Like everybody else with a broadband internet connection, I spend an embarrassing amount of time watching YouTube videos. Shame on me. The only redeeming factor of my worthless habit is that the videos I like to watch are usually about stuff I like; history, science, engineering, planes, cars, astronomy, space, computers, well you get the […]
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An unexpected shortage You may have heard some news about the worldwide shortage of chips. Not potato chips, or wood chips. We are talking about integrated circuit chips, a.k.a. silicon semiconductor chips, like the ones you could find inside your PC, at least when manufacturers still allowed you to open the case without voiding your […]
There are other good things about Sweden, apart from köttbullar (Swedish meatballs) If you think that Sweden is just a place to find boxy Volvos and weird Saabs, then the following fact will surprise you: One of the three fastest production cars in the world was designed and built in Sweden. In a world dominated […]
An Alpine is a car made by the Société des Automobiles Alpine SAS, a French racing and sports car manufacturer established in 1955 in the city of Dieppe, located in the Normandy region in the north of France. Dieppe is also known for the Dieppe Raid in WW II. On August 19th, 1942, the Allies […]
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“The machine of a dreamSuch a clean machineWith the pistons a pumpin’Аnd the hubcaps all gleam” Queen, I’m in love with my car, A night at the opera, 1975 A missing Stratos is found A few days ago, I found a story about the recovery of a Lancia Stratos HF rally car that had been […]
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“When things get so big, I don’t trust them at all. You want some control. You’ve got to keep it small” Peter Gabriel, D.I.Y, 1977, the “Scratch” album In 1968 the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI or International Sport Commission), a branch of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FIA or International Sports Car Federation), concluded […]