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RetroKit Invests in Art
- January 19 2007
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For many years our walls have been
bare at Retrokit towers s o
at last we've decided to invest in some art. We particularly
like the money series painted by Antipodean
(from where we are) Anthony White.
Anthony has had a brilliant idea
which you can see by clicking on the picture on the right - which is
currently for sale on Anthony's site.
We have since bought three more including one of
the earliest, the £6 painting.
Anthony has been on the end of quite a bit of
criticism regarding his art - which, when you think about it, is the same
experience many brilliant artists had! Power to your elbow
Anthony.
The latest news is that the 8 euro and
$8 paintings sold recently for US$500 each. The £8 painting
shown is still for sale at a price of US$600. It makes our £6
painting bought for less than US$170 look like a good investment not
least because we've already been offered US$400 for it! |
Wikipedia Employs Extremists - Jan 13 2007
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Retrokit has recently taken interest
in Wikipedia. Investigation by Retrokit via discussions with
Wikipedia editors reveals a sinist er
layer of censorship and control by the purportedly open
encyclopaedia site. One editor in particular, a
self-proclaimed member of an anti-religion and
pro-communist American organisation, who also believes that one
day Wikipedia will attain self-awareness, controls much of the
technology related content of the site. We should all be very
wary of a site that allows overtly political characters with
dubious and sometimes worryingly fantastical beliefs to control
what our children may regard as educational content. Further
information can be found
here and
here. |
Will the Apple iPhone Succeed?
- Jan 9 2007
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Could the Apple iPhone be the gadget
we've all been waiting for? Will it dispense with
the need to carry a PDA, a phone and a music player by combining all
these things into one unit? Time will tell but the thing looks
fantastic; and if
the touch screen lives up to the claims then
Apple could be onto a winner. Mr Gates must be sick as a pig
- be sure though that he'll follow soon, as he always follows,
with a Zune phone! |
Why Can't Sir Clive Get It Right?
- November 15 2006
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Those of you that may have read my
book (see below) will realise that Sir Clive Sinclair holds a special
place in my interest in technol ogy.
I do, however, find him so frustrating. As well as being a
technophile I am also a very
keen cyclist so I feel qualified in saying that Sir Clive's new A
Bike is destined to go the same way as his Zike and the C5!Despite it being a clearly clever
piece of design he continues to miss the point completely in
using the tiny almost roller skate-sized wheels. There was
an opportunity here to come up with a Brompton (the best folding
cycle still) beating product but Sir Clive has clearly not
consulted those that know best - the potential buyers.
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