2011
05.03

Chrysler’s advertising campaign continues to be excellent. The new 300 looks great and bonus points for nabbing Ndamukong Suh for the commercial.

UPDATE: Chrysler finally officially posted this video. Link updated.

2011
04.18

Here’s your chance to buy the Ferrari 412 used in Daft Punk‘s Electroma and have 100% of the funds go to the British Red Cross for the Japan relief effort.

There are many auctions from EMI Music to help with the Japan relief effort. Another personal favorite is one of only _4_ original ZERO shirts worn by Billy Corgan on the Smashing Pumpkins‘s 1995 ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ tour.

2011
04.18

Chrysler’s “Imported From Detroit” advertising campaign is (surprise) _well_ done. I find myself responding very positively to it. High nostalgia factors involved with spot on pacing, narration, and message. I don’t find myself saying this well, ever, but congrats Chrysler. It definitely helps the 2011 Chrysler 200 appears to be class competitive.

Imported From Detroit

Now, we’re from America. But this isn’t New York City. Or the Windy City. Or Sin City. And we’re certainly no one’s Emerald City. This is the Motor City.

Raise Your Standards

But no, we will not be asking you to lower your standards to buy a car made here. We will in fact, be asking you to raise them.

2011
04.18

A very appealing commercial for the new 2011 Dodge Durango. Tasteful exterior AND interior styling plus what appears to be high quality interior materials. It doesn’t hurt to have Michael C. Hall narrating either.

Chrysler and now Dodge’s new advertising campaigns are well done. And it appears they are starting to turn out vehicles to match.

2011
03.25

Beautiful design all around, especially the “double bubble.”

1958 Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato

1958 Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato

1958 Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato

via Bring A Trailer

2011
01.13

I totally missed this when it came out.

2010
12.19

I just came across a great 28-minute interview of Mark Kozelek back from January 13th, 2006 on KEXP.

Get the full-length interview from Internet Archive.

The set list is:

  • Four-Fingered Fisherman
  • Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
  • Salvador Sanchez
  • Bubble
2010
12.06

With the launch of the Nexus S by Google, it’s time to revisit the inconsistency in the button order of Android devices. As I pointed out previously, there’s seems to be no rhyme or reason to the order, even among manufacturers (ahem Motorola/Verizon). Well, it seems Google isn’t immune to this either.

— Nexus One: Back, Menu, Home, Search

— Nexus S: Back, Menu, Search, Home

I don’t care the Nexus One was manufactured by HTC and the Nexus S was manufactured by Samsung — the Nexus line _IS_ Google’s phone.

Seriously. Pick something and stick to it.

(via John Gruber)

2010
12.03

Jamie Oliver on his crusade against the obesity epidemic. My favorite quote:

…any judge in the whole world would look at the statistics and the evidence and they would find any government of old guilty of child abuse.

Other bits from the 2010 TED Prize Winner:

Every child should be taught to cook in school, not just talk about nutrition all day. Good food can be made in 15 minutes. This could be the first generation where the kids teach the parents.

I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.

2010
12.03

Wow. I’ve never heard of Iso Rivolta. The IR 340 is _beautiful_. I’m dubbing this the “poor” man’s Ferrari and filing it away in my car wish list.

Unsurprising, as the car is Italian and made in the early 1960s, it’s got a strong Ferrari vibe to it.

Just awesome.

Read more about the Iso Rivolta IR 300/340.

Via BaT and eBay.

Iso Rivolta IR 340

Iso Rivolta IR 340

Iso Rivolta IR 340