Month: March 2008

The new “big bird” in the sky is the Airbus A380. Due to todays’ security concerns you’ll never get to visit to cockpit (sorry, I should say Flight Deck) of a plane, so it’s well worth looking at this 360 degree view from gillesvidal.com The array of screens, buttons and computer kit is just amazing. Read more →

The Internet browser market is now more crowded than ever. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari to name just a few. Safari was, until recently not something I used daily. Firefox is my current browser of choice but now, with Safari 3.1 available, I think I might change my mind. It’s blazingly quick and pages look so sexy, clean and… Read more →

When I was young I used to watch Rainbow. It’s a classic kids TV show, but I certainly don’t remember the pilot. Here’s the first episode, complete with a rather scary-looking Zippy and Bungle. It looks like Bungle has stuck his head in the tumble-dryer…! Read more →

Here’s Beth and Brian Willis. Their dogs died recently, so to remember them they kept the hair which had been combed from their pedigree dogs and spun it into a yarn. This then got knitted into these rather “interesting” tops. I bet they stink in the rain… Link – Sky News Read more →

Oh the irony…. I’ve sent this out via email to quite a few people, two of which replied with, “Ha, that’s funny – they spelt Engish wrong” …hmmm. Should I worry ? :) Read more →

Here’s a photo taken by an American photographer called Kyle Cassidy. He went out to ask “Why do you own a gun” and snapped the shots for his book. The Washington Post states… “Each picture in Armed America could be a pro-gun advertisement – or an anti-gun poster. That’s what makes the book so riveting.” I doubt many people outside… Read more →

TheDailyMash is rapidly becoming my number 1 “coffee break” website. I don’t know who writes it, but they’re extremely good at what they do. Top work guys! Here’s a couple of my favourites… – Brits react to the Budget – The Queen has problems opening Terminal 5 Read more →

I’ve just done a search for the HTC P3470 on Google and got this…. :) We seem to be above HTC themselves in the search results! (BLUSH) :) Read more →

There’s been a lot of coverage about the mighty “storm” that’s currently blowing across the UK from the Atlantic. I’ll admit that I’ve tried to make light of these storms, suggesting that a bit of wind shouldn’t be enough to scare the whole country. Last night though we had some quite strong wind and rain. At 4AM I woke up… Read more →

If there’s one thing that gets on my nerves it’s over-reacting to stuff. In every news bulletin and newspaper today and yesterday the headlines seem to concern “the worst storm of the winter”, which is now hitting the UK. The result? Well, down in the South and South West a few branches fell off trees, we had a bit of… Read more →

Let’s not forget, this gentleman still has his finger on the big red button marked “huge nuclear war”. With the US and several Allies still at war and America slipping head-long into a massive recession, the President dances like a fool… I think we can all sleep safely now. Oh, and all this footage is real – they’ve just added… Read more →

ITV is posting some poor profits today. I think I know why. I’ve been doing a bit of research and, after careful analysis, it appears that the majority of programmes are s**t. Let’s take “The Palace” for starters. It’s a drama based on the Royal Family.. not the real Royals, this is just some family that ITV have made up.… Read more →

Take a moment to think about the pilots who fly large passenger airlines in these winds. Here’s a landing at Hamburg airport during heavy crosswinds which didn’t exactly go to plan. The Lufthansa Airbus from Munich struggled through 155 mph gusts of wind upon landing… Here’s how it should be done, courtesy of a BA pilot in a fat 747-400.… Read more →