Posted by Notcot on Jun 30, 2012 in
Cult Film 
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home he can’t contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization – how we got from there being nothing at all to here being us. Bill Bryson’s challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us like geology chemistry and particle physics and see if there isn’t some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. It’s not so much about what we know as about how we know what we know. How do we know what is in the centre of the Earth or what a black hole is or where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through time and space he encounters a splendid collection of astonishingly eccentric competitive obsessive and foolish scientists like the painfully shy Henry Cavendish who worked out many conundrums like how much the Earth weighed but never bothered to tell anybody about many of his findings. In the company of such extraordinary people Bill Bryson takes us with him on the ultimate eye-opening journey and reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
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Posted by Notcot on Jul 31, 2010 in
PCs & Laptops 
Average Rating: 4.5 / 5 (43 Reviews)
Product Description
The most convenient mounting accessory for portable Satellite Navigation devices, turns windscreen mounted devices into a dashboard mounted device.
The Nav-Mat combines the physics of weight distribution along with high tech anti-skid materials, creating a solid mounting base for window mounted devices. It contours to the top of the dashboard allowing it to work on uneven and textured surfaces and the anti-skid underside keeps the device from sliding.
The Nav-Mat works with most Sat-Nav devices using the windscreen suction mount that is sold with most popular units. Easy installation with no tools or fastenings required, the Nav-MatTM can be moved from vehicle to vehicle and keeps your Sat-Nav in close view.
No more suction rings visible on windscreens!! With ever increasing theft of satellite navigation units from vehicles, the Nav-Mat will fastly become the essential accessory for every portable Sat-Nav device owner.
Note Nav-Mat is Trade Marked & Patented
Approved UK suppliers are Southmid and Service Champions. Both offer a guarantee.
- Portable, it’s easy to keep out of view.
- Anti-Theft – No suction rings left visible on windscreen
- Weighted anti-skid base contours to the dashboard
- Uses windscreen suction mount that is sold with most Sat-Nav devices. Easily view the Sat-Nav while driving
Bracketron Nav-Mat Portable Sat-Nav Dashboard Mount
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Posted by Notcot on May 24, 2010 in
Portable Sound & Vision
Average Rating: 4.5 / 5 (37 Reviews)
Product Description
The most convenient mounting accessory for portable Satellite Navigation devices, turns windscreen mounted devices into a dashboard mounted device.
The Nav-Mat combines the physics of weight distribution along with high tech anti-skid materials, creating a solid mounting base for window mounted devices. It contours to the top of the dashboard allowing it to work on uneven and textured surfaces and the anti-skid underside keeps the device from sliding.
The Nav-Mat works with most Sat-Nav devices using the windscreen suction mount that is sold with most popular units. Easy installation with no tools or fastenings required, the Nav-MatTM can be moved from vehicle to vehicle and keeps your Sat-Nav in close view.
No more suction rings visible on windscreens!! With ever increasing theft of satellite navigation units from vehicles, the Nav-Mat will fastly become the essential accessory for every portable Sat-Nav device owner.
Note Nav-Mat is Trade Marked & Patented
Approved UK suppliers are Southmid and Service Champions. Both offer a guarantee.
- Portable, it’s easy to keep out of view.
- Anti-Theft – No suction rings left visible on windscreen
- Weighted anti-skid base contours to the dashboard
- Uses windscreen suction mount that is sold with most Sat-Nav devices. Easily view the Sat-Nav while driving
NAV-MAT – DASH MOUNT FOR PORTABLE SATELLITE NAVIGATION – Licensed by the Association of Chief Police Officers as an Official Police Security Initiative approval – UK Specification
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