I spotted this 1935 Monaco Trossi over at Jalopnik a while back. Mounting a huge-ass radial engine to the front of a sports car is quite possibly the coolest idea to come out of the 1930s....
The best part about perpetual-motion inventor types is that they're often really wordy people. Today's subject is taking April, May, and part of June to build a "Perpetual Motion Generator." He's got loads of ranty (and markedly racist) sideshow stuff all over the rest of his website, but the real...
I promised yesterday to assemble a big list of overgeneralized, stereotypical, and even somewhat vague categories you could put cars in. All of them can (or do) overlap with others. The purpose is for me to wrap my head around the things I really do want to own and experience—having...
I realized today that as far as cars go, I'm a variety snob. I'm sure many of you have long ago come to the same conclusion. The evidence isn't particularly well-hidden. In contrast, the majority of car nuts who aren't me are brand snobs. The anthropologist in me thinks that...
I've had no success with the Porsche 914s here over the last few days, but something interesting caught my eye: a Volvo P1800ES. The photo is one I had lying around from two and a half years ago....
Holy hell. Phil tells it like it is....
Pardon the awful background track. Turn those speakers down. My shampoo bottles did something similar when I moved down to sea level. Good thing I don't need an entire tanker car full of the stuff....
Crap. I missed Earth Day. Well, my day-late advice is that whenever you go shopping and forget to bring your non-disposable grocery bags, opt for plastic. When properly recycled, it's got a lower energy and water cost than paper....
We started watching The Wire based on a number of strong recommendations. We're about three quarters of the way through the first season and I'm in total agreement—this really is an amazing show. But, it's got the longest opening credits ever. FF FTW....
I heard a report on the news earlier today about a mayday call received by the Coast Guard somewhere off the Washington seafront. The Coast Guard went to investigate and couldn't find it, which brought them to the obvious conclusion: the call was a prank. I realize there are assuredly...
I went to sunny Canadaland on Friday. On the way there, I spotted the Maple Sushi restaraunt somewhere near Vancouver. On the way back, Seattle WTF'd all over the roads....
Spotted over at Kotaku....
It turns out that we may be setting a record today for snow this late in the year. I got stuck moving 35mph (due to snow, not traffic) heading south on I-5 earlier tonight near Everett. A little bit accumulated here at the house, but it was really dumping up...
This is seriously cool stuff. The Direct Note Access plugin for Melodyne lets you rip apart chords and reposition them dynamically. The video below is probably a little wind-baggy for those of you who don't produce music for a living, but fast-forward to the 2- and 5-minute marks to see...
Any of you who have talked to me about cars anytime in the last year or so have probably immediately dismissed most of whatever it is I said—and it's possibly because I've been on a big Chinese car kick lately. They're nutty and cheap, and I think it's vastly interesting...
I find this article on productivity and the night owls to be pretty true—it's 10pm and I'm at work tying up some loose ends, and the last three hours I've been here were more productive than the entire rest of the day. P.S. Clearly I haven't updated my blog's clock...
Layla cleaned the garage yesterday. For the first time (ever) I now understand why the hell spring cleaning is such a big deal. It's good to be rid of all of that clutter that piled up during the cold, cold winter. P.S. Thanks, Layla. Awesome job!...
Flipping through Craigslist earlier I ran across this (cached). It's a torbo! I'm still waiting for someone to sell a fixed semi-convertible as a Torgo1. You'll notice I haven't yet made progress on the 3. I've decided to hold off until this next weekend as there's a remote possibility I'll...
For those of you who don't recall how much ahead of his time Bill Hicks was, here's a little clip of him pinning Rick Astley for exactly the banality that makes the Rickroll all that it is. Caution: Bill Hicks is a huge potty mouth. NSFW. Way ahead of his...
I saw a television ad for Pfizer's Celebrex earlier, and it included this statement: For some patients, the benefits of Celebrex outweigh the risks. Why the hell do they even say this? Why would anyone take a drug whose benefits didn't outweigh the risks? It's about as bad as saying...
I had a conversation earlier today over email that went approximately like this: Them: Hi. You said X. We think you mean Y. You need to do Z because you said Y. Me: I said X. I didn't mean Y. If I meant Y I would have said Y. T:...
Am I missing something here? My non-smart phone is good for calls, occasionally taking crappy pictures while snowboarding, and telling the time. Is a smartphone worth the expense, UI frustration, and (most important) size/weight? I just don't see how else I'd use this damned thing. P.S. I'm not old....
I spotted this at CL earlier1. No wonder the hot chick isn't included. You've cut off her damned head. 1 The posting has already been pulled, so all you get is a cached copy....
Some of you are clearly wondering why I'm trolling Craigslist for post-riced Preludes. The rest of you probably assume I'm a huge car dork that does that sort of thing without any reason, and you'd be right. But it turns out that I do have a reason this time: I've...
Last weekend some guy posted his 1990 Honda Prelude (cached) for sale, replete with some spendy rims, totally sweet wing, and absolutely bitchin' chrome sexy lady badges on the trunklid. Interestingly, it seems this guy didn't sell his ride, has stripped off all the goodies, and has reposted the hoopty...
There's some weird line between discarding hamburger wrappers ("littering") and, say, and entire vehicle by the side of the road ("abandoning"). I'm not sure where shopping carts lie in this mix. Regardless, it seems that once a year or so (averaging period: 1 year) someone leaves a shopping cart in...
It's important to take extra time to choose the products that best reflect your irreverance and indifference....
The WTF snow did a real number on the hedges along the back of the house. See how they're all bent to the left? They should be standing straight up, and typically are only a few inches from touching the house. WTF, snow?...
I'm all about pranks and nonsense1 and hearing something unexpected come out of someone's mouth. Being Rickrolled by your boss2 is a good example—but really only if your boss isn't the Rickroll type in the first place. But all those newsy websites3 out there who fill their pages with crap...
Rob sent this from the middle kingdom—apparently /dev/null is now banned in China! ...or my host was down at the time? P.S. awesome annotation courtesy of Rob this time. P.P.S. It's time for a new blog tagline....
