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Audi A5 (Motoring)

Style and Design

Audi have become a very popular brand lately and not without good reason. Their car build quality is without rival, the range of cars available is recognised throughout the industry as having the best interior of any vehicles on the road (with possible exception left to the Bugatti Veyron... but that's a special case as we all know...). And the bold design change in 2003 giving the range that gaping-mouth grille has been very well received.

But I'm an Audi fanatic, I drink, sleep and eat Audi. I annoy my family and friends with obscure knowledge of the Audi R10 Le Mans racer's turbo diesel engine. I leer wantonly as I pass the Audi dealership on the way into town. So naturally, I'm going to say their design direction is spot on, their cars are beyond compare, and their styling is impeccable... aren't I?

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Easyjet plc (Companies)

Sleazyjet or You Get What You Pay For Jet?

Tonight, I watched Airline on UKTV Discovery ITV +1 hour Sky Digital MTV Unnecessary Punctionation! Geographic. On Freeview (Sky TV being so expensive these days only people on the dole can afford it!). And I watched 30 minutes of emotive, edge-of-the-seat television. It was wonderful.

For starters, there was a woman, short, bleached hair, and her daughter (who was probably as unsure of her mother's sexuality as we were). She had arrived late for her plane, granted it was 5 minutes late, but she was late. Simple as that.

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Microsoft Technology Preview (Technology)

June 2007

Today, three architects from 'the big M' turned up at work today and gave a stunning, enthralling five hour presentation (10am - 3pm) on their next generation of developer software and a peek into the world of some of their new technologies.

Warning: The following is extremely geeky. If you suddenly find the urge to hug your knees and rock back and forth, we highly recommend you try reading a blog about F1 instead... - Rich.

Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas)

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F1 2007 Canadian Grand Prix (Sports)

Best. Race. Ever.

In a shocking turnaround from the race two weeks ago in Côt D'Azure, Monte Carlo, which was the most boring race ever to have been raced (and I once saw a snail race) the Canadian Grand Prix was easily the most eventful race in the past three years of Formula One. And what a grand finale.

Qualifying

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F1 2007 Monaco Grand Prix (Sports)

"The most boring Monaco Grand Prix in history" - The Sun

The build-up was electric. Monaco is undoubtedly the jewel in the crown of the Formula One season and it was finally here.

Expectation was high for the new English rookie, Lewis Hamilton. He was leading the World Championship after four races leaving Finnish "Ice Man" Raikonnen, greasy Brazilian Massa and current title-holding Champion (his team-mate) Fernando Alonso in his 22-year-old dust. But Lewis was yet to win a race, hell he'd only had four of them so far, it was only his consistency that pulled him through to lead.

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The A1 Northbound (Motoring)

Between Washington and Gosforth

Well this morning I tested the A1 between Washington and Gosforth, and thought I'd utilise Rich's new Roadtest section to tell you all about it. Well it was very busy passing the Angel of the North, as it is every morning (three lanes would help ease this problem should you read this Mr Council person) but other than that it was lovely.

Next time - Sandy Lane

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(Carlton Egremont III) Mr Bunny's Guide to ActiveX (Technology)

A guide to ActiveX for both experienced software developers and preschoolers alike.

One day last week, a chap on my team at work broke his computer with the effectiveness that only a veteran software engineer can do. Jokingly, I sent him a link to a "Computers for Beginners"-style book on Amazon. In return, he mailled me a link that forever changed the way I think about computers. And bunnies.

For some reason, my PC was going slow and the Amazon page he had linked me to refused to do anything but be a nice shade of white. The guy then asked my to search Google for a different retailer of the book. "Just search for Mr Bunny", he said.

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