Gadgetopia

I liked this article not because of the obvious (Amazon has launched an e-commerce consulting business) but because of the following observation regarding purchasing off-the-shelf online store software: "In e-commerce, the build formula is far more successful than the buy formula ... E-commerce and online transactions in general are rife ...

F1 Nutter - The Story of Six Wheel Formula One Cars 6: Speaking of odd Formula One experiments, here's another good one: the six-wheeled car. The idea behind this was to hide the front tires behind the front fairing, since tires an aerodynamic pain to deal with -- as far ...

Car vs Boat vs Bike - Google Video: Major, major gearhead porn here. It's a video of a superbike, a Formula One car, and an offshore powerboat going head-to-head for a quarter mile. It looks like they managed to find a runway next to a canal of some kind. The ...

8W - How? - Brabham BT46B: This is a great page about the legendary "fan car" of Formula One. The Fan Car used a fan (powered through the transmission) to eject air from under the car and basically suck itself down onto the track. The basic concept of ground effects ...

10 Killer Post Ideas: Here's an article that lists the 10 basic types of blog posts: how to, lists, interview, review, etc. I didn't know there was a formula. That would have been so much easier.

Michelin tells teams not to race U.S. Grand Prix: Michelin, who supplied tires for 14 Forumla One teams in this weekend's U.S. Grand Prix, announced after qualifying that their tires were not safe on the final turn at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Problem: In Formula One, you're not allowed to change ...

WiFi Speed Spray: I've been waiting for this. "The patented formula in WiFi Speed Spray is the result of years of scientific research and testing. Simply spray the area around your computer. Usually five or six sprays is all it takes. As your computer sends data, each bit also carries ...

Judge dismisses suit against Google: I've been following this case for a while. This is where a company sued Google because the search engine shuffled their algorithm which dropped this company off the front page and caused them considerable loss of business. The company SearchKing of Oklahoma City ...

Copyright:What Makes a Use "Fair"?: Here's a well-written explaination of what makes usage of a copyrighted work legal under the "fair use" provision. What makes a use "fair"? There is no simple formula. Some uses are favored in the law. They include criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including making multiple ...

Formula 1 Racing to Go Hybrid from 2009-2013: This is neat from both a geek perspective and from a competitive perspective. The biggest difference between KERS and a regular battery-electric hybrid is that KERS stores recovered waste energy in a rotating flywheel. Instead of converting waste energy into electricity and ...

Here's a video link (that goes direct to the WMV file changed to the Force Dynamics videos page) of a crazy-looking driving simulator. I don't know what game he's playing, but from the sounds, movement, and what I could see of the screen, it looks like a Formula One game. ...

Num Sum: Here's a great little app for creating small, simple speadsheets online and sharing them. The Pizza Calculator shows you the price per square inch of pizza based on the size you buy -- it's fully a third less per inch when you buy a 20-inch over an 8-inch, ...

File this one under YATWO (Yet Another Three-Wheeled Oddity): Gizmag.com has an article on the SUB G1 a 135hp, 1000cc V-twin 3-wheeler that looks like it's going 95 while standing still. The SUB G1 differs pretty radically from other three wheelers that we've talked about in that it seats ...

Motorists steamed over hot fuel losses sue oil titans, retailers: When it gets hotter, gas expands. Ergo, you get less gas at the pump for the same amount of money. Predictably, someone is suing. The price of gas has been based since the 1920s on a formula that measures a ...

Caparo T1 - First Drive - Motor Trend: The Caparo T1 is coming soon. It promises Formula 1 performance in a street legal car. This is what 0-60 in 2.9 seconds is apparently like: And then. Then. Then my world explodes, and I can t swear to the accuracy of the ...

Wired News: Madden Keeps Gaining Ground: An homage to the greatest sports sim ever created. "'EA has never been satisfied with Madden,' says Bryan Intihar, associate editor at Electronic Gaming Monthly. 'They have a formula and they keep to it, but they add little things every year to make it ...

In an attempt to get back into shape, I've started running. While I run, my mind has a tendency to wander, and when the going gets tough, I start doing math in my head to take my mind off the raging inferno in my lungs. The other day, I came ...

Nutch: I'm not certain whether this is a service they plan to release, or if this is software you install yourself to roll your own search engine. "Nutch provides a transparent alternative to commercial web search engines. Only open source search results can be fully trusted to be without bias. ...