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Archive for May, 2007

Powertec Air Filters

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 Posted in automotive | No Comments »

The Powertec website is done! Now you've got no excuse for not trotting off to your local Carnoisseur or Motor World (other Powertec dealers are available) and handing over a fistful of fivers in return for a lovely shiny ...

Pieces of Rainbow

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 Posted in entertainment, me | No Comments »

Uttered by veritable cult comedians Noel Fielding (of Mighty Boosh fame) and Russell Brand (of sexy time fame), "Pieces of broken rainbow" is one of those phrases that doesn't mean a thing but can be interpreted in many different ways. I'd ...

Take it to the bridge

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in automotive, peterborough | No Comments »

No rolling roads, no slick air strips, no bullshit. Long-term readers of Emap's automotive publications will no doubt be familiar with their "to the bridge" test for measuring a car's worthiness in a real-world situation. Well the bridge only bloody ...

Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 Posted in web | No Comments »

Some great real-world examples of PNG images being used. I'd completely forgotten that IE7 supported Alpha transparency!! read more | digg story

Why the 9 to 5 Office Worker Will Become a Thing of the Past

Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in me, work | 1 Comment »

The Natural Productivity Cycle In your personal life, when attending to business or working on side projects, how often do you spend 8 consecutive hours in front of a computer? It doesn’t make sense because we lose the ability to concentrate ...

Content Management Systems - 10 Days Without Website Control

Thursday, May 24th, 2007 Posted in web | No Comments »

Does the CMS spell the end for web designers/developers/content editors? I don't think so but this article might make you think otherwise Not all clients that are savvy with how t'internet works and letting them loose with a CMS is a ...

VAGweb - for enthusiasts of everything VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat

Thursday, May 24th, 2007 Posted in automotive | No Comments »

It seems everyone and their Nan has a forum these days so it's rare for one to become as popular as VAGweb in such a short space of time. What more could enthusiasts of the VAG (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, et ...

Brisk RS 01 WRC: Prodrive Developed Skoda Fabia Coupe With A 500Hp 2.0TFSI

Thursday, May 24th, 2007 Posted in automotive | No Comments »

Based on a first generation Fabia, the RS 01 WRC gets a coupe-style body that actually doesn’t look half-bad and a tuned 2.0TFSI engine, producing 500Hp @ 7.800 rpm and 600Nm @ 3.700 rpm. All we need is this engine to ...