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Thursday, June 05, 2025

Category: Blog

My blog and occasional comment on current affairs.

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Now available on Kindle

ward 17/08/2011

Exciting news! Or just news. It depends on the sort of thing that excites you. I’m positively gripped. The Word of Ward and www.scifiward.com are now available on Amazon Kindle … Read More

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Koreans supermarket shop with their phones on train platform

ward 16/08/2011

South Koreans are busy people but happen to be blessed by advanced technology. I say ‘blessed’, they just work hard at innovation and have created an infrastructure that encourages new … Read More

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Blog Life! London

England – it’s a riot!

ward 12/08/2011

A load of twats in hats tried to burn London down. And because London leads the way, there were then riots all over England. It was like the film Rise … Read More

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Blog Life!

New iPhone case with fake hand

ward 08/08/2011

New iPhone covers come with very weird fake hand attached.

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Blog Books

Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre

ward 04/08/2011

When Perry Makepiece and Gail Perkins go on a tennis holiday to Antigua, they meet a Russian gangster type called Dima and his family. Dima wants to make a deal with … Read More

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It’s Almost Christmas!

ward 30/07/2011

Apparently we are already in the run up to Christmas. At least we are according to Harrods and Selfridges, who started selling Christmas tat on July 28th this year. I know … Read More

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Blog Life!

The Last Space Shuttle and the Future

ward 22/07/2011

The last ever Space Shuttle, the Atlantis, touched down yesterday marking the end of the 30 year old NASA project. My initial thought was, ‘Well, that’s another giant leap backward for Mankind’ and … Read More

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Blog Life!

Stock Market Trading and Me.

ward 13/07/2011

Buy! Sell! Adrenaline! Men in ties stressing out! Brokers swilling champagne or chucking themselves out of skyscrapers! Yup, that’s my new life. Apart from pretty much everything I just mentioned. … Read More

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Blog Films Life!

Game of Death and myself

ward 06/07/2011

I grew up in Hong Kong in the 1970s. It was a glorious time and place for a young lad. Skyscrapers, jungles, beaches, and all the latest gadgets. Also, as … Read More

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Blog London Theatre

Ghost Stories review

ward 30/06/2011

We decided to see this the other day as we had an evening free and happened to walk past the Duke of York theatre where it was playing. If you … Read More

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The Wimbledon Weather effect

ward 21/06/2011

It’s the first day of summer and the longest day of the year today. Shame it’s so shite outside. As I look out the window of my flat at all … Read More

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Blog Life! TV

Apple worship

ward 25/05/2011

I saw a cool documentary the other day, called ‘Secrets of the Superbrands’ on good old BBC. It was actually pretty interesting given that I generally don’t care about brand … Read More

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Blog Books

Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown

ward 11/05/2011

Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown teaches you, the Padawan, some awesome tricks. It also has quite a broad scope and touched on lots of things I am genuinely fascinated by. When it comes to mind powers I am now at least 10% more superior than most of you. It astounds me that I am still broke.

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Science Fiction Website

ward 08/05/2011

I just found the most incredible new site! It boldly goes where only several hundred other websites have dared to go. Except it is slightly bolder. Actually it was written … Read More

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Blog Life!

Aliens please abduct me!

ward 26/04/2011

This website now gets over 100,000 hits a month. (I know! Why? I just talk shit.) That still makes me a speck on the arse of the interweb, but it’s … Read More

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Amazon can see into my brain

ward 15/04/2011

This morning I logged into Amazon and checked out my recommendations. At first I was a bit shocked at what kind of twisted artistic deviant they must think I am. … Read More

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Blog TV

30 Rock

ward 05/04/2011

A review of the sitcom 30 Rock with Tina Fey.

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Blog Games

Killzone 3 review

ward 23/03/2011

An awesome of review of the incredible Killzone 3. Read the review, stay for the trailer.

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Blog Films TV

The Human Centipede

ward 17/03/2011

The Human Centipede is a pretty pointless horror film once you get over the main premise.

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Art Blog London

The Secret Cinema

ward 09/03/2011

Last week myself and Mrs wordofward went to the mysterious sounding ‘Secret Cinema’. We were invited by our hip and trendy friends who took us to Shunt. It’s not just … Read More

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