Frantic scratchings - stuff I want, stuff I need, stuff I like

My girl got back from Prague and Budapest and this is what she got me! I sent her an email to bring me back a big bottle of Absinthe, but she didn't get it in time. In the sad news department, customs confiscated 4 sausages from her uncle that he bought in Hungary. Each cost $65. :(

So I went to the grocery store and pay they had a sale on green tea. I picked up a couple of boxes thinking this was a great deal. I brew some up today and it's purple! It's Salada green tea with purple antioxidant! No wonder it was extra fragrant in the box! Wish me luck on my first sip.

3.0 CSL Alexander Calder 1975 Frank Stella 1976 320i - Roy Lichtenstein 1977 M1 - Andy Warhol 1979 635CSi Ernst Fuchs 1982 Richard Rauschenberg 1986 E30 M3 Ken Done 1989 Michael Jagamara Nelson 1989 535i - Matazo Kayama 1990 730i - Cesar Manrique 1990 525i - Esther Mahlangu 1991 Z1 - A.R. Penck 1991 E36M3 - Sandro Chia 1992 850csi - David Hockney 1995 The V12 LMR by Jenny Holzer video is missing as of now - I'll update it when it pops up. The H2R, hydrogen powered car, is slated to be the 16th Art Car. Olafur Eliasson, one of the most significant representatives of contemporary art, has been commissioned by BMW. Waiting for the finished product and maybe the video.

This is great! What does he say at the end?

Engine 6,208-cc AMG-built DOHC 32-valve V-8. High-pressure die-cast alloy cylinder block with twin-wire arc sprayed coating on running surfaces. Net power 507 hp @ 6,800 rpm Net torque 465 lb-ft @ 5,200 rpm Transmission: AMG-enhanced 7-speed automatic with AMG SPEEDSHIFT™. mbusa.com Wow this is one amazing wagon!

First up is Big Stranger Rodeo then piece de resitance, Annoying Devil There are a lot of things you that you can get away with in a country that has a ban on guns! I love it!

Why did Puma pick such an ugly shoe to be the canvas for the custom sneaker crowd? Here is the base shoe used for mongolianshoebbq.puma.com It's pointy and narrow and looks disgusting. Why not pick other shoes that are more stylish? What about the Sky II Demi's? It has so many things to color that a custom one would definitely be different from each other! I'm sure we can outdesign Puma's hired gun Yasuhiro Mihara if they let us work with the Suede as a starting point. This shoe below is being marketed and it's a mess. What about custom Speed Cats?! What a beautiful simple and purposeful shoe! Making one to you personal taste would just add to how popular this shoe is. Puma please get your act straight with Mongolian BBQ! You are letting the custom sneaker market slip away from your hands.

Ferrari Enzo vs Bentley Continental GT vs Porsche Carrera GT vs Aston Martin DB9 vs Lamborghini Murcielago PART 1 PART 2 PART 3

Nardo, Italy High Speed Track The Competitors, a total of over 9500hp! AC Schnitzer Tension 552hp Brabus Rocket 730hp HGP VW R32 Golf Twin Turbo 600hp Sportec Porsche 911 SPR 1 802hp EDO Gallardo 620hp EDO Cayenne Turbo R and Gallardo Spyder Enco Porsche Cayenne Turbo 638hp 9ff Porsche 911 Cabrio T-6 780hp EDO Ferrari F430 Spyder EDS Vectra OPC 345hp Hohenester A4 H650 TDI 650hp TechArt 911 Turbo 580hp and GT Sport 385hp Lorinser CL600 565hp Good bye.

Here is BMW's 760li long wheelbase sedan powered by hydrogen. It is available to a select few who can lease the car. It develops 260hp without any harmful emissions, just water. It can do 0-60 in 9.5 secs. On one tank full of hydrogen, the car can travel in a range of 124mi (200km). But it can run on gasoline. This is the first hydrogen production car. Honda is thinking about mass producing their FCX concept to follow the trend.

It's projected that 460 million cell phones will be sold in 2006. And now Apple wants a bite of that pie. The picture above, from business2.com, is a concept image of the iPhone . It will most likely be introduced at Macworld January 2007. Forbes reports on 11.14.06 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (2317.TW) has secured contracts from Apple Computer for 12 mln mobile handsets that also function as music players, the Commercial Times quoted industry sources as saying. Apple hopes to tap into the 60 million iPod buyers each quarter to market the new iPhone. And hopefully it will fare better than the failed Motorola ROKR with iTunes. Apple faces heavy competition from established brands like Sony Ericsson, which has a popular line of Walkman branded phones. Will iTunes and the iPod connection be enough to make the iPhone a success?

The headset will be great for network gaming and chatting. I wonder if the Eyetoy will have any network capabilities.

Finally a reference point I can relate to! I always see it against the Xbox 360 and the Wii - which I don't have. Now I can tell how much larger it is.

After I wrote the article about Microsoft's actions to battle the launch of the PS3 and the Wii , I started thinking: Why doesn't Microsoft buy all 400,000 PS3 launch units? Let's imagine if Microsoft had 400 rooms that looked like this: 100 ps3's from Japan So 400,000 PS3 units were projected by Sony, let's say an average price of $650 with tax for each unit. That would mean the whole lot would cost $260 Million, which is @20% of what Microsoft Entertainment lost in 2006. (Microsoft's Entertainment Division has lost $1.26 Billion in fiscal year 2006. source next-gen.biz ) If they keep it away from the public during the busy gift buying Christmas holiday, people will just buy an Xbox 360 or a Nintendo Wii. But we're talking about slowing down Sony here. After all the hype has finished for the PS3, maybe by summer 2007, and Sony has ramped up production so that they can sell again to the public, Microsoft can then donate all 400,000 units to charity. The...

So the Nintendo Wii and the Sony PS3 are coming out this month, what has Microsoft done to protect their XBox 360 franchise? In the few weeks leading to the new consoles the following have been discovered about the XBox 360. Gears of War is launching. HD Video downloads through XBox Live XBox 360's HD-DVD drive can be connected to Windows XP via drivers. It will be plug and play for Vista. X360 core system to be sold for $100 (rumor) Microsoft to buy Capcom Halo 3 rumors, too bad the Halo movie was scrapped. Seems to me that Microsoft is running scared and is trying to catch up to a year that has been squandered.

ORLY ANL FAGSX FCKSX CNTY BBW GDBSX ATM NWS HAHAX Just some funny stock tickers. BTW I love the Google Finance Charts. http://finance.google.com/finance

Amazing footwork. The old man fron the Best Motoring videos shows how it's done!

Victory by Design is a great series hosted and driven by Alain De Cadenet, SpeedTV Formula Host. Here is Aston Martin...

Victory by Design is a great series hosted and driven by Alain De Cadenet, SpeedTV Formula Host. Here is Ferrari...

Well YouTube won't provide enough resolution for me to tell, but if you want to lose a stroke on Tiger Woods it looks like you need an Xbox 360.

A man in florida retaliates after getting ripped off on a brand new Ford Escape. Car salesmen are sleazy!

from the guys at Gizmodo I'm hoping that the dashboard background changes with the month and also customizable by the user like the PSP.

Or you will be the laughing stock of your neighborhood and Porsche might send a tactical squadron to rescue the car you just desecrated. http://www.nameyourporsche.com/ Name Your Porsche You can now give your Porsche an exclusive personal touch. Instead of the type designation, you can have a customised text in the same font placed on your Porsche. Texts can be made for all 911 models - Cayenne - Boxster and Cayman. We can manufacture your personalised text in the same colours as the type designation, in grey or black, or 'chrome' or 'gold' if you prefer. Just imagine having your girlfriend's or boyfriend's name on the back instead of Carrera 2, or the name of your dog, cat or horse instead of Cayenne? No problem! Any conceivable name can be made to order…. from Laura to Larry, from Amber to Arnold, from Roxanne to Roderick...

Would you rather drive a Chrysler 300C or a BMW 335i? I guess in the UK, the 300c's are rare but here in the US it's everywhere! I'd like to see if he would even consider the 300c if both cars were taken to the track. And if you ask any girl, Chrysler or BMW - there is only one answer: BMW.

Here are some pages from the PS3 Manual in Japanese instructing the user on how to change the SATA hard drive. Here the concept is tested and was successful. 20gb to 120gb upgrade. As you can see 23gb has been eaten up by the OS? And here is a 200gb 2.5" SATA drive from Newegg.com This will be great!