November 2012
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Can You Get A Gourmet Meal In Blacked-Out...
Last night I set off from my Upper West Side apartment to go see Manhattan blacked out south of 34th street, particularly the East Village where some of my friends live. How would my old stomping grounds look after Sandy put it under water? More importantly, could I find a delicious, hot meal in the dark?
Five minutes after waving goodbye to my bus and the food situation becomes clear. Food...
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Coffin Cars Are A Thing
Since it’s Halloween, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on a persistent subculture in the hot-rod community: the coffin car.
The mixing of coffins and hot rods really isn’t that shocking. There’s a conceptual and aesthetic link between coffins and the danger-courting aesthetic of many hot rods, plus, for many builders, I imagine a coffin just seems like a pretty...
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Why Can't We Stop a Hurricane Before It Hits Us?
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By Charlie Jane Anders
Hurricane Sandy has caused untold billions of dollars in damage and insane casualties. And we saw the “Frankenstorm” coming, for days in advance. We can send people into space and put vehicles on Mars — why can’t we stop a hurricane in its tracks, before it comes to our major population centers and starts rolling for damage?
Here are some methods that people...
Racing Legend And All-Around Badass John Fitch...
John Fitch was an incredible man— it’s that simple. He was a WWII pilot, highly accomplished racer, first manager of Chevrolet’s Corvette racing team, and designed and sold some stunning Corvair variants. When he was 87, he even tried to break some speed records at Bonneville in a 50 year-old Mercedes-Benz Gullwing. On top of all that, the man was a safety pioneer as well,...
Deadspin.com Updates: "The Impact On Science Will... →
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An executive at another New York City hospital, who asked to remain anonymous, just shared with us the following:
I just spoke to a friend at NYU medical campus and she is just shocked at the surroundings. The research labs lost ALL their mice (1000s) and most of their research…
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Salt Water + Subways = Bad Mix →
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Wish your emergency kit was better? The Wire... →
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Don't Panic: Mayor Bloomberg Isn't Banning All...
Mayor Bloomberg’s spokesman declared on Twitter that passenger cars will not be banned from entering Manhattan, as the New York Post recently reported. There are no traffic lights in Downtown Manhattan, there is debris on the road, and emergency vehicles need room to move, but cars will still be allowed into the city.
(UPDATE) Mayor Bloomberg has announced that only vehicles with 3 or more...
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The Dutch Are Developing Glow-In-The-Dark Highways
First the DAF Variomatic CVT transmission and now this? Woah, slow down there, Netherlands! The automotive world can only handle so much Dutch goodness! Designer Daan Roosegaard came up with the fundamental concept behind the new road designs, which will incorporate integrated glowing weather indicators, dynamic lighting, and other advanced features. More incredibly, there are plans to actually...
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Haunted Car Porn!
Here’s a little Halloween treat for all of you Jalops, standing by us in our, um, slimmer state. Think of it as the fun-sized off-brand candy bar we’re handing out at the door.
It’s regular Car Porn— in this case this lovely Datsun Bluebird/510 SSS I saw in Yokohama. But, if you wait 20 seconds, you get a Halloweenish surprise for a second, which gives you Lazy...
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Hey, It's An El Camaromino!
SEMA has some pretty good treats this year, like this Camaro Ute. It’s quite clearly based on the Holden VE Ute that GM keeps teasing the non-Australian world with but with a slightly tweaked Camaro front end. The body is all Holden from the windshield back, and the official name is “Holden8er.”
Personally, this car should be called an “Inverted Mullet” to...
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1st Gear: Fiat Has To Fix Itself Instead Of Buy...
The Detroit News says Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne says the company has a plan to fix the struggling Italian auto company. But to do so, Fiat will have to use the cash it was going to spend on acquiring the rest of Chrysler. ”“Building things is a lot more exciting than retrenching into defeat,” Marchionne told analysts and reporters during a conference call Tuesday. “I think...
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