Month: February 2008

Southeast Venture Conference

Posting will be light (again, sorry!) today and tomorrow because I’ll be up at the SEVC conference in/near Washington DC. You can read all about the conference here. If you happen to be attending and would like to catch up,…

The Only Time I’ve Wished for an American Muscle Car…

Growing up in the UK, I have that reptilian hind brain (sorry, I couldn’t find a good link to explain that one) that inexplicably draws me towards teeny tiny cars that get great gas mileage, like this one.  I think…

Blackberry schmackberry…

For various reasons I won’t bore you with, I’ve been playing with a Blackberry lately.  I bought one used and unlocked on eBay and have been messing with it for about a week. I don’t get it and I really…

The UK’s Space Program…

One of the TV shows that always makes me laugh is "Top Gear".  It’s nominally a car show, but that’s a very loose framework within which they have a lot of fun. Case in point, an episode I saw a…

Hazardous Chemicals…

I was a nerdy kid ("Noooo" I hear you cry).  Had a hand-drawn periodic table on the wall, took apart anything I could get my hands on and had a number of toys that apparently you just can’t get any…