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Pick up A Date on Your Commute Home
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
You are stuck in rush hour traffic and see the guy/gal of your dreams. You make eye contact just as the conglomerate of cars disperses and you have to wake up to both the driving and the fact that your possible soulmate has taken an off-ramp. But wait, your partner to-be has a Flirting in Traffic Decal on the back of his/her car. Write it down, head to the website, sign up for free, enter the code, and there is your possible love of your life with details you couldn’t get in the hubbub of all that traffic.
Started in Philly last year, the dating site features about 15,000 subjects, although about 2/3 so far are male. Just in case you don’t drive, Flirting is planning on attacking college campuses next, where you can acquire said sticker, attach it to your back pack, and await communication from your Prince Charming/Cinderella.
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| Flirting in Traffic
Gallery: Pick up A Date on Your Commute Home
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Steve McQueen’s Ferrari is On the Auction Block
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Movies, Transportation,
Another celeb’s car is up for grabs. This time it is Steve McQueen’s chestnut brown metallic 1963 Ferrari 250GT Lusso. It is now owned by Mike Regalia of Thousand Oaks, CA, who restored to its original specifications, including license plate. The vehicle is intended be the centerpiece of an auction in Monterey by Christie’s August 16. If you want to get in on the bidding action, be prepared for the price that they expect to collect from the auction, somewhere between $800,000.00 and $1,200,000.00 million. We think the car would make a heck of a “Great Escape” vehicle.
Read More | Christie's
Gallery: Steve McQueen’s Ferrari is On the Auction Block
Mother’s Day is just around the corner (May 15,) so perhaps your kids will pick up on this one, a truly welcome gift for a “caffeinaholic.” The traveling Smart Mug can heat up liquids up to 160º F by means of a 12 volt car adapter. It also alerts you when it reaches a preset temperature. Available in blue or red, it usually retails for $29.99, but is now on sale for $25.00 at Gifts and Gadgets. Hint, hint.
Read More | Gifts and Gadgets
Gallery: Smart Mug Keeps its Temperature
Panasonic To Release Portable DVD Multi Drive
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Movies, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
Panasonic is finally unveiling its new portable DVD Multi-drive. Plug the LF-P968C into any USB port and forget the adapter, although one is included for those “just in case” moments. The player will support DVD±R 8x, DVD±RW 6x, DVD-RAM 5x, DVD±R DL 4x, CD-R 24x and CD-RW 16x. It features a read time of 150 ms for CDs and 180 ms for DVDs. Available in either red or black, keep your eyes open for this one around mid-May, with a MSRP of $199.99.
Read More | Far East Gizmos
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In the early 80’s, SAIC built a sedan overseas called the Shanghai . They then began working with Volkswagen to help produce the Santana. In an agreement with General Motors, they now build and sell approximate one million vehicles yearly in China. They have decided to go green by developing and “speeding up commercialization” with more fuel-cell vehicles. Next year they will once again team with VW to produce 500 Touran gas/electric hybrids, the concept of which will be making its debut at the Shanghai Auto Show this week.
Read More | edmunds Inside Line
Gallery: SAIC Goes Green
VW Creates LG PMP, for Those Who are iPodless
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
Volkswagen has decided that rather than making all their cars iPod-friendly as they did with the iGolf, they would make a few extra bucks for themselves and create their own PMP player, the LG FM37. Available in 3 shades of their cars, it features the VW logo and a 2.4-inch touch screen LCD. The FM37 can play MP3s, MPEG-4s, Windows Media Video 9, WMA and Ogg formats. Its battery should last up to 20 hours on a good day. Unfortunately, there is no launch date or price available, but perhaps at some point they will just include it as an accessory for those of us who want a new Beetle and don’t yet have an iPod.
Read More | Everything USB via Aving
Gallery: VW Creates LG PMP, for Those Who are iPodless
Former Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has announced that he wants to organize a lottery that would allow the winner a trip to the final frontier. He would do so through his ShareSpace Foundation, which promotes science and space travel through schools. Aldrin says the legal status of the institute’s selling of those tickets has yet to be determined, but feels that this way others could go even if they cannot afford the price of a ticket.
The winner of the lottery has to be in good physical shape, over 18 years of age, and cannot resell the ticket on eBay. We’re thinking that his foundation could simply sponsor a poor person, and want him to know that we fit the criteria and volunteer to go first.
Read More | CNN
Gallery: Space Lottery Proposed by Buzz
Light Up Your Laptop with Flashing Mouse
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Transportation, USB,
You are stuck in a transcontinental night flight and everyone around you is snoring, but you haven’t answered your e-mail for at least 4 hours. So you pop out your laptop and your Blaze USB Flashing Mouse and not only do you clean out your spam, you do it colorfully. The Blaze features a translucent semi-circular cover, a scroll wheel, and a cable that ranges from 7 to 74 cm. Available at usb.brando for $17.00, your seat mate will either admire you for your clever gadget that changes colors, or grumble, roll over, and resume his/her snoring.
Read More | usb.brando
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Alibi Network Makes Excuses For You
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
You are going out of town with plans to meet someone and you would rather your spouse/partner didn’t find out. First of all, shame on you. If you absolutely must, the Alibi Network can assist you with complete anonymity and confidentiality. They can set up your rendezvous either locally or a distant destination, and will include transportation, hotel accommodations, and/or other recreation. At the same time they will cover you with an excuse so that no one will be the wiser.
For example, they can furnish you with a certificate of completion at a business symposium, when in fact you are hanging out with one of your co-workers ordering room service and watching HBO. We prefer to think that most people will use this service to plan a surprise party or escape from a family reunion, but suspect that most of them are more on the not wanting-to-get-caught list.
Read More | Alibi Network
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Online Poll Reveals Top Ten Road Rage Tracks
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Handhelds, Internet, Transportation, Video Games, Videos,
In order to promote the launch of their new video game “Burnout Dominator,” Electronic Arts has teamed up with AOL to offer an online poll asking what music gives people road rage. At present, over 1,700 voters have responded with tracks such as Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run,” Meatloaf’s “Bat out of Hell,” and Feeder’s “Buck Rogers.” The game is available for PS2 and PSP for $39.99. We don’t know why the Hoff’s “Jump In My Car” didn’t make the top ten because, quite frankly, that pushes us over the edge.
