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](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/vampire-jet-car-does-0270-mph- in-6-seconds-eats-driver-202083.php) 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.