Tesla Hits the Road

Now this is a car a girl could fall in love with: The Tesla Roadster—100% electric. I don’t expect you’ll be able to get one in this country any time soon, but… you never know. It’s something infintely nicer to strive for than a tacky Rolex.

The Blessed Sound of Silence (Thanks, Bose!)

As the name of this blog suggests*, low-frequency machine noise drives me bug-fucking mad. Well, now I’m in (silent) heaven, having just bought a pair of Bose QuietComfort 2 noise-cancelling headphones. If low frequency background noise stresses you out, I highly recommend these gadgets. They’re designed to eliminate engine noise in aircraft cabins, but they [...]

My Kingdom (such as it is) for a HUD

What I actually need is a hands-free computer. Due to a recent shoulder injury, I’ve been using the voice interface to Mac OS X to relieve some of the strain of typing and mousing. Being able to “page down” with a voice comand is a real pain-saver. Now if I could only get a wireless, [...]