December 2007
60 posts
Beautiful Hand-Built Air-Cooled V12 Makes 68 HP... →
68 horsepower per liter! Air-cooled? You betcha. This hand-built V12 engine, the fruit of hobbyist Ralf Drendel’s labor, clocks in at a mere 87 cc’s of displacement and cranks out a whopping mere 6 horsepower. That’s three times the pistons of the worlds smallest 4 cylinder and probably three times the headaches. The little terror was designed with RC planes in mind, but...
Inside the Tokyo Traffic Center [Novelties] →
Our brother site unnaturally obsessed with shiny new toys has a cool gallery up of the Tokyo Traffic center. Apparently it’s a place where a team of dedicated compulsive-obsessive bureaucrats work round-the-clock to make sure the city’s ginormous infrastructure of roads and twisting mess of highways don’t grind to a complete halt. This team uses a very high-tech system of huge...
256 MpH Motorcycle →
If you can ignore the strange foreign music, this guy shows off some ridiculous riding taking his bike beyond the limit.
Dream of owning an F1 car? Now you can! →
If you’re like Frank Mountain, the British property developer who famously purchased Michael Schumacher’s Formula 1 car, your love of F1 and a healthy bankroll are all you need to become the owner of your very own F1 car. In this case it’s not a Ferrari, but a Super Aguri Honda on offer at Racercar.com. […]
BMW-Mercedes cooperation may grow even tighter →
Those who have followed the saga of the BMW and Mercedes cooperation talks know that the two makers have been cautious - to say the least - in working together, but at the same time the continuous nature of the talks show that both are interested in the idea. Germany’s two most prestigious car makers […]
Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT: Awesome sound video! →
Turn up the volume of your speakers and get your blood frozen in your veins when listening to the awesome sound of a Lamborghini R-GT race car. That completely made our day! Related news: GermanCarBlog, P4MR, Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT Source: The German Car TV
GT-R Knows When It Is At A Track →
GPS system tells Nissan supercar to scrap speed limiter for track days
Top Gear totally smitten with Nissan GT-R →
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Nissan, UK
The platitudes keep pouring in for the 2009 Nissan GT-R. Bill Thomas from Top Gear produced our favorite write up by far right before Christmas in which he pits the GT-R against its arch nemesis, the Porsche 911 Turbo, on the back roads of Germany before attacking the Autobahn. His description of accelerating to 190 mph on the ‘bahn...
Lamborghini celebrates 3000 Murciélagos sold →
Filed under: Car Buying, Geneva Motor Show, Supercars, Lamborghini
During most weeks, Ford will build more than 3,000 F-Series pickups by Wednesday. It has taken more than five years to build 3,000 Lamborghini Murciélagos, but in the realm of $300,000 supercars the Italian automaker can consider this level of sales success a very substantial accomplishment. The Lamborghini Murciélago...
Apple Shut Down Think Secret →
Freedom of speech and the constitution in the US don’t prevail.
Μπαμπούλας Α.Ε. : Οίκος Τελετών →
Το καλύτερο γραφείο τελετών στο Διαδίκτυο, ούτε Χρυσοί Οδηγοί, ούτε μαλακίες!
Δείτε οπωσδήποτε το intro, ο τύπος είναι δεκαετίες μπροστά:
Φάνης Μπαμπούλας - Οίκος Τελετών
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Εγώ πάντως, από τα χέρια του θα ήθελα να πάω στον άλλο κόσμο…
Boeing to Test Aviation Biofuels →
The Boeing Co., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of commercial airliners, will begin testing jet fuel derived from algae and other biomass and says biofuels could become a feasible alternative within five years. Faced with soaring fuel costs and the threat of tighter emissions regulations on both sides of the Atlantic, the airline industry is scrambling to find a cheaper, cleaner...
Traffic Jam Mystery Solved -- Blame the Wave!... →
No, not the friendly hand wave, but the sporting event stadium wave. Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of unaccountable traffic jams. You know, those traffic jams that involve no wrecked cars or other traffic-disrupting accidents, but are still capable of bringing traffic to a stand-still. The big brains at the University of Exeter developed a model that shows...
Kindo.com - Keep an Eye on This One →
Folks at Facebookblogged.com talked about it. There’s every reason that they have seen some spark in it. Yeh we’re talking about the new social network which might cause a bit of head-aches for the likes of genie, ancestory to name a few. This social network, more popularly billed as the Facebook for family members is called as Kindo.com.
Kindo’s goal is quiet simple connect everyone in your...
Lamborghini Gallardo, Lamborghini Murcielago:... →
We have found these two great comparison videos of the Lamborghini Gallardo against the Lamborghini Murcielago. The videos are filmed in Hakone (Japan). Residing in Japan, we can definitely say that this area has many great drives with a lot of nice curves. Sit back and enjoy! Takuya Kurosawa and Takayuki Kinoshita tests the Lamborghini Gallardo and the Murcielago on the streets of Hakone, the
Ferrari F40 Dyno →
Probably the most insane sounding Dyno run anyone could possibly witness. The incredible scream blaring from the exhaust is enough to wake up the dead… from the past 3 generations.
How To : Crash Finder In Two Moves … →
Και για να μην λέτε οτι λέω μονο κάλα για το Leopard και γενικότερα για την Apple, ορίστε …
Πως να crashaρετε τον finder του Leopard σε δυο κινήσεις .
Α) ανοίξτε οποιοδήποτε folder θέλετε άλλα να ειναι σε column view .
Β) Κάντε δεξί κλικ και get info σε ενα άδειο column.
Δείτε το marble of death για λίγα δευτέρα, και απολαύστε το restart του finder σας.
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Τάξη σε σχολείο της Καλιφόρνια →
Η παραπάνω εικόνα και οι εικόνες που ακολουθούν ειναι από ένα σχολείο στην Καλιφόρνια.
Ένα σχολείο, ή μάλλον πιο σωστά μια τάξη που ειναι εξοπλισμένη με mac, από το γραφείο του καθηγητή μέχρι τα laptop των μαθητών και ακόμη και ο πίνακας ειναι mac (περίπου).
Αυτό το συγκεκριμένο στην Ελλάδα άσχετα το οτι εάν θα το δούμε θα το δούμε σε περισσότερο από δεκαετία, τολμώ να πω πάλι κάλα που δεν το...
Security Update 2007-009 for Leopard now available →
Filed under: OS, Software, Software Update, Apple
If you’ve been wondering when we’d see a security update for Mac OS X Leopard: you can stop holding your breath. Apple has just pushed out Security 2007-009 for Mac OS X 10.5.1. So what’s been fixed? According to the release notes: Core Foundation Flash Player Plug-in Quick Look Safari Shockwave Plug-in and plenty more The...
Unlock To 1.1.2 [OTB] →
Υπέροχα νέα για όσους έχουν ενα iPhone με firmware 1.1.2 OTB (out of the box) που σημαίνει οτι με αυτό αγοράστηκε, οπως αυτά που πουλιούνται στην Αγγλία και την Γερμάνια…
Εάν λοιπόν μέχρι τώρα, είχατε ενα τέτοιο iPhone, δεν μπορούσατε να το ξεκλειδώσετε.
αυτό μέχρι τώρα γιατί το iNdependence κατέφερε να κάνει αυτά τα iPhones να δουλεύουν με οτι Sim και να τους βάλεις.
Το πρόγραμμα διατίθεται...
The real GPS on iPhone →
You’ve seen the fake, now take a look at the real GPS on iPhone
If you ask us, we’ll take Navizon which takes ten seconds compared with a minute for a more acurate GPS.
The real GPS on iPhone →
You’ve seen the fake, now take a look at the real GPS on iPhone
If you ask us, we’ll take Navizon which takes ten seconds compared with a minute for a more acurate GPS.
Unlock το 1.1.2 περιπου. →
Έχοντας στα χέρια μου το iPhone με εγκατεστημένη την έκδοση 1.1.1 και φυσικά εγκατεστημένο και τον installer (υπέροχο πράγμα), περνούσα την ώρα μου κάνοντας εγκατάσταση διάφορα προγράμματα για το iPhone, άπλα και μονο για να τα δω.
Μέχρι που, μετά από κάποια εγκατάσταση το iPhone κόλλησε πλήρως.
Τι restart έκανα, τίποτα, κολλημένο στο milaraki.
Για να μην τα πολυλογώ η μονή λύση ήταν το...
Navigating Mac OS X with only the keyboard →
If you’re an avid typer it can be annoying to have to interrupt your flow to use the mouse and navigate around OS X. So instead of dealing with that frustration, try using the keyboard, which can be used to access a lot of common things you would otherwise do with the mouse. No list is perfect, but here’s a few useful keyboard commands and tips that I use on a regular basis that let you navigate...
Office for Mac 2008 released to manufacturing →
Filed under: Software, Productivity
The official word from Microsoft is that Office for Mac 2008 has been released to manufacturing. This means that the code is final and has been sent out to the factories for duplication and packaging ahead of its formal release at Macworld San Francisco on January 15, 2008. If you want a full preview, the Mac Office 2008 website is fully up and running. After so...
Top 10 Out of Production Cars of the Last 30 Years →
I was browsing the germancarzone.com forum the other day and I came across an interesting topic. One of the members, “Merc1”, decided to make a top 10 of his favorite cars in the past 30 years. His rules were fairly simple:
Nothing current production or produced before 1977. Nothing about some great car from the past that no one here has ever driven or remembers when it was in its...
BMW 1-SERIES COUPE PRODUCTION PROCESS →
Here’s a look at what goes into the production of the BMW 1-Series Coupe. The model is created at the company’s Leipzig plant.
100 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Creating Symbols →
These shortcuts are for U.S. Keyboard as input source.
Warning
Some of these symbols cannot be seen.
Let’s Start with an Apple
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Option-Shift-K (Apple)
Mathematical
2
∫
Option-B
9
≠
Option-Equal Sign[=]
3
√
Option-V
10
≤
Option-Smaller Sign[<]
4
∑
Option-W
11
÷
Option-Question...
No-Left-Turn Software Saves UPS a Bundle →
We all know that sitting in a left-hand-turn lane or waiting to turn across lanes of oncoming traffic can be time-consuming and even treacherous. The New York Times Magazine has a great article by Joel Lovell on a highly focused effort by UPS to eliminate left-hand turns from its drivers’ delivery routes. The company is using a “package flow” software program to pre-plot...
TomTom developing iPhone GPS module? →
Here’s a fresh Apple rumor in the run-up to MacWorld: a TomTom GPS module for the iPhone.
Schumacher Commandeers Taxi For Airport Run →
Schumacher took over the wheel of his taxi when he was perilously close to missing his plane.
DivX 6 Pro ΔΩΡΕΑΝ →
Τα καλά παιδιά του DivX δίνουν δωρεάν το DivX 6 Pro για μερικές μέρες αρκεί να κατεβάσετε τώρα το software και να κάνετε register ώστε να πάρετε το serial number χωρίς να πληρώσετε ευρώ. Αν θυμάμαι καλά δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά που συμβαίνει αυτό το περίεργο είδος promo από το DivX γιατί τρέχω ήδη μια ανάλογη έκδοση - προσφορά που είχα βρει κάπου online. Η έκδοση έχει το μαγικό νουμεράκι DivX 6.8...
Enter the Rumormill: Ferrari 599 roadster and F149 →
Filed under: Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Ferrari
The internet, as usual, is rife with speculation. Today’s source is the FerrariChat message forum, where members claim to have inside information on two new Ferrari models that are anticipated for launch within the next couple of years.
The news concerns a convertible version of the current 599 GTB Fiorano, an illustration of...
Post mortem →
Τι γίνεται η ψηφιακή μας παρουσία όταν αφήσουμε τον μάταιο τούτο κόσμο; Αυτό το μακάβριο κι άβολο ερώτημα έθεσε χτες ο Dave Winer με αφορμή το θάνατο ενός άλλου blogger, του Marc Orchant (από το μπλογκ us.blognation) και ξεκίνησε μια μεγάλη διεθνή συζήτηση.
Και βέβαια το ερώτημα δεν περιορίζεται στους bloggers αλλά είναι γενικώτερο. Για το ψηφιακό μας κληροδότημα στις επόμενες γενιές δεν...
Turn your Mac into a remote activated, motion... →
Now this may be not so much a Leopard trick (in fact I’m sure its possible with Tiger) but pretty cool nonetheless.
Required:
Mac with built-in iSight or external webcam
Mira application; download from here http://twistedmelon.com/mira/
EvoCam application; download from here http://www.evological.com/evocam.html
(Both are small, streamlined apps. Mira is an unlimited trial, EvoCam has a 15...
Get DivX Pro for Free for a Limited Time →
For an unspecified limited time, DivX is giving away free serial numbers to their DivX Pro software, which makes it possible to create DivX-encoded videos on the Mac (a Windows version is also available). DivX is a compressed digital media format for video, much as MP3 and AAC are compressed digital media formats for audio. Read all about it on Wikipedia if you’re interested in the gory...
Statz 0.8.5 →
By Dave MacLachlan, Mac Team
It’s barely been a week since we launched Statz on the Google Mac Developer Playground, and it’s already seen a couple of major updates. The new version now supports Ircle, Snak, Conversation, Twitter and Tumblr on top of the already-supported Adium, Colloquy, iChat and Skype. It also has a new AppleScript plugin API so you can add your own custom plugins...
VIDEO: Raikkonen and Schumacher in Fiat Bravo... →
Filed under: Motorsports, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Ferrari, FIAT
“So…wanna see a pensioner drive?”
Michael Schumacher casts a pretty big shadow over all of F1, and nobody knows it better than Kimi Raikkonen. That’s bred a little animosity by Ferrari’s latest world champion to his septuple-crown predecessor, but that hasn’t stopped either from fulfilling...
Stack In Da Place + Stacks Icons →
Αρκετό καιρό έχω να ασχοληθώ με τα αγαπημένα μου Stacks, ίσως όχι αρκετό άλλα αυτό ειναι μια είδηση, που σας ενδιαφέρει .
Το Stacks In DA Place ειναι η πρώτη freeware εφαρμογή που μας επιτρέπει να αλλάζουμε τα εικονίδια των stacks μας, οπως έχουμε ξαναπεί, άλλα αυτή την φορά μονο με ένα drag and drop !
Και μιας και κάποιοι παραπονιόνται οτι δεν μπορούν να βρουν εικονίδια για τα stacks...
Aston Martin unveils V12 Vantage RS →
Aston Martin has taken the wraps off of its V12 Vantage RS today at the unveiling of its new design studio. Powered by a 600 horsepower V12 borrowed from the DBRS9 racecar, the 3,500 pound Vantage is said to go from 0-60 in less than four seconds and hit a top speed of 200 […]
VIDEO: New GT5 Prologue trailer pretty, oh so... →
Filed under: Videos, Toys
click above image to view video If you watched last night’s Video Game Awards on Spike then you saw were among the first to see Digital Polyphony’s new Gran Turismo 5 Prologue trailer. If you missed it, however, we’ve got the vid for you right here. Once again, the graphics are simply stunning. Whether watching the new Nissan GT-R whiz by or staring at...
Το AnySim γίνεται open source από την iPhone Dev... →
Τα παιδιά πίσω από την iPhone Dev Team αποφάσισαν ότι ο κόσμος και οι hackers εκεί έξω πρέπει να έχουν πρόσβαση στην κώδικα του AnySim. Open source unlocking iPhone tool για όλους με τον κώδικα διαθέσιμο μέσα από το Google Code με την σελίδα του project να αναφέρει χαρακτηριστικά: “You may know anySIM, the most popular and free unlock solution for Apple’s iPhone. Because of the public request...
Στην Αττική Οδό με 340 km/h. Πρέπει να πάει φυλακή →
Υποτίθεται ότι μια BMW M6 κατάφερε να πιάσει 340 km/h στην Αττική Οδό όπως θα δείτε και στο παρακάτω βίντεο. Χρησιμοποιώ την λέξη υποτίθεται γιατί μπορεί το αμάξι να ήταν κάτι από πύραυλο με ρόδες ή μια τόσο πειραγμένη μηχανή (hamann ίσως;) που η τεχνολογία των μηχανικών της BMW φαντάζει εμβρυακή. Αυτό που με ανησυχεί τρομέρα είναι ότι:
Η βλακεία των τύπων είχε και επανάληψη μετά την πρώτη...
Leopard Tricks - Quick Look →
Look inside Property List
It’s a tough time for me to figure out how to read file with type Property List (for tweaking purpose). I tried to use TextMate but it’s been expired. I also tried to use TextEdit but all I can see were mysterious codes. However, Quick Look seems to be working well with this kind of files.
Happily Play Movie for You
Why do you bother to launch your...
iPhone MMS Application released →
Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
iPhone Developer Tommy Svensson has just released an iPhone MMS application allowing you to send MMS messages with your iPhone. This app does not enable the iPhone to receive MMS, just to send it. Being an early release, you can only send images (no movies) at this time.
The MMS app is not yet released via Installer. You can download a copy directly from Swirly...
20” and 24” iMac Touchscreen systems →
Are you the kind of person that absolutely hates mice? Not the rodents, the computer kind. Because if have a sudden urge to touch your iMacs, and have a fairly deep wallet, you can have your very own touchscreen iMac. Now this won’t be as cool as Apple’s multi-touch, but it will let you touch your iMac instead of always using the mouse. The new models looks exactly the same as the old ones,...
Pixelmator 1.1 - Powerful image editor with slick... →
Pixelmator 1.1
Pixelmator is a beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X has everything you need to create, edit and enhance your images.
Pixelmator is a layer-based image editor. You can quickly create layers from your photos, other pictures, from selections or even your iSight. Yes, Pixelmator can add a layer to your composition directly from your Mac’s...
Google launches new Web app for iPhone users →
Continuing its push towards omnipresence, Google Inc. on Wednesday announced the release of a new iPhone application that integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google…
Parallels intros Premium Edition, official Leopard... →
Parallels has announced the official update to Desktop 3.0 for the Mac that brings better Leopard compatibility. The company also rolled out a new package, Parallels Desktop Premium Edition, for those looking for a few more Windows tools to go along with their virtualization needs.
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Porsche recalls 128 911 GT3s →
Porsche has announced the recall of 128 911 GT3 and 911 GT3 RS vehicles. The recall — which covers vehicles produced between September 28th, 2007 and November 9th, 2007 — is due to faulty traction control system and electronic suspension adjustment system switches. The faulty switches can cause the traction control system to fail and […]