Audi vs. BMW: which to own?

By mike

Although they didn’t compare an ix-series Bimmer, did they? via Jalopnik

Somewhat at a loss for words over SAAB’s demise.

By mike

At the hands of useless GM managers, no less. They took a perfectly good and loved brand, successful in it’s own right and innovator of things like, oh, turbocharging and numerous safety enhancements that have personally kept at least one of my family members from being injured in an accident… and they let it whither and die on the vine. My first car ever was a 1979 SAAB 99, much like the one I found outside of Loveland a couple of years ago, pictured below.

via the NYT:

Unable to find a buyer for Saab after a year-long search, General Motors said Friday that it would begin shutting down operations at the Swedish carmaker.

Sad, sad day.

EDIT: Jalopnik has an interesting write-up on which of SAAB’s models didn’t quite help the brand.

EDIT EDIT: And Jalopnik follows up with the Five Greatest SAABs Ever. Well done.

Oh hell. There sure is something stuck in my eye at the moment…

By mike

via Jalopnik:

Tyler Shipman loves Pontiac Fieros so much he posed for his senior picture with one he bought for $150. Weeks later he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He’d need a miracle to finish his project car.

And boy, did that miracle show up in a big way. Watch the video above for the story.

Awesome iFixit awesomeness now free

By mike

This is huge for anyone who owns an Apple product and has ever dealt with having to fix, say, a keyboard that your cat puked on (ask me how I know this…): iFixit has released it’s fixit guides for iPhones, iPods, Macbooks, and Mac desktops under a Creative Commons license. For the average person, this basically means that you can access their online guides for free.

via Lifehacker:

We’ve always been impressed with the detailed, step-by-step guides iFixit has posted for MacBooks, iPods, and other devices. Now the site’s put every bit of its content, and future posts, under a Creative Commons license, one that allows for free, non-commercial distribution and modification, with attribution. That doesn’t mean you can go selling your own knocked-off repair guides, but you can rest assured that iFixit will get better international translations, and that its sometimes irreplaceable repair guides will stick around in one form or another for some time.

Mmmm…. peanut zombie brainz.

By mike

As found by Geekologie and originally seen on Bent Objects.

It’s cold.

By mike

AT&T releases “Tell us how much we suck” application

By mike

…I find it funny that AT&T has released “Mark the Spot” for the iPhone [Free - iTunes link], an application made for the sole purpose of telling AT&T when your voice or data service has dropped off the map.

Somehow I think this is not going to end well for AT&T. Do you think that Verizon just might be able to capitalize on this? Maybe? Or is it a potentially-successful attempt at reconciling how the entire United States feels about AT&T’s service?

via Gizmodo

Have I mentioned how much I hate AT&T lately?

By mike

via Gizmodo: AT&T Comes in Last in Consumer Reports Study That Surprises No One

Here’s some news anyone with an iPhone could have told you: AT&T delivers crappy service that its customers hate. But this news comes from a reputable source, Consumer Reports, instead of the usual whiny friends.

Carrier exclusivity and all that.