Electric cars. Prius? Not really...

Respect to Tesla, who have displayed a wonderfully smart piece of market insight. Toyota started the trend with the horribly ugly Prius and quickly the ostentatious rich and famous jumped the parade showing their undoubtedly sincere environmental concern and, well, fashionability.

But despite the self fulfilling nature of owning a Prius, a Toyota is not really a car for the rich and/or famous. It's not even a Lexus...

Enter the Tesla Motors company with their first model, an all electric sports roadster, surprisingly named "Roadster". Which is not bad looking at all, especially considering the looks of the Prius. Not a cheap car by miles, going at close to $100.000. Speeding up to 100km/h (60mph) in just 4 seconds, which means it can measure up to a whole bunch of roadsters and sports cars out there which are in the same price range. The same goes for the even better looking Model S as it is named, which is a real looker if you ask me. Going at around $50.000 and racing up to 100km/h in just 6 seconds.

Anyways, time to make my point. Tesla very smartly saw that the people who were likely to buy these trendsetting vehicles, at least in this point of time, will be the financially prosperous. Those whose mode of transportation will be documented in tabloids and that need conversation topics when they're at their country club. And face it, it'll be a whole lot more fun to show off your Roadster or Model S than your Prius.

Haha

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Twitterfeed

Trying out Twitterfeed because I never have anything much to share in mini-blogs on Twitter, figured it would be useful to have something that automatically links my blog posts on Twitter. So consider this just a test to see if it works.

Something to think about

"If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish."

Jonas Salk

3 times David Letterman

I would like to think that Joaquin Phoenix is just pulling one huge elaborate prank on us that extends way beyond his appearance on David Letterman. But it turns out he was only one part in a series of 3? This just can't be unplanned... I know I'm setting up a big "duh" here, but I just had to post them. It's so funny.

What The Fuck #1: Joaquin Phoenix


What The Fuck #2: Crispin Clover


What The Fuck #3: Andy Kaufman

Playing the bongo

Came across this video on the interwebs. I think it is somhow related to the Diesel fashion brand but the link is vague and distant... Still it doesn't make it any less funny. Have a look!

Don't worry it's suitable for minors..


Diesel's SFW XXX Party Clip

The new Apple laptop!

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Haha, this is great. I honestly do not understand the fascination a lot of people have with Apple computers.

Splatters!

You know, there's a right and a wrong way to use splatters... taken from the Photoshop Disasters blog.

Playing a game

Proof that gaming too much is not bad for you:



I feel sorry for those who speak German and can actually understand what he's freaking out about...

Moscow rapid transport map

Ran across the rapid transport map for Moscow. I love how clear, functional and colorful it is. I know these kind of maps can be found in cities all over the world, but I haven't seen one that I wouldn't mind hanging on my wall as much as this one...

Especially dig the great representation of rail that circles the city as an actual circle on the map.

Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man

I can't resist, must... have... desire... to own... this machine!!



Manufactured by a wonderfully retro company called Derringer Cycles and designed by an industrial designer that goes by the name of Adrian van Anz. It's modeled after racing motorcycles from the 1920's and can do 35 mph, that is 50 km/h. Pretty friggin sweet for getting around the big cities here where a car is no good and public transport is just not as much fun.

"Sounds like a plan, Stan"

I've been using it to be lame for as long as I can remember, but I can't for the life of me figure out where it's from. I know a hell of a lot of people know the quote "Sounds like a plan, Stan" too, but no-one really seems to know where it's from. Does anyone know?

Apparently you should reply by saying "I'm down like a clown, Charlie Brown"...

1970 modernist architecture

Ran across an example of some sweet modernist architecture yesterday, Villa Spies built on a small island off the coast of Stockholm, Sweden. "Googie" as the style is named after the first coffeeshop that used this style featured many buildings representing the fast paces car-age times with a desire for the galaxy.



At the time many people expected to be living in space colonies by 2001. "Googie" was prominent in the 40's, 50's and 60's and I suspect Villa Spies to be built in a related futurist style on the haydays of this stream. Although this might have been built in the dying days of this awesome architectural style, I still think this is one of the most beautiful examples of Jetson-esque architecture. The round shapes are made in the phylosophy of creating a house around a person rather than placing a person in the more regular square box homes. I just wish there were more homes designed like this so I could actually look forward to living in a futurist Jetson-esque home one day.

If you want to read more, you might want to check out this awesome book, it's not cheap but I think I'll order it for inspiration sake.

How to create a logo

Somebody mailed this to me today. A logo study of the Beijing 2008 Olympics