BBC News – The mystery of the mega-selling floppy disk. Indeed….
BBC News – Sony to stop selling floppy disks. The end of an era – I remember when you could fit WordPerfect AND at least one dictionary (spell-checker) onto a single 1.44MB floppy! These days it’s difficult to fit a Word document into 1.44MB
Apr 222010
The Icelandic volcano Katla is even more dangerous than Eyjafjallajökull and is also on the point of eruption (see blog posting). This volcano is being very closely monitored by the Icelandic authorities but nobody can say when she will blow – and nobody can do anything about it! One thing is almost for certain, the [...]
Spotted this morning at just after 07:00, a Boeing 737 turning final into Beek (Maastricht Aachen Airport). This is the first aeroplane we have seen since last Thursday. Heard on the news this morning that many airports around Europe have reopened – although Germany, at least, still has some restrictions in place – and that [...]
BBC News – James Bond film suspended amid MGM uncertainty. I remember the Bond films when at the end it always said: James Bond will return in GOLDFINGER – or whatever the name of the next film was… Now no more, just James Bond will return…
