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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Review of Paper Lampshades

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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Review of Paper Toss (iPhone)

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

A paper trail

Advantages: Top quality print
Disadvantages: quite expensive

...Getting a PC and printer is the start of a great new experience for most enthusiasts. You can print all your own letters and flyers etc. You can make your own Birthday cards and generally have a lot of fun with your new high tech equipment. It can be hard enough trying to find your way through the techno jumble of a PC without having to bother which paper is best suited to your printer or your needs. There are so many brands of paper with different qualities that it can get to the point where you give up. Generally speaking a good quality paper with a GSM of about 90 will give satisfactory result for most of your home projects. The GSM value assigned to paper is rated on firstly the grade of paper, then the surface of the paper and finally the weight of the paper. Generally speaking the higher the GSM value the better the paper...

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

PaperPro Stapler - The Easiest Stapler You'll Ever Use!

Advantages: Does all the hard work for you
Disadvantages: Be wary of its power the first few times you use it...

...A big claim huh? Well it's not MY personal claim but that of the company who manufactured and markets this "revolutionary" new stapler, Accentra, Inc. Labelled as "The Revolutionary PaperPro Stapler" with the tagline "Drives staples thru 15 sheets of paper with the press of a finger"! I couldn't wait to try this new stapler out at work to see if it delivered what it so bravely promised! I'm reviewing the PaperPro Stapler code #1507 which claims to staple through 15 sheets of paper with the effort of just one finger. It also claims "with Staple Gun Power"! Big claims for such an innocent looking bit of equipment. But does it deliver? My first thought on grabbing this stapler out of the stationery cupboard was that it had really annoying packaging - the plastic packaging which is so awkward that you can't open it without using...

anonymili 16.02.2009 (17.02.2009) · Read review
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Review of Accentra Paper Pro Stapler

multipurpose paper

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

...I've been using this paper now for a couple of years. They seem to go back and forth between a paper packet (nice and recyclable) and a film packet (horrible transparent plastic rubbish), but as at yesterday (August 1, 2007) the pack is made of paper. It costs £1.74 at the moment, and it's been about that price since I first bought it. You get 500 sheets in the pack. The paper itself is good quality for a value item. I'm not saying it's fantastic, it's a tiny bit thinner (75gsm) than I'd like but you can't expect thick, premium quality paper from a supermarket's own cheapest-you-can-buy-in-the-shops-anywhere brand. If you put two printed sheets of this paper together, you can barely make out that something's printed on the back one and that's good enough for me. I use the paper in a laser printer at the moment and the results are...

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

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

HP photo paper is photastic!

Advantages: Good quality paper produces a shop quality print
Disadvantages: Tear off side can be a bit ragged

...This product is premium quality photo paper with each sheet weighing 240 g/m² (which is quite heavy). It is pre-cut on three sides like normal paper but with a perforated tear-off tab down the fourth side so you can handle the print without touching the photo itself. It aims to give you a finished product that looks like a traditional glossy photograph and claims to be optimised print quality and reliability with HP inkjet printers. "What the manufacturer says about this product: (taken from their web site)": The HP Premium Photo Paper is designed especially for home users who want the look and feel of traditional photographs when producing reprints, enlargements or photos for sharing as well as business users for whom high quality, high impact outputs are vital. The traditional-quality 240 g/m2 weight gives your digital photos...

sadoldbag 31.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of HP Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Pink paper really is pink!

Advantages: It's free
Disadvantages: Some councils just do not bother ordering free copies

...Founded in 1987, the paper a circulation of 44,127 copies across Britain (figure verified by Audit Bureau of Circulation, Jan to June 2006) making it officially the biggest gay publication in the country. The paper has regional correspondents around the country who file stories from their area and also covers national news stories. Comment, lifestyle, culture, celebrity interviews and gossip, property and finance are also included. The paper has its own travel section and is the only gay publication to feature a sports section. The paper is distributed free in bars, clubs, libraries, community centres, businesses and other places or can be downloaded from the website. The newspaper is given away free every two weeks, in the past few years they took away the free status and charge around 2pound for the pinkpaper, due to a hugh...

worldlad 06.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Pink Paper