Wednesday 29 December 2010

Awesome Pictures


Every now and then you come across a picture that quite simply takes your breath away!  Today this happened to me with a picture from The Guardian Eyewitness app (one of my 'must have' apps - see my previous post).

Sunday 26 December 2010

Addictive Fashion Spezial


Something a bit different - I had a few minutes to spare during a recent business trip to Mainz in Germany - just outside the hotel was a building site where a number of posters had been put up on the fencing and adjacent walls - I quite liked the imagery but would you call it art?

Wednesday 22 December 2010

Yet Another 'Must Have' iPad Apps Selection


OK so this is a very personal view on the 'must have' apps for the iPad, but these are the ones I really wouldn't want to be without anymore.  So, in no particular order ....

Tuesday 14 December 2010

From my Library .... My first 'pap' shot?

Overall Race Winner IDEC

I am sailing - NOT!  Now don't get me wrong - I don't have any problem at all with anyone who wants to play with sticks and rags and zig zag in peacetime!  But give me a big outboard motor any day of the week (and twice at the weekend!).




Wednesday 8 December 2010

From my Library .... James Hunt's Hesketh 308


Anyone who knows me knows I'm a huge Formula One fan, although these days truly an armchair enthusiast.  But it wasn't always so!

Monday 6 December 2010

iPad - big iPhone or small Laptop? Well, both really ...

There's not much that creates such extremes of reaction like Apple products do.  And the iPad must be the one that has created even more extreme (and often ill-informed) opinion than anything before.  And yet, those who use it appear to love it - so what has it got that these users feel is worth the five-hundred or so quid it costs?


Wednesday 1 December 2010

Look Mom - I'm Blogging!

Well, after many tests and trials to see what works and what doesn't, here we go - the big launch into the blogosphere! Is this going to revolutionise blogging and become one of the best read blogs out there? Absolutely NOT! Then why do it you ask (I'm sure you thought it even if you didn't actually ask it - besides, it'd be a bit strange if you did sit there and actually say it out loud - I can't hear you after all). Well, . . . .