More in Rod’s Blog
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You can’t take your music with you. But you can try.
If you’re hit by a bus tomorrow what’s going to happen to your music collection? And your books, your photographs, the art of your walls and indeed, your stereo system? […]
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The dirty little secret about the Aston Martin in the James Bond movies.
Now here’s something interesting you didn’t think of (well I didn’t think of it anyway) about James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger, the precursor to a heap of highly […]
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UPDATE: How the king of cool makes metal precious.
It is, arguably, the best car chase sequence ever filmed, not least because the Mustang involved was driven by the king of cool himself, Steve McQueen. And now the Highland […]
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Would you buy these headphones?
I have come to accept that there are things my brain will never grasp. E=mc2 for example. American football comes to mind. Anything said by an engineer. But the big […]
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Road rage is highest in Peace Avenue.
The main street running through Ulaanbaatar, in Mongolia, is called Peace Avenue. Don’t be fooled. This city of one-and-a-half million has the highest incidence of road rage of any major […]
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Speeding Estonians and just deserts.
They’ve found a new way to punish speeding motorists in Estonia. You’re going to love this idea. Let’s say you’re late for an appointment and you’re driving fast, and you get […]
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Retro audio? Bring on the Optrex.
Is a CD slot retro yet? Tivoli, a brand always big on retro, has unveiled its new stand-alone Music System Home and you can’t miss the CD slot. So last […]
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When water-resistant speakers aren’t.
I have a mate who I’ll call Marty. He doesn’t want me to reveal his real name not because he craves anonymity, but because his real name is, get this, […]
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Meridian: A most unusual factory.
Whether they’re making cars, computers or coloured candy, the great bulk of factories have a few things in common; they’re noisy, they’re busy and they’re big. Which is what makes […]