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 The 1970's brought an awesome top-mounting camping trailer for small cars like the Beetle.  It had excellent maneuverability, was light-weight, and the central mounting gave it great stability.  Today we the smart is much more powerful than the old Beetle, but we're hard pressed to find anything similar here.  Why's that?  Video below . . READ MORE>

My friend Pat came to visit this weekend, and we decided to take a walk on the Land's End Trail.  We ended up down on Mile Rock beach, where there was an insane amount of sea foam being pushed around by the waves.  It was quite spectacular and we decided to fire up Evan's old camera, as Pat was borrowing it.  That's when something in the sea foam seemed to switch off Pat's sanity, and the silliness began.  I managed to make a somewhat twisted vid out of it :) READ MORE>

 With the recent tremors in San Francisco and the Eartquake in Haiti, I decided it was time to go ahead and get an energency kit for my wife and I. Instead of building one, I decided to go for a highly-rated one on Amazon called the Wings of Life backpack with the Life Essentials module by a company called LifeGear. Ultimately, I have found this to be a durable, well-built, and thoughtfully put together product, and am glad that I'm prepared in the case of a disaster where help might not come for a few days. Video unboxing and review after the jump . . .  READ MORE>

 Haiti has suffered a massive earthquake.  In a country with little centralized government to speak of and poor building codes/infrastructure, they are going to need a lot of help.  You can donate to the Haiti Emergency Releif Fund here:

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 However you celebrate it, this is a time of year to be thankful to what you have, share your love with your close friends and family, and to set some great hopes for the new year.  Happy holidays and a fantastic 2010! 

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My wife and I were doing some holiday shopping, and we decided to buy a few gifts at Best Buy with our Best Buy RewardZone gift certificates. We got to the checkout and asked for a gift receipt. The cashier told us that the recipient would't be able to exchange their gift. The only option would be to return it and the Rewards would be credited back to our account. We were told to go to Customer Service, return the items for the credit of our points and then re-purchase them with our credit card to enable the giftee to be able to exchange. We confirmed this with two other employees. Am I the only one who sees problems with this policy? READ MORE>

 Lost your camera at Burning Man?  Chances are you have, because Burning Man has posted a Flickr stream of photos from lost cameras, and it is huge. It was posted in the hopes that burners would go in and see something that says "hey I know that dude" and then contact Burning Man to get the camera returned to the rightful owner (along with the bag it came in if applicable).  What a great idea!

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 Every year I make up a somewhat ludicrous Xmas list for my friends and family. I don't really expect to get any of these, but it would sure make my day if i did! This year, I decided to post it on my new blog and let world know what a materialistic tool I am.  

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 Smart owners around the world have been debating on the capacity of the fuel tank. The manual says it has 8 gallons (one bar for each gallon). However, people (myself included) have put more in than that in various fillups. Some argued that the true capacity was 9gal, some 10.  For two years the debate went on in places like the Smart Car of America Forums. Tonight, it has finally been solved thanks to Larry ("LittoDevil") and his Screamin' Cow (both pictured--the latter of which I've once had the pleasure of driving). More after the jump.

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