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If you’re anything like me you have thousands (literally) of digital photographs sitting on your computer, none of which you have printed out. Sure, it’s nice to have the pictures in the first place, but I recently got thinking about how nice it would be to be able to “batch” them into albums on various topics. For example the month a spent in Central Amercica could make a fantastic souvenir of my time there - and I have over 1,000 photos fron that trip alone.

That’s when I discovered a service that would do exactly that - but without any of the hassle - and with a finished product that hands down beats what I had in mind.

Lulu will now allow you to make a photo books in just 3 steps.

Firstly you select the size of the book you would like to produce. Sizes vary from 5″ x 7″ to 8.5″ x 11″.

Next, select the “theme” that you like - there are ones specially for weddings, parties and so on.

Then finally upload your chosen photos from your computer and next thing you know Lulu will professiona; print and bind the book before shipping it to your door for a small fee.

For more information visit Lulu at http://www.lulu.com/uk/products/photo_books/

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Wordpress theme designers Unique Blog Designs, the creators of John Chows famous theme, are celebrating their one year birthday with a competition in which you can win an Ipod Touch or a premium Wordpress theme.

Full details can be found here.

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In the next 4-5 weeks I shall be leaving to work away from home for some months. Obviously during that time I fully intend to stay in contact with the Internet so I will be taking along my trusty Vodafone mobile broadband dongle and laptop.

The dongle comes with the software preinstalled so doesn’t need any effort when it comes to use. You plug it into the USB port of your laptop, the dongle sets up the drivers for you and you’re off.

So the good thing is, it’s easy to use. The bad thing is the broadband speed.

Whilst Vodafone love to toot their own horn and tell everyone how fast their mobile broadband is, in reality the speed varies wildly, from genuinely super-fast down to a painfully embarrasing crawl.

Last year on a similar “tour of duty” I was reasonably lucky and found myself able to do most things I could on my home broadband (though the quality of downloaded images was reduced) but that won’t necessarily be the case this year.

Not surprisingly the closer I am to a major city, the better the speed is in general but I will be very interested to actually record the speeds I experience in different places thanks to a new broadband speed test I found online.

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Amazon recently sold it’s online DVD rental business to UK market leader LoveFilm.com and as an Amazon customer (and long-term fan of how they do business) I was somewhat apprehensive about the switchover to a new provider I knew nothing about.

As it turns out, my concerns were wellfounded.

Firstly I found that I was unable to log into my new LoveFilm account and had to email their customer support to get the situation sorted out, only to find that for a second time it wouldn’t work.

Finally this got resolved but left a very bad taste in my mouth. The passion for customer service that I experience at Amazon just wasn’t there. The staff just seemed to be doing their job, not aiming to impress.

But here’s the killer.

With Amazon I was grandfathered on an old deal - £9.99 a month for 6 DVDs which generally suited me fine. The great thing about Amazon is that their fulfillment is almost perfect. I was never stuck without a DVD. You’d put one in the post, it would arrive at their warehouse the next day and they’d dispatch my next disc which usually arrived the following day. A 3 day turnaround on average.

However with LoveFilm they seem to take so long to dispatch my discs that I am forever without any at all. I finished watching 2 out of my 3 on Tusday of this week and sent them back on Wednesday. With Amazon I would have had new discs by Friday. According to LoveFilm my current DVDs are still “dispatching shortly”. Unfortunately, not shortly enough for my liking.

I suppose thats the problem with buying customers from Amazon. Amazon are so good at customer service that it really shows LoveFilm up. If I’d started with them I would have different expectations. But I don’t.

So I’ve made the decision that if my DVDs don’t arrive tomorrow morning - that’ll be it for LoveFilm - another lost customer thanks to their slow service. Definately one to avoid if possible.

Any suggestions of other online DVD rental firms worth trying?

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