March 2010
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Have a Night Less Ordinary in Poole
Poole’s Lighthouse is giving away more free tickets to under 26 year old’s.
The theatre has extended the scheme from just Thursday nights to all weekday performances.
The Night Less Ordinary scheme was set up by the Arts Council England over a year ago in an attempt to get more young people into the arts and is set to continue until March 2011.
Over 200 theatres across the country are...
February 2010
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Interview: Stephanie J. Block
A fully fledged Broadway star, Stephanie J. Block has held her own as the leading lady in The Boy From Oz, Wicked, The Pirate Queen and most recently, 9 to 5.
This Sunday she’s heading to London for a one-off date, showcasing songs from her career and her self-produced album, This Place I Know, for UK theatre fans.
You had your London debut at Scott Alan’s concert back in October. What made...
The art of web design →
Now, I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover and all that but I have a thing for well designed, easy to navigate and just, well, pretty websites.
What seems to be a product of recent years…
January 2010
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Great layouts: ELLE Magazine →
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“The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what...”
– Anonymous
November 2009
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Brand spanking new – the games of the Eurogamer...
Right, so the Eurogamer Expo had Uncharted 2 on show – we all know it’s a good game but I’m sure you don’t want to hear about that. Let’s be honest, all anyone cares about are those games that are yet to grace the shelves.
So, what did the Expo have to impress everyone travelling to the capital?
With two floors of glorious gameplay, the Expo set out to give the eager attendees time to try out...
October 2009
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This Is It
Not knowing quite what to expect, we set out and watched the Michael Jackson documentary film on its opening day and, as expected, the cinema was busy and buzzing with a great atmosphere.
After the obligatory trailers the film propelled us into the gargantuan world of his planned shows, created by director Kenny Ortega and meticulously detailed by Michael Jackson himself.
Thankfully, the film...
September 2009
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Nintendo announces Wii price cut
The price of the Wii is due to be slashed throughout the world, Nintendo has confirmed.
The 20 per cent cuts are due to begin in the US and Japan, in a bid to reignite new interest in the best-selling console.
At beginning of the year, the price was increased in the UK by £20 due to pound depreciation, although many retailers chose to maintain the £179 price tag.
This time around however,...
August 2009
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Get muddy with Facebook farming
It’s not every day you hear about a game which entices someone into buying a brand new laptop just to play it – especially when the game is a Facebook app and the ’someone’ is not necessarily your typical gamer.
The new craze sweeping the world of Facebook is, of course, Farm Town or FarmVille, both near enough the same game - a type of farmy simulation where you build and manage your very own...
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'Gigantic jets' caught on camera
Upwards lightning, otherwise known as ‘gigantic jets’, has been filmed for the first time.
This rare form of lightning occurs when electricity from storm clouds flows upwards into the Earth’s atmosphere. Similar in strength to your average cloud-to-ground bolts, upwards lightning is known to reach the edge of space.
The research into the lightning has been carried out by US scientists at Duke...
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Online Dating – the Geek way
It seems only natural that a Geek might come across a fellow Geeky friend via the gem that is the World Wide Web.
This seems to be the idea behind numerous sites aimed towards finding Geeky love (or a purely platonic Geeky friendship), harmoniously brought together by a shared love of all things Geek. But shouldn’t a clever Geek be able to navigate their way around the deep, murky depths of...
July 2009
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Wii Sports Resort Preview
Wii Sports was the super-successful game bundled with the Wii and now Wii Sports Resort is set to be just as popular as its predecessor.
The follow-up offers gamers a day at the beach – of course complete with the new Wii MotionPlus accessory providing that immersive, more realistic experience.
The sports on offer now extend to wakeboarding, canoeing, sword play, extreme frisbee, basketball, sky...
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Fall in worldwide shipments of computers
The number of computers sold worldwide is down by five per cent on last year.
The results were part of a report conducted by industry research experts Gartner, comparing sales figures between April and June 2008 and 2009.
Sales reached 68.1m units this year compared to 71.7m units sold at the same time in 2008.
Hewlett-Packard sold the largest amount of units, totalling 19.6 per cent of...
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010
A welcome addition to the popular EA Sports franchise, the latest instalment of Tiger Woods PGA Tour golfing has become all the more impressive with the use of Nintendo’s innovative MotionPlus accessory.
Both the game and the new accessory set out to provide a heightened sense of realism, bringing the genuine golf experience home to the living room.
The MotionPlus builds on the Wii’s main...
June 2009
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Summer style: Havaianas
Largely marketed as ‘The world’s best rubber flip-flops’ and being seen on the likes of Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz on glossy pages, I just had to try them out.
If you’re one of those who reads fashion/celeb mags you are likely to have heard of them. For those blissfully ignorant – Havaianas, with the debatable pronunication of ah-vai-YAH-nas – have been around for quite some time.
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May 2009
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Poole High Street’s Save Centre formerly traded as...
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The Sims 3: It's the final countdown
The headline may well give the impression that there is something far more important in the pipeline, but The Sims 3 creates enough of a buzz to deserve such recognition. The Sims franchise has garnered fans from all corners of the globe, reaching out to almost every age range, selling over 100 million units.
Now, a month before its third major release, can the Maxis franchise keep on winning? ...
April 2009
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A radio package produced in the style of 2CR FM in...
March 2009
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Jade Goody and the art of laughing in the face of...
Following Jade Goody’s high-profile life, her death early Mother’s Day morning was going to be no different.
The last moments of the reality TV star’s life were splashed across the front pages of broadsheet and tabloid newspapers alike, but the legacy that she has left behind is one of integrity, bravery and courage.
Hundreds of floral tributes have been laid down outside Goody’s home in...
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Doing something funny for money beats the credit...
Comic Relief and Red Nose Day 2009 has beat its previous 2007 record by raising over £57 million for good causes.
The Saturdays reached number 2 with official Comic Relief single, ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’
Despite the economic crisis, people in the UK have donated more money to the charity than ever before. The £57 million raised beats 2007’s Red Nose Day total of £40 million...
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Digital Effects Projects Updated on YouTube
MA Digital Effects students have updated their YouTube channel with their first term project, ‘Dry for Wet’.
The students worked on converting an above water location into underwater using digital effects. “We have placed more emphasis this year on the integration of acquisition footage - bubbles, water particles, etc - into the final results”, said Programme Leader,...
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Ten things you didn’t know about Facebook
As one of the World’s most used and talked about social networking sites, can Facebook’s Wednesday re-launch keep the attention of its users and hold down competition from new rival, Twitter? To keep you going until then, here’s 10 things you never thought you would know about everyone’s favourite distraction tool.
1. Standing proudly at 175 million active users worldwide, if Facebook were a...
February 2009
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Slumdog Millionaire part for BU graduate
A BU graduate who completed an MA in Screenwriting in 2007 is currently on the big screen in multiple Oscar smash, Slumdog Millionaire.
Former Hollywood actor David Gilliam, who also has starred in hit zombie film, Severance, has recently been working with local young people to create their own films. The Dreamwalkers project works with teenagers living in the Somerford and Christchurch areas....
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Springsteen to headline Glastonbury 2009
US rocker Bruce Springsteen has been announced as one of the headliners for this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
He will headline the infamous Saturday night slot, which was last year held by American rapper, Jay-Z.
The music festival, which offered deposits to be placed on tickets before they went on sale, has sold out for this year’s event in record time.
This is in contrast to last year’s...