Renault’s better solutions to using petrol
We have to admit to being a little sceptical of some hybrids. For example, 2007’s Honda Accord Hybrid managed to get a mileage of 1 mpg better than the four-cylinder petrol model and 2 mpg than the V6, according to Consumer Reports. So when Tesla announced its roadster in 2006, we thought it’d be a […]
Leadership comes from the grass roots, not institutions
[Cross-posted] Sometimes I surprise myself on what comes up in blog comments. In a thread about the Iraq war and the short memories of nations over on Vox, I wrote the following. And as I wrote, I believed this to be a possible truth. To go forth in the future we need to discover our […]
A faster download for the free Lucire supplement
For those who felt that 13 Mbyte for the free 52 pp. Lucire PDF supplement was too much, we have now created a 72 dpi version at 6 Mbyte. The original theory was that if there are people downloading music and movies, then 13 Mbyte might not be too much—but we recognize not everyone has […]
This Mini Cooper S Clubman was my set of wheels when in Auckland. A great little car, and thanks to Piers, Kelly and Grant for their help at BMW. And thanks in addition to Kelly for sending back my Italian Job CD, which I left in the CD player. A full review in an upcoming […]
A free issue of Lucire—online now
Each time we put out a Lucire in print, regardless of country, I wonder: do the folks in the countries (such as the UK) where the magazine is not available know what some of the layouts look like? This time around, Laura and I decided we would do a 52 pp. downloadable PDF, containing […]
Ashes to Ashes DVD available for pre-order
Fans of Ashes to Ashes can order the DVD of the first series from Amazon UK at £25·98, a £14·01 saving (click on image to get to the site). It becomes available on May 5. After last night’s finalé ended the first year on a high, with one of Keeley Hawes’s best performances, the second series, […]
This was a nice email to get today: Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it an 8.0 score out of (10) in the Entertainment category of Blogged.com. This is quite an achievement! http://www.blogged.com/directory/entertainment We evaluated your blog based on the following criteria: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing […]
We’ve cooperated on a few pages with Adam & Eve. Raquel Olivo, who has a shoot that appears in Lucire no. 26, provided us with a stunning one shot in Malibu, Calif. For whatever reason we didn’t run this one—probably because it didn’t ?t with our themes—but with Raquel’s permission we found a way to […]
If there is a trend toward illustration in fashion publishing, I shall be interested to see how it develops. […]
New Corvette and Caddy are hardly gas misers
General Motors’ latest video is pretty unconvincing. While it has alternative-fuel cars at the Detroit Auto Show on this week, the ones that are ready for sale are, for want of a better term, gas guzzlers. And they need to be promoted. The Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 and Cadillac CTS-V look the business, and GM says that it’s […]
