As newspaper companies lose billions in market capitalization and innovation-minded journalists battle newsroom “curmudgeons” shell-shocked by the rapid pace of change amid increasingly dire economic realities, a lesson in burn-the-rule-book transformation might come from an unexpected s...

At 60 miles per gallon, this scooter -- pretty much a three-wheel motorcycle capable of about 90 mph when needed -- looks quite appealing. And at about $9,000, it's a bargain compared to buying many new cars. (The Nissan Maxima, which is what I'm currently driving, starts at just over $29,000 for a ...

Finally finished off "Creative Debt Restructuring" this morning. Needs some polishing and fine-tuning next week, but it's basically done and I'm gonna walk away from this for a few days. This one wades in at 15K, so basically a novelette. (An average paperback being about 90K, a novella 40-ish...) A...

Image via Wikipedia Ok, now that I have got a license, the next logical step was obviously to buy a car. In Dubai, you need a car to buy a car. There is no point in hopping around from one showroom to another in a taxi. You are better off renting out a vehicle and use that for your search. That̵...

SOUTH BEND, IN -  This morning, Saturday, July 19,  at approximately 1:10 a.m. Indiana State Police Trooper Mick Dockery initiated a traffic stop on a 1998 Nissan passenger car for a traffic violation near Twyckenham and Fox Street in South Bend, IN.  During the stop, Trooper Dockery,...

While cramming a remote starter into Andrew's new Nissan Altima, Best Buy managed to break the car's locking system, window controls, and a brake light. Andrew hauled the crippled car back to the dealership, which immediately blamed Best Buy for burning out the car's wiring, and told Andrew that the...

1. Stone Roses - Stone Roses: It reminds of my best mate who's still dancing to 'I am the Resurrection' on a beach somewhere, I guess. And it's a perfect album. Not a fault.  2. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde: It doesn't remind me of anything special at all but it's just the epitome of cool, I think. And...

Electric cars aren't just for nerds anymore. George Clooney drives one (scroll down). From The Huffington Post : Electric Cars Take Over: 17 Electric Cars You Must Know About stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust huffington_post:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/14/electric-cars-take-over-1_...

by Chris Ryan It's always nice to see artists give back to the community. For their part, the boys (men, really, though it's hard to think of them as such) in Weezer charitably donate some stage space to a bunch of fans. Prying themselves away from making the latest installment of their vlog, wherei...

It seems these days you can't throw a rock without hitting a story relating to solar power. So why haven't you got it for your home yet? I bet you've already come up with a list of three reasons, without even thinking. My guess is they fall into these areas: Cost, efficiency (or lack of it) and aest...