Change.gov

Further to my last post about Barack Obama’s extraordinary use of the Internet in his campaign to get elected, there’s a good follow-up article on the Beeb here about Obama’s plans to expand the already-existing Internet tools that his team has been deploying, as well as using the tools already available on the Intertubes, including: [...]

Donington Park

Last track day of the season at Donington Park. Was very wet in the morning so I took it easy…ish. Obviously didn’t take it easy enough Had a choice between spinning the car on the track or taking it into the gravel. I took it into the gravel This is possibly a reason for it, [...]

10 years of cold soak

Happy birthday, Alpha.

There’s an idiot on a bicycle …

There’s an idiot on a bicycle next to me.It’s dark, he has no lights, no hivis jacket, no helmet. and he’s got on headphones. He just jumped a red light. And no, I’m not driving, thank you for asking. And it seems Twitter has a 140-odd character limit. Annoying.

Das Unter…ground?

There’s an abandoned underground station in between Farringdon and Barbican… I can see the platform from the train. Anyone know anything aout it?

The bells in the Queen’s Tower…

The bells in the Queen’s Tower (and elsewhere) are ringing out in a pleasing cacaphony, presumably for the prince’s birthday.

Ack

The waterproofer on my boots hasn’t worked very well at all. Need to find a better one.

Engine Bays

Cleaned it up a little, and then installed my BSH PCV replacement. Didn’t get it as quite shiny as I would’ve liked, interrupted by rain and then the dark, but it’s not looking too shabby. In a small picture. If you squint a bit. I’ll probably tidy it up some more later during the week, [...]

Packets on the Series of Tubes

Just a quick point, now that it’s all over. Barack Obama’s website is new, fresh, with an excellent choice of graded colours, that rich, rich hue of blue. It is cleanly laid out, with sharp and elegant gothic fonts (not only does this look very modern and pleasing to the eye – but I think [...]