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You might have heard of of a little plastic-encased optical disc called a "universal media disc", or UMD. There have been more than noughadvertisements for the format. More likely than not, though, you don't actually own any UMDs. Why is that?

Filed under: business, technology on March 31st, 2006 | No Comments »

I wasn't around in the Sixties and Seventies, but I'm pretty sure that mainstream recording artists and their fans weren't too terribly preoccupied with reliving (and rehashing) music from the Fourties or Fifties. They were too busy creating a generation of groundbreaking music to worry about that. So, why, since about the time "grunge" came [...]

Filed under: music, rants on March 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Consider the following scenario:

You're born in England.
You marry an Englishman/woman.
You decide to move to Puerto Rico (perhaps its the sun).
There, you have a child.
The lot of you move to the U.S.

Filed under: personal, rants on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

A "spinner" wheel contains a spoke plate attached to the wheel's hub, which begins to spin using the kinetic energy generated by the vehicle's motion. Additionally, it is not uncommon for the outer spoke plate to be fixed so that even when the vehicle is moving, it remains stationary.

Filed under: humor on March 9th, 2006 | No Comments »

If you've spent any time around Volkswagen or auto forums (or even digg!), you might have noticed some buzz around the new ads for the MkV GTI. While the lion's share of talk has gone to the "Project Fast" ads and its creepy little rabbit mascot (including its propensity to fetch absurd bounties on eBay), [...]

Filed under: advertising, reviews on March 3rd, 2006 | No Comments »