Dave Thorp's Blog

Sky’s refer a friend scheme is now offering a free sky plus box to new customers that are referred by an existing customer.

So if anyone is after sky and would like a sky+ box for nothing just contact me through the comments system and I’ll send you a referral

Offer expires on 25th March 2009

Offer extended to 3rd April 2009

Offer back on and now valid til 12th May 2009

Offer extended to 25th June 2009

Offer extended to 26th July 2009

Offer extended to 26th August 2009 and if you don’t want sky plus you can now choose £50 M&S vouchers

Pre orders are now available for windows 7. Windows 7 is the latest operating system from Microsoft and is a huge step up from the hugely criticised windows vista. For a limited period pre orders are available at a discount making the home premium edition £44.97 from amazon and the professional edition £89.97

In a good move as well you no longer have to choose whether you want 32 bit or 64 bit discs as both are included.

We’ve been running the release candidate version for a while now and are pretty impressed with it compared to vista. European customers will need to obtain a web browser and put it on a disc or a memory stick before installing windows 7 as Microsoft have removed internet explorer from the european editions in line with competition law. There are many people who would view the absence of internet explorer in the OS as a very good thing!!

EDIT The limited price discount offer seems to have finished now. However pre orders are still available just at the full price (however with amazon and their price guarantee you will pay the lowest price between your pre-order and the release)

Just watched the first part of Torchwood: Children of Earth on BBC tonight. Was a pretty good start (if a bit slow but what do you expect in part one of a five part story). Looking forward to the remaining parts anyway

Just searched on amazon for the DVD and blu-ray release and it seems the BBC aren’t wasting any time. It’s out on 13th July which is a week today.

Pre order links for Blu-ray and DVD