Snow gear porn

Getting all hot and sweaty over macho snow gear, Gizmodo posted this yesterday:

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As luck would have it, Halifax just got blasted by another blizzard and my brother-in-law sent us pictures (Thanks James! And yes, the Mac mini is a good replacement for your PC :-)). Here’s one of the tank snow-blower in action:

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It does make the 10-15 cm we are expecting tonight feel kinda wimpy though.

Gladwell on the SUV phenomenon

I don’t know how I missed this (it was published Jan 12, 2004) but it’s a great read.

Quote: feeling safe has become more important than actually being safe

As always, Gladwell does an outstanding job covering the irrational desire for bigger and better that drives the SUV buyer.