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Author: ward

Books

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo book review

ward 07/12/2010

I’m probably not alone in having seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo everywhere I go and as I rather pathetically consider myself to be both an individual and a literary type, I wasn’t all that bothered.

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Blog

Perfect Catch

ward 28/11/2010

I know that the internet and the world in general has been gripped with concern over lack of new posts of late. Apologies for that! I have been working lots and … Read More

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Eye Lasik Surgery

ward 14/11/2010

I got my eyes lasered recently and it has been awesome! I can now see for thousands of miles. I could see pretty astoundingly with my contact lenses, but now … Read More

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Planned Engineering Work

ward 07/11/2010

If you live in London and have to be travel by tube at the weekend ‘Planned Engineering Work’ is a phrase you will have heard about a billion times. Probably … Read More

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Mind Lamp

ward 21/10/2010

I wrote recently about robots controlled by the brains of rats. Rats have all the fun. This week, I bring you a lamp that is controlled by human thoughts. Not … Read More

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Cyborg controlled by rat brain

ward 08/10/2010

Continuing with my ‘robots will take over the world’ theme, here is something even cooler and scarier than the Aggressive Quadrotor I wrote about recently. It is a robot controlled … Read More

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Aggressive Quadrotor

ward 29/09/2010

This is where it begins. Rise of the machines. I don’t understand how scientists – generally huge Sci Fi fans – can watch films like Terminator or Matrix and then … Read More

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Blog Life!

The iPad for writing. One month on.

ward 23/09/2010

I have now had my lovely iPad for almost a month. A friend suggested I write about it, so here we are. How does the iPad work as a writer? … Read More

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The Pope is in the UK and is worried about our holidays

ward 18/09/2010

The pope is finally here! God bless us every one! As you may have guessed from reading this site, I’m not particularly religious. I have nothing against those who are … Read More

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War Horse Play review

ward 10/09/2010

I saw this the other night and was blown away. I knew it had puppet horses in it but little else. War Horse is about a horse called Joey and … Read More

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Blog

Writing for the Internet

ward 01/09/2010

I feel like I have been neglecting this site a little bit of late. I feel bad about that. But, your honour, it isn’t my fault. In the past five … Read More

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iPad is now justified

ward 25/08/2010

Like the sad nerd that I am, I got filled with techno envy and impulse bought an iPad. I now need to justify this purchase by writing something on it. … Read More

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Films

Kick-Ass review

ward 22/08/2010

Yes, this is a review of the film Kick-ass. Although it is, what with this being my writing, an actual ass kicker of a review. I’d been meaning to watch … Read More

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Giant Rats in Bradford

ward 20/08/2010

Ratzilla shot on a Bradford estate! This is some scary assed stuff. Apparently some local yokels were out ‘ratting’ when a small group of huge rats ran out. The inbred … Read More

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Food/Drink London

The Rosslyn Arms pub, Hampstead

ward 20/08/2010

This pub is just down the hill from Hampstead Tube. Or just up the hill from Belsize Park tube. Take your pick. I think it is slightly nearer Hampstead though … Read More

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Be afraid! Please…

ward 17/08/2010

I was wrong I’ll admit it. See how damned magnanimous I can be? Last year I wrote about how swine flu was being blown out of proportion by the media … Read More

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Word of Ward has been poorly!

ward 13/08/2010

Yes, my poor website has been ill. Like the egomaniac I am, I went to check my readership last week and found that it had dropped to 150 a day … Read More

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Books

The City and The City by China Mieville

ward 04/08/2010

The City and The City is a unique and fascinating book. Plus it is a good one. Set in the fictional Eastern European city of Besz it follows a policeman … Read More

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Blog Life!

i Dosing

ward 25/07/2010

No one can accuse thewordofward of not having its finger on the pulse. You want zeitgeist? This is it baby! i-Dosing is allegedly the new craze sweeping the easily swept … Read More

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Blog Life!

Stop eating fish!

ward 23/07/2010

I saw a documentary the other day called ‘The Cove’. It was a pretty awesome documentary about a secret bay where a load of Japanese slaughter thousands of dolphins for … Read More

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