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Heathrow Terminal 5 3D walkthroughs

Check out these great 3D Walkthroughs of British Airways (BA) new Heathrow Terminal 5 Building soon to open to the public in March. I will be attending a press tour on the 7th of March before the official launch too see what it’s like for myself, though unfortunetly I won’t be able to take any photos until the terminal is

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O2 Xda Orbit 2 Review

Last month I was contacted by Steve Cater who works at vccp as part of O2’s Marketing Team. He asked me whether I would be interested in trialling one of O2’s new phones in a seeding program, similar to that of the O2 cocoon seeding program which gave developers and technology lovers a chance to trial the phone. The idea sounded

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Do January’s Green Thing. Take the stairs.

Labour-saving machines save us labour, that’s the point. They transport us from the ground floor to the fifth floor. They take us from A to B. They wash and dry and cook and clean for us. But these machines use energy which produces CO2. It would help if we could use them less or use them more efficiently. Take lifts.

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University of Kent: Tribute to David Shrimpton

It is with great sadness that the Computing Laboratory mourns the death of David Shrimpton, who died on Saturday 29 December 2007 in the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury. David was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas and bile duct in January 2007, and throughout his illness was remarkably positive about his condition and his circumstances, and was very much

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Library of Congress publishes photos on Flickr

The Library of Congress has published over 3,000 historical photographs from two of its most popular collections on Flickr in “The Commons,” a project aimed at creating a rich database of photos from public collections and civic institutions.Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection and the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information were chosen for display online due to their popularity

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Happy New Year Everyone for 2008

Happy New Year Everyone! I owe it all to you out there who stop by this site to read, comment, subscribe and spread link love. As always, I’m very grateful for your support and encouragement as goodness knows how blogging can be a time-consuming and work-intensive activity. A lot of the fun I derive from it is not just from

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The Magic Condom Panto

Christmas has passed but hey you can still come and roast your chestnuts on the red-hot fire that is The Magic Condom – a racy new online Panto starring Jodie Harsh and Paul Kaye that promises to be the filler in your stocking. Your ticket to The Magic Condom is just one click away, so visit the website and watch the hilarious,

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Digital Generation risks future without memories

Britons are risking losing valuable images and data forever with almost one in five who own a portable device losing phone numbers and contact details on mislaid items and 40% admitting to not backing up photos on portable devices, according to research commissioned by Network Appliance (NetApp), a leading provider of storage and data management solutions. The YouGov survey of

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The World’s First Talking Message Tag

If you think texting “I luv u” doesn’t capture the emotion and that letter writing can be a bit OTT, then here’s the perfect solution for you, the world’s first talking message tag. From now on, you can personalise your feelings to a best mate or a new date by sending a pre-recorded pre.vu Talking Message Tag. These credit card size mementos let you