Archives for July 2006

Keen Newport H2: Best Sandals Ever

I took a trip up to Bill Jackson’s in Pinellas Park today to get a pair of sandals I had seen in a magazine a few months back: “Oh man, those are exactly what I have been wanting for every day and driving too.”
See, I spent the last 10 years wearing thick and heavy skate [...]

What good movies have you seen lately?

Does anyone have any recommendations?
Piggyback-onto-post links: Bad Brains “I Against I” video and Eric B and Rakim “Casualties of War” video. Ahhh nostalgia.

Pre-War Blues Recordings in MP3 Format

Honey, Where You Been So Long? provides a rare glimpse into blues of the early 1900s by posting a downloadable MP3 file each day. Donating gains the listener access to some videos, compilations and other goodies.

Jon Stewart on Net Neutrality and Online Gambling

Another kind human being has offered up a choice clip at YouTube. Pure comedy and tragedy. For those not aware of “Net Neutrality”, Amanda Congdon makes it understandable by a child in this Rocketboom video.

Tires, brakes, and stopping

I quizzed my parents one night, “Assuming your brakes function, what’s the most important piece of your car related to emergency/panic braking?” My mother answered correctly after a minute of consideration, “Tires.”
When you press your brake pedal, your car slows by pushing the tires forward against the ground (in addition to the calipers and [...]

boompa: Your garage online

boompa is young, but I have a selfish hope that it grows up well.
Boompa.com is a community driven online vehicle encyclopedia devoted to showing off, tweaking and catalouging anything that drives, flies, floats or pedals. Registered users can showcase their vehicles in their boompa “garage” as well as write guides dedicated to vehicle tweaking, maintenence [...]