Mar 11 2010
Archive for the 'Zoom-zoom' Category
Feb 24 2010
The Future is Now
Yesterday I was driving home from work and listening to a podcast on my iPod, which is connected via a digital interface into my car stereo.
The host of the podcast mentioned a song that I wanted to own, so as I stopped at the lights I took my phone out. I bought the song online, downloaded it to my phone and was listening to it via the stereo (thanks to the witchcraft of Bluetooth audio streaming) before the lights had turned green.
We are living in the future, people.
Feb 09 2010
What’s your Eleanor?
Hooniverse asks, ‘What’s Your Eleanor?‘
And my answer is:
The Ferrari Testarossa.
Ever since I was a boy and my brother and I argued about which Italian supercar company produced the best cartoon car (Lamborghini was his pick), I’ve yearned for this thing. Yes, I know that it likely handles like rubbish, is too big to fit my garage, gets horrible mileage and is slower than a modern hot hatch… but WOULD YOU JUST LOOK AT IT?
God, if a million dollars dropped into my lap I’d still be tempted.
Oh, and Andrew? The Countach is still rubbish!
Jan 21 2010
Beginning the catch-up
We’ve been in the new house for a month now, so it’s time to stop faffing about, time to start blogging about what I’ve been up to.
I’ll start by discussing the car I borrowed to do the actual moving with: the 2010 Subaru Outback diesel.
Jan 11 2010
Dazzled by anti-dazzle
Just a really quick note here:
The anti-dazzle mirror in Tipsi is magic! I assumed that it contained a little motor to rotate the mirror when it detected a light shining on it, but it’s trickier than that. There’s actually some kind of liquid inside it that gets electrically charged, reducing the amount of light reflected into your eyes. Clever stuff, and as a side bonus it tints light green. Looks very funky to see green-tinted headlights behind you.
It’s the future!
More crazy things that my new car does later.
Nov 27 2009
Bye bye Mopsy
It’s been a busy month or so us here at Casa del Preston. Househunting, buying furniture, looking after the dogs and selling the car.
Mopsy is being picked up by her new owner on Sunday and I wish them both all the best. I’ll be without transport for around 2 weeks while I wait for Tipsi (my new total-luxury-spec VW Golf) to arrive in the country and go through all the normal clearances.
Keith has volunteered to ferry me to work next week, but we just applied for a house that’s close to public transport – if we get that place I intend to be moved in on the 5th of December.
Aug 25 2009
Today was a decent day
I need to apologise, as it seems every lazy blogger does from time to time, for my dismal output of late. I’d like to be able to say that I’ll get better but I don’t want to make a promise I can’t keep, so let’s just see how it goes.
It occurs to me that I never bothered explaining why I occasionally post pictures like the one below on my Twitter or Facebook pages along with short comments like, “This was good, I liked it”.
Aug 16 2009
Editing video is HARD
I shot some bad video of the Audi TT that I drove this week, but I’m utterly incapable of using Final Cut Pro to do anything with it.
So, in the meantime I will point you to the write-up of my test drive of the Toyota Prius. Short review: painfully slow and in the long run, more expensive to run than a diesel.
I am looking to replace Mopsy at the moment as the driver seat is no longer comfortable. A VW Golf is looking like the prime candidate, especially as it only needs a yearly service and consumes about half the amount of fuel that Mopsy drinks.
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