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This video amply illustrates how ukeleles are simply stringed instruments with a constrained tonal range when compared to a more-typically “rocked out” instrument like a guitar. (If you think it’s a little too slow or whatever, wait until the middle section. This is what guitar geeks call “shredding.” ) After you’ve watched Jake Shimabukuro cover [...]
Okay, so nothing but a link this post, but: A whole series of 1/24th-scale photos that look like the real thing. (And they are, too. No Photoshopping at all.)
This is more of a thumbs-up than a recommendation, but I must say that the brakes on this little sucker are some of the best I’ve ever driven on the track, including my BMW M3 racecar and multiple Porsches (famous for their brakes). Despite hustling it around Pacific Raceways one day, a track not known [...]
Woah there, not what you’re thinkin’. Starting a few months back, some genius up in the Costco food chain who’s clearly also a Coca-Cola drinker made it so that they started offering the Coke bottled in Mexico for sale in US stores. Brilliant. Back before the abomination known as “New Coke” appeared on the scene, [...]
I recently ordered a new window net for my racecar from M&R Products. Unfortunately for me, a typo on their Web site meant that the part number for the net I ordered is the same as for another net of similar size and style. (Apparently, the person who packed the order just went by the [...]
[Apparently, I have a new tradition of posting in 30-day increments... :frown:] I’ve never been a fan of Joss Whedon, creator of the TV shows “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel.” Rather, I’ve never been a fan of the two shows for which he is best known. I’ve watched parts of episodes and even entire [...]
[Once upon a time, the Scribbles page of my site had a section where I could post recommendations I had for products, places, experiences, etc. After a while, I realized that I wasn't updating it very often and, really, it didn't fit with the other items on that page, so I deleted it. I've since [...]