Its only made of paper

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: none

...Gosh these simple cheap paper light shades take me back a few years. The love nest (we shared the attic room) I shared with my boyfriend in a student house in the early seventies had the identical shade to the one in this picture. The reason why? Yes it was dirt cheap. The modern equivalent is only £2.99 for a 12, a larger 12 inch £3.49inch ball shade the larger 16 inch £3.99 available at http://www.discount-lighting-store.co.uk/subprod/paper-lamp-shades-0001801.aspx... Similar ones from habitat cost about £4 or £5. Of course you can buy more elaborate paper shades some different shaped ones Argos has a set of three Sphere, cube and prism shaped. For £4.89. Paper Disney character shades can be bought for your children?s rooms for about a fiver each. These light shades are quite good as they are quite neutral will not...

mumsymary 16.02.2009 · Read review
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Daphne and her Paper Factory

Advantages: Educational visit
Disadvantages: It's not exactly Disney Land

..."Would you like to see the paper factory?" our guide asked us as we wandered around the tourist attractions of Thimphu, Bhutan's capital city. We'd just left the National Library and he'd clearly realised that all his attempts to explain to us what sort of plants were used to make the paper used in the historic volumes had failed completely. "It's made from Daphne" he said and we looked at him vaguely, with absolutely no idea what or who Daphne was. He tried and failed to explain and eventually realised that, unlike more horticulturally savvy guests, he'd landed himself a pair of ignorant dodos. We were clueless on plants appropriate for making paper. And so, heading back to our hotel, the River View, we pulled off the main road and scuttled up a rather rough looking side road and parked up outside a small building with a hand...

koshkha 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Jungshi Handmade Paper Factory, Thimphu

Paper Toss Game

Advantages: A quick and simple game for free...
Disadvantages: ...very basic

...So here's a little number for all us iPhone addicts to enjoy...the "Paper Toss" Application to be exact made by Backflip Studios...and what's that?? It's free?! Oh yes! Ever since I downloaded this game a coupe of months back, it's still ranked as one of, if not the top free download game on the iTunes store - a great pinnacle to hold, especially considering how simple this game is. Now, remember the iPhone is a touch phone, and that's how you control the game. As the title denotes, you 'toss' the paper into the bin from a set distance regarding the level you pick - Easy, Medium or Hard. But it's not as straight forward as that. It never is! To make the game somewhat taxing and therefore add the addictiveness to the App, a wind level will change after each throw, meaning the trajectory will need to change. This all means a certain...

carl.mcqueen 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Paper Towns

Advantages: Great read, can't put it down
Disadvantages: Not readily available in uk stores

...Paper towns is a novel written by John Green, who has won awards, such as the Michael L Printz award and the Michael L Printz honour book, for his two previous novels, ?Looking for Alaska? and ?An Abundance of Katherines.? The books are primarily for the young adult audience and deal with many themes such as relationships, identity and high school. Yet Green?s books also have something different about them, the writing style is unique and every time the books are re-read they reveal something different which you never picked up on before. Briefly, the ?Paper Towns? novel revolves around a young man named Quentin who slightly unpopular in school, considered by some a nerd. When he was a child he was friends with a girl named Margo Roth Spiegleman, who is now popular. Having not spoken for years, Margo arrives at Quentin?s house one night...

rachieb123 04.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Paper Towns - John Green

INKJET PRINTERS

Advantages: can pick one up for £34
Disadvantages: price of carts

...ink jet printers seem to be the common solution to every home personal computers hard copy situation but buying a cheap printer can work out costlier in the long run. The problem is the cartrages. Even a cheap inkjet printer can be brought for about £40 squid and have quite a decent quality of print but cartrages range from £15 squid to up to £40 and if the whole family are using it on regualar basis they mightent last very long. There are also special paper to buy like glossy for photo's and options to put the printer into a different mode to specialize for photos so these can take up more ink then in draft mode, so its important to look at the whole perspective on what the printer is to be used for and cartridge price before getting one in....

zef 17.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Inkjet Printers - Ink Jets

Kodak Picture Paper - A huge disappointment

Advantages: Not Many!!
Disadvantages: Cost, Quality of prints, Not very glossy

...This ' photo quality paper from Kodak is a huge disappointment so there is not much to write about!! First things first on the packet it says 'glossy'. I would hardly call it that. I would say it has a slight shine!! The quality of the photo prints you receive from this paper is very poor indeed. I have a great little 4 mega pixel camera which takes very high standard photos. But if I print those photos on this paper well.....they just don't look like photos!!! The cost of this paper is pretty expensive. The cheapest place I have seen it is at Office 365 and it cost £7.94 there. You could buy a lot better photo paper for that money. The only good thing I have to say about this paper is that you can print on both sides of it. Most photo paper you can only print on one side. All in all this paper has been a huge...

lfc-4-ever 06.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Kodak Picture Paper For Inkjet Prints - two-sided glossy photo paper - 75 sheet(s)

Books without paper.

Advantages: Small, lightweight, ideal for travel, capacity to store many books
Disadvantages: Availability of reader, availability of books

.... What is it like?~~ The book reader is about eight by six inches and just over half an inch thick. I have not weighed it but it is extremely light and definitely lighter and more compact than your average paperback novel. The screen itself is obviously smaller, that is about six by four inches, with the control buttons around the edges. A leather wallet for protection is provided. The screen uses new technology, so-named "e-ink" which is nothing like the LCD display on your typical PC or laptop. The background is a pale grey colour, there is no glare and the page has a sort of "matt" appearance that really does look like a page in a book. Consequently the prevailing light conditions have no more effect on your ability to read this than they would if it were a paper book. There is no glare or need to craftily angle the reader if...

Cat199 30.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony Portable Reader PRS-505

multipurpose paper

Advantages: less than 0.4p per sheet
Disadvantages: a wee bit thin

...great (mostly down to the printer of course, but the overall effect is quite impressive and that couldn't happen if the paper was very low quality). Previously I've used it in an inkjet and that was fine too. I also use the paper for making notes (i don't like lines!). It's pleasant to write on and at less than half a penny per sheet, you don't need to worry about keeping the words down. There's not much else I can think to write about this brand of plain paper. The slight giveaway of the 'thinness' of the paper loses it a star but for those of us who don't have the money to waste on expensive luxuries, this is a worthwhile purchase....

CG1anon 02.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Tesco A4 Multipurpose Printer Paper

A paper trail

Advantages: Top quality print
Disadvantages: quite expensive

.... Cannon have produced a paper which pretty much covers all of the major areas you require paper for. This HR-101 paper is a high resolution paper designed specifically to get the best out of you inkjet printer. The HR equates to the terminology of High Resolution which is determined by the capabilities of your printer and of course the paper used. Using this paper with a half decent printer will produce far better results than using the normal quality of paper used for basic purposes. Removing the paper from it's plastic envelope, (which informs you that this paper has a GSM of 106 ) you can feel the difference in texture to ordinary paper, it feels smoother and less harsh. It almost has a satin feel to it and does not have that slight bumpiness that normal paper seems to have. Printing in the same mode as you would normally print...

donf18 16.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Canon HR 101 - plain paper - 50 sheet(s) (1033A002)

A GUIDE TO DIY INKJET REFILLS

Advantages: Save money!
Disadvantages: Need patience!

...Inkjet cartridges are very expensive, particularly so for Hewlett Packard printers, although I am sure that most makes of printer have equally expensive cartridges. You can get the Hewlett Packard printers at very competitive prices now, and I have a Deskjet 710c, which has been replaced by newer models, nevertheless I think it is a good quality printer, quiet, and the print quality is crisp and clear. The only downside to this printer for me, is the cost of new inkjet cartridges, and I do tend to run out fairly often, as I am always printing information which I find on the web, apart from the fact my grandchildren also like to print stuff too! The cost of a new HP cartridge is around £27 for a tri colour cartridge and £21 for a black cartridge. In an attempt to save money I purchased a recycled colour cartridge from PC World...

Lynda04 24.09.2001 (24.10.2001) · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Inkjet Cartridge Refills