The Landlord

Just be glad you havent got a crazy landlord like this coming to collect the rent… 

Hmm.. YouTube and everybody seems to be pulling this video… Well heres the direct link!

The Landlord

The kids of today?

Just a simple one today… something to think about…

Yippeeee! My new N95 is here!

After the delay from the supposed launch date of March ‘07 to actually come out in April, and waiting soo patiently for it, I am allowed to be a little over excited?

So anyway, my N95 got delivered this morning and woooow!

There are many reviews of the phone and also great ‘unboxing’ videos and pics out there, so I am not going to do the same… To be honest, there wasnt much of a wow-factor with the box and packaging. I’ve seen better. (Apple iPod packaging takes over in that regards.) – The insides of the box however, have plenty to be wow-ed with! From Tv-Out cable to headphones that contain a media controller, there is much to be thankful for.

With the phone itself, I really do think that Nokia have really excelled themselves. There is this industry accepted idea that manufacturers dont really create the ‘perfect’ fone as then how would they replace it with the subsequent N96, N97 and N98’s and so on… But I think they really have tried to do so this time with the N95!

After my brief time questioning the Nokia brand with my experience with the 6280, I think I may have been won round again to my belief in the quality of Nokia. Its the little, unmentioned features that impress me.

As soon as I switched the fone on, I was greeted by a Welcome-Slideshow-type Application that went on to set up the phone, prompting me for information such as the Time Zone, Country etc. So what did it do next?

It asks me if I have an older Nokia fone and if I would like to synchronise the details…
It read my mind! I was really thinking how I am going to move my tons of Calendar entries and contact details from this fone to the other. It could not have been done in a more painless way! Asked to switch on bluetooth, both the phones get paired up, and before you know it, everything has been copied over! Problem solved!

This is just one example however. It has always been great Nokia software that distinguishes it from the rest. Within seconds of everything loading up, the fone has detected my wireless network. Tap in the WEP Key and I am connected to the web. Simple.

Porsche Cayenne as an Ambulance?

So whats the first thing that springs to mind when you think of an Ambulance? Loud sirens and flashing blue lights? Big and cumbersome vehicle?

This is an example of an ambulance:   

and here is a Porsche Cayenne:      

Not usually something considered together in any thought you may have… but not so for the Health Ministry of Bulgaria!

The cash-strapped ministry is taking out a loan from the World Bank to buy a fleet of 32 Cayenne’s to serve as ambulances/patient transports.

Can’t help but wonder how some officials at the Ministry are probably just hoping to use all of this as an excuse to get thier hands on a high performance car for the weekends. For a while anyway… to ‘test drive’ it…

There are many alternatives that could have been chosen. Especially the Volkswagon Touareg as it is so similar. (I wasn’t surprised to discover the Cayenne and Touareg were developed together as I remember thinking how much it looked like a Cayenne when I first seen one.)

The Touareg would be a lot cheaper than the Cayyene for sure. The Ministry does however state that it was from Porsche that it received the lowest bid. Maybe Porsche will be making the real money on this from the maintanence after the sale.

I guess if you can have a Lamborghini Gallardo as a police car in Italy.. then why not a Cayenne for an Ambulance?

Well more on this story here. As well as more comments and suggestions of alternatives…