Archive for December, 2010

Samsung N210

The Samsung N210 is the 3rd netbook I’ve had, and I have to say it’s easily the best. The build quality is exceptional, battery life phenomenal and they keyboard’s great to type on, even for hours at a time. Train journeys and flights are so much easier with one of these little netbooks to keep you entertained.

Samsung claim something like 11 hour battery life. I’ve not put it to the full test yet, but it’s certainly kept me entertained for a couple of movies during a 4 hour flight and was still showing over 6 hours battery life!

Some reviews had mentioned that the Windows 7 starter addition was too restrictive, but you need to remember that this is a netbook and not a high end desktop or laptop machine – it’s not going to be suitable for Photoshop, for example, but it’s fine to work online, use Office and/or listen to MP3’s.

Buy yours from Amazon UK by clicking HERE

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BBC Travel News

With all the snow affecting the UK, I thought this service from the BBC is a very useful resource.

It’s not just going to be useful when it’s snowing though – general journey planning will benefit from this; and I especially like the live view cameras so you can check out what the traffic’s like for your route ahead.

Definitely worth a look/bookmark: http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/

An interesting look at the future

Hear are four scenarios exploring how we will live and travel in the cities of 2040.

Published by Forum for the Future, it’s an interesting and well put together take on how we might all live in 2040.

Megacities on the move – Renew-abad

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UK Tax Calculators

I came across this handy UK Tax Calculator the other day. You can access it here: http://www.uktaxcalculators.co.uk/

It works for the standard income tax calculation and lots of other types of tax too… including a forward look at how legislation will be changing take home income in the coming tax year too.

Snowman joke

I’m making a horror film where a sadistic snowman sets death traps for other snowmen and they have to melt bits of themselves to escape.

It’s called “Thaw”.