Daily Archives: August 12, 2011

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Watch Monster Tajima Destroy Pikes Peak in Under 10 Minutes


Back in June the awesomely-nicknamed Japanese driver Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima became the first driver to ever run the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in under 10 minutes.

The hillclimb is amazingly simple: Try to haul your ass up to the Pikes Peak summit via the partially-paved road, and do it as fast as you can.

Monster broke the record in a 910 hp Suzuki SX4 and his sponsor GoPro, the makers of a line of tiny HD cameras, has put out this incredible video showing the entire run from just about every angle.

Lord of the Geeks: How I Fixed My HDTV

My one year old HDTV recently bit the big one about a month out of warranty. This sucks for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that it’s a one year old TV that’s the second most expensive thing I own after my car, and it crapped out after slightly over a year, the exact length of the manufacturer warranty.

Now, I’m an industrious fellow, and I prefer to fix something rather than either replace it or throw it away. Considering my TV was out of warranty, and having it professionally fixed was going to cost $500-$800, which isn’t far from what I paid for it to begin with, I figured I’d see if I could fix it myself.

This is the story of how I fixed my TV.

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Project Runway Season 9 Recap: Girls On Stilts

http://youtu.be/gudEttJlw3s

Wasn’t it just a moment ago that Bryce was spared and Non-Gay Mormon Josh was sent packing? It seems like no time has passed at all and yet once again, Project Runway appears in homes, apartments, and gay bars across the land.

Ready to titillate, shock and confuse you are Heidi “Think Big, Really Big” Klum, Nina “It’s Terrible” Garcia, and Michael “Drama Doesn’t Mean Tacky” Kors. As always, there are spoilers inside, so click at your own peril. Continue reading