A Minutes Noise
New Order are to headline a tribute concert to John Peel, and there are to be a further 200 concerts around the country and the world on ‘John Peel Day’ on October 13th.
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Daily archives: September 19, 2005
Interceptor
Before Mel Gibson went all scary and Passion filled he made a few good films, particularly the Mad Max trilogy. You can now- if you’re in Australia and have AU$20,000+ to spare- own an Interceptor from the first Mad Max movie.
via BoingBoing
Technorati tag: Mad Max, Interceptor
Thunderbird
Over at Scale I’ve just posted a few links about the Bristol Bloodhound Surface-to-Air-Missile. In the process I found this page, about the Thunderbird. A rival/ contemporary of the Bloodhound, the Thunderbird was designed to move with troops to give them anti-air cover in the field where the Bloodhound was for point defence of fixed positions.
Bloodhound Gang
Today I finally received the Airfix Bristol Bloodhound model I won on EBay a month and a half ago (it did have to come surface mail from the States). I don’t know where this fits into the to-do pile of kits, but thought some reference photos were required.
The APMA has this page and some pictures of completed versions of the kit, and other Bristol aircraft, on this page.
A shot from the Transport Archive of a Bloodhound on the Woomera proving grounds. It might be worth trying to reproduce the circular base it’s mounted on- they’re shown on the box art as well.
Another picture of a preserved Bloodhound.
Two Bloodhounds and lots of other aircraft on this page.
Technorati tag: Scale Models, Airfix, Bristol Bloodhound
oybike
oybike,
originally uploaded by spinneyhead.
Bike hire for manchester city centre, facilitated by mobile phone.
I wonder how many of there will end up in the canal, as in amsterdam, and recent experience makes me hope they’re well secured.
But i don’t mean to sound negative. I hope this is a success. Proving that cycling in the city can be a commercial opportunity will do wonders for the cause.
Technorati tag: moblog
Sealed with a Glasgow Kiss
The UN says that Scotland is the most violent of the developed countries. They got themselves minders and said it from the other side of the Atlantic, just to be safe.