PERFECT non-tech gift for your teen gamer – Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Art Book Review #ChristmasGiftGuide
Yes. It’s a book. A book that you’ll love to give – and that they will LOVE you for giving. I know what it’s like – you look despairingly across their list and wonder when it was they stopped wanting Playmobil and cool robots for Christmas. A nice book always feels like such a great gift – but it’s often tricky finding the right one that will be received with enthusiasm. But this one –...
The essential mini chopper for your kitchen – Aura Chop & Blend | Pre-Christmas Shopping
A few years ago I was gifted a small mini chopper. I know, not the most exciting of presents, and not something I’d really ever thought I wanted. But, a gift is a gift, so I thanked them very nicely and plopped it in the cupboard. A few weeks later I remembered it was there, dug it out and gave it a go while I was making dinner. Oh. My. Seriously. I had been missing out on life! A mini chopper quickly became my go-to kitchen...
The Ultimate Headphones for your Digital Teen |#ChristmasGiftGuide
Following from the review of the Blue Yeti microphone for gaming teens, it seemed obvious we needed some pure headphones to go with it – we’ve covered headsets (which combine the two) previously – but if you have a separate microphone on your desk, then all you need on your head are headphones. But teens are always the most demanding of creatures, aren’t they? You don’t want any old earbuds – no no...
The Very Best Headset for Teen Gamers – under £65 for Hyper X Cloud II #ChristmasGiftGuide
The importance of a gaming headset should never be underestimated by any parent of a teen gamer. Really, no – their iPod headphones will not ‘do’. And when you’re the one spending out, you want to be sure you’re getting one of the good ones, obviously – and this is not necessarily down to budget. Now I’m no gamer myself – for me, a night on the sofa playing Couch Co-op Halo with the...
Woodburner Kiln Dried Logs from Certainly Wood
Logs are not a thing I’ve ever thought much about. I mean, we’ve had a fire pit in the garden for years – but it’s fed from the pile of logs we’ve collected on walks in woods, leftover scraps from DIY projects, our Christmas trees, scavenging waste wood we see out and about – it grows organically without much thought. But once had booked installation day for the new woodburner, we knew we had to...
The One Where We Have To Choose A Log Store – who knew?
So once we knew the woodburner was on its way, we realised we now had a whole new raft of considerations; not least of which was where we were going to store all the wood. We needed to choose a log store. Now we have a pretty decent garden storage area that we had literally created out of nothing this year – but it’s really not perfect for a log store. Firstly, it’s way down the bottom of the garden –...