Category: Technology

Going Electric

Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. He played Maggie’s Farm on a Fender Stratocaster. To digress, he left it on a ‘plane after the festival and it wasn’t found until 2012.

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No FT …

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the FTWeekend to fit through my letterbox.

Go Electric

Tesla cars are gratifyingly expensive if, like me, you are a shareholder in Scottish Mortgage and other tech funds. There are at least two Teslas in Margravine Gardens.

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Slightly Bonkers

I try to avoid truisms but we are living through uncertain times not seen since 1940 when, instead of leaving the EU, it looked likely to come to us.

Go to Work on an Egg

This is the best thing since sliced bread; just the job for brightening breakfast in these dark days of uncertainty. It combines elegance and functionality, looking perfectly at home beside the Dualit toaster. What is it? Take a look.       By dropping a steel ball onto the hemisphere covering the egg, the shell… Continue reading Go to Work on an Egg

Aurora Innovation

This is the not too distant future. This is a level 4 driverless car. Level 5 will be completely automated with no steering wheel.

What 3 Words

I read about What 3 Words a few years ago and thought it was pointless – I was wrong.

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