Bruce Schneier highlights a “synchronization attack” on drive-through restaurants. Is this France’s way of retaliating against America for fast food?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1jgYPsvsrA
There’ll be a few extra Glanzas in Dinos in Blackpool tonight.
For some bizarre reason it’s impossible to export multiple files from Google Docs without using a Greasemonkey script, despite the fact that (apparently) the functionality used to be available in Google Docs’ predecessor, Writely.
I want to request this feature, but the growing control-freakery in the company put paid to the direct feedback forms that used to accompany all of their services. So I’ve added my voice to this thread on the subject, and I’d appreciate it if you’d add your voice too if you’re a user.
Is Google ever going to get user-friendly again I wonder? Or was that solely to gain market share? Don’t forget Google, if you’re only competing on functionality, you’d better make damn sure you stay ahead of the field. If you don’t you’ll get fucked, not to put too fine a point on it.
(Another one stuck in the flush mechanism.)
The narration is textbook nerd, but get over it and watch the whole thing. These guys and their technology are going places. Gone places actually, one of them’s already been snapped up by Adobe.
(This one just got stuck in the wordpress u-bend.)
I’m not sure whether I actually like this concept or not, but do read the article, the use of materials and general friendliness to the environment is quite impressive.
It’s a concept, it’s not real; it’s a concept, it’s not real. But it might be…
Nyom.
Autoblog wants to know “What’s up at Honda Performance Development for 2007“.
I want to know WTF is going on with the seventies carpeting?
The big news at Lambo this week is that they’ll unveil a $1m+ limited edition at Frankfurt, but who gives a shit about that, look at this:
I’ve been a huge Lamborghini fan since the Countach in Cannonball Run, but it always takes me a while to start liking the next major model. It took a few years for the Diablo to grow on me, and when the Murciélago appeared on the scene I had a gander and continued lusting after it’s predecessor. I just changed my allegiance.
I still think the Gallardo is a monstrosity though. When I see someone driving one – on TV of course, we don’t get them in Cork – all I can think is: “Couldn’t afford a Murciélago.”
World Car Fans has spy shots of the new BMW X6, and Autoblog has a teaser video with Chris Bangle. I like the lines of this car simply because it reminds me of old school Paris-Dakar cars, but that’s all I like. Crossovers are just a ridiculous idea, and while I can understand BMW’s reason for rolling one out – people actually buy the Cayenne for some reason, god only knows why – I wish they’d stop throwing crap at the market and concentrate on retaining their well-deserved reputation for building good, reliable cars.
I won’t attach an image or video to this one, on general principles. :)
It took long enough, but it looks like Jaguar is finally back in the game with their replacement for the awful S-Type. The lines of the new car are lovely – aggressive but elegant – and the swish interior follows the same recipe, without overdoing it like Lexus.
There are cues from other cars here but Jaguar seem to have moved on from the dreadful bit-for-bit antics of the late nineties, when they rolled out an XK that was difficult to tell apart from the DB7, the aforementioned awful Rover 75 clone, and their dire Mondeo-in-all-but-name, the X-Type.
The rear light-cluster is definitely reminiscent of the DB9, but only enough to pay homage to the master of British coupé building. Jaguar have proved with the wonderul XJ that saloons are what they’re good at, so perhaps they should concentrate on becoming the master of British saloons again, and leave coupés to Aston? Or is the next E-Type in the works?
Via Jalopnik.
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