Category Archives: Unusual Gifts

Left-hand drive Bristol Fighter launched

I dropped into my local branch of luxury British sports car maker Bristol Cars for a chat with the manager today and found out they’ve just launched a left-hand drive version of their Fighter model.

The manager told me the cars are doing well at

The Bristol Fighter T launch

Walked past the Bristol showrooms - some nice cars inside. So checked the latest news, the launch of the Fighter T in Spetember:
“In 2006, Bristol announced the Fighter T, a turbocharged version of the Fighter with a modified V10 engine producing 1012 bhp and 1036 lb.ft of torque at 4500 rpm. The Fighter T will also benefit from [...]

What every start-up needs - a R2D2 cookie jar

Yep did the bank holiday thing and went to Camden; my favourite outlet was ‘I’m Puzzled’ in the Stables market which sells loads of neat toys and games. Particularly liked the Star Wars R2D2 jar at around

Oh, what big eyes you have!

Nice reader’s offer in Linux User & Developer magazine for an alternative to PSP - the GP2X at

My life of travel website

Check out the cool looking My Life of Travel website:

Keep a travel journal (travel blog) of past, present and future trips
Watch your travel maps expand as you visit more cities
Create photo albums and upload as many photos as you like
Leave travel journal entries public or share only with friends
Find interesting travel [...]

What’s your most unusual job?

The oddest moment was complaining to the then Broadcasting Standards Commission about astronomer Patrick Moore calling us cowboys, and then a freak tornado destroying his observatory not long after (sorry Patrick..)

Shirley’s Bags on eBay!

The very first of Shirley’s own leather handbags from designer’s Courart went up on eBay on the weekend..

Free Kaka wallpaper for your computer

Came across the Guarana Antartica (Brazil’s own Coca Cola) corporate marketing blog for Kaka today..

Testing the temperature

Stuck for a Xmas gift idea? Here’s one gift which should appeal to the nerd in all of us, designed by Galileo, and now available at Argos..