One of the emails that has done the rounds recently has encouraged people to use the random generator on Wikipedia to generate an album cover.
To play, take a random article title from Wikipedia, the last four words from the last quote on Wikipedia's Random Quotations page and add the third picture from Flickr's Interesting photo page.
The article title is your band's name, the end of the random quote is the album title, and the random picture is your album cover.
Here is my contribution!
Same Mistakes, Only Sooner - Gualberto Villarroel
Timmy "Lovin' Gualberto!" Magic
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
magnetic tow technology
14 days ago (!) BMW announced details of their magnetic tow technology, detailed here.
BMW’s award-winning EfficientDynamics programme has been taken to the next level with the announcement of an innovative fuel and emissions saving system called Magnetic Tow Technology (MTT). In a bid to retain its World Green Car of the Year crown, BMW will launch MTT across its range today.
The unique system, developed in conjunction with NASA, works via a discreet unit located in the front valance that projects an enhanced magnetic beam 20 metres in front of the BMW. Once a suitable target car is located and the BMW is magnetically locked on behind it, the driver is then able to take his foot off the accelerator, turn off the engine and let the car in front do all the work. The towing car will not notice any change in manoeuvrability.
The BMW driver can unhook from the towing car at any time by depressing the clutch pedal to start the vehicle. This is the same method used to operate the existing Start Stop system. Drivers of automatic transmission BMWs need only move the lever into the ‘D’ position to continue on their way. Early research indicates that MTT could save as much as 30 per cent in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Gurus from BMW’s in-house driving etiquette guide suggest flashing the car in front and giving a friendly hand gesture to thank them for the free ride.
BMW’s Head of Innovation, Dr Noitt All, a specialist in Kinetic Ride And Propulsion, said: “BMW has always been a leader in the application of the very latest automotive technology. Up until now the EfficientDynamics programme has looked at ways of improving the performance of our own products, but we thought why burn your own fuel when you can burn someone else’s?”
The 56-year-old boffin promised more to come from his innovation workshop but in the meantime recommended people email his colleague uve.vollenvorit@bmw.co.uk to be kept abreast of further developments.
BMW have, over the past few years, brought out some belting April Fool's jokes, which can be found here.
Timmy "Temporarily Teased" Magic
BMW’s award-winning EfficientDynamics programme has been taken to the next level with the announcement of an innovative fuel and emissions saving system called Magnetic Tow Technology (MTT). In a bid to retain its World Green Car of the Year crown, BMW will launch MTT across its range today.
The unique system, developed in conjunction with NASA, works via a discreet unit located in the front valance that projects an enhanced magnetic beam 20 metres in front of the BMW. Once a suitable target car is located and the BMW is magnetically locked on behind it, the driver is then able to take his foot off the accelerator, turn off the engine and let the car in front do all the work. The towing car will not notice any change in manoeuvrability.
The BMW driver can unhook from the towing car at any time by depressing the clutch pedal to start the vehicle. This is the same method used to operate the existing Start Stop system. Drivers of automatic transmission BMWs need only move the lever into the ‘D’ position to continue on their way. Early research indicates that MTT could save as much as 30 per cent in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Gurus from BMW’s in-house driving etiquette guide suggest flashing the car in front and giving a friendly hand gesture to thank them for the free ride.
BMW’s Head of Innovation, Dr Noitt All, a specialist in Kinetic Ride And Propulsion, said: “BMW has always been a leader in the application of the very latest automotive technology. Up until now the EfficientDynamics programme has looked at ways of improving the performance of our own products, but we thought why burn your own fuel when you can burn someone else’s?”
The 56-year-old boffin promised more to come from his innovation workshop but in the meantime recommended people email his colleague uve.vollenvorit@bmw.co.uk to be kept abreast of further developments.
BMW have, over the past few years, brought out some belting April Fool's jokes, which can be found here.
Timmy "Temporarily Teased" Magic
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
i'm back - really!
So 5 weeks after moving into my new house, I finally have interweb access. It clicked on at some point today and I now have onlineness for my computers and consoles.
Not a huge amount has happened in the time I have been offline, apart from the whole moving house thing.
The house is still fairly tidy, has been vacuumed and dusted a few times and has room to swing a cat.
Timmy "Dulwich Dude" Magic
Not a huge amount has happened in the time I have been offline, apart from the whole moving house thing.
The house is still fairly tidy, has been vacuumed and dusted a few times and has room to swing a cat.
Timmy "Dulwich Dude" Magic
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