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Alex 1 – 0 Pigeons #nissanLEAFcar21
Is having an electric car to drive around in for a couple of weeks like having a gadget, or a new car? It’s a little bit of both to be honest. The LEAF is stocked to the nines with things that would be expensive optional extras on other cars, reversing cameras, auto tint mirrors, auto headlights and so on, and since it’s electric, it fits nicely into the gadget band too. I’ve had the Nissan LEAF for a couple of days now and aside from the instant throttle response being a little uncanny, it drives just like any other car. With the usual sort of trip I do, I don’t particularly even have to keep an eye on the charge gauge any more than I would have with a petrol car. Yesterday … Read entire article »
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The Big Turn On #NissanLEAFcar21
When Oasis sang, She’s electric they probably didn’t think they’d see me gliding around town in the eerie silence that an electric car provides! The Nissan LEAF is a fabulous bit of … Read more »
Why politicians shouldn’t use Google+
“Her win was a verdict on the Government’s failing economic plan.” Oh dear. That kind of soundbite comment … Read more »
Opinions are like arseholes, facts slightly less so
We all know the famous saying, “opinions are like arseholes*, everyone has one” and it’s completely fair play in our post modern relativistic world. A person’s opinion can be stupid, reprehensible or … Read more »
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The Big Turn On #NissanLEAFcar21
When Oasis sang, She’s electric they probably didn’t think they’d see me gliding around town in the eerie silence that an electric car provides! The Nissan LEAF is a fabulous bit of kit that runs entirely on electricity. The timing couldn’t really be better given the tanker drivers proposed strike and the 1970′s Oil Crisis style run on the pumps. It’s like the Government and Unite trade union members working for Wincanton, DHL, BP, Hoyer, J W Suckling, Norbert Dentressangle and Turners have conspired together to show me how flexible an electric car can actually be. So what is the Big Turn On about then? A bunch of us bloggers are going to be driving around in … Read entire article »
Hootsuite Android App updates with critical bug
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Why politicians shouldn’t use Google+
“Her win was a verdict on the Government’s failing economic plan.” Oh dear. That kind of soundbite comment is easy to make on the telly or in a press release but the wonders of social media and the right to reply immediately sort of make you look stupid when what you say is, well, stupid. Out of the 30 replies to the … Read entire article »
Opinions are like arseholes, facts slightly less so
We all know the famous saying, “opinions are like arseholes*, everyone has one” and it’s completely fair play in our post modern relativistic world. A person’s opinion can be stupid, reprehensible or thoughtless but the one thing it can never be is wrong. By default an opinion must be right, as it is how that individual feels on a subject. The opinion doesn’t have to be based in actual fact or knowledge, or even serious but as Jeremy Clarkson recently found out, if people don’t like your opinion, they’ll let you know (via the BBC). Facts though shouldn’t be subject to the same level of subjectivity as opinion. Yes, science is based on observation and a … Read entire article »