Confessions of a car salesman

This is a really insightful read. They hired a new writer, and the guy went undercover for a few months to see what it’s really like to be a car salesman.

Confessions of a car salesman

US Open Smoke Free

John Daly isn’t going to be able to enjoy himself quite the same way this year at the US Open, which starts today.

US Open bans smoking for the first time

d.o.t.d.d.

Deal Of The Day Dogs.

Ring design based on the model of the AIDS virus

This is sad

I know we’ve talked about making a food composter. Maybe we ALL should. This is disturbing, knowing all of the places in the world that does not have access to even basic nutrition.

“You’d never know it if you saw what was ending up in your landfill. As it turns out, Americans waste an astounding amount of food — an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study — and it happens at the supermarket, in restaurants and cafeterias and in your very own kitchen. It works out to about a pound of food every day for every American.”

PSA: catalytic converter theft epidemic

Interesting article and news to keep your eye on. Pretty sad what some people will do for a little money.

“Forget the rims, and never mind the stereo. Modern thieves looking for a serious payoff are skipping the obvious old staples and crawling underneath your car in search of the real prize: the catalytic converter.”

GTA IV Critic

This is a fucking hilarious video, if you can keep up to the speed of this guys voice.

Zero Punctuation: Grand Theft Auto IV

GTA IV & NYC comparison shots

Though there are very few people left *cough* turboflat4 *cough* who haven’t joined in the fun of GTA IV, it is still neat to see some of these comparison shots from in-game versus the IRL NYC.

Enjoy!

Shipping container data centers

I know a few architects around the world are working on designing living spaces to use these over abundant shipping containers, but this is a neat concept as well. These things can be had fairly cheap ($1,500 or so, but possibly more as of late with the rising cost of steel) and this is yet another great idea to recycle. Shipping containers modified to be data centers.

another company that has utilized this trend is Freitag. Their office consists of shipping containers stacked on top of each other. The picture is below, and feel free to read about them and visit their site. Their bags are wonderful.

Ferrari California

Um…dunno how I feel about this.

PRESS RELEASE:
New Ferrari California revealed: a hugely versatile, innovation-packed GT

Maranello, May 13th 2008 – The first official photographs have been published of the Ferrari California, the latest addition to the new generation of Ferraris launched in 2004 with the 612 Scaglietti and added to more recently with the 430 Scuderia.

The Ferrari California joins the Prancing Horse’s 8-cylinder family which has always been defined by power and performance. It also flanks the flagship 612 Scaglietti in the prestige sporty Grand Tourer segment.

What the FUCK are you doing?!?

um….so are we going to keep this site?

best movie….evar?

Into the Wild (2007)

Ok so maybe not THE best ever, but if you appreciate life and its existence, this is a pretty thought-provoking movie. Saw this last night with my wife. I read the book a few years back, and they did an outstanding job with the movie. I was actually afraid of watching it, the book was so good. But I would be hard pressed to find many flaws in the movie. So very well done, and really did justice to the amazing story. I would still advise anyone to read the book before the story. It’s a true story and really a great one at that.

404 Happy Ending® not found.

P.S. soundtrack is great too. Eddie Vedder

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Parents….must……..buy….

Sent this link to my mother, and posting it here as a reminder to myself. Probably will have a little one bouncing around in the next year or so. This has to be the coolest stroller/carseat/thinamajig evar, designed by a couple guys who used to work at IDEO

lulz

New Firmware, PS3

Looks like this will make the store much more intuitive as well as and HD audio update.

PS3 Firmware update, April 15 (also tax day…)

turboflat4 in 10 years

rockin’ kicks

I spy with my little eye…

This is fantastic news. Tell me we’re not turning into a police state.

Spy My Ride: Somebody may be tracking your vehicle and you don’t know about it!

please vote for mah doggah

bissel contest

Best beer evar?

I heard through the grapevine a while back that there was this beer that was a little hard to come by, and was VERY good. Said beer is called Strawberry Harvest Lager from Abita brewing company. It is from down south in Louisiana. I did a little research, and it only comes out once a year. I got a hold of the local distributor, who then passed me on to a local shop that sells this lovely libation. I ordered 2 cases last week. It honestly is by far some of THE best beer I have ever had outside of western Europe. Does not taste like an artificial Strawberry at all. No frou frou beer here, no-no.

Abita Brewing Company website. Look for your local retailer.

Make concrete rings

Neat project. I used to make sterling silver jewelry and some glass work in High school, but this is a whole new cool idea. I might give it a try if I find any time.

Finally

Can’t wait for this to affect my stock. Go baby GO!!!

A good story

Once in a while a great story like this comes around and brings back a tad bit of faith in our society. I’d never question buying a Bungie game again.

Bungie Unscrews Gamer

Wonder what my big toe is worth

This is awesome. You could go and get some transients off the street and make a killing. I smell the new dot-com…

“The use of dead bodies in medicine is becoming ever more common”

Hedgehog

My brother used to have one of these. Completely THE most worthless “pet” you could imagine.

Music using sounds from Windows

Well, Windows is clearly now good for something creative.

GTA IV Special Edition

Run now and pre-order your special edition of the upcoming GTA IV.

GTA IV Special Edition includes: Grand Theft Auto IV game, art book, soundtrack audio CD, Rockstar keychain for the safety deposit box keys, and a Rockstar duffel bag. While supplies last.

Travel chop sticks

Neat site comparing different travel, collapsible chop sticks. Some pretty cool ones.

6 Travel Chopsticks compared

in….out