Archive for the 'autos' Category

It is so choice

Monday, August 13th, 2007

This is a great article where the author relives a good chunk of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by driving a Ferrari replica. He starts at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, drives to the parking garage at Madison and Wells in the Loop, and eventually ends up at Cameron’s house in Highland Park. I love [...]

Car Talk Dumps Real

Sunday, February 1st, 2004

A few posts ago I was lamenting the fact that This American Life, as well as most of the programs on Chicago Public Radio, only make their streaming audio available in the RealMedia format. Well, I’m not the only one who is annoyed with RealNetworks. The guys over at Car Talk have dumped RealMedia in [...]

The Fabled IS430

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

There have long been rumors of a Lexus IS430. However, until now, that’s all there have been, rumors. Well, the good news is that such a beast exists. The bad news is that Lexus won’t be selling you one anytime soon. That’s because the only “IS430” known to be in existence was created by Rod [...]

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