Vincenzo Kolchak sent the story and his idea for dancing electrons…

Speed Limit70Cruise better with
SHELL Gasoline
With Platformate

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I wondered, “Why stop with electronic freeway signs?”
 
On a two-lane blacktop somewhere near Modesto…

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Image: (sign) upload.wikimedia.org via commons.wikimedia.org;  (Sears) acgadmin.fry.com via autoclubgroup.com

 I sent the following item from GADGET LAB
to Vincenzo Kolchak:
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Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500
* By Charlie Sorrel Email Author
* January 22, 2010
* 7:14 am
* Categories: Media Players

“Above you see two Blu-ray players. On the bottom is the Oppo BDP-83, a $500 machine. On top is the Lexicon BD-30, which will set you […]

Pentagon creating ‘massive ordnance penetrator’ bomb, aka MOP, as possible Iran, N. Korea deterrent
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 3:05 PM

…but await the actual invention.

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This artist’s rendering provided by Boeing Co. shows a “massive ordinance penetrator” or MOP bomb, which will become the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
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Image: (DeSoto tail lights) Jeffrey Jerome […]

Grim Moments in Marketing XXI…
Automobiles which lose half of their value the moment they’re named…
Hyundai Vigilante
Chevrolet Malibu Brush Fire
Kia Panatella
Nissan Thug
Buick Expectorator
Chrysler Imperialist

Suzuki Newarker

Saab Slutz
Ford  Sepsis
Lincoln Porker
Cadillac Farouk
Mercury Millipede
Dodge EMS
Pontiac Genocide
Volvo d’Arrogance
Toyota Maru
Audi Partner
Saturn V B
Porsche Conestoga
Bentley Stutter
Infiniti Ltd.
Mitsubishi Torpedo
Lotus Ennui
Mini Pad
Jeep Bastid […]

Concept cars continue to amaze at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show.
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This Ultima Paramecium Bi2 received the concave bonnet and flattened tires when an overly zealous fan hopped onto the automobile for a quick picture-taking session.

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The folks at Alfa-Romeo overcame that problem by using a special bowling alley, flecked combination paint/wax which renders impossible
any attempt to […]

GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING: Episode XVIII
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 The Nissan Rogue is not the first time automobile models have carried somewhat questionable names. Domestic and foreign manufacturers have always saved a few odd  handles for their product lines.
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Model Pictured: 2-stroke Pipsqueak
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Model Pictured: Underhand Cam 178 cubic inch Cold Sweat
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Model Pictured: 3.6 litre Procrastinator
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Another Grim Moment in Marketing…

AUTOMOBILE DOORS
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Images: (smoke) pyr.ec.gc.ca; (saab 93) en-wikimedia.org; (Saab ad) vintagetechnology.com; (military plane) worldwide-military.com; (clouds) ics.uci.edu; (T-Bird) user morrea via en-wikipedia.org; (ejection suit) canit.se; (Saab Aero X) zeenz.nl; (aqurium) aquarium.com; (Fiat) en-wikipedia.org; (Van) renault-logan.eastroblog.com; (church) freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com; (purple curtains) party.pro.com; (Nose Art) aert-letters.com;(French doors) (Versailles) (BMW) edge-inc.net; (Mercedes) readthisblog.net; (’57 Ford) tocmp.com; (Mazda) […]

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Images: (Mazda) Road&Track.com; (Bale) img.trb,com via swamppolitics.com; (symbol) polaris.umuc.edu; (Grinch hat) imagecache2.allposters.com via deborahsteinber.com; (Grinch) via fishkite.com;
This entry was posted on Sunday, January 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pm and is filed under Business, Japan, Automobiles.
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Nissan Races to Make Smaller, Cheaper Cars; Industry Shifts Strategy;
As Big-Vehicle Sales Fade; Simplifying the Doors
By AMY CHOZICK
October 22, 2007; Page A1Wall Street Journal online
ATSUGI, Japan — At a top-secret session on car designs at a Nissan Motor Co. technical center, chief product strategist Carlos Tavares recited the company’s ambitious new mission: to sell an […]

They’ve only to go back to basics to restore the glory of
Russian automotive excellence.
Putin sulks as Soviet car giant stumblesSun May 27, 12:21 AM ET
by Dario Thuburn
TOLYATTI, Russia AFP) - Judging by the sulk on
Vladimir Putin’s face and the force with which he was slamming the car doors shut, the president was not […]

Grim Moments in Marketing…
The 2007 New York Auto Show
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Images: (original NY auto show vehicles’ photos) c. C.NET.Networks.com; (Bugatti) edge-inc.net;(Swiss Army knife) (cereals) newquebec.blogspot.com; (dairy) bushrefrigeratin.com; (Basic Instinct still) hiring-revolution.com; (metal grocery cart) retaildesigndiva.blogs.com; (lava lamp) simply70s.com; (radio flyer) ace.imageg.net;
This entry was posted on Monday, May 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm and is filed under […]

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By the end of his 16-year reign in 1952, Farouk declared
all inanimate objects must carry the Mark of the Stache.

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This baby was the erstwhile King’s favorite vehicle. Legend states that Harley Earle personally designed this pimped caddy. The continental tire folds down to form a roulette wheel and […]

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Images: (Porsche) msprotege.com via wallpaper.net; (Popeye) created by E.C. Segar via dvdmegapacks.com; (Boxers) willkern.com
This entry was posted on Friday, April 13th, 2007 at 5:13 pm and is filed under Automobiles, Prize-Fighting.

Donald Trump’s Worsts: First In A Series
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room…
Wolf: Worst SUV?
Don: The Magellan-Frazer Circumnavigator Custom

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Images: (W) ap-via boomantribune via cnn.com; (navigator) a904.g.akamai.net; (kaiser-fraser) io.tudelft.nl; (Barbara Bush) news.harvard.edu; (W bike) ap via templeofgwbush.blogspot; (simpsons) Marge’s Son Poisoning via en-wikipedia.org
Please find the story at CNN.

This entry was […]

This morning Don Imus thought the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum looked like a suburban Ford dealership. I respect the late president,
but Don Imus should not be faulted for this observation.
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 at 6:02 pm and is filed under Automobiles, […]

Date night outside Cologne, Summer, 1939.
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Images: (Thunder Road) moviepostershoppe.com; (screen) smartinc.com;
(Atlantic Wall bunkers)Paul Virilio in metropolis.com; (autos) det.news.com;
(intermission shot and food pictures) drive-infilm.com (Speer structure) stanford.edu
This entry was posted on Monday, July 10th, 2006 at 11:00 […]

Each year I consider myself blessed for being able to attend
the “GODS ‘n RODS” show.
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It’s correct title is
‘THE ANNUAL JAMBOREE OF LIVING GODS, CLERICS, MECHANINCS AND STREET HOT ROD RACING SOCIETY MEMBERS.”
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It’s the Feast Day of Saint Joseph.
While he is not the patron saint
of post-War American automobile manufacturing,
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This entry was posted on Sunday, March 19th, 2006 at 9:24 pm and is filed under Society, Automobiles.
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Are they trying to tell us that elected officials are liars and hypocrites?
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As On Deadline mentioned earlier today, a photo of House Speaker Dennis Hastert switching cars leads Yahoo’s most-sent photo list this morning. The Republican lawmaker had attended an event to promote hydrogen-powered vehicles, appeared to head back to the Capitol in one, […]

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(cuckoo) cheeretc.com; (umbrella) via cscwholesale.com; (fog) VIA TOPNEWS.IN; (Village of the Damned{based on novel: The Midwich Cuckoos} kids–
front) image294.imageshack.us via forum.suprbay.org; (same–back)via blog.masslive.com

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Images: (John Wagoner) AP Photo via blog.cleveland.com; (Hummer) via businessweek.com; (GM logo) via businessweek.com;(Porter Waggoner suit) via
image42.webshots.com; (Webb) 4.bp.blogspot.com via malehti.blogspot.com; (museum view) kitfosterscarport via kitfoster.com

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MSNBC
Woman Shuts Daycare Down After Children Drink Windshield Fluid
updated 12:16 p.m. ET, Fri., March. 13, 2009
A Scott woman has voluntarily turned over her license and shut her daycare down after children there were accidentally served windshield wiper fluid to drink.
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Image: (WW Fluid) trendtechsupport.com

December 12, 2008: 03:45 PM ET
CNN
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Ky. Sen. Bunning, ex-Tigers pitching great, gets booted from Detroit-area fair for autos vote

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Jim Bunning was the toast of Detroit when […]