Paul Ingram
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Is it a deer? Erm… no
Jun 8th
Generally as a society we’re used to hearing how “Chris hit a deer yesterday, going to be expensive to repair”, or “Jane nearly hit a pheasant last week”, or even a call to your insurer “I hit another car at a roundabout…”
So would anybody believe you if you turned around and said “my car’s been entrapped by a load of caterpillars”? Probably not, but I suspect you might have an open mind after seeing this pack!
I hope this doesn’t happen to my Honda Civic…
Do you have a photocard driving licence?
Jan 5th
Recently I opened my emails to read about driving licences and expiry fines. Seemingly it took a while to reach me, as doing a little research I found the Daily Mail reported this on the 12th September 2008, with numerous copies of the story on loads of different websites.
With a catchy headline of “Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as thousands of photocard driving licences expire” it’s hard to ignore it, but if you got one of those lovely photocard driving licences in 1998 or the beginning of 1999 and you haven’t renewed it yet, you could be eligable for a hefty fine.
If you think yours might have expired or is due for renewal soon, take a look at the front of your photocard for the date on section 4b – this is your card expiry date.
Renewing your licence will cost you £17.50; more information can be found here on the Directgov website.
An offroad experience!
Dec 16th
A few weeks back I attended a marketing conference with my colleague David Wilson, with part of the journey to the venue discussing how I didn’t believe he had entered me into a 4×4 experience competition as part of the conference. That was of course, until my name was called out in front of perhaps 100 or so marketeers from all over the country!
The prize was a trip around the offroad track at the Heritage Motor Centre just outside Warwick (if you’re ever in the area the collection of historic British cars is worth a look!) in… you guessed it… a 4×4! Sadly I didn’t get to drive it – I’m sure I would have managed to plant the thing 4 feet deep in the mud if I did! But it was a brilliant experience all the same! I had my camera to hand – below are a few of the pictures:
So there you have it. Take it from me, photographing an off-road experience is both not easy and not recommended!
Now for something completely… supersonic
Oct 23rd
Here at the Flux office we’re used to hearing about the different weird and wonderful vehicles around these days, such as the incredible solar powered car Dave Wilson blogged about in July.
However, it’s certainly not every day you hear about a car boasting theoretical top speeds of more than 17 times the UK national speed limit! For those of you without a calculator handy or who just can’t work out 60 multiplied by 17 in your head, that is just over 1,000mph – a little too fast for our roads. No?
So it’s hardly surprising to discover this isn’t a car for… well, normal car drivers. Called the Bloodhound SSC (Super Sonic Car), it’s powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon engine (those aircraft are seriously fast!), and it’s this rocket/jet engine combination RAF pilot Andy Green hopes will allow him and his team to break their own land speed record, set in 1997.
The team hope to smash their previous record of 763mph in 2011; in the mean time I’m willing to bet there’ll be a lot of talk and speculation about the project. Good luck guys!
Economy problems – can they help us?
Oct 17th
Actually, yes! Don’t believe me? Read on…
I’ve been following the gloomy global financial crisis for several weeks, mainly using some of the information available on BBC’s news website. Reports of retail spending falling, entire industries grinding to a halt and banking systems being crippled have dominated the headlines recently, and it affects us all in many ways.
The price of crude oil has today fallen to $66 a barrel, the Guardian says, its lowest level since August 2007! Gordon Brown is noted to be calling for pump cost cuts and asked retailers to follow Asda and Morrisons’ kind example – drop prices from the UK’s average £1.07 to 99.9p per litre.
I’ve included our local fuel station prices below; doesn’t take much to work out which one will be busiest today!
So if you’re feeling the pinch at the moment – and many of us are – one way you can save a bit of money is to hop along to www.petrolprices.com – if you’re not already a member, they can tell you the cheapest prices in your area. It’s free to register and I often check the latest prices on there!
Be clever about when you fill up and where, and you could save yourself a small fortune!
Please give a warm welcome…
Oct 6th
Have you ever tried to write a first post on a blog before, only to discover you’re sat there 6 hours later with a blank screen? Yep, sounds like me! “What on Earth do I write?!” has been a question on my mind for a while now. I’m Paul by the way; I’ve been working at Adrian Flux for 4 years (to the month) and have a wealth of IT and Internet-related knowledge through my ever-progressing career path within the Company. Feel free to wave – that’s me in the picture there…
So why am I blogging?
This year sees my gradual move into the Marketing department, where I have managed to bag myself full responsibility of all of our websites (including this one) – from making sure they stay up and running all day long, to designing and developing new features or maintaining existing ones. It’s not for the faint hearted though, let me tell you! It would seem this responsibility also comes with the requirement to submit blog posts – hang on, that was never in the job description? Was it?!
You may have also experienced some of my work if you’ve recently visited the Flux Babes website – as my annual employee review recently pointed out I’ve provided a new talent for future use by photographing the new Flux Babes all the way back in May!
So that’s an introduction – keep your eyes peeled for more posts from me!
Influx Relaunched!
Mar 28th
Earlier this week we relaunched Influx.co.uk – the online, more for your eyes, digital version of our twice-yearly magazine publication. Both myself and David exulted a considerable amount of effort into the new-look, feature-packed website to compliment Issue 5, which was sent out to our readers last week.
The website’s bursting with plenty of pictures, videos and extended articles that we simply couldn’t fit in the magazine! Like this one – a homemade supercar in the making! Why not read the article about the Farbio GTS?
And what’s more, if you’ve just joined us or missed the first few issues, you can catch up online by reading our digital editions!