"Technique without talent is tedious. Talent without technique is tragic."    -   Calvin L. Bourgeault

"Amateurs practice until they get it right.  Pros practice until they can't get it wrong..."  (Not sure on the attribution here)

For over a decade, CNN's business news website has maintained a section where they feature "real people" achieving financial success ( Read more... )

Well, until you think about it ( Read more... )

Even though it's most likely a flaw in the ETC that spans the entire Toyota line (which Toyota is dodging probably for the same reason Ford was dodging Pinto improvements), I probably don't have to worry much about sudden acceleration, because ( Read more... )

Seems perfectly reasonable to me!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8512173.stm

:(

"A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn't the most reliable person in the world, frequently wandering off into the countryside on a whim. Yet Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously ( Read more... )

Not bad for mostly short trips and city driving.  I was hoping for closer to 50 - but let's face it, that would only represent an extra 35 miles per fillup, and a savings of less than 10% on gas.  Given that I don't drive very much to begin with, I'm still relatively pleased :)

I love my little Yaris!

Austin in the 80s was hit hard by an oil and housing bust - and the resulting cheap housing fostered dozens of "garage" and "basement" entrepreneurial tech businesses ( Read more... )

"It has become lethal to be uninsured, said Woolhandler, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard ( Read more... )