http://marsters.co.uk Ramblings about anything and everything Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:04:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've added some pictures from my recent holiday in Poole. There are some landscape pictures but the vast most are from a day trip to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. As a motor car fan, this was the highlight of the holiday for me - getting up close to ... http://marsters.co.uk/holiday-pictures/ Sometimes I am left wondering just what sport is coming to, with an ever increasing political nature - both in politicians trying to get into the 'feel good' factor created by sport (and as witnessed recently at the Olympics after TeamGB's record medal haul) and also with the increasingly political ... http://marsters.co.uk/formula-1-and-the-fia/ Well after a manic week after the decision was taken to prepare a new Saxo for racing this year, everything seemed to cold slowly and we got no further than stripping out the donor car. As yet no clear route for racing next year has been decided which is a ... http://marsters.co.uk/karting-and-the-saxo/ After two hard years helping a local racing team (MVRacing) running a race prepared Citroen Saxo VTR in the Saxmax junior racing championship, the team took the decision to not race this year as there was no budget available. This wasn't helped by a very difficult year last year when ... http://marsters.co.uk/long-days-and-late-nights-again/ I've nearly finished creating a new website for a friend and local motor sport enthusiast Joy Rainey. This time it is to promote her latest 'mad' adventure of driving from San Francisco to New York in a 1904 Oldsmobile. The website is built around the excellent Wordpress blogging software with a ... http://marsters.co.uk/joy-across-america-a-road-trip-in-a-1904-oldsmobile/ The answer is when you are Tesco. Whilst shopping at my local Tesco yesterday, I saw what was an excellent offer on the shelf-edge labels and barkers (the larger shelf edge point of sale) - 2 boxes of Quaker Oats Granola (including premium) for £2 when 1 box of Premium Granola usually ... http://marsters.co.uk/when-does-2-for-2-really-mean-2-for-3/ The movie business is cut-throat so at sad times like the recent death of Heath Ledger, credit is due to Warner Brothers who have made their Batman: The Dark Knight website a simple tribute to Heath (who plays the Joker). This at a time when the studio would normally be ... http://marsters.co.uk/credit-to-warner-bros/ Last week was the sad news that promising young actor Brad Renfro (The Client, Sleepers, The Bully) had been found dead with many websites highlighting his battles with drink and drugs. Today we get more bad news that Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain, 10 Things I hate about You, Knights Tale) has been found ... http://marsters.co.uk/whats-up-with-actors-and-drugs/ When I was growing up I always said I would never 'get old' and would be in to the latest gizmos, gadgets, music and films. However as time went by I have stayed firmly an 80's man. It was the main decade I grew up in and in my opinion ... http://marsters.co.uk/what-is-your-decade/ In one of my madder moments, I have become Wiinabled after managing to find one of this years most demanded gifts - a Nintendo Wii. What was even more surprising was I found it on Boxing Day, despite claims that they were all but sold out over the entire country ... http://marsters.co.uk/time-to-be-wiinabled/