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MMM: Mazda Furai

14/01/2008

Pardon my French, but that is the shit.

Mazda Furai

And the rotary engine makes the damn thing sounds like a pod racer in Star Wars. Only better.

MMM: Toyota A-BAT

14/01/2008

I don’t think it does look all that much like a Ridgeline. And I don’t understand why they’re comparing it to an El Camino, since it doesn’t even have the same form factor. (The El Camino is a car with a pickup bed and three seats, this is a full size king cab pickup with a bit of a body kit, like one of those awful looking Navaras plodding their way around Ireland. At least this has a bit of style.)

Toyota A-BAT

The idea of a hybrid motor in a pickup still makes me laugh, although I suppose if it’s the only way to wean Americans off gas guzzlers, it’s progress. Why they buy all those “trucks” remains beyond me.

MMM: Ford Interceptor

14/01/2008

Of course by the time Ford is finished with it it’ll be just another bland Ford nonentity, but for now at least, me likey.

Ford Interceptor

Cool Libraries

13/01/2008

Yerman already got the cool post title and I can’t think of anything better, so we’ll stick with something simple. Trinity is usual the feature image for things like this, but I like the British Library in London too.

British Library

Home Heating Oil in East Cork

11/01/2008

Sorry for the dull question, I’m too lazy to do actual research.

So, who’s available, who’s best, and who has the best price?

Norm!

11/01/2008

Well, Des actually. My Best Man. The one on the right. Or the left. One of them anyway. And his name isn’t actually Des, it’s Brendan. The whole thing is very confusing.

Des & Norm

Obama’s Paranoia Factor

09/01/2008

Unfortunately the Guardian hasn’t seen fit to include an embed feature on their videos, so you’ll have to click through to view this video, sorry.

TBH, although Obama is ultimately the boss of his own campaign, the paranoia of his staff won’t turn me off supporting him. Clinton is a dirty player that could take on the Republicans on their own turf, you’d be paranoid too if you had to go up against her and her staff. But the video does give us an insight to how threatened the Obama team feels, despite the fact that when it was filmed, they must have been feeling fairly upbeat about their chances.

My worry now is that Americans will view NH as the final quarter, rather than the opening bell; that they’ll take NH as a given rather than an indicator, and switch allegiances in the misguided notion that the only way to get a Dem in the house is to go with Clinton. It isn’t, because Clinton can’t win it. Not just because America isn’t ready for a female president, but because it’s quite likely she’ll be up against McCain.

Seriously, next time Clinton’s on the telly, turn off the sound and think of her as the POTUS. It just doesn’t work, right? And next time you see dual head shots of her and McCain, ask yourself which one you’d vote for. See what I mean? She can’t do it.

Now, next time you see Obama on the telly, think of him as the POTUS. Sound off or on, it fits, right? You don’t even need to do the dual head shots with Obama and McCain, it’s a done deal.

(Via Daithí and Damien.)

MMM: driverTV

08/01/2008

Yes yes yes, Monday is over. What-ever.

Time describes driverTV as a “car shopping site”, but a quick peruse didn’t turn up many shopping options. It would be a great first step for car research though – albeit US-centric – before you move onto the likes of the great Honest John, and dodgy forum threads and red book* valuations. Alternatively, you could simply browse luxobarges like me and think of it as simple car porn.

* It is red book, isn’t it? Blue book sounds familiar too.

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