Monthly Archives: June 2013

Listening to these two speak, you might think there has never been a bicycle in New… 2

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by (updated 4167 days ago)
Listening to these two speak, you might think there has never been a bicycle in New York City before and no cyclist was ever hit by a car

Reshared post from +Dan Gillmor

Amazingly, this video insanity from the Wall Street Journal editorial page is not satire. The Onion couldn't have done it better, though.

Video – Opinion Journal: Death by Bicycle — Dorothy Rabinowitz on New York City’s new bike-share program – WSJ.com
Editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz on New York Citys new bike-share program. Photo: Associated Press


This post has been reshared 1 times on Google+
 View this post on Google+

Post imported by Google+Blog for WordPress.

hmm, interesting read 1

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by (updated 4166 days ago)
hmm, interesting read

Reshared post from +Road & Track

Self-driving cars, standardized tests, and gaming the EPA mileage system. It's all interconnected. http://Roadandtra.ac/6267kwNz

Self-driving tech, standardized tests, and gaming the EPA mileage system
The technology that will eventually deliver driverless cars has also helped engineers program vehicles to ace standardized tests and game the EPA’s mileage system for years.

View this post on Google+

Post imported by Google+Blog for WordPress.

Did you know that between 1965 and 1969, Pontiac produced an OHC inline six-cylinder… 1

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by (updated 4166 days ago)
Did you know that between 1965 and 1969, Pontiac produced an OHC inline six-cylinder engine?

I've only ever seen one of these, and that was way back in the 1980s when I was in auto shop and someone brought in a first-gen Firebird powered by one. 

John Z. DeLorean’s high-performance, high-tech inline six
Back when the pushrod V8 ruled American highways, the unconventially-minded John Z. DeLorean championed a high-performance overhead cam inline six patterned after the Mercedes 300SL motor. This is the story of the Pontiac “Cammer.”

View this post on Google+

Post imported by Google+Blog for WordPress.

Elgan nails it again 1

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by (updated 4168 days ago)

n. Until all messaging services become interoperable and open, email will remain a critical part of electronic communications

Reshared post from +Mike Elgan

The social network wars are over. And winner is: email!

The convention wisdom says email is old and social networking is new. 

But email isn't just the oldest social network, it's also the biggest, the broadest, the most user-controllable, the most integrated, the most powerful and ultimately the best social network on the Internet.

Here's why: 

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9239684/The_social_network_wars_are_over._The_winner_email_

View this post on Google+

Post imported by Google+Blog for WordPress.