Thursday 28 April 2011

It Looks Like a…..

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You will recall me castigating the Porsche 918 Spyder because I thought it looked like a can opener.

Well Volvo has gone one better and built a car that looks like a blow heater!

I think I’ll do a regular It looks like a …..spot.

Come back Bertone, all is forgiven.

Saturday 23 April 2011

Measles on the rise in Europe

 

Measles on the rise in Europe

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Measles has the capacity to be apocalyptic and this item is about Measles in Europe, rather than somewhere else unimportant.

We may well be reaping the whirlwind of not vaccinating  children.  It used to be said that no junior doctor had ever seen a case of measles.  Well they will soon.  Why is it that we never learn the lessons of the past provided at terrible cost?

Wednesday 20 April 2011

When You Crash Know that You’re Crashing

Ken Block never does things by halves so when he crashes it’s going to be something special.  The finale is worth waiting for!

Friday 15 April 2011

WINDOWS 8

Just as we have got used to Windows 7 Microsoft are teasing Windows 8 with screen clips like this one:

Will it look different to W7…perhaps not too much.  But form follows function and MS are promising lots of new things with much emphasis on the fat server thin client paradigm.  So if you haven’t got a Hotmail account you should think seriously of getting one.

Tuesday 12 April 2011

BBC News - Air France jet clips small plane at New York airport

This why you need to keep your seatbelt fastened on the ground in a passenger aircraft.  How often have you undone your seatbelt before the captain “switches off the fasten seatbelt sign”  Well don’t!

Watch the video.

BBC News - Air France jet clips small plane at New York airport