It comes on at strange unexpected moments. Today was sitting on the airplane reading a proper semi-business related grown up book (with only a few pictures) about the growth of the organization behind the London marathon of all random things. But when it happens I just can’t help myself. I’ve been told it’s normal, but the things that set it off are so small and…
Will quality always win over form?
I sat in some really interesting discussions about the future of broadcasting on the internet; specifically long form content. There seems to be two rather opposite and non-complementary views. On one side we have the enthusiasts, these people that want to produce and share media longer than 10 or 15 minutes. Potentially expensive to produce, but for now (as with monetization of the web in…
One big surprise, Williams in P1
I suggested a couple of days ago that Vettel has that certain indefinable thing that makes people think he’s a bit special, I got a couple of questions as to what I was on about. It’s more then just his speed; it’s looking like you belong in the paddock. Mika Hakkinen had it, in 1991 I recall piece in Autosport where one of the hacks…
The Stig…
OK, it’s rather pathetic how much bandwidth the discussions of who is the Stig takes up. And I’m here to use a little more and share a gem that went up on the BBC site yesterday. The link has a video from Top Gear about raising Stigs and what the show is going to do after white Stig outed himself over the summer.
How prosciutto ruined economy class for me
Fly regularly and you probably have a wonderful on again-off again relationship with your airlines of choice. I used to fly considerably more, most of it long haul, but maybe 80% of it was on charters so I never got sucked into the whole mileage thing too heavily. At the time I donated (along with most other people travelling with the F1 circus) my miles…
This weeks WTF moment…
Had time to kill in an airport earlier this week and saw this: I get a nail file taken away from me, I can’t bring on a full size tube of toothpaste and I can’t be trusted with a real knife when eating in business class. But it’s OK to buy this next one in the airport store, even though one has a full size…
City makes it three in a row
When Rooney said he was unhappy at United there were only three other clubs mentioned as possible homes. These were the only clubs considered to have the resources to give Rooney what he was looking for. The usually suspects linked to the transfer of big players are Real Madrid and Barcelona. The third club that was listed as having the money to give Wayne what…
It’s been a long season, two more to go
This weekend is the penultimate round of the championship as the F1 circus spends the weekend in Brazil. In theory it could all be over this weekend is everything goes Alonso’s way and the other contenders have issues, but that seems unlikely. Alonso clinches under the following scenarios: If Alonso wins and Webber finished fifth or lower If Alonso is second, with Webber no higher…
Election day – the ads
This is a link to a Richard Adams blog in todays Guardian newspaper. In it he runs down the 10 worst adverts during the current election cycle. It is something of a target rich environment, so enjoy. BTW, my personal favorite, the demonic sheep, I’ve never seen a political add quite that strange. Would have loved to be in the room when someone came up…
Movember 1st
A cause that’s near to me is the colon and testicular cancer, someone close to me is struggling with colon cancer. This is maybe the easiest sponsored event I’ve ever done, all I have to do is grow a moustache. I’m naturally rather fluffy and really have to shave every day, growing facial hair (and ear hair, and back hair, and so on) is cake…