Category Archives: News

2011 vs 2010 Ferrari F1 car graphic

Posted on 29/01/2011 by Nicholas Froome

Italian website marca.com has a great graphic of the 2011 Ferrari F1 car comparing it with the 2010 car. It’s a really simple idea that works very well – move a slider to see how the car looks this year … Continue reading →

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Start ya Bastard

Posted on 25/01/2011 by Nicholas Froome

My Product of the Week – and possibly Best Product Name of All Time, Ever – is the romantically-named “Start Ya Bastard” It comes from (you’ll never guess…) Australia and clearly scores much higher in the naming stakes than boring … Continue reading →

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Jet-powered beer cooler

Posted on 21/01/2011 by Nicholas Froome

I like Simon Jansen. He writes things like: “In New Zealand there are two things that are the essence of being a ‘good Kiwi bloke’. These are of course playing rugby and having a shed. What follows is my story … Continue reading →

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Dymaxion reborn

Posted on 05/11/2010 by Nicholas Froome

Back in 2002 I came across R Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion car and wrote about it for Bolide. Fast forward eight years and Lord Foster has just test-driven his “new” Dymaxion, hand-built in Sussex by noted car constructors & restorers Crosthwaite … Continue reading →

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