Current Avatar is a watercolour of the viking ship replica Gokstad from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Previous avatar (commemorated in Nikola's Wedthred cartoon) was a close-up of a sinister viking looking individual (but actually taken from an Abraham Lincoln cartoon by Tenniel). Graham

[quote user="elephant"] [quote user="burantek"] [quote user="elephant"]and can anyone decode this one from a UK pub ?[/quote] EZPZ! You Can Walk! Can You Also Dance To The Catchy Beat? [/quote] No :) A clue perhaps ? No, I will post one in 24 hours [/quote] Managed to miss everthing last night. But, no matter. Elephant

[quote user="bayerische"] [quote user="vikinger"] The markets did not like this report. B&O shares have dropped from 85kr to 70.5kr since Monday. Graham [/quote] Better off putting money in Apples. [/quote] Got the Apples covered! Hope they don't ripen prematurely.

The markets did not like this report. B&O shares have dropped from 85kr to 70.5kr since Monday. Graham

[quote user="mafanni"] Hi, does anyone know a solution to that problem? Thanks [/quote] Mafanni, Take a look here . Graham

[quote user="tournedos"] Trading of Spyker's stock has just been interrupted at the Amsterdam stock exchange, for what it's worth... [/quote] BBC now reporting that the sale to Spyker has gone through! Maybe I will be able to buy a future Saab 'Anniversary' after all! Graham

Apple now has the scale to drive the market to follow the standards it creates. B&O doesn't (and didn't, as described by Soundproof re Betamax (although that was a Sony problem with two giants slugging it out with their competing systems.) Philips has the scale to drive the market, but also failed with its early video discs. THe original

[quote user="TWG"] Just found it and it looks realy cute AND it works! (see the video lower on the page) http://shop.earlyadopter.co.kr/front/productdetail.php?productcode=002002000000000547 [/quote] Neat looking retro autotune radio. Hope it's more reliable than the Sinclair 'Smallest Radio in the World' of the early 60's

3D is moving along two parallel route at the moment: the special glasses/ double image film, and the adaptation of lenticular still photography (remember NIMSLO?) to work on LCD/ computer screens. There are already plenty of 3D computer screens on the market at premium prices..... but you generally need to sit in a very specific position (and only one

Well, watched the GM webcast today when it was thought that Ed Whitacre would make an announcement about Saab, but he only announced his own appointment as CEO of GM! Looks as if the Spyker deal is more likely, but maybe everything hangs in the balance whilst those government loan guarantees remain unclear. Rumoured that a Spyker car has been moved