Raves

Great Service From Amazon.com

A recent experience with Amazon’s service people has left me smiling. Generally I have rather low expectations for service from online sellers but this was one occasion when the service was genuinely excellent.
I had ordered some books and had them sent to my address in Indonesia using the cheapest method, which has worked okay many [...]

Nokia E71

My all-time favourite mobile phone was my old Sony Ericsson P910i but SE’s later phones just don’t match up in features or ease of use. I replaced the P910i with a Nokia E61i after the scroll wheel got wrecked by an idiot in airport security in Jakarta knocked the phone off the scanner in [...]

Partial News Reporting or PC Bias?

I was on a crew in Ethiopia’s southern Ogaden region in April. I left the crew just three days before an attack by ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) rebels, a muslim based group from the pictures shown. The attack killed sixty-five local employees (the people that the rebels claim to be fighting to liberate) and nine of [...]

Tesla Roadster

While I have worked in the seismic industry for more than 30 years and believe that everybody who makes a living in the oil industry should drive a big block V8 powered gas guzzler I have to admit that I do like the look of this electric roadster.
Looking at the car you would never [...]

We want your photos

The picture at the left was uploaded to the gallery by one of our readers on the very first day he registered. I find it hard to believe that with so many new registered users nobody out there has any pictures they would like to share with the rest of us. We add a [...]