Flying Nerd upgraded
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Now running WordPress 2.05. Let me know if you come across any problems.
Archive for October, 2006
Mazda 3 MPS - how fast are you going right now?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006With fuel prices spiralling, a young man’s fancy turns away from V8s and four wheel drives to hot hatches.
Mazda’s new Mazda3 MPS looks liks a piping-hot hatch, with its 190kW turbo engine. Most reviewers comment that this is far and away the hottest of the current breed of hatches – and there’s plenty of competition. [...]
Hamster gives interview
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, who was injured when he crashed a jet-powered car while filming for the show, has given his first interview since the accident.
Based on the interview, Hammond seems to be lucid and in good humour. Details here.
Akismet spam blocker
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006I implemented the Akismet anti-spam technology on this site nearly a year ago.
In that time, Akismet has detected and blocked 311 spam comments. One (yes, one) spam comment got through.
I reckon that’s pretty good performance for a free tool.
Windows Vista prices - joke, right?
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006Windows Vista Home Premium will cost $A455.
This must be some kind of joke. $455 for an operating system for a home computer? I nearly choked on my Fibre Plus when I read that.
Unless there is a SUBSTANTIAL upgrade discount (56% off list will see a retail price of $A200), I reckon the Nerd fleet of [...]
Bad speed movie, good speed movie
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006Over the last few days, Mrs N and I saw two speed-themed movies. One was bad, and one was good.
