CAR first look at all the off-roader you really need… Fiat Panda 4x4 TwinAir (2013) CAR review | Road Testing Reviews | Car Magazine Online When the very first Big Willie tanks clanked and crawled across the killing grounds of the Somme, it quickly became apparent that weight is not helpful for
Ok, so 1.2 kg isn’t going to make it an iPad competitor but I don’t want an iPad. So far this is the closest I have seen to my “My Perfect Computer”. You’re not going to do full on design on the road but an i7,
The BBC Stats podcast “More or less” investigates a topic I remember researching as a kid. Ok, maybe ‘researching’ is pushing it a bit but I do remember building Lego Skyscrapers until they toppled. BBC News - How tall can a Lego tower get? So - how many Lego bricks,
Cool Software
Remember that line about the Internet being "a series of tubes"? Some amazing photos of a place that is Google: Google reveals photos of its data centres - www.dezeen.com
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFW5fgypGtY&w=640&h=360] via Boeing's 787 Dreamliner gets assembled quickly for Air India | @scoopit sco.lt/7W34xl — Joao Greno Brogueira (@topcadexperts) September 8, 2012 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Interesting to see the 787 uses conventional looking
Pat Metheny makes the ultimate one man band — Orchestrion. I own the CD but hadn’t seen this before, how amazing technology and talent makes amazing music. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQEuyitCUc&w=640&h=480]
Weblogs
My first thought when I saw the “Friday Flashback” post on the Sony Blog was: “What do they mean, Flashback?”. My first CD Player is still in regular use, as good as the day it left the factory! Flashback Friday: The Sony Discman (1984) « SONY make.believe 1984: Ghostbusters made
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Want to build, or maintain, a 2010 Formula 1 Championship winning car? This Haynes Manual would be a good start. The last/only Haynes Manual I owned was for a 1973 Fiat 127. Although the technology in this one is rather different the format is familiar. There are lots of
Design
I was interested to see reports that the 1980 Ferrari Pinin Sedan concept is going to be sold. Ferrari Pinin Concept to be auctioned in London - www.eurocarblog.com 1980 Ferrari Pinin Concept, the one and only sedan with a Ferrari badge ever made, will soon be up for
James Allen on the life and times of a F1 engine. Interesting to see the Shell V Power Fuel I run the Flying Spaghetti Machine on (simply because Shell/Z Station is conveniently located on my commute) really might be keeping its valves clean… How to keep F1 engines healthy
Cute, now design award winner… Fiat 500 wins the Compasso D’Oro Award - Car Body Design The Fiat 500 has won the XXII edition of the “Compasso d’Oro ADI” (ADI Golden Compass), Europe’s oldest design award. The prize was presented to Fiat Design Director Roberto Giolito during
