What an amazing web site this is!
I reached it following a link from MINI2, where someone was asking about the designer of the new MINI. The information about the new MINI may just be a repeat of what I have read in New MINI and elsewhere, but it is well presented and not full of the anti-BMW sentiments found on some Mini web sites.
But check out the other great pages on that site too; for example Brief History Of An Icon (about the Mini), or MGB/MGC history
Another cupholder bites the dust
Maybe it is because I am English-born, but I don’t need to drink & drive – the huge cupholder in the ’05 MINIs is just too big, and I had it removed from GBMINI#3 double quick!
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(I sold it so maybe it now has a good home in another MINI!)
I use one little (front) cupholder to carry my cellphone, and the central rear cupholder transfers my morning coffee about 1/4 mile from the store to the office – no drinking in GBMINI!
Today Marie Catherines MINI Cooper Convertible took a trip to MINI Peabody – the ring around the speedometer should have been chrome but was manufactured wrong in silver, so today it was replaced. Also, a worrying loose piece of roof turned out to be part of the shipping protection left over, and was easily removed! Gary explained that this is done at VDC and they had never seen the part before – trust me to find the unusual MINIs!
Marie Catherine also had the cupholder removed from her MINI – another European perspective results in another unwanted giant cupholder!
(just noticed there is a “no glasses” symbol on the cupholder – is that something people would do if they weren’t told not to?!)
Google!
Back in the mists of ancient internet (around 1996-7) I was a devout AltaVista user but some time (!) between then and now I switched to Google (amazed just now to discover that AltaVista still exists – seems to be part of Yahoo now)
Google seems to almost always give relevant search results, and with its image searching and the new customisable news page, it is my home page too.
Earlier this year, having read about Google AdSense, I decided to experiment with it on GBMINI (you might have noticed).
So now that Google has had a little box here for nearly three months, what have I discovered?
Firstly, it is interesting to see when Google discovers “a topic it likes” on my web pages, and generates what might be useful ad links. My recent alarm install for example, or a much older article about rear fog lights.
It gives some insight into the technology behind Google – because all those web pages had to be indexed and “understood” in order to give “relevant” ad links.
On the other hand, there are an awful lot of generic “MINI” ads (presumably because I did not write anything “interesting”!)
If you are wondering about making your fortune with Google AdSense, you will need a much more popular web site than mine … GBMINI has raised a grand total of $10.55 in three months (maybe Gabe Bridger does better on MotoringFile)! Since Google does not pay out below $100, I won’t be looking for a check any time soon 😉
