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Try F1 Shakedown

> Shakedown; A brief test when a team is trying a different car part for the first time before going back out to drive at 100 percent to set a fast time. Formula One is a hi-tech world with plentiful terms [https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/inside-f1/glossary.html]

French President Tries To Deflect From His Incompetence With Barchart

Who is the most incompetent leader in Europe? That’s a toughie, for sure. So much competition. Add in to the mix, ‘who is the one most in denial’ and you’ll be busy down a wormhole with little chance of escape. France President Macron has got to be up

Run Aground

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/24/eus-embarrassing-day-story-behind-vaccine-factory-raid-unravelled/] Yep. Once ardent Remainers and now most European voters themselves are both accepting of the true horror of an unelected bunch of rulers following a flawed ideology rather than seek genuine citizen upliftment. It’s quite the spectacle. A jab

NFT Goldrush Bubble Craze

Do you understand how a “cryptoart” jpeg can be worth [https://qz.com/1982872/an-nft-backed-jpeg-sold-for-69-3-million-at-a-christies-auction/] seventy million dollars? Me neither. No matter how many NFTs Explained pieces I read [https://news.artnet.com/market/the-buyer-of-the-69-million-beeple-nft-metapurse-1951561] , watch or hear. Move over, Bitcoin. There’s a new dog in town. If my

Media Zoomscape Lessons From The Year Past

> For many months now, we have felt on the skids, We can't meet our friends and we can't hug the kids, But friends, be emboldened! All may not be lost, For the crocus of hope, she has poked through the frost. — Pam Ayres (@PamAyres) February

Zoom Fatigue Remedies A Year In

February 2021 saw the publication of this fascinating Stanford research [https://news.stanford.edu/2021/02/23/four-causes-zoom-fatigue-solutions/] study. In part aimed at cementing a ‘Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue (ZEF) Scale’. Here’s one such definition for such general screen-time or webcam fatigue from elsewhere on the web [https://www.

Twelve Months Of TalkRadio Lockdown Zoomers

A UK speech radio station that was often a saviour over the pandemic. The ‘voice of common sense’ as many a strap ran. In sharp contradiction to tosh the big MSM players serve up. Mornings without Julia Hartley-Brewer in the week, and at weekend, Penny Smith (now sadly for me

Your Covid Press Conference Prop

This man has become a bit of a cult figure during the coronavirus pandemic. Earning the nickname JVT from his initials; Jonathan Van-Tam. He is a professor and also currently England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer. This snapshot above came from the daily UK government press conference of 17 March.

Office Of The Future Personal Pod

[http://rubigal.com] Perhaps a little dystopian. This is one of a number of entries for an Israeli [https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-work-from-home-here-to-stay-what-will-become-of-the-office/] competition for post-covid offices of tomorrow design ideas. 42 submissions have since been put up [https://pointoffuture.checkpoint.com/en] online. > ‘Rubi&Gal Design Studio

Bun Bun Bun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRzQik2wPSc Here’s a current American burger chain ad. I note it first for its attack on their biggest competitor. I never like this approach. Whether in advertising or selling, to knock the competition so openly and blatantly seldom succeeds in my view. I’