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3D Porn

The Shed | Murphy Simmonds | Tue 2 March 2010

80 per cent of the web is flesh coloured. We can't remember where we heard that statistic - probably our own heads - but it tells us that most of the data pinging across the intertubes is filth. Crazy, eh? We wouldn't know. The rudest thing we've ever seen is a drawing of a bra that we did ourselves just now. In fact, you'll have to excuse us for 15 minutes.

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A Man Needs a Hat

Pix's Column | 22 Feb

A MAN needs a hat. I think that's written down somewhere, in the big book of things a man needs to own if he is to be considered a man. A hat, that's one. A watch, there...

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Internet Everything

The Shed | 15 Feb

Remember internet fridges? Obviously you don't, because they never really happened, but there was a time when they were being touted as the next big thing. The idea was ...

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iRod, Apple dildo

The Shed | 8 Feb

Apple should make a dildo. The fancy pants tech giant behind the iPod, iMac, iPhone and now the upcoming iPad has a knack of making stuff we've successfully ignored for ...

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No More Threesomes

Pix's Column | 4 Feb

LAST month, I turned into a 30-year-old. This threw up a number of problems, chief among which was the acknowledgement that I am now, irrefutably, an adult and am thus o...

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Segway Killer

The Shed | 31 Jan

People. Look at people. Aren't they stupid? Look at the way they move, tottering and waddling about on the long, thick arms that stick out of their arses. Legs, they cal...

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Bayonetta

Reviews | 26 Jan

Bayonetta's got guns on her feet. She also beats angels to death, wears a catsuit made from her own hair and randomly sprouts butterfly wings from her shoulders, but eve...

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Games of 2010

Reviews | 19 Jan

Remember 2009? No, us neither. We're all about 2010 here, and the fact that we can't decide whether to call it "two thousand and ten", "twenty ten" or "ten past eight" i...

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Turning 30

Pix's Column | 14 Jan

I turned 30 last week. I was expecting big things, hoping that my clock would flick from 19 minutes past midnight to 20 minutes past - the time of my birth - and I would...

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iPod Touch and Family

The Shed

Previously the iMac made a strained appearance in the shed, tempting us away from our beloved but bug-ridden PCs with its luscious looks and ease of use. It didn't work....

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A Double Decker Train

Geek Adventure

This was to be our first long haul journey. Three trains, two bus rides and one flight, with a total travel time of around half a day. Fresh from a grand old weekend in ...

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The Shopping Arrives

Pix's Column

Midnight on a Tuesday. Nobody awake except drunkards, burglars and insomniacs. Nobody, that is, except me and the Tesco delivery man. The clock was still a little shy of...

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Reviews

If X-Men Origins: Wolverine the videogame taught us anything, it's that X-Men Origins: Wolverine the film is rubbish. Being the game of the film, this runny-abouty-fight...

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