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My Current Catch-22

We all find ourselves in Catch-22 situations from time to time, those positions where doing either something or nothing will lead to the same or different (but usually equally bad) conclusion.

So, at the moment, I find myself in a little pickle.

You see, I created this site. Let's call it "GadgeWire", and it has seen some usage by some great companies, but as a commercial entity, it's flopped harder than a fat person falling onto the sofa on a Friday night.

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Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zT5HQORJfE

Veyron? Check.
Convertible Veyron? Check.
Convertible Veyron with the 1200hp Super Sport engine? Check, check and double check.

Truly incredible piece of automotive engineering.

via Shmee150

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Is Instagram worth $1bn?

In my opinion: no.

That would be quite a short article to leave that there though, so I'll qualify that, and will probably think differently by the time I've finished.

The thing with this deal is that Instagram doesn't sell a product, it's just one of those VC hogs which accrues users (and thus costs) and will figure out a revenue model later. This also means it's liable to get caught up in the current explosion in valuations we're seeing. How do you value a company when no traditional metrics apply to it?

This is why it's in most social company's best interests to refrain from monetising, as soon as you do, you give more cautious investors a very real, cold-headed business reason not to throw cash at you if you're not on "hockey-stick" trajectory at that moment.

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Nomade Gallery

After reaching out to Tansu to pass on the link for <a href=" article about Nomade/Bartender</a>, they very graciously sent us a stack of higher resolution beauty shots of it. Enjoy! - Read More

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Robot quadrocopters play James Bond theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk

Absolutely fascinating video.

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Lytro light field camera launches

Do you remember that ultra-cool technology demo from earlier this year that showcased a camera that allows you to take a photo and then focus later? Well, that product has just launched, it's the Lytro Light Field Camera. Essentially it works by capturing the... - Read More

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Ferrari 458 Italia Spider

Soak it in. There aren't too many words to say (or that I'm able to say) about it - so I'm just posting the images.

Stunning.

Pictures from Ferrari PR - http://twitter.com/FNEPR

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My Top 20 Games

Shamelessly copying this concept from Marco and Jen off of Twitter, I've put together a list of my Top 20 Games.

Some may be missing, and others may be confusing, but thinking quickly, this is what I've come up with.

1. GTA IV (2008, Xbox 360)

2. Forza Motorsport (2005, Xbox)

3. Super Mario Bros (1992, SNES)

4. Theme Park (1994, Megadrive)

5. GTA San Andreas (2004, PS2)

6. Final Fantasy 8 (1999, PS1)

7. Final Fantasy 10/10-2 (2002, PS2)

8. Trials (2000, Web)

9. Project Gotham Racing 2 (2003, Xbox)

10. Tropico (2001, PC)

11. F1 2010 (2010, Xbox 360)

12. LA Noire (2011, Xbox 360)

13. The Warriors (2007, PSP)

14. Tropico 2 (2003, PC)

15. Caesar 3 (1999, PC)

16. Lemmings (~'92, PC)

17. Worms (1995, PS1)

18. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002, Xbox)

19. Pokemon Red/Blue (1999, Gameboy)

20. Alleyway (1989, Gameboy)

I've probably left some out, and they're probably in the wrong order depending on what day it is, but they're the ones that sprung to mind!

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Lamborghini Aventador "Quality" Promo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vadbXg859GA

Fantastic video from Lamborghini about the building of the Aventador, the Murci's replacement.