More in Rod’s Blog
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Yuletide stitch ups – or what to watch for when buying hi fi.
It’s the season to be jolly. And there are certain salespeople out there who get their jollies by stitching their customers up. I thought I’d heard them all and then […]
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At last… the truth about second-hand violins.
Maybe you don’t know much about violins, but I’m willing to bet a dollar you know enough about them to answer the following two questions. Question one: What’s the most […]
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Stop it! Or you’ll go blind!
Young people get it so easy. These days you have to be really, really unlucky to go blind whereas when we were kids there were dozens and dozens of things […]
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Are camera phones killing photography?
I’ve never had much time for camera phones. It takes almost ten seconds to get mine up and operating by which time the moment’s usually gone. The image quality deteriorates […]
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Call that a television? This is a television.
It’s pretty scary when you look down a pricelist for televisions and find one for 662,000 euros, or somewhere vaguely north of a million bucks. What’s even scarier is finding […]
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If you love the English language you’ll love this story.
“Hundreds of vehicle’s to choose from.” If you can’t spot the two grammatical errors in that sentence don’t open a car yard anytime soon. According to the specialist American auto […]
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Stink bug lays the New Zealand car industry low
It’s a little bug that’s native to Asia, including Japan and it’s particularly unattractive. It has a penchant for travel to more exotic climes, but its major claim to fame […]
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Best April Fool’s Day gotcha ever.
Have you ever wondered about the origins of April Fools’ Day? If so you’re just like the reporter from the Associated Press who tracked down Joseph Boskin, a professor at […]
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The truth about hotel towels
I used to travel a lot. For 20 years I was a platinum frequent flyer, hotel staff knew me by name, I knew every shortcut in every airport in every […]