Get Converted! Sigma EX 1.4x APO Converter

Advantages: Hugely versatile. Compact. Light. Inexpensive. High quality.
Disadvantages: None!

...Converters often get bad press. Perhaps they deserved it about 20 years ago but modern ones are really much better than those early models. The Sigma EX 1.4x APO Converter is an excellent and extremely versatile little accessory capable of extending the range and usefulness of many lenses and in my opinion, a valuable and essential addition to the kit bag. It is of EX designation which in Sigma terminology means 'Excellence' and indicates that it is considered to be within the top quality professional range of Sigma lens products. It has the familiar smooth black 'crinkle' finished associated with the EX range and both looks and feels very good quality. It is extremely compact and will take up very little room in the outfit bag. It would be churlish to leave it at home! I purchased my example over a year ago and it is now...

davecham 27.12.2008 · Read review
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Deus Ex

Advantages: Gameplay, diversity, replay value
Disadvantages: Graphics

...Deus Ex is set in 2052 though this year is not revealed in the game it is revealed in the sequel. You are a UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition) agent improved by the use of nano-augmentation. The Grey Death, an infectious disease, is slowly wiping out the population and there is a limited supply of the vaccine. This limited supply means only those deemed to be of use are receiving it i.e. government personnel, scientists, the influential rich etc. As you may have guessed, the people on the ground are far from happy about this, rioting has become commonplace and terrorists are on their side. UNATCO exists to enforce peace. This game does not have one simple plot, there are many detailed subplots which keep the players interest throughout the entire game. Keeping in line with this, the game has more than one possible ending...

CloudRuler 04.09.2008 (05.09.2008) · Read review
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There's Tipp-ex on my monitor!!

Advantages: Does the job fantastically
Disadvantages: A dying breed?

...on a keyboard nowadays. While it retains some usefulness, and probably always will, the fact remains that the written word is becoming surpassed by the typed and printed one, and Tipp-ex can't worm its way into the computers. Tipp-ex comes in a small bottle as per the picture supplied here. You get around 20ml of the correction fluid, and the lid has a brush on the inside, much like a mascara would do, I suppose. You need only use a little at a time - it's only the cheaper, lower quality correction fluid substitutes that need you to use half a bottle before you start to cover the mistake up properly. A 20ml bottle is currently available on amazon.co.uk for £1.10, although it's easily available in most stationery shops and supermarkets, etc. Quick final thought (a la Jerry Springer): While attempts at banning Tipp-ex from school due to its...

pmcds 04.10.2009 · Read review
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The Ex Factor

Advantages: easy to read
Disadvantages: a bit predictable

...As the old song goes ?Breaking up is hard to do?. Edward Middleton, the her of ?The Ex Boyfriend's handbook? by Matt Dunn can certainly sympathize with this. After over a decade together his girlfriend Jane has suddenly upped and left him to find herself in Tibet for three months taking most of the furniture from their flat with her. She suggests he refinds himself as he's become stuck in a rut and ?let himself go so she's letting him go?. Edward has three months to sort himself out and regain the love of his life. Can he do it? Thus is the beginning of a fairly enjoyable e comic romp through blokiness, speed dating and make overs with some nice poignant moments. Set in contemporary trendy Brighton (which is very recognisable and accurate from the three days I have spent there) the Ex Boyfriend's Handbook is a slice of ?lad lit...

duskmaiden 02.05.2009 (03.05.2009) · Read review
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Tipp-Ex out your Mistakes!

Advantages: can correct large areas
Disadvantages: can be messy

...with blobs sometimes so you are covering more than you wanted to in the first place. If I was buying this Tipp-ex again I think I would buy the pen version as I can be more accurate and use less Tipp-ex at any one time making it look neater and tidier. It also would mean I wouldn't have to wait as long for it to dry and it would be less messy. This product however is very good if you have large areas to correct as the applicator is roughly the same width as a standard line in a file block which is lined. So whole lines can be corrected in one go. This product costs me approcimately £1 and it will last for a long time so I do think that it is good value for money as it is not overly expensive....

DeniseKelly40 07.09.2009 · Read review
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Deus Ex-cellence !

Advantages: Immersive gameplay thats well balanced, fantastic missions, amazingly well made in every aspect !
Disadvantages: None to be honest unless your real fussy

...Deus Ex - Mind Blowingly Good Intro ~~~ Deus Ex is a First Person Shooter/RPG game set in the not too distant future. Its set in New York and revolves around JC Denton on his first day of work at UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition) You are sent in to New York to uncover a cure for the gray deth that is sweeping around killing hundreds of people. The NSF (National Secessionist Forces) have claimed a shipment of the cure known as Ambrosia and are hoping to distribute the cure evenly to those who need it most such as poor working class families. UNATCO on the other hand want it for the upper class people such as the president, vice president and many bureacats. So your sent in to clear up the mess and find the cure. Sounds simple ? But along the way you discover many conspiracys which need answering leading you into...

Geddes-i 20.10.2008 · Read review
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The Yamaha EX7 Workstation Synthesizer experience

Advantages: Versatile, Endless potential, timeless, a very powerful instrument
Disadvantages: Can take a while to learn

... My experience I have been using my EX7 now for over eleven years and I can hand on heart say its the best single piece of music equipment / instrument that I have ever placed my hands on or heard. In 1997 when I first bought it, it was top of the line except for the flagship model (The EX5) which had a full sized keyboard with fully weighted keys and a VL acoustic synthesizer built in. The quality of the sounds on this are in most cases so realistic that its impossible to tell the difference with the right use of effects. Compared to other synthesizers in its generation and even now, the quality is unbeatable even 11 years on. I once had a Yahama CS2X and the difference between the quality in voices on that and the EX is in a completely different class. This instrument is perfect for performances or even writing songs from...

mokeyb 17.09.2009 · Read review
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ExCel-lent!!!

Advantages: handy for London City Airport, ExCel centre and Canary Wharf, good transport links, great facilities
Disadvantages: too far outside of the main pqrt of London, fairly expensive

...**********LONDON EXCEL NOVOTEL********** Last week I went down to London with my work. I work for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the examination department and as part of our job, we are required to travel down and help out with the twice-yearly exams in London. In our case, we were helping out at the London ExCel centre at Docklands, so our work handily put us up at the ExCel Novotel, which was essentially right next door to the exhibition centre. Now I've never been to London and to be honest I didn't really get a chance to see much of it while I was down there, as I was only staying for three nights. However, I was very impressed with the hotel and its facilities. **********LOCATION********** As I said previously the hotel is situated next to the ExCel centre, which is in the Docklands area...

Pmshack99 17.06.2007 · Read review
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Deus Ex-ceptional

Advantages: Winner of more than 35 game of the year awards!
Disadvantages: Long loading times and dire voice acting at times

...Back in 2000 Deus Ex was awarded with over 35 ‘Game of the Year’ awards which included the infamous game of the year Bafta; an impressive accumulation of awards by any ones standards! Deus Ex delivers a refreshing twist to the first person shooter genre by combining it with the role playing and stealth elements, combined with an expansive world and an engrossing story. There really was no wonder why Deus Ex was so hyped before its release, and rarely does a game live up to its own hype, but Deus Ex did not only live up to it…but it exceeded it too. You start the game consuming the role of JC Denton; an agent for a company called UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition). UNATCO is a post-UN peacekeeping force and anti terrorist group in a future world ravaged with poverty and disease by the almost taboo...

vectrex001 04.06.2003 · Read review
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Is the extinction of hand writing near? (Tipp-Ex Rapid Fluid)

Advantages: Corrects your mistakes.
Disadvantages: Far from a rapid dry.

...than 150 countries, mainly for use at this time with typewriters. In 1992 Tipp-Ex tape was launched followed by Tipp-Ex pocket mouse in 1995 which was a massive success. In 1998 the correction pen was launched followed by the mini mouse in 1999. --- Controversy --- In 1998 the Ayrshire Education Authority banned Tipp-Ex from all schools under its control as the solvent (1,1,1-trichloroethane) was being inhaled by children as a form of substance abuse. The ban was removed six months later as teachers and parents said things had gone past ridiculous. --- The pot --- At only around 5cm in height the housing of the Tipp-Ex is very slender in form, therefore although not used to an extent that it used to be is still small enough to keep in your drawer that it won't find itself in a landfill next week. Labelling is very clear as to what...

StephenPhillips123 03.11.2009 · Read review
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