Posted in Wow! on January 29th, 2009 No Comments »
A study at England’s University of Newcastle has discovered that if you give a cow a name, and treat her as an individual, she will produce more milk than the cows without names. As much as 450 pints or more per year.
Dr Douglas, from the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Newcastle [...]
Posted in Scooter'iffic on January 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Portuguese craftsman Carlos Alberto handbuilt a perfect reproduction of an early-1950’s Handlebar Vespa… but he did it in wood. Absolutely amazing (both as a scooterist and a craftsman), it rides around and everything (and maple is probably more durable than 60-year-old aircraft aluminum would be, though I’d be curious what the weight difference is).
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Posted in Wow! on January 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
In a very Italian gesture, a company in Modena that builds parts for Ferrari has designed and built a high-tech luxury super-turntable that sells for $64,000.
Seriously? For 64K I don’t play records, I can hire the band that MADE those records!
The turntable has four player arms (because two or three arms is for the poor!) [...]
Posted in Wow! on January 13th, 2009 No Comments »
This one’s so good that I had to blog it…
Posted in Scooter'iffic on January 9th, 2009 No Comments »
They’re expensive, they offer minimal surface protection, but European designer helmets are always a really snazzy addition to a scooterist’s arsenal. If you like to use your scooter as a fashion accessory (or maybe you just enjoy being fashionable in general) you’ll probably love spending all your money on these chin-strapped fashion statements. Conventional motorcyclists [...]
Posted in Almost Insightful on January 8th, 2009 No Comments »
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/08/microsoft.ballmer/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company’s future Windows 7 operating system.
I wonder how they came upon the name itself. “Windows 7.” My first IBM-clone that ran windows as the operating system was Win3.11. Since [...]
Posted in This Senseless World on January 7th, 2009 No Comments »
One of our clients has an accounting practice where they offer all the usual services… taxes, bookkeeping, payroll, new business formation, audits and reviews and prayer. You heard me – Prayer. There is an email link featuring the following blurb:
Send your personal prayer requests if you would like our office staff to pray for you, [...]