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Tesla Sue Top Gear
Stupidly expensive electric sportscar maker Tesla are suing the BBC for defamation for a bad review their car got when they tested it back in 1998.
Tesla's CEO Elton Musk, (whose name makes me think of a James Bond villain.) Says it's all fucked up. Musk's other business involves building big rockets, a la Hugo Drax. (See what did I say?)
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It's the Mac vs PC debate all over again.
If you ever read technology blogs you may have noticed that any post about a new mobile phone leads to a gigantic flame war over the relative merits of iPhone vs Android. It's pathetic. It's even more tiresome than the Mac vs PC debate ( Read more... ) -
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Why is LiveJournal still massive in Russia?
Article from Wired magazine you might like...
It really doesn't say much and sort of misses the point, rather than an aged precursor to myspace it is a social blogging platform for keeping in touch with people far less superficial than facebook. That is if anyone could find the time to update theirs. -
Cuckoo Clock.
This was my Christmas present from my mum. She said to me, "you've lived in Switzerland for long enough now. You need a cuckoo clock." -
Today's puzzle
Aparently you need an IQ of 120 to solve this, or something.
Anyway answers are screened. See how long it takes you :)
If the following is true:
2 + 3 = 10
7 + 2 = 63
6 + 5 = 66
8 + 4 = 96
Therefore
9 + 7 = ????
PS The location it's come up with is wonderfully unspecific. Especially as I am not even in the EU right now ;)
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Paraprosdokian sentences
Paraprosdokian sentences. A figure of speech that uses an unexpected ( Read more... ) -
Mont Blanc Helicopter ride
On Sunday I took Helicopter ride to the Monzino mountain refuge in the Mont Blanc massive along with a work colleague and a group of other people. Apart from the epic fail of losing two mobile phones the trip was a huge success. I'll post the pictures in due course, when i've finished photoshopping out the huge blob of muck that's appeared on the ( Read more... )
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