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Entries from May 2010

It still turned into a crack, Gavin

May 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics and opinions

If you are living in the UK you probably know about the very well known and advertised car windscreen repair company. You know the one, I you watched 30 seconds of telly you probably saw one of their adverts. I was on board with the thought that if you have a chip in your windscreen [...]

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Cwm Gwesyn and the Llyn Brianne reservoir

May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Trips and outings

This is marked as the toughest walk in the Brecon Becons & South Wales book and it turned out to be living up to its name. The most difficult part was trying to not get lost on Bryn Rhudd at the same time as not loosing interest in the walk as well. The views on [...]

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Extortionate price of fixing an Olympus u700 compact camera

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Technology

Just had a nasty surprise about my Olympus µ700 compact camera I bought 3 years ago from Pixmania and cost me about £164. Last year it started to bleach/overexpose all outdoor photos. Defaulting to factory settings did not work. I finally called the Olympus UK support line this morning  and they told me that for [...]

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