Not iFLAC?

That is probably one of the most insightful and thought provoking things I've heard anyone say about Facebook, and one with which I entirely agree.

I've already cut down my 'friends' list, to about 50 now. When I did this, I felt relieved in a sense. I now check it once a week but this is dwindling as I make it a personal goal to keep in touch with friends using phone/meetings. I believe Facebook does not improve my life nor bring anything new to it. Reconnecting with old friends, yeah, but I haven't actually made the effort to meet up with them yet. There's been the obligatory 'we should catch up', of course, but no action. Facebook seems to subconsciously deter me from meeting up with people.

I'm currently reading a good book which relates to this topic called Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers, about disconnecting from screens and reconnecting with people.

I agree, here in Australia diesel is really picking up. Mostly the European manufacturers are the ones with diesel models and some of the larger Japanese/local SUVs. Of course the 'big 3' still haven't got much out there.

I own an Audi A3 TDI, and I can't speak more highly of the TDI engine. Mine is the 2.0 (older engine) and it has more balls than any other smaller car I've driven (103kW, 320Nm). And I normally get about 800km (497mi) per tank (55L) in city driving.

My only gripe is smoke under high throttle, but the manufacturers have all but eradicated that with the newer (~post 2006?) engines using diesel particulate filters. My colleague has a Tiguan TDI (small SUV) and under full throttle, it doesn't put out a puff. The newer ones again use common-rail, again to make the engine more efficient and reduce noise.