A quick look at the Fox Racing suspension products on my Ellsworth Epiphany. A couple things to note – the shock is actually a Float R, not an RP23. Also, I refer to all products as “Fox Racing Shox” when in reality I’m showing a fork and a shock… Sound good? Well then, on with the show!
Also, a post-ride reaction:
This past weekend, I tasted a lot of wine at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. The event was called 25 under $25, which means I was bound to get sloshed by 6 in the afternoon, but more importantly, I could trial lots of reasonably priced wines that I would buy on a daily basis. Sure you could buy great wines for $100 a bottle, but c’mon, isn’t it more fun finding wines that “bring the thunder” ie. taste great and don’t break the bank. (Thanks Gary Vaynerchuck.)
My criteria for a great wine aren’t based on whether you smell berries or tobacco. Really, enjoying wine isn’t about showing off your “refined” palate. Great wine means it’s not too bitter, too alcoholic tasting, doesn’t taste like dogfood, and has depth. Depth just means you can smell and taste flavours other than the grape. This makes the wine much more memorable and unique. I’d take a wine with a story to tell any day over grape juice.
Here are my favourites, which you can buy at British Columbia liquor stores, and likely elsewhere:
Now get out and find yourself some wines with a story.
‘Nuff said. Enjoy! Sorry about the dark video, I’m no pro with my MacBook…
He is the man! I can’t wait for him to be back on the boob tube…
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This is an awesome concept: The OfficePOD [http://www.officepod.co.uk]
I would move to the UK if an employer there would hire me and give me one of those. Ya hear that, UK? I will move to you.
Did you know there’s a Canadian car company? Oh and it’s electric. Spread this great news.
But this is a funny story, a funny sad (and controversial) story, because, despite this gorgeous (well, gorgeous in the environmental sense) car being manufactured entirely in Canada, it’s not actually legal on the road in Canada!
They’re called ZENN, as in Zero Emission No Noise. You will hear sounds of nature when you drive this car. Not the engine. Woah.
It’s a Canadian success story, and I’d like to see these on the road across Canada now.
Have you seen the gas tank is an electric plug? Yeah, plug ‘er in. You’ll pay a penny a mile, and the energy used is equivalent to 245 miles per gallon. It takes 8 hours for a full charge and 4 hours for 85% charge, just like your cell phone. As CEO Ian Clifford said, “Your biggest carbon footprint as an individual is probably the car you drive.” Consider that…
Here’s an 8 minute product tour with CEO Ian:
So as Canadians, this makes us even more compelled to spread the word about this car, which retails for $12,000 to $15,000 USD.
Illustrious TV show host and comedian Rick Mercer brought his classic Canadian mix of satire and reverence to his tour of the factory:
I would definitely drive this car. Would you? Well, gonna have to do something about that backing up buzzer, golf car style. Yikes.
The drawback with this car is that it’s maximum speed is 40km/h. But coming soon is the cityZENN with a maximum speed of 125km/h and 400km range on one charge. Or will it…
That would make it a real competitor to the big car companies, and if that project gets hidden under the rug like Who Killed the Electric Car?, many Canadians may never hear of ZENN. That project is dependent on some mysterious battery advancements coming out of a very private Texas Company called EEStor Inc. CEO Ian has (majority) propriety rights to this controversial technology — a unique energy storage system (shall we say, ultra capacitor) that can charge a car in 5 minutes to go 400 kilometres. Wowya! Or can it? Watch GM play dumb:
Call it whatever you like. This hybrid extreme winter sport is jaw-dropping.
This guy François Bon summited Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, at 22,841 feet. His 11 day approach and climb was capped up by a 4 minute and 50 second descent of the 9000 foot south face.
Amazing. Watch:
Here are the Acro-Base guys flying down the Eiger in Switzerland, albeit to some other editor’s better chosen reggae soundtrack:
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I’m sure many (or most) of you have already seen this, but still, it gives me goosebumps almost every time I watch it. What an interesting look at the way technology affects us all. Hmm, I wonder what our kids lives (and gadgets) will be like…
