Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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All aboard the bus from London to Sydney!

For £3,750 you can take a 12-week bus ride from London to Sydney. The journey will take you through 20 countries including Turkey, Iran, India, China and Malaysia. The first trip leaves in September, with plans already in place for two more services, departing in January and May 2008. In a way it reminds me of the Summer Holiday, a British musical

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MySpace UK launches MyMovie MashUp

MySpace has launched MyMovie MashUp in partnership with Vertigo Films a competition to find the best short film director on MySpace. The winner will get to direct a feature film with a budget of over £1 million with the film scheduled for theatrical release in 2008. Entries will be judged by a distinguished panel of filmmakers and actors who will

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How was Christmas 2006?

So hey I haven’t posted here for a little while, what’s everyone been up to over the Holiday Season? I myself have been pretty busy studying and working! Though I have had some days off to enjoy myself. Anybody got anything planned for the New Years, I myself don’t have anything planned this year as I’ve got to pick my parents up from the

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A New Job isn’t combat!

Starting a first job or even just beginning a new one can be very daunting and is frequently unsettling. You often won’t know the layout of the location where you’ll be working, you probably won’t know any of the people you’ll be working with and you almost certainly will not be familiar with the company’s work ethics, house styles, and

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Katie Price and Kate Middleton Crowned Queens of our Hearts

Live Search’s ‘Top 100 Searches for 2006′ reveals Kate Middleton is most popular Royal They may be the most famous family in Britain, but the 2006 Live Search round up reveals that Brits are more fascinated by royal ‘ladies in waiting’ Kate Middleton and Chelsea Davy than by the Windsors themselves. Prince William’s girlfriend of two years – Kate Middleton

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Flickr Xmas Easter Egg HoHoHo!

Heard word from Robert Gale yeserday that Flickr have implemented an easter egg for Christmas. It’s pretty funny, you can add a beard to a someone in a photo by naming a photonote called “ho ho ho hat” and add a beard by naming a photonote “ho ho ho beard”. Check this one out of me, found on Robs Flickr

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MSN Movie Mogul Quiz 2006

Are you a fountain of knowledge when it comes to film trivia? All you have to do is correctly answer the five questions on the MSN Movie Mogul quiz homepage for a chance to win one of hundreds of prizes. Ten lucky entrants will win the Creative Zen W portable media player. Fifteen lucky entrants will win a year’s free movies from MSN

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Pixelotto Public Launch Tuesday the 5th of December 2006

Remember Alex Tew and his pixel website The Million Dollar Homepage? Well I certainly do as I was one of the first to buy a spot on The Million Dollar Homepage in early september, and haden’t heard anything from him since, well that is until I got his email today. Seems like he’s now back in action with a new pixel website called Pixelotto which