Science
Where Was the Last Place Discovered on Earth?
The remarkable history of human discovery and a curious fact regarding Uranus and Antarctica. [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfLVYr38D0Q&w=480&h=270]
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Geoff 'Adventure South' Gabites on the 'The Pedal On Podcast'
Mid-winter 2002, on a bleak wet Sunday, I channel surfed into an episode of the Australian 'Getaway' TV travel show. It featured a supported cycle tour in the South Island of New Zealand shot the previous summer; perfect weather, glorious scenery and what looked like a fun time.
Art
Simply the best Citroën 2CV advertisement
Remember seeing this in Car Magazine sometime in the early 80s, brilliant.
Shooting into the light
Today's Bing picture, sunset at Big Sur, reminded me of one I took near Coffs Harbour back in 2018 when travel was a thing They say 'don't shoot into the light'...
The Fiat Bravo HGT is finally out of lockdown and HubNut'ed!
'Throttle' fixed, stickers fitted
404! Oh no, something is broken!
If not a typo, the reason you are here is me not you. Reasons can include: * Page requested does not exist. If it's an off blog link the target site has changed (or gone) and I haven't updated, the post. * To be honest I don'
Automobile
The real Car magazine is back!
I really appreciated Car (magazine U.K.) making their digital copies available to non-digital subscribers while the presses where shut down due to COVID-19. Car Magazine (Android) But after a few months reading it, sort of, on the phone* I was so happy to see this arrive in the mail
Niagara, an elegant and effective Android user interface
Having used iOS, Android I still have not found a phone UI to match Windows Phone for simplicity, flexibility and customisation. With the demise of it I ended up on Android and looked for a way around the worst aspect of iOS and Android: having to manage a grid of
Cycling
MAMIL, Mark Hadlow's one-man show is a tour de force
It was great, as I'm one, to see Mark Hadlow in his one man 'tour de force' play: MAMIL (Middle Aged Men In Lycra) One Actor, Nine characters, two hours of non-stop brilliance. Simple staging, clever lighting, sound effects, and a couple of (live on stage)
Fiat Abarth
Ridelabelz laundering instructions for an Abarth
When AHBART was detailed by Final Touch it included ceramic paint protection. That came with very specific hand wash instructions so, although I never use car washes, when I saw this amusing accessory on an Abarth Group had to get one. Seems appropriate for the car and summarises those car
The evolution of the Fiat 500
While Frank Stephenson did design the production new generation Fiat 500 it is a pity he did not mention, credit, Roberto Giollito and his Fiat Trepiùno concept car (below) which served as the inspiration. It was named for a unique 1+2 seat configuration where the front passenger seat could
Austin Maxi Vs Fiat 128, no contest
Love this driventowrite.com series comparing the design and life of the Austin Maxi and Fiat 128. Although they were not direct competitors (the 128 is more 1100 sized) the similarities, of both cars and design history, are remarkable. * 128 v. Maxi Part 1 : Last Tango of the Titans * 128