Archive for February, 2008

Racing Stripes

Scalextric F1 Alonso Car

I finally got my main birthday pressie from Mrsfb today (took a while to sort out what I wanted, and getting hold of it). A proper Scalextric set :) I have properly regressed (or as mrsfb put it, “That’s the start of your mid-life crisis, I presume”). I’m rather happy. Just as I remember it, but a little easier to set up and take apart, and gives you less of an impression it is about to blow up in smoke than the set I had when I was a kid did.

The picture above is of the car my brother in law bought me for said birthday, and is a copy of the car Alonso drove to failure last year. Beautifully modeled, in fact I’m taking care with it as I don’t want to mash it into a bookcase and spoil it. I probably should put the trackside barriers up next time, but then again, I like the frisson of danger of not having them up. Old Skool.

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Radiohead Mashup album goes legit.

Nice little story this, Mashup DJ releases his own version of Radiohead’s latest album, In Rainbows, and gets told to take it down. He talks to their people, and Radiohead in the end approve him releasing it. It’s now available as a free download.

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