So, this Les.
Les enjoys racing vintage cars. Continue reading Be Careful What You Wish For
Drowning in vitriol
Well written bit from an F1 journalist- but a good read even if you don’t know your Formula 1 from a number 2 pencil.
We live in an odd time.
The internet has made the world far smaller. It has enriched our lives with a sea of information on any and every subject we could possibly wish to study. From mathematics to Mozart, theories on the beginning of time to recipes for the perfect New York cheesecake, if you want to know something, you can find it.
It has given everyone a voice. If you have an opinion, you can make it heard.
The level of debate should have risen. With the bounty of information at our fingertips, the quality of argument, of reasoned and intelligent discussion, should have improved exponentially.
And yet it hasn’t. It has plummeted. Debate and reason has been replaced by vitriol and anger. Frustration and belligerence surmised in 140 blindly tapped characters.
News stories that an individual dislikes are instantly passed over as “fake news.” Stories that don’t fit…
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Parking. Lots.
I always wanted to propose a special property tax for parking lots.
It would be based on the number of levels. For instance a 4-story parking garage would pay less than a 2-story parking garage. The highest rate would be applied to a “single level” or surface parking space. And maybe a parking structure over a certain number of levels might pay no property tax at all.
Radical I’m sure. But until there is some economic incentive to stop bulldozing history we’ll continue to see an ever-expanding sea of asphalt.
Image courtesy Plan59.com
Recycled Rockets
The first real step towards a world of Jonny Quest rocket planes traversing the globe.
SpaceX has succeeded in re-launching one of its Falcon 9 rockets for the first time ever, an undertaking that saw the first ever reflight of an entire orbital class rocket ever, by anyone. The achievement is a key ingredient in SpaceX’s long-term business plan for making rocket launches more affordable and accessible to corporate and…
via SpaceX successfully re-launches an orbital Falcon 9 rocket for the first time — TechCrunch
GPS Deadzone
We spend a lot of time and words on what autonomous cars can do, but sometimes it’s a more interesting question to ask what they can’t do. The limitations of a technology are at least as important as its capabilities. That’s what this little bit of performance art tells me, anyway. Read More
For the Love of Shift+Z
Did you ever wonder if the term “Love-Hate Relationship” existed before computers?
I think it probably did. But I’m guessing it’s used a great deal more today.
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Candy Store of Cars
Recently ran across this post about the liquidation of an old-school Alfa Romeo dealership located in New Jersey. Actually, the post is about a visit to the time capsule before the liquidation took place. The auction was held earlier this year.
It intrigued me because in a former life I managed to collect quite a few Italian cars.
It was the summer of 2015 when my good friend EC informed me that he had been given “permission” to visit a stash of Alfas. At that time, EC was on the hunt for an Alfa Romeo of his own, and he believed that he might find the car of his dreams at this location. He invited me along to help with the evaluation, on the strict condition that I tell NO ONE […]
via My Secret Visit to a Shuttered Alfa Romeo Dealership — richardscarblog
