We could soon be flying at Mach 6 thanks to hypersonic jet “WaveRider”. It’s undergoing testing across the Pacific and could mean journey times of just an hour between London and New York. After hitching a ride on a B-52 it’ll detach and its’ engines will push it on to 4,300mph. After that the wingless plane will break into pieces… Read more →
Month: August 2012
Mars looks like parts of America
Que the conspiracy theorists, who will no doubt say that Nasa have actually spent $265 million on a drunken holiday to Las Vegas while one guy sticks a phone to a radio-controlled car a few miles up the road. Here’s the first high quality picture from outside Joes restaurant …. Oh, no.. sorry, I meant Mars.. Link – BBC News Read more →
How the world press viewed London 2012
Seeing the Olympic Games through rose-tinted glasses is easy if you’re a Brit, but what did those reporters from elsewhere think? Well, according to this BBC story, they were all incredibly impressed. Brand GB (and Northern Ireland) has grown and we should all be proud. Link – BBC Read more →
The Games are over. Now we must change.
Here in the UK we’re familiar with a never ending air of cynicism and pessimism. Daily complaining and whinging is part of life for some, and it’s one thing that annoys me. Newspapers like The Daily Mail are keen to jump on any failure, slip-up or change. They twist truths and deride any attempt to improve the status quo. Meanwhile,… Read more →
This is what happens if you drink and drive
The BBC have added video of a foreign truck driver who drank brandy before setting off on the M6. That alone is bad enough, but he took the wrong exit on the services and ended up driving 3 miles on the wrong side of the M6 …with no lights on. Luckily some brave truck drivers went head-on and stopped him,… Read more →
What do you think this is?
Take a look at this. What do you think it is? No, you dirty-minded monkey. It’s not one of those “special adverts” that keep ending up in your inbox. This is a new Meshworm robot, built by those clever people at the Pentagon. Apparently you can hit it with a hammer and it’ll carry on working. Ouch.. just saying that… Read more →
Plane crash filmed
What surprises me about this is the fact that the plane crashed, they all got out and, for some reason, they thought that capturing their own shocked expressions on video was the most important thing to do. Update – OK, it looks like they had cameras on their heads which were recording constantly, so perhaps they’re not as bonkers as… Read more →
Meow… Things are getting a bit catty..
Fight! Fight! Fight! Looks like Labour and the Lib Dems are having a slight disagreement… Read more →
The Commodore 64, some 30 years later
Can you convince the kids of today that the Commodore 64 is good? Well, how about if we take one to a primary and secondary school? Will the kids be impressed? Will they know what it is? Cassette players? Huge load times? Will kids actually wait that long to play a game? Well, the BBC have got a great video… Read more →