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Happy 40th Birthday, CF-6!

Posted on November 25, 2011November 25, 2011 by rich

You may not know it, but if you’ve traveled on an aircraft there’s a good chance that you were propelled, safely and competently, by a General Electric CF-6 turbofan engine. It first flew in 1970 and is still going strong today. Originally built for the US military’s collosal Lockheed C5 Galaxy cargo aircraft (which used […]

Just What is SOCL?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by rich

Information is leaking out about a new social network called “SOCL”. What makes it different from the other bazillion social networks that are starting up, perhaps trying to cut into Facebook’s commercial success, is that is appears to be Microsoft’s own internal, corporate, social network. And it may be soon unleashed on the general public. […]

New Xbox Dashboard, Dec 6th

Posted on November 23, 2011November 23, 2011 by rich

Microsoft will begin rolling out a new dashboard for its Xbox 360 games console from 6th December. Apparently based on the forthcoming Windows 8 “Metro” user interface (UI) theme, the dashboard allows horizontal scrolling between “groups” of “tiles”, to use Microsoft parlance. Taking the metaphor one step further, the Xbox 360 dashboard will also support […]

Astraeus Goes Into Administration

Posted on November 21, 2011November 21, 2011 by rich

At noon today, Monday 21st November, 2011, British charter airline, Astraeus, famous for having ex-Iron Maiden front-man, Bruce Dickinson, as Marketing Director and a Captain on their 757 fleet, grounded their fleet and called in the receivers. I shot the picture to the right at 6:30am on Sunday 28th August 2011, I was stepping off […]

A Guide to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Perks

Posted on November 19, 2011November 19, 2011 by rich

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a phenomenal commercial success. It has broken all the sales records that were so confidently smashed by its predecessor, Black Ops. An important part of the game is “perks”. Perks improve your performance by making your less susceptible to attack or improving your ability to attack others. This […]

Sky TV Needs to Treat Loyal Customers Better

Posted on November 16, 2011November 16, 2011 by rich

Do you know what date Sky Digital started in the UK? I do. 1st October 1998. How do I know this off the top of my head? Well, it all started in the summer of that year… Our analogue Sky box had started to play up in late July, early August. I remember this vividly […]