I was recently contacted by a representative of giffgaff, the mobile phone network provider. They offered me the chance to help in hosting a games night/day/lunch event for my family and/or friends as part of their #giffgaffgamers campaign. As a gamer at heart, both playing video games and board games from an early age, I leapt at the chance to host another family games night event!
giffgaff kindly sent over a couple of boxes of goodies as you can see from the photos above and below. One box contained a bunch of cool giffgaff and technology-related items, which obviously suited me well. Included was an Amazon Echo Dot, Go Pro Camera, Anker USB Power Bank, 2x giffgaff SIM cards, £50 Food Voucher and even a Winner’s Trophy!
In the other box, there were three awesome party games from the British indie gaming company: Big Potato Games. Specifically, Weird Things Humans Search For, Obama Llama 2 and Bucket of Doom. [Read more…]
I’ll start my Nomad ChargeKey & ChargeCard review with a quick, short story of an experience I had recently, to put into context why I wish I’d had one of these 
UPDATE: The Elysia comic got successfully funded through Kickstarter and the 1st chapter of this original urban fantasy graphic novel will now soon be released! 😀
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In an age of smartphones, tablets, transformers, ultrabooks and retina displays, Google’s Chromebooks – a series of cloud-centric laptops – are probably the least appealing of the bunch. The common knowledge that you’ll be purchasing an underpowered machine that’s almost entirely dependent on the Internet is enough to ward off even the most open-minded of tech enthusiasts. Add in a high price tag, combined with other noticeable limitations of Google’s browser powered laptops and you’d be forgiven for thinking that Google’s genius had gone missing on this occasion. But actually, Chromebooks aren’t as bad as they sound – honestly!
When I took a look at the original 
I really dislike optical media. This partly stems from the fact that I am incredibly clumsy and tend to have a tech-related accident at least three times a week, and it also stems from the amount of space that optical media takes in cupboards and on shelves and underneath televisions. You get the idea.