Category archives: Fun and Humor

Great story! My name is Jay Shafer and since 1997 I have been living in a house smaller than some people’s closets. I call the first of my little hand built houses Tumbleweed. My decision to inhabit just 89 square feet arose from some concerns I had about the impact…

Here is one from the strange news files! A couple of fishing buddies from Delaware have been catching more than just bass. They’ve been helping police reel in cars. Larry Newirth and Dan Cathell spotted a white BMW 750 sedan on June 17. Then on Friday, they found a late-model…

Japanese technology is pretty cool, guess what this is? Looks like a motorcycle? It is a tow truck?  Wonder how it has the power and stability to pull a big car, but I guess Japan has mostly small sized cars.

These guys from Maine are great for the future of eco-friendly fuel, I think.  They are the ones who became  online sensations by creating geysers from soda and Mentos candies have discovered it’s not just entertainment. It can propel vehicles, as well. A contraption created by Fritz Grobe and Stephen…

That the appliance surfers use to tap this energy is made from petroleum-based foam, polyester resins and chemically treated fiberglass has long been surfing’s quiet contradiction. A broken board tossed in a landfill will take generations to biodegrade; the plastic fins probably never will. Even the thin strip of wood…

Rumor has it there is a new eco-friendly junk car website about to go beta! MrCarJunk.com

WAIL (1997) BMW announced a new feature for its automobiles that would cause animals to move out of the path of the car. Dubbed WAIL for “Wildlife, Acoustic, Information, Link,” the device emitted a high-pitched sound wave inaudible to human ears, but audible to animals. The sound wave sent animals…

Found a great little post over at www.Wirded.com talking about some famous cars of the past. John Whosack? Michael J. What? We couldn’t care less about the whiny dweeb protagonists of ’80s cinema. The real heroes of that high-octane age were the wheels — mechanical masterpieces that, if not perfect…

This is a very funny video on a little home repair job of a $500,000 car with two crowbars!