I’ve missed having a tablet, ever since mine was destroyed in the “Great 2024/2025 Roof Loss and Massive Flood” debarcle. So I’ve bought another one.
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AllStar Node 57080
The node is back up after a year offline! At a different location, as I’m “between homes” right now.
Node 57080 is my Allstarlink Lego Box Pi3B node, built, configured and sold to me by eBay user Willywoe. It allows me to connect to Hubnet and Echolink over t’internet from a small, low power 70cm band Amateur Radio walkie-talkie (Baofeng BF-88), if I’m within 50 metres of the house.
Seen here with ace technician Alasdair “Goggles” McTavish.
How To Order A Taxi by Phone
I originally wrote this about 20 years ago, before I even bothered with a website. But as the pubs will be open again soon, it need reiterating.
Ducks and Vodka
The Best Driving Songs – Ever
The Best Car Advert – Ever!
The year was 1991. Freddie Mercury hadn’t died yet, Brian May had just released a new album (Back to the Light), and this hit our TV screens:
And in the 33 years since, there has been no better TV advert. For anything.
Henry I (Henry Beauclerc) – an excerpt from my forthcoming book
Yet anyone preview of the book I’m writing. If I keep on at this rate, I’ll have published the whole thing online before I even finish it! Anyway…
Continue reading Henry I (Henry Beauclerc) – an excerpt from my forthcoming book
Random shite Concept Art for cars
Back in AI-land, I’ve been using Gemini Advanced to knock up some Concept art for car versions that were never made, and very few people would want anyway.
Probably just me.
Starting with a Mk2 Capri Sportvan.
Sting and the bad Jaguar advert
Back in April 2000, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (AKA “Sting”) endorsed the Jaguar S-Type in the “what do rock stars dream of advert”:
Freelander pickup truck, anyone?
AI generated examples of a Freelander Mk1 as a pickup.
