Back in the earlier days of this blog, circa 2005 (when I would get more real comments than spam), I posted that I thought GM should kill Po...
Another Sign Of The Carpocalypse
(I hope Jalopnik doesn't go 1-800-Call-Sam on me for using "carpocalypse".) One of the horseman of the carpocalypse rode throu...
Cutting Back
I am, thank God, employed. However, I don't have high confidence that I will be employed at the end of the calendar year. Considering ...
Jerusalem Pizza #1
Jerusalem Pizza, a famous local kosher pizza joint, is doing a very cool thing. They are auctioning off the rights to pie #1, post-Passover...
The Galileoscope
A team of astronomers went to work to come up with a low cost telescope kit, that kids could put together to learn about how telescopes work...
Fiat's Multiair System
Fiat has developed an interesting engine system for improving fuel economy. called Multiair. This is another type of variable valve timing...
SF Mayor: Closet Engineer
San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom is, apparently, a secret engineer. He thinks designing cars that get big fuel efficiency numbers at ...
Medtipster: Finding Cheap Drugs
A guy I know (a friend of a friend kind of thing) works for a company that has recently launched a prescription drug search engine. Called ...
The Warranty Insurance Signal
The Obama administration's decision to offer government backing for GM and Chrysler warranties is a clear signal of the direction they e...
Does America Want The Tata Nano?
My answer: no, not in its original form. As it is, the thing (probably) won't pass the NHTSA crash tests, not to mention the basic FMVSS...
Video: Early Nano Review
This is another video review of the Tata Nano, apparently done in India for CNBC. An interesting detail: 0-60 kph takes about 10s, which tra...
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