When we built CO2 cars in middle school shop class we had a launching device that consisted of a hinged piece of plywood with nails in the appropriate places. You'd line up the cars, drop the plank, and two compressed air racers would speed down the track.

I just have a folder on my desktop that I throw all the auto-created program shortcuts into. I added that folder to my PATH environment variable, and I usually shorten the shortcut names too. Pretty quick and easy.

What does an Australian say when he's finished eating?

@the_gank: Oh man, I really hope the next Android handset that comes out is named the "Orange".

As an RSX owner, I'm offended when you call this a small car.

yeah, no name tags, but it does recognize faces. So apply that filter, multi-select all the shots with someone in them and you can tag them all at once.

The perils of obelisk smuggling.

uh, yeah... why can't i just ride in the car if its going to my apartment anyway?

I'd say the NSX needs to be represented by some type of werewolf, because I always think of "Rampage" when you say "Godzilla".

In Google reader I have a "1-st run" tag for things I defiantly want to read and then break it down by categories.

My very favorite van is the pimped out locksmith matchbox van my 2 year-old nephew gave me for Christmas. He fraking loves cars (he yells out out "uncle jeremy's car!" every time he sees an RSX on the road; and he knows his Dad has a TSX and his Mom has a Passat, and Bob has a Jetta...) and I think vans have a…

Oh my god. This hurts my brain to read. Who in their right mind would ever search randomly for something?

Pulled off a strip of vinyl off the ceiling of my mom's Datsun when I was a kid. Managed to reattach it using "nasal adhesive" and the thing stuck up there for a good year and a half.

Your phone doesn't start searching the contacts as soon as you start typing? How retro. I have no idea what anyone's "speed dial" number is on my phone, usually about three characters is enough to narrow down my results. So yeah, I push three buttons instead of two, but all I have to remember is the person's name.

I know I'm way out of the date range, but just to see how un-malaise I'm rolling:

You guys missed the swing-set roll-bar.

16? You guys rocked me up with the cupholders. And don't I get anything for a 6 speed manual and >8,000 rpm red line? That's why I don't have a turbo.

Evander leans out to demonstrate his signature "drive-by ass kicking" technique.

Yeah, I kinda wanted an EOS for a while, but I'm pretty sure that was just the allure of driving around in a frigging Transformer. Come on, you know you want to.

I was 16, just off my learner's permit driving my mom's '94 civic. At an uphill stop, clutch out, gas down all the thing would do was drift backwards with the engine racing. Turns out I'd sheared the axle; which sounds way cooler when your dad doesn't have to come get you at 11:30 on a school night. But I'm pretty…