Pepsi Ripoff Project

Wow, things I miss by not watching much network TV. This showed up during "Lost" on ABC last night. Pepsi's agency has got some splainin' to do:

Pepsi commercial - January 2010

Sour "Hibi No Neiro" - July 2009

That lady is mad at me.

(Via bunch of MoveOn users)

Un. Freaking. Believable.

John Williams is going to fire the orchestra and buy a Yamaha Electone.

D-Motor vs Top Gear

Please BBC don't take this video down...


D-Motor vs Top Gear

Ear Cleaning Parlors

Adding to the list of things you get in a parlor: Ear Cleaning.

(・∀・)イイ! ！

グッジョブ！

Food Fight

Much more graphic than the Atari version.

Stag. Party.

East Bay Embarassment on I-880

You've got to be f-ing kidding me.

Flower Duet Redux

I should stop skipping commercials. No wonder the songtitle site updates are slow.

British Airways, 1989


Silverjet, 2007

Bullitt!

Next time your folks visit SF, take them on this nicely mapped grand tour. Bonus points for hooning their Hyundai rental.

We Didn't Start The Bubble

Sunday! Sunday! Sundaaay!!

Lucy and I headed on up to Sears Point (or Infineon. Monster. AT&T. Whatever.) Raceway for a darned fine morning at the Audi Driving Experience event. Tremendous amounts of fun all for free, and we were back in time to pick up the kid at school, wearing big grins.

The race instructors had us hustling the big A8 around like Ronin...


... and took us out for couple of laps behind the wheels of a new S5. Woo-hoo!


Lucy started to film my track laps, but stopped when she got nauseous. Clearly, the Audi Driving Experience is not so good as a passenger.

We Don't Need Another Hero

Great highlights from the latest 24 Hours of LeMons. Very Mad Max.

Gmail + IMAP

w00t.

Hold On Tight To Your Dreams

Call now and ask for a no-cost refi!

A little-reported phenomenon amidst the subprime breakdown... kids memorizing the TV commercial pitch! Maybe another good signal for calling the market top.

Business Travel

Elvis has left the building

The car has been sold, and this was the scene about an hour ago:
These moments are always a little bittersweet, but
the girl *completely* overshot that and went DEFCON 1 when I told her the car was going away.

And here I quote: "I want the Porsche forever and ever!!! (Banshee wail) (Kicks legs)"

Sheesh.

Hella good UI

Our kid doing her first product demo. I fear for the day she discovers the YouTube feature...

O. M. F. G.

Can we have this at Pelican Bay? Guantanamo? Please?


The prison actually has an amazingly impressive repertoire.

Germany or Florida?

This one would be... Germany.

One Thumb...

Via Oreillynet. Moving.

For Sale: Ultimate Family Car

(Edited 5/31: Here's the Craigslist ad)

For once, I'm selling a car instead of buying one. Contact me if interested.

For sale: 2002 Porsche Carrera 4 Convertible in Seal Gray. 2+2 seating, 4 wheel drive. Strap a child seat in the back, like we have it set up, and the whole family can rocket down to Music Together at 177 mph. In the rain. With the top down.





46K miles, no mechanical problems whatsoever (factory warranty to 45K miles), with all service records through the 2 previous owners. Extended warranty through 75K miles. 6-speed manual. Goodies include nav, parking sensor, 18" "turbo twist" wheels and remote convertible top operation -- this last feature will convince your kids that you bought a Transformer.

Air bags everywhere, EPA rated 24 MPG highway. Have the matching hardtop in storage.

KBB Private Party pricing pegs it at $52K in "good" condition. Yours for thousands below that!

Welcome to Tokyo

Brilliant use of a Steinway.

Good Old Days on the Nordschleife

I have a few cars from the early 70s. Remind me to take it easy on those curvy parts.



My favorite family scene at 3:21.

V is for Virtualization, Sucka

Welcome back to 1983

Typical Morning in Tokyo

Fun Times in Sodor

Why can't Thomas the Tank Engine episodes be this exciting?