Monthly Archives: January 2010

Transportation A plane mys­tery solved. This (fly­ing?) derelict in Hanoi was iden­ti­fied by the fine folks at Telstar logis­tics. And we get a nice overview of the Antonov AN‑2. It’s wicked on skis. Sweet, orange, retro, but brand new. French GIMA 125. Do Want. The news that makes my day! SLS pro­duc­tion has start­ed. Last post until … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linakge (Jan 29)”

Magpie’s Shiny Things has a new home and it’s very own URL. Visit: shinymagpie.net for a dai­ly dose of mar­velous things.

Transportation There’s been no SnowPocalypse in Pugetopolis this year. But don’t get too com­fy with the idea of dry(ish) sun­ny Januaries. In fact, you might want to view this edu­ca­tion­al video from BMW — how to glide grace­ful­ly across the frozen wastes in your BMW X5M — where do I sign up? http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/video-bmw-x6m-and-x5m-snow-action-ar84064.html There are few … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Jan 27)”

Transportation 6 used Unicat’s. Because own­ing an RV does­n’t have to mean stick­ing to the inter­states. I’ll take what’s behind door num­ber 3. http://www.unicatamericas.com/secondhand.html Latest from Wrenchmonkees. A Kawi rat bike. My kind of awe­some. I’m get­ting tired of eThis and eThat, so eGrandPrix is unlike­ly to make my hit parade. On the oth­er hand racing … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Jan 26)”

Transportation That plane car you ordered? It’s here. A box­er will nev­er look quite right as a cafe rac­er to me. OTOH it’s a Bonneville record hold­er. BMW R75/5. The TTXGP race from last year is gong to be the sub­ject of a doc­u­men­tary film. Here’s the trail­er. —————– Technology (Cameras) A sol­id resource for learning … 

Continue read­ing “Morning Linkage (Jan 25)”