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Hypermiling Could Save Us All

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:28:26 +0000

Well, not really, but with gas prices at ridiculous levels - I’ll try anything at this point.

Hypermiling is an attempt to stretch your gas milage by doing simple, everyday things like pumping up tires to the maximum rating on their sidewalls, which may be higher than levels recommended in car manuals; using engine oil of a low viscosity, and the controversial practice of drafting behind other vehicles on the highway to reduce aerodynamic drag — a practice begun a few years ago by truck drivers.

The “advanced” techniques of hypermiling are in addition to well-known approaches including keeping speed down, accelerating gently, avoiding excessive idling and removing cargo racks to also cut down on aerodynamic drag.

Wayne Gerdes, a former nuclear plant operator from Wadsworth, Illinois, and the originator of hypermiling, said he gets 40-70 mpg out of his Ford Ranger pickup truck, about doubling its official fuel consumption of 25 mpg.

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EXCELSIOR!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:05:33 +0000

I read in Time today that if there isn’t a clear democratic candidate decided upon by the time of the convention, that the DNC might choose to declare a third candidate.

This was all speculatory of course.

The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be…MANBEARPIG.

This is my favorite part:

“At this point, Clinton can only win the nomination ugly: by superdelegates abandoning Obama and turning to her, in droves— not impossible, but not very likely either. Even if Clinton did overtake Obama, it would be very difficult for her to win the presidency: African Americans would never forgive her for “stealing” the nomination. They would simply stay home in November, as would the Obamista youth.”

This is basically the point Ann Coulter (that soulless whore) made months ago when she “endorsed” Clinton. It’s all about the superdelegates, baby.

What a sick, sick democracy.

I think it’s just about done…

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:41:38 +0000

It’s tough to take a good picture of it all, I’ll get better ones.

TimVictim.

Bird-Boy Found in Russia

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:02:22 +0000

From Digg…

“He just chirps and when realizing that he is not understood, he starts to wave hands in the way birds winnow wings…”

Link

Ralph Nader, Oh My!

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:47:26 +0000

Ralph Nader is, wait for it…running for president. Yawn.

Idiot Iranian Idealists

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:57:51 +0000

Apparently, college douchebags in Iran have no idea what they’re talking about either. Sooo…he’s a Zionist AND he’s a Nazi? Go read a book, Amir.

This photo was taken at a rally in Tehran marking the 29th anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

Pictures From Scotland

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:51:35 +0000

I finally processed the pictures Kelly and I took when we were in Scotland last year. I’m heading back to Glasgow on January 14th, so I hope to get some of the great places I missed last time around (the Necropolis, art school, etc.)

Check out my Flickr Set.

Score One for the Fugs!

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:58:13 +0000

Socialism really knows no bounds in South America. In Argentina, the fugs want to tax the good looking! How insane is this…

“The beautiful people get all the breaks. Beauty is a natural advantage and (he wants) the good-lookers to be taxed to finance compensation for the ugly people.”

“And also a tax on companies that help us to think that way, that beauty is only aesthetics. So whoever is ugly or doesn’t fit into the social beauty parameters, suffers those invisible barriers imposed by society.”

BBC

Banksy in the West Bank Again

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:51:44 +0000

Banksy has dropped some interesting pieces on the West Bank barrier, which runs beside Bethlehem.

In a world full of hot-air activists, THIS is how you do something effective. (To be fair, Banksy is already an art star so he’s going to garner visibility regardless.)

BBC

Aiden!

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:29:21 +0000

Aiden and I on Thanksgiving. He’s such a little poop! (Blur is due to lack of light, i had the flash off as to not blind the kid.)