Engine of a Mini Seven racing Mini
Photo: Copyright © 2009 Eelke Blok

Flickr coding

A while back, a friend came to me asking whether I knew any Joomla component that would display the pictures from a Flickr group. Preferably, it should be "flashy". When hearing "picture" and "flashy" in one sentence, I immediately think of Lightbox. Unfortunately, I did not know such a Joomla component (not even one that would do the group-thing at all). However, I found the challenge interesting, and the same evening, I had rolled my own.

The new Mini "R56"

Last week, I finally got the chance to take a more thorough look at the new "R56" Mini, which was introduced for model year 2007. The Checkmate had to go for a big checkup, the one that comes at 100.000 km, although due to large distances it asked for it a little later - I'm now at 110.000. As a loaner, I got an R56 Cooper with what looked like the Chili pack. It had lounge leather seats, a little spoiler and only 145 km on the odometer.

Een maand met Tomtom HD Traffic

Begin november stond er ineens een bericht op het forum van de Mini Seven Club Nederland; ter introductie van een nieuw product organiseerde Tomtom in de vroege ochtend van maandag 12 november de Tomtom Filerally. Mini's, Fiatjes 500, Eendjes, Kevers en Dafjes mochten meedoen, volgens Tomtom oude autootjes die niet zo snel gaan en het in de ochtendspits dus moeten hebben van een slimme bestuurder.