The BBC reports on fraud in the German car scrap According to police, the owners had already received the government subsidy under the scrappage scheme, but instead of being destroyed the cars ended up in the hands of criminal gangs who sold them on. This is not an isolated case and police say a number … Continue reading Car Scrap Plan Abuse
The traffic police in California have provided a convenient guide to excuses they will and will not accept. The San Jose Mercury News is the first to publish the details. The two men in their 20s said they had studied U.S. traffic laws before heading to the United States and were told that speed limit … Continue reading Speed Ticket Excuse Guide
NorCalSailing provides a sad special report with photos of how a practically new 10 meter sailboat lost way and was destroyed by the sea this past weekend. Savage Beauty, a Flying Tiger 10 owned by San Francisco’s John Lymberg, expired on the rocks of the Marin Headlands in Saturday’s Second Half Opener race to Point … Continue reading Death of a Flying Tiger
I realize there is supposed to be some kind of entertainment value to a plastic owl that blinks and rotates its head, but that seems like such a waste of computing potential. ThinkGeek says this thing has just three modes: active, mellow and sleeping. Sleeping? Is that robot slang for off? Instead of blinking and … Continue reading Useless USB Owl