Advantages: Free, pays for reading and sending mail, easy to sign up, easy to use.
Disadvantages: Service appears unreliable for incomming mail, 2Mb mailbox limit.

...An e-mail account that pays you? Sounds good I thought! I needed to set up another e-mail account as part of an experiment that would be likely to generate a lot of e-mail, much of it junk, so an account that paid seemed like a good idea. zWallet.com is easy to sign up to, and easy to use, the site seems pretty quick too. However it does seem slow to receive mail, I have had mail take several hours to arrive, even though I know it has been sent OK! There have also been some reports that their servers bounce a lot of mail, some other services refuse to accept zwallet addresses because of the problems it causes. Below is a typical connect session to a zWallet server, a response delay of 4 minutes results in a deferred connection, which means that the sending server will have to keep trying: Mar 6 15:16:59 beeblebrox... Read review

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Advantages: Satisfying and tasty
Disadvantages: not that exciting!

...as a topping on a warm milk drink or sliced into small segments which are easier for smaller children to handle as treats. Nutritionally energy rates high on its specifications with 1885 kj / 449kcal per 100g being listed. 100g also contains 4.2g of protein, 69.0g of carbohydrate and 17.4 g of fat. So I guess this helps to explain its inclusion in ration packs. Mars bars are available in a wide range of sizes and prices these days, I have listed some examples which I hope will include a Mars for all nutritional or just plain indulgent occasions. Standard Mars (62.5g) at approx 30p, King Size Mars approx 50p (single) Mars 6 pack (324g) £1.19 Mars 9 pack (486g) £1.75 Mars snack time (slightly smaller bars) 10 pack £1.58 Mars snack time (as above) 20 pack £2.97 Mars fun size (the tiny ones, perfect for smaller children... Read review

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Advantages: Find out what authors were really trying to say.
Disadvantages: Choice of books could be more adventurous.

...'s not essential, this isn't school - you won't be tested on it. The Bookclub web-site usually gives a couple of months notice of the books that are going to be under discussion, and I will do the same here. If you enjoy reading books then it's worth a listen, you never know, you might find yourself being introduced to a new book, or author, that appeals to you. But remember - the first rule of Bookclub is that you don't talk about Bookclub... oops! ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ The authors & books discussed recently, or in the next few months, are:- 2005 Jan 2nd/ 6th: Zadie Smith - White Teeth Feb 6th/10th: Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything Mar 6th/10th: Stephen Fry - The Hippopotamus Apr 3rd / 7th... Read review

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Advantages: Some astoundingly moving tracks, unbeatable for its chill value
Disadvantages: A little inaccessible at times

...-- The album finishes much as it began – superbly relaxing and peaceful. This is a piano melody that sounds like it came straight from a film score – everyone who I’ve played this to swears that they’ve heard it before and it definitely has an essence of familiarity about it – perhaps its just the clever composing that does this. It’s a great track to end on, and is quite yearning and sad – certainly a good one to conclude with and if any of the other last tracks from the series are evidence – it is more than likely an old 80’s or 70’s alternative track. So there you have it – my first review of a probably limited selection of compilations. I own virtually all of the Café Del Mar series now but this (and indeed Café del Mar 6 – Padilla’s farewell album) is up... Read review

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Advantages: Colossal
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...sul mar 6. L'ultima canzone 7. Passione 8. La canzone dell'amore 9. Rondine al nido 10. Una chitarra nella notte 11. Chitarra Romana 12. La mia canzone al vento 13. Serenata 14. Un amore cosi grande 15. If we were in love 16. Tu che m'hai preso il cuor God knows what its like but there is a great picture of Mr Pavarotti's chubby cheeks (his face for God's sake, what were you thinking?) on the cover. I know some people are likely to think that I may have given too much emphasis to Mr Pavarotti's physical appearance at the expense of discussing the album. The guy is a huge talent and he fills houses wherever he goes, so much so that it almost seems incongruous that such a small shiny disc could hold so much (I have actually thought about how difficult it would be to physically compress Mr Pavarotti so that he would fit... Read review

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