April 2009
3 posts
A Nightmare on Elm Street remake?
Supposedly, a remake of the film is going to be partially shot at Elk Grove High School, where I graduated from some four to five years ago. With the school having spent millions on a new (I believe to be olympic-sized) swimming pool — the year after I left — it’s the perfect candidate for the pool scene.
Some 200 students will have the opportunity to participate as extras in a...
King of the Jungle
As an ever-evolving and aspiring motor sports driver, there are many professional racing drivers that I look up to for inspiration. But of them all, none other has the same outlandish character and all-out time attack style as the legendary, Eiji “Tarzan” Yamada. Having built a reputation as a great grip/drift driver in Japan, he has had numerous regular appearances on the popular...
"Do you drift?"
…asked my Advanced Magazine Writing professor while I was giving the latest news on an article revolving around a Chicago drift club that I’m writing for class. The answer was, and is to everyone that asks, no. I don’t. But only because I’ve never had the proper chassis, or even drivetrain layout for that matter, to get some seat time and start practicing.
But drifting...
March 2009
1 post
TOKYO!
I thought this movie looked rather interesting.
Check out http://tokyothemovie.com/ for more info.
-Nick
February 2009
7 posts
ECHOing disaster.
Group work in school often goes pretty well for me. In most cases, people are seemingly more than willing to do their share, work together in effort of thoroughly completeing the task at hand and getting a good grade in the process.
Why doesn’t this situation ever seem to transcend into the workplace? How many times have you noticed/caught/been fed-up with co-workers for not contributing...
Tramontana R
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/2…in-turbocharged-v12-tramontana-r/
A quick snippet from the AutoBlog article on this recently released crossbreed between Maverick’s Top Gun and Christian Bale Batman’s Tumbler; the new fiercer looking, and performing, Tramontana R:
“The R is an evolved version of the standard open-wheel two-seater, packing a Mercedes-sourced 5.5-liter...
2009 CAS (coverage/comments)
The following are some photos that I took at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show last week:
It was spacious inside this year — with not nearly as many vehicles as usual, there were random large empty spaces in some places with groups of tables for visitors to use.
The Hyundai Genesis R coupe from Rhys Millen Racing (RMR) was one of the first displays inside. From the sponsors, for the...
Television.
I was introduced to the Internet at a young age, when 28.8k was considerably fast and the movie “Hackers” didn’t seem too far fetched.
I had a LiveJournal throughout high school, and caught the first wave of Xanga, Friendster and Myspace. I played the original CounterStrike on 56k without any lag. I caught the initial music sharing revolution with Napster, and watched it...
Bombing Hills.
Often when people think of longboarding, they think of some guy they might’ve seen on a college campus, cruising through the ‘quad’ on the way to class. Flat land travel, although relaxing and entertaining to do in groups, was the least of my interests.
That was up until last summer, when I had unfortunate circumstances that left me without a car for slightly over two months. ...
2009 Chicago Auto Show
So, 2009 CAS is in town this upcoming weekend, but the gates have already been open to members of the media for early debuts and new releases. Jalopnik was one of the websites featuring advanced coverage with an article published on Wednesday of highlights from day one, but of what?
8) 2010 Acura TSX
7) Modified Suzuki Equators
6) 2010 Kia Forte
5) Mazda Miata’s 20th Birthday Bash
4)...
Changing Face
Well, I suppose you could say at this point in the game it’s an unsettling feeling to be about to graduate with a degree in print journalism. You could most definitely say that, and with people in the field losing jobs and publications shutting down left and right, you’d be right on the nose.
I’m not going to say I’m not a little worried about it, but even though, I am...
January 2009
1 post
That one.
“This one isn’t for the ages, this is more for getting a feel of actually posting.”
-Dan Stiner
More to come, guaranteed.
Nicolas