Like many people, I have a Yahoo account (for news updates and Flickr). Now it appears that 500 million Yahoo accounts, including probably mine, have been accessed, by a ‘foreign state actor’. And 200 million of them are now for sale on the dark web. I regarded Yahoo and other non-financial and non-critical sites as…
My recent adventures with the world’s only phone capable of taking RAW images. How does it stack up against a ‘real’ camera? Earlier this year, M*rk sent me this link from the New Yorker. The basic message was that the smart phone, or specifically the iPhone 5 had now replaced even top…
This site has changed host location. Nothing should change except performance. After a year of exasperation I am changing my web hosting service. Ever since I started my original site nearly 15 years ago, I have used US-based host systems. This was originally because the hosting business was much more mature…
In which after taking my Porsche 911 for a routine MOT (annual roadworthiness check) and service, I received a bill for £7600, or around $12,000 US. “I love my Aston”, I was wont to say, “but for sheer reliability and general go-down-to Tesco’s-in-it ease of driving give me the 911”. I was wont to say…
Another item of interest only to the tiny band of enthusiastic but long-suffering Virage owners I’m afraid. But good news for them. Over the last couple of years I have written about G*rr*’s amazing work in repairing the Virage Vacuum piping system – a source of many of the running problems in all…
You might want to be seated and fully relaxed for this one. Yet more information on the Virage has been posted to Virage corner! This time we’ve added a full-ish set of information on how to replace the vacuum pipes, a wiring diagram of the factory fitted alarm system, and essential information on the Fuel…
