Monthly Archives: April 2014


I'm sure the pharmaceutical companies have nothing to do with promoting this…

I'm sure the pharmaceutical companies have nothing to do with promoting this idea… right??

Idea of New Attention Disorder Spurs Research, and Debate
Powerful figures in mental health are claiming to have identified a new disorder, sluggish cognitive tempo, that could widely expand the ranks of young people treated for attention problems.


Several years back I was lucky enough to get to make a run in Mustang Cobra Jet

Several years back I was lucky enough to get to make a run in Mustang Cobra Jet

While my time wasn't as good as it might have been if I hadn't struggled with a balky second gear shift, it was nonetheless a wickedly fast car.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/15/first-drive-ford-mustang-cobra-jet-watch-out-for-second/

Reshared post from +Ford Racing

Mustang-360.com report on the Cobra Jet program.?

Ford Racing’s Cobra Jet Program – Launch Vehicle
Why has the Ford Cobra Jet seen such success? “To keep a program relevant, it has to continually evolve, to continually be competitive, and be able to win.”


I'm continually at a loss to explain why anyone pays attention to financial … 6

I'm continually at a loss to explain why anyone pays attention to financial analysts

For the past several years analysts have been falling all over themselves to tout +Tesla Motors. However, the company has yet to make more than one model at a time or demonstrate any ability to turn on a consistent profit on the sale of cars. 

The one model they sell starts at $70,000 and can quickly go up to well over $100,000. Add to that the increasing wealth gap in this country with a shrinking percentage of the population accumulating an ever larger percentage of the wealth and the fact that expensive premium products are inherently self-limiting in volume, is it any wonder that Model S sales seem to have plateaued? 

Any fool with two brain cells to rub together could see this coming and it's a scenario unlikely to change until Tesla introduces a much more affordable car. That will no doubt happen at some point, but whether Tesla can do that and still achieve profitability remains very much unproven.

Reshared post from +Jerry Hirsch

Telsa's U.S. sales slow as analysts question growth prospects http://lat.ms/1knL37Y?

Telsa’s U.S. sales slow as analysts question growth prospects
Sales of Tesla’s Model S electric sports sedan are starting to slow in the U.S.


After two long hot summers for kids and families in Ypsilanti, the Rutherford pool…

After two long hot summers for kids and families in Ypsilanti, the Rutherford pool is finally back!

It all happened because of the efforts of the community that came together to raise more than $1 million for the rebuilt facility.?

Ypsilanti’s Rutherford Pool set to reopen May 23
After a two-year closure and a more than $1 million reconstruction, Rutherford Pool in Ypsilanti is scheduled to reopen May 23. The Rutherford Pool closed after the 2011 season, after facing years in which the future of the pool was…


Having been through way too many meetings with these people during the course of…

Having been through way too many meetings with these people during the course of my career, I totally sympathize with the "expert" here?

This is how an engineer feels when he’s surrounded by idiots – CNET
A marvelous video fully expresses the contrast between an engineer’s rational mind and the others he sometimes must encounter at work for whom words are the wind that powers sales.


In the mid-1980s, the whole automotive industry seemed to be abandoning rear-wheel-drive… 1

In the mid-1980s, the whole automotive industry seemed to be abandoning rear-wheel-drive and the +Ford Motor Company  #Mustang  almost succumbed

Fortunately cooler heads prevailed in Dearborn and the coupe that Ford was developing with Mazda became the Probe. Meanwhile, the Fox-body Mustang was given substantial upgrades and went on to a major resurgence. ?

Speculation on the ‘Mazda Mustang,’ which was eventually built as the Ford Probe – Autoweek