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Eight random facts (a meme)

5 July 2007 20:49

Categories: Blogging, General, Personal, Technology

Oh bum. I’ve been tagged.

I now have to post “eight random facts/habits” about myself.

I find having a conversation a stressful chore but I quite like talking to a large group of people
Despite the fact that I love Formula 1, I have next to no interest in cars or driving
I have a fear of answering the phone
I have difficulty waking up. I also have difficulty falling asleep. This means that, if I have nothing to do, I end up waking up later and later every day. I have been known to go all the way around the clock.
I do not have any ambitions
I much prefer spending an evening in by myself rather than going out with a large group of friends
I recently discovered that I am probably intolerant to cow’s milk
I currently have a problem with my jaw which means that I can’t open my mouth wide. This makes eating difficult

I won’t tag anyone — unless someone wants to take it for themselves.

Proper blogging will return soon.

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Road users: watch out

23 November 2006 00:18

Categories: Admin, Asides, General, Personal

I passed my driving test today, so watch out! (Sorry about the brief non-updates, but I’m really snowed under at the moment. Regular blogging will return in a couple of weeks!)

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Not the best example there

25 September 2006 23:44

Categories: Current affairs, Entertainment, Television

Here is Jeremy Clarkson trying to persuade everybody why Top Gear shouldn’t be banned:

“Contrary to reports that he was put there [in the dragster] by ratings-hungry producers, it was his idea. He wanted to know what it would be like to go really fast … He needs that thrill as passionately as a heroin addict needs his next fix.”

Would that be the heroin that’s, uh, been banned?

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Richard Hammond

20 September 2006 22:25

Categories: Asides, Current affairs, Entertainment, General, Television

When Steve Irwin died, I wasn’t very upset about it. I was surprised at the almost Diana-esque overblown outpouring of grief. It seemed as though he had transformed from being an annoying crocodile botherer into one of the world’s greatest animal lovers overnight, just by dying.

I’m not even a particularly big fan of Top Gear. But I find the news of Richard Hammond’s condition quite upsetting. I’ve heard now that the chances are that he might not make it through the night. Very sad indeed.

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Honda achieves non-F1 land speed non-record

18 July 2006 14:51

Categories: Formula 1

I really don’t like this story: Honda sets F1 land speed record. They’ve been working on this Bonneville400 project for about a year I think. They’ve built an ‘F1′ car designed to reach a high top speed in a straight line — their aim is to reach 400km/h, although they haven’t achieved this yet.

But the thing is, a real F1 car in a real F1 race would never find itself in a situation where it could reach those sorts of speeds. Pure straight line speed isn’t really the point of Formula 1. It isn’t drag racing.

Furthermore, the car isn’t even an F1 car as Honda are trying to make out. For sure, it looks a bit like a Formula 1 car. But in the video explaining the rear wing (actually a fin) on the Bonneville400 website the technical director, Gary Savage, even admits that the car is “not strictly in adherence to Formula 1 rules”. In other words, this isn’t even a Formula 1 car!

If Honda were to show up to a race with this car, they would be disqualified — although Honda know quite a lot about that. The car would also probably be terribly slow on a circuit — otherwise why don’t Honda use the legal bits of this car in a Grand Prix? (Mind you, given their recent results it’s not as if they have anything to lose by doing so!)

So this is not a “Formula 1 land speed record”. All Honda have done is built a car that is vaguely shaped like a Formula 1 car, called it a race-legal F1 car even though it isn’t, and gone a bit quick in it. This is absolutely rubbish. They have actually achieved nothing.

Still, it’s good publicity for Honda, huh? $$$

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