Showing posts with label Credit Crunch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Credit Crunch. Show all posts
It's funny, for sometime now I've been a bit bored with the tech scene. I guess it's partly due to the economic situation that companies have been holding back releasing products. Then, like a bus a load of them come along at the same time and the wallet takes a hit. Working in the tech sector I know what potential is out there and I have to keep pinching myself that technology and products take time to get to the market.
I got chatting to one of the people I work with in the US who was asking what I did out of work. My initial comment was "work", then we talked a bit more and I indicated I liked carrying a camera with me to take pictures of funny/interesting things I see (I'm not at all interested in the science of photography). Also, my absolute love for well made and thought out things. I was showing him the Leica website and spotted a new camera 'X1', thankfully it's not released until early next year (so avoiding a trip to a fantastic camera store in Palo Alto I usually buy camera's from.
Just spotted an advert for Spam Fritters ! It's official - the UK suffering - to the extent that 1970's products are being revamped for the cost conscious consumer. What's next - Birds Eye Steakhouse Grills (the ad with the blue Ford Transit and workmen signing along), or perhaps Bernard Matthews advertising Turkey Burgers ??
Burns night soon - an excuse for me to eat Haggis (that I don't really like unless it is deep fried), turnips (that are only second to Brussels Sprouts in terms of tasting awful), but more importantly drink a good few glasses of Whisky under the pretense of preserving Scottish tradition ! Reminds me of when I was at school and had to read out traditional (or slang) Scottish stories - I could never do it with my accent !
