bored stiff geeks

26 February 2010

newest offerings from smart cars,
part deux

first, we had this

what's next?

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Not even sure it's got a name...

From its 'why-would-you-do-that' department, smart has developed a fortwo with monster ambitions.

The forfun² has the body of a smart fortwo mounted on an all-terrain Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406 series. The Greek 4x4 Rally Champion, Stefan Attart, joined forces with Mercedes-Benz Greece, to design and develop this one-off vehicle.

The engine and transmission are adopted from the Unimog and the vehicle has a six-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 5,675 cc delivering 84 bhp. By comparison, a fortwo diesel has a 41 bhp engine.

The vital statistics of the forfun² include ground clearance of more than 2ft, eye popping tires on 26 inch rims, and a towering 12 ft height.

Attart wanted maximum off-road mobility which makes the Unimog 406 the perfect platform. He added oversized wheels, an aluminium safety cage, and his design team used special shock absorbers with manually controlled air suspension, which is an advantage on steep downhill slopes.

Er -- that's it...

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as crafty198 wrote, "Damn it why can't I get a job thinking up great things to do with cars and a few thousand quid!!"

23 February 2010

stupid chemistry thought for the day

if you're not part of the solution, you're a solid or a gas

22 February 2010

if only my clients would read this. . .

if only my clients would read this. . .then they would not feel slimed by the best of us who are only trying to do the right thing. . .

pour me a pint o' your best, barkeep.

In Canada, an Artwork With Its Own Barkeeps

click me

16 February 2010

Bad Prediction of the day

"there is no reason anyone would want a computer in their
home."

-- ken olson, president, chairman and founder
of digital equipment corp., 1977 --

14 February 2010

Xīn Nián Kuài Lè

01 February 2010

one word: decadent.

had dinner at the olive garden last night. all was going well until dessert came.

i ordered these italian doughnuts called zeppoli. bite-sized pastries, dusted in powdered sugar and cinnamon, and served with a cup of hot fudge for dipping.

i gained 5 pounds just smelling the damn things.

if you haven't tried them, you haven't lived.

28 January 2010

some say

26 January 2010

don't feed them, they'll breed!

the lieutenant governor of south carolina has compared schoolchildren who eat free lunches, to stray animals.

don't believe me? watch the clip

21 January 2010

happiness is a warm gun. . .

"the question put to a succession of arms industry executives last may was always the same: would you pay bribes to get a piece of a $15 million contract to equip the presidential guard of an african country?

according to the justice department, almost two dozen executives said yes, put it in writing and wrote checks — without realizing that the african officials getting the bribes were actually undercover FBI agents."

nytimes.com

the password is. . .

Simple Passwords Remain Popular, Despite Risk of Hacking

from

this just in

in our completely unscientific poll of a random sampling of 6 americans, 66.6 percent said enough hot air already", and 33.3 percent said "can't wait to see her", when asked about sarah palin being a contributor to fox news.

18 January 2010

some of these poor geeks are going to be more bored than they've known in a while

AOL to Lay Off Up to 1, 200--NYTimes.com/AP, January 11

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The struggling Internet company AOL was laying off up to 1,200 workers this week because it didn't get enough volunteers to accept buyouts.

The cuts will leave AOL at less than a quarter the size it was at its peak in 2004.