An ad for Playtex bras.
Curious.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Pulling the plug on the Ford Ranger
FoMoCo is in trouble and it's trying to get back into the good graces of American consumer. So it's killing off the ubiquitous Ranger small pickup truck come 2009.
They're even gonna kill off the engine casting plant that provided power to these mini-haulers.
Get a few more details at Autoblog.
Ball masters
Wooden car
A Ukrainian man gives up his job and constructs a wooden car with a split personality.
Half convertible, half town car, this unique car has a 100 hp engine and the body was assembled using glue and bolts.
Read a little more, view more pictures and watch a short video at Spluch.
Marshall Lucky blows the sh*t out of high prices
This is a hilarious scene from the classic movie, Used Cars with Kurt Russell in which Marshall Lucky shows how to beat inflated prices at the dealership. I smiled out loud at this clip.
Warning: language issues.
(Jalopnik)
Antarctica's Condition 1 weather
The South Pole is known for the worst weather in the world. There are 3 conditions for what the weather is like: 3 = not bad; 2 = pretty lousy; and 3 = Great Googly Moogly!
Here's a short video which briefly demonstrates Condition 3 weather in Antarctica. Holy Jumpin' Jeronies!
(Presurfer)
Vista... say Uncle!
With their lastest "Get a Mac" campaign, Apple's been hammering Microsoft's Vista OS big time.
Here's something different. They placed a video on the CNet site embedded as an ad.
Give it up for Vista.
Star Trek's 10 cheesiest creatures
Wired Magazine picks the 10 goofiest aleins that gave Kirk and Spock problems.
This is a great review of what special effects for tv looked like way back then. Looking at these creatures from a today point of view, one can see just how lame the stuff really was.
What were they thinking? Why did we keep watching?
Check out the creature slide show here.
(Neatorama)
