One of the reasons for my lack of blog posts recently has been my preoccupation with upgrading my garage over the past few weekends. What started as just putting garage doors onto…
End of the line for Virgin
I was interested in last week’s announcement that Virgin Trains would no longer have the West Coast mainline franchise as it has now been awarded to the First group. Ironically I was…
Proof that I am not the only weirdo cleaning my car
Ever since I have been into cars I have had a desire to keep them looking super clean and shiny. I assume it comes back to my aspiration to have everything looking…
Sweden rules with an iron fist
Ever since I was little I have always had an admiring view of one of our quieter European cousins, Sweden. It had a focus on the environment even before it was fashionable,…
Finally it is all mine
At the beginning of the year I mentioned that I had decided to change my Audi for something a little more practical. More middle aged as one of my friends said at…
Professional meets amateur
Recently I took delivery of a new mountain bike. Usually such an event wouldn’t be worth a mention but when I had to wait several months for it to be built in…
For god’s sake Audi!
Just when I thought all was well in the car front Audi has gone and put a big spanner in the works with the launch of the Audi Q3 RS at the…
Weather improving – Atom time
My weekends have now become dictated by the weather; is it a normal day (ie rainy) or an Atom day (dry without any chance of rain)? With the car being delivered near…
Car technology moves apace
I have just returned from a short ski holiday, and as is usual I hired a car at Munich Airport (home to BMW) to get me back and forth to the ski…
New Year, new car
Over the Christmas break I decided that it was time to chop in the Audi and get a bit more of a practical car. Having spent most of the week driving around…
AR Drone view of the office
I had some fun with my new AR Drone yesterday by recording a quick tour of the Fluidata office. As you can see it is a little bit tricky but I managed…
Bandwidth Bandits!
Christmas is always a time for New Year resolutions and this year is no different. This time however there has been a bit more organisation with thirteen of us in the office…
Credit where credit is due
If you have ever read any of my older posts you will know that I am the proud owner of an Audi and have many times sung it’s praises. When you own…
Retain the standard to retain the customer
I have always been a big fan of our national carrier, but after a recent trip to Cyprus to visit some of my family I was pretty disappointed in the level of…
Let’s hope the attention to detail stays
Sad news this morning on the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, who successfully brought the company back from obscurity and into the forefront of technology innovation. No small achievement, especially…