Starting Monday out with beer: A list of 10 very old companies. 3 of them are breweries, founded in 1040, 1074, and the new comer in 1328. There’s also a hotel/restaurant that’s been serving beer for more than 1000 years. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/29340 On to motorcycles. I like the lived in look of this Wrenchmonkee’s Moto Guzzi. http://wrenchmonkees.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_942.html We need to …
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Morning Linkage (Jul 22)
Once you ignore the pointless luxury brand logo on the pipes this is an interesting looking bike. http://www.bikeexif.com/chanel-motorcycle For the kindlers. An archive of public domain books that are set up for over-the-air download. I’m going to suck down Shakespeare real soon now ™ http://feedbooks.com/help/kindle For all your radish slicing needs. The Lego Microtome. http://www.instructables.com/id/Lego-Microtome/ I forget about Square America …
Morning LInkage (Jul 21)
Short list this morning. Piccoli Bastadi means, of course, little bastards. Here’s a page of shots of little (mostly 50cc) Italian bikes from the 70s. The siter is in Italian but worth crawling around. http://www.piccolibastardi.it/index2.html Materials Science continues to amaze me. Here is a structural steel beam that can be moved into place without cranes. (or — as …
Morning Linkage (Jul 20)
Auto-topia reports: BMW to produce an electric scooter? http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/bmw-scooter/ There’s a picture and a google translation here: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.soloscooter.com%2Fnoticia.asp%3Fref%3D22286&sl=es&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF‑8 Moto unicorn chaser for the mention of the C‑1: http://www.bikeexif.com/ducati-bobber Pop-tarts may be the breakfast pastry of choice on your house but these look way better: http://www.chezpim.com/blogs/2008/08/how-to-make-you.html Today’s photo galleries: Woodstock: (some NSFW) http://www.laurencemillergallery.com/currentexhibition.html Ozark’s Music Festival — almost as …
Morning Linkage (Jul 16)
We’ve all seen the pictures of the motorcycle tow truck. Here’s the website of the manufacturer (now in English) Truly cool. http://www.comingthrough.se/main.php?lang=UK&page=pro Audrey Kawasaki’s custom painted helmet for the CELERITAS charity auction. Is a gentle tribute to pretty girls and weird skull-moth bugs? Anyway, I like it. (Follow her links to other helmets too.) http://i‑seldom-do.livejournal.com/141556.html I love …