It would appear that the so called blogosphere was all about Twitter last week. This week its more about it being all about Twitter.
To me it seems painfully similar to the list of all too personal comments on myspace profiles, but oddly enough I haven't heard anybody make this connection. I'm still a good few months off actively joining this one, similar to the way i'm still a good few months off doing some consistent blogging.
What I do like in the twittersphere (yes, twittersphere.com long gone), and again i'm only jumping on here - Twittervision (disclosure, I do not have a payperpost account). It is however missing some key features:
1. Please, let me pause it if I want to pause it.
2. Sometimes I like seeing it zoom around the world, but sometimes i'd like to just see people Twittering around the UK. Somehow I doubt this would be a difficult feature to add.
3. Can't I switch the Google map to satellite imagery? Actually that may not be something the mapping API allows.
As you can see, very little research went into this post, but I wanted to post something damnit!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
They're Playing the Elephant Song!
I love that song.. Reminds me of elephants.
March now. Not that cold anymore. Wet though..
So what did I do, you ask. For some reason that I still haven't fully come to terms with yet, I bought myself a Ford Fusion TDCi.
The train of thought went something like this:
Ford Focus - Nothing in the spec I need at a price I can afford. Think smaller.
Ford Fiesta - A bit too small?
Ford Fusion - Ding.
I'm still getting used to a 1.4 after two years with 2 litres behind me - it's not so much the feeling that it won't get up to speed as quickly, more than the engine might last longer if I accept that it isn't really designed for traffic light races and treat it well.
Overall impression is good. I find it noisy given that a 1.4 TDCi is the same thing as a 1.4 HDi and my 2.0 HDi seemed quieter, but was it really, or was I just in a larger car with better sound-proofing. Indeed, are the larger PSA engines a little more refined, noise-wise?
I do miss the big car ride of the 306, but the space inside the Fusion is such that comfort isn't an issue. I may have finally found a car that my unusually long legs agree with.
Other things - Passenger seat is a table and a storage unit.. and a seat! I finally have a radio with a working stalk control and its completely pointless - the driving position is so very upright in this thing (which is great!) that it is no more difficult to use the buttons on the unit itself.
One last thing - if anybody tries to tell you that cheap 5 quid unbranded in-car FM transmitters are no good, ignore them and try one - not for hi-fi quality music, but for say, podcasts. I may buy a second of these for the house they're so useful. If not exactly a feat of modern technology, they're a perfect stop gap if the alternatives are too expensive or prohibitive.
March now. Not that cold anymore. Wet though..
So what did I do, you ask. For some reason that I still haven't fully come to terms with yet, I bought myself a Ford Fusion TDCi.
The train of thought went something like this:
Ford Focus - Nothing in the spec I need at a price I can afford. Think smaller.
Ford Fiesta - A bit too small?
Ford Fusion - Ding.
I'm still getting used to a 1.4 after two years with 2 litres behind me - it's not so much the feeling that it won't get up to speed as quickly, more than the engine might last longer if I accept that it isn't really designed for traffic light races and treat it well.
Overall impression is good. I find it noisy given that a 1.4 TDCi is the same thing as a 1.4 HDi and my 2.0 HDi seemed quieter, but was it really, or was I just in a larger car with better sound-proofing. Indeed, are the larger PSA engines a little more refined, noise-wise?
I do miss the big car ride of the 306, but the space inside the Fusion is such that comfort isn't an issue. I may have finally found a car that my unusually long legs agree with.
Other things - Passenger seat is a table and a storage unit.. and a seat! I finally have a radio with a working stalk control and its completely pointless - the driving position is so very upright in this thing (which is great!) that it is no more difficult to use the buttons on the unit itself.
One last thing - if anybody tries to tell you that cheap 5 quid unbranded in-car FM transmitters are no good, ignore them and try one - not for hi-fi quality music, but for say, podcasts. I may buy a second of these for the house they're so useful. If not exactly a feat of modern technology, they're a perfect stop gap if the alternatives are too expensive or prohibitive.
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