Morning Linkage (Sept 15)

Transportation The good moto stuff first. Another yum­my bike on Bike EXIF. They’re hit­ting my sweet spot late­ly. And it *races*. Outrageously luxe big V‑8s are a pas­sion of mine. Here’s anoth­er entry for my imag­i­nary garage. Sadly yet anoth­er exot­ic is get­ting the elec­tric treat­ment. Come-on folks, these cars were nev­er meant to hum along … 

Morning Linkage (Sept 14)

Transportation The Atom Bomb Doctor Who. Naming con­ven­tion remains a mys­tery but the bike is yum­my. 1861 United does a series of pun­ning ads for Yamaha. Love ’em. For a retro moto look, an album cov­er. ——————- Science The Benthic Rover does for the ocean floor what Spirit and Opportunity are doing for Mars. Only cool­er, and … 

Morning Linakge (Sept 10)

Transportation Honda has devel­oped a “dual clutch” auto-transmission for bikes. There’s a dia­gram at the bot­tom of the post that I’m still puz­zling out. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/09/dual-clutch-honda/ It nev­er real­ly works but the gull wing sports car refus­es to die. This one is sex­i­er than most. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/mercedes-benz-2010-sls-amg A com­bi­na­tion of watch porn and auto­mo­tive his­to­ry. This stop watch is going … 

Morning Linkage (Sept 9)

Transportation Finally. A cus­tom that I would sell my Defender to own. Okay, maybe not the Defender but there are a cou­ple of Schnauzers on the block. Swoon. http://www.bikeexif.com/triumph-rocket-custom These are some sweet cross sec­tions of bits of the land­scape. Honda UK ads. http://designlenta.com/2009/09/09/honda-roads-ot-wieden-kennedy-london/ Visualizing air traf­fic across the globe. 24 hours of avi­a­tion data. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/air-traffic-around-the-world ———————- Industrial Design (or …

Morning Linkage (Sept 8)

Transportation Moving back­wards, as far as we are con­cerned. Samoans are now dri­ving on the left. Why? The abil­i­ty to import cheap used cars from their neigh­bors. http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5861QV20090907 A sweet lit­tle bob­ber from a Norton Atlas. This can’t be bad. http://www.bikeexif.com/norton-atlas-custom For my next blue trin­ket I want this Bentley. http://designyoutrust.com/2009/09/07/the-britto-bentley/ Presenting the Mosquito, an elec­tric bike …