Posts by shearne

Clive Sinclair unveils 'X-1' battery pedalo bubble-bike

But how do you balance?

If you are sitting upright with your feet at the tip of the bubble, can you use your feet to keep it upright? Or at every stop do you have to jump out to hold it up...

FLYING CAR, full hover, fairly quiet, offered to US Marines

Yeah right

I'm sure a more US military-esque approach such as giant rocket boosters would not only be more exciting, but be more feasible, cheaper and easier to maintain. Can you imagine 'driving' a vehicle of this size over rough terrain with sand and other large objects of FOD?!

DARPA are a bunch of immensely talented guys and I'm sure this would never "fly" with them!

Ubuntu v iTunes: the music playoff for Applephobes

What about clementine

As Amarok is becoming less popular, it is definitely worth considering clementine player. It's a true Ronsil product and it will be in the ubuntu repositories for the next release. Also truly cross-platform!

http://code.google.com/p/clementine-player/