The Audi commercial "Chase" was fantastic for car fans. The best part of course is the reaction to the Lexus ES. Watch it here.

The Hyundai commercials were OK. I was surprised that Toyota spent superbowl money to advertise the turd on wheels Venza.

This is cool:
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c

Because so many companies have withdrawn from this years NAIAS, they have re-arranged things and have turned the basement into an electric case test track / indoor forest called the EcoXperience. I gotta see this for myself!

It's that time again.. this time in South America because North Africa has too many militants.


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One the flight back from Tahoe, I found the most mindless item for sale. It's a hooded sweatshirt with words printed on the lining. They claim the printed words change the "structure of water" and since one's body is mostly water this will somehow benefit the wearer ( Read more... )

I've had this clip on my mind all day:
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Mike Munger, the Libertarian candidate for governor is going from Murphy to Whalebone all along US-64 for his final campaign push.

So for any friends in Durham, I shall express a personal political view: the Durham Food Tax is a very bad idea and should be voted against. Food taxes are a horribly regressive way to raise revenue! More info here.

I've discovered that MS is pimping their Live Search with a rebate program. In particular, one can get 30% rebate (up to $200) on a "buy it now" item purchased on eBay and paid w/ paypal. More info here and here.

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