Gassing up in Needles, California
Palm trees 4 Mike Packer
Seligman, Az
Angel Delgadillo, owner of Angel’s Barbershop and Route 66 icon, is on the left, Jerry and Kathy are showing him Homer the baseball beetle. He was tickled pink with it. Homer got lots of attention everywhere we went.
Solar-Diesel Hybrid VW Microbus – concept car
I ran across a video on the Verdier Bus on YouTube, and had to google to find out more about what it is. Turns out it’s a concept car – a design firm put it together and it won a Special Prize from the Jury at the Caravaning Design Award 2006/2007.
The Website for the Verdier, and an article about it.
This really tripped my trigger – I was really excited about the Microbus back when VW was proposing a new concept to be released in 2007. Then VW killed off that idea. This idea, though – solar powered, tons of cool features – it’s almost the perfect vehicle. You can also check solar denver from here! Too bad it would cost $69,000. Maybe if I won the lottery!
Also – check out this cool video of Vintage Microbus interiors!
links for 2006-08-02
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Hate mail sent to the guys who run the Flying Spaghetti Monster website. Proof that schools need to teach critical thinking skills. And grammar. And some spelling, too.
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VintageBus.Com is your final stop in your search for split-window VW buses on the web. These pages are devoted exclusively to Volkswagen buses built from 1949 to 1967,
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Upon examining the inner workings of one of the most popular paperless touch screen voting machines used in public elections in the United States, it has been determined that with the flip of a single switch inside, the machine can behave in a completely
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Disaster planning and emergency preparedness from American Scientists, to fill in the gaping holes in our government’s plans.
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You must watch this hilarious advertisement for ASU – one of the worst ads for a university ever, and sooooo funny.
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Great alphabet cards with poltically-incorrect drawings to illustrate the letters, created by a great artist with a funny sense of humor. Do check them out.
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Interesting article on new cell phones that don’t require a cellular network — they work on wireless hotspots. Hmmm.
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Yeah, this video certainly makes Black Expo look good. And people wonder why no one wants to go to the downtown mall area at night any more. Here’s why.
links for 2006-07-11
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While drinking beer, and smoking cigarettes; this guy builds a launcher. Then he loads it with eight thousand five hundred bottle rockets, and shoots them all at one time.
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A not for profit Indianapolis organization that encourages people to build and renovate sustainable, enviromentally-friendly homes.
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For many young women, one size fits all – no matter how that makes them look.
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Cool instructions for making a small photo studio. I got to see a professional version of one of these, and I want to set up one for my ebay sales pics.
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Homesteaders, environmentalists, missionaries, doctors in developing nations, and others living in areas where there is no power or unreliable power can rely on Lehman’s. Man-made disasters, such as the Great Blackout of 2003, as well as natural disasters
links for 2006-05-13
Testing out my delicious tags autoposting for the first time.
Which VW Are You?
My very favorite VW is a Microbus, but my lack of dope smoking apparently means I’m not actually one of those.
3-Wheel Volkswagen Concept Car
At the L.A. Autoshow, Volkswagen unveiled a concept car with 3 wheels. VW claims it can get 46 mpg in the city, and can do 0-60 mph in 5.7 seconds. Yes, it is a concept car, but VW claims they are seriously considering production if customer interest is sufficient. They would go for about $17,000 or less.
Wonderful. But where’s my damned Microbus?
DIY VW Microbus
A new Japanese craze is modding a Suzuki van to look like a VW Micro Bus. Cool. Since I can’t actually get a new microbus (VW decided not to produce the new concept car) I might have to do this, instead.
Judging by how many there are, this seems like a pretty big trend over there. I’m going to try to hunt down what the original Suzuki van looks like. It seems they don’t make an American version.