Fingers Crossed

I heard this morning that Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is very ill in hospital after a high speed crash. I really hope he’s ok, primarily for the sakes of his family and friends, but also for the sake of the show; Top Gear is one of the BBC’s finest products, and without Hammond it won’t be the same. How this accident will affect the show’s reckless nature remains to be seen.

Gizmodo have reported the incident – and I can’t think of a more hideous way to report that a much loved TV presenter is in critical condition. Yes, he’s now stable; but he’s still very, very ill.

I only hope someone has something as dismissive to say about the Gizmodo author should they have an unfortunate gadget accident. Maybe after a nasty incident with one of those exploding Dell laptops someone will write “Gizmodo writer eaten by Dell – does anyone care?”

Get well soon, Richard.