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Amazing Tilt-Shift Video From Monster Truck Rally
Tilt-shift photography can be used for many things, but one of the more interesting is a technique used to trick the mind into thinking very large things are very small. Tilt-shift takes advantage of our familiarity with very close up images of small things, where the object of interest is in focus, but everything else is progressively blurred. Keith Loutit has applied this technique in video form to an indoor monster truck rally and demolition derby event with stunning and awesome results. The full video below in huge format for your viewing pleasure.
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Nissan GT-R Toolbox, Just In Time For Godzillamas
What do you get for the Nissan GT-R owner that has everything except a Snap-On toolbox customized with an image of their car printed on the side of it? A Snap-On toolbox customized with an image of their car printed on the side of it. We just got the flyer from Nissan advertising this toolbox, which proclaims the ten-drawer, double-bank drawers are being offered exclusively to GT-R owners, much to the disappointment of Nissan Rogue and Titan owners. There's no word on the cost for this accessory, but we'd guess it'll come in somewhere around the price of the Nissan Versa 1.6S. Oh, and using it will probably void your warranty. Features list and flyers below the jump.
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Being An Engineer At Honda Must Be Nice
Speaking as someone who has done it, being an engineer for any of the not-so-Big Three is something of a soul-crushing endeavor. Deadlines are always too aggressive, budgets are always too small, management never grasps the true complexities of a system, and you inevitably have to deal with totally incompetent suppliers who over promise and under perform. It's a delightful job. That kind of experience makes the open letter from a Honda employee that arrived at the offices of BoingBoing seem like working there is some kind of magical fantasy-land of happy rainbows and pony rides. More » -
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Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
The brilliance of Wikipedia is vigorous peer review on even the most minute detail and completely humorless administrators. That genius produces a fairly reliable and constantly evolving public encyclopedia. Unfortunately, it also manages to kill some absolutely brilliant fiction in favor of maintaining the "truth" about past events. Take for instance the origins of the Michelin Man, an advertising icon almost as old as the tire company it represents. In the real world Bibendum, the actual name of the character, was created by an artist specifically for advertising purposes. In Wikipedia's revisionist record, the origins of the Michelin Man show the murderous past of an out of control robot on a rampage. More » -
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Twenty-Nine Automotive Fails
Hey Diggers! Welcome to Jalopnik, the blog with a silly name obsessed with the cult of cars. We've got more fun stuff here other than this here bunch of FAIL-shots. Check it out if you've got a moment. Here's a good place to start.
This internet thing can be a damn silly place sometimes. A Hawaiian blogger adds the words "I can haz cheezburger" to a picture of a crazy looking cat and the place filled up with poor grammar cat images faster than a Fiero gets dressed in Lamborghini bodywork these days. The latest massive internet meme is even more simple. Take a funny picture of unfortunate happenstance, add the word "Fail" and bask in the schadenfreude. More so than any other site, Failblog.org has become the purveyor of all things fail and that extends deeply into the automotive world. No surprise really, we've all seen the way people drive on a daily basis. So now, let us present to you this, the 29 fails of an automotive nature. Hit the jump. More »
4:00 PM on Mon Nov 17 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
121,589 views, 89 commentsMost discussed the artist formerly known as dolo54: ahhh here it is: more »
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Audi Shows Cars Can Play Nice, Talk With Each Other To Save Gas, Lives
Yesterday at the second annual CAR2CAR, a forum on, you guessed it, car-to-car communications, Audi revealed a future where its cars would play nice and talk to others. Specifically, the multi-ringed German brand showed off three examples where their system can talk to cars from other brands to receive warnings from approaching emergency vehicles, to emit data after a crash and to warn other vehicles of a potential collision. But that's just the car-to-car side. The really interesting stuff is on the infrastructure-to-car side. Audi was touting the results of a study experiment in Ingolstadt, where the timing of 46 traffic lights was optimized by equipping three with WLAN-based communications technology to facilitate communications with vehicles heading toward the lights. Calculations provided by the Technical University of Munich, a venture partner, suggest a 20% reduction in stops at traffic lights post-optimization. That's obviously good for those of us looking to save time, but it also helps in the pocketbook as well because the reduction creates a corresponding improvement in fuel efficiency. Just assuming an hourly volume of 1,000 vehicles in Ingolstadt –- the stop reduction reportedly saves around 185,000 gallons of fuel annually. Not too shabby if you ask us. Hit the jump for the full release.
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Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Dodge Colt Turbo Bumper Car For $4500?
Ready to cast some Nice Price Or Crack Pipe judgment this morning? 60% of you thought that the $12,500 1973 Ford Ranchero camper was way overpriced, in spite of that 351C/4-speed setup. Today we're going for something a little more affordable, in honor of the onrushing Financiapocalypse. Sometimes you see a car project and you have to wonder what the builder could have been thinking? It's obvious that a lot of thought and quality workmanship went into this '84 Colt Turbo- which even has the extra-hip Twin Stick dual-range transmission- but, well, why? Anyway, the important issue here is price; what do you say?
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How To Rebuild The Republican Party: Truck Nutz For All!
With the RNC licking its wounds and contemplating strategies that will help them win back lost political ground, it only makes sense that they'd turn to this here newfangled internet thingy to try to get some ideas. The folks at Rebuild The Party decided to seek reader input to finish the statement "The next RNC Chairman should…" and (as of the time of this writing) the answer "Give all Red Blooded Americans a pair of Truck Nutz for their F150s!" is leading by a landslide, crushing a bunch of confusing eggheaded ideas about the Bill Of Rights and fiscal policy. Oh, sure, some might call it Truck Nutz Socialism, but drastic measures are needed! More » -
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Contribute To The Environment Unconsciously With The Magic Power System!
What would you say to a £34.99 ($53.75) device that plugs into your car's lighter socket and gives you 10-30% better fuel economy, cleans the entire car electrically and improves audio sounds? We totally believe all those claims, and those are just a few of the benefits offered by the Magic Power System, aka Power Bar. How do you suppose this device works? Blood-magneto suction drums? Electrical system acupressure? Charm quark intimidation?
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