Drive-Ride-Bike-Fly-Connect Project 100

 

On March 29, 2013, Project 100 inked a deal for 100 Tesla Model S vehicles.  Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, remarked of this record-setting deal:

Project 100 is described as a “complete transportation system” designed to allow vehicles owners to ditch their rides in favor of shared transportation.  Downtown Project says that Project 100 members will benefit from this because its service is “less than the monthly cost of traditional car ownership.”
But don’t think of Project 100 as just a car-sharing service.  It’s more than that.  It’s a total transportation solution for individuals that have no means of getting to and fro.  Project 100 provides the means.  Bicycle, automobile, bus service and so on is all part of the program in some way and it’s all accessed through an app, as that’s the way car-sharing almost always works.  Here’s how Project 100 describes the basic functionality of its all-inclusive transportation service:


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Is there anything cooler than ipad? Yes, Joo Joo

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After the iPad was announced for $499, (a few) people asked, "What about JooJoo?" the first $499 web tablet, formerly known as CrunchPad. Well, it's on. JooJoo's now in full production, and plans to open a web app store.

I talked to Fusion Garage CEO Chandra, who said they're not only getting another round of investing, they've struck a deal CSL Group, Malaysia's largest OEM—they make fabulous BlackBerry knockoffs called Blueberrys—to cover their full outgoing manufacturing cost in exchange for revenue sharing. In other words, CSL's covering the cost to make the tablet (which is being made by one of the "top three or four" Taiwanese OEMs, according to Chandra), and CSL gets a slice of cash from every JooJoo sold. The upshot is that they're expecting to hit their target of shipping JooJoos within 8-10 weeks of taking pre-orders—so like, end of this month—with enough produced to "meet demand," though Chandra wouldn't reveal specific numbers.

The other big news is that they're planning on opening a web app store. Chandra says that one of the iPad's advantages over JooJoo was the App Store, which made app discovery easy through categorization. The JooJoo take is that "the internet is the largest app store," and what they'll be doing is categorizing all kinds of web apps in an "app store" to make them easy to find. (Personal aside: The app store concept must diiiiiiieeeeee.)

To that end, the other thing the iPad has over JooJoo is that app developers can tap into the hardware natively, which is why Fusion Garage is introducing APIs to let web developers get at the JooJoo hardware, like to use the accelerometer for gaming. Chandra says that the APIs are "unique, but standards driven," and easy to extend current web apps with their relatively simple APIs. We'll see.

Asked what he thinks about the iPad more broadly, and Chandra said that he's amazed Apple's jumping "into a category that we've defined." He points out that JooJoo is African for "magical," which is exactly how Apple described iPad, and that the iPad even comes in at the exact same pricepoint of $499. (No, I'm not really sure how "African" is a language.) But, despite Apple being, uh, Apple, he thinks JooJoo has a few advantages: They're launching first; they've got a bigger screen (12.1 massive inches); and it's an "uncompromised" web experience, since they'll have Flash, and you'll be able to use sites like Facebook in their full glory, not miniaturized app form.


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Latest & Greatest Cocktail Recipes A-Z

Mix the latest drinks. Here's a great site to learn the basics as well as some of the more exotic elixirs.




Apple pie cocktail

3/4 oz. Myers's Original Dark Rum
1/2 oz sweet vermouth
1 tsp. apple brandy
3 dashes of grenadine
1 tsp. lemon juice
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


Bahia Cooler

3/4 oz. Myers's Original Dark Rum
1/2 oz. Captain Morgan Silver Spiced Rum
2 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
1 oz. coconut cream
Shake ingredients vigorously. Pour into collins glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple wedge.


Bikini

2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Light Rum
1/2 oz. Milk
1 tsp. Sugar
Juice of 1/2 Lemon
Shake with ice and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.


Cordial Cocoa

1/2 oz Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
1 oz. Cherry Marnier
10 oz. Ghiardelli hot chocolate
Combine ingredients in a heated, 16-oz. milk shake glass and top with whipped cream, drizzled chocolate and a maraschino cherry.


Chilled Shooters

A burst of exciting taste sensations with delicious combinations of succulent fruit from around the world. Orange/Banana Banana/Strawberry. Kiwi/Strawberry. Pineapple/Coconut. Watermelon. Enjoy any of the enticing Fruit Bursters flavors in any of these cocktails or experiment and create your own Fruit Bursters cocktail.

Pineapple Bursters

2 oz. Pineapple/Coconut
1/2 oz. light rum
2 oz. pineapple juice
Pour over ice, garnish with fruit and enjoy.


C. M. Spiceberry

1 1/4 oz. Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
3 oz. strawberries
1 oz. cream of coconut
Blend all ingredients in a blender with a scoop of crushed ice.


Crown Bomb

1 1/2 oz. Crown Royal
1 1/2 oz. amaretto
1 1/2 oz. Southern Comfort
2 oz. sweet & sour mix
Shake with ice. Strain into rocks glass over ice. Top with two lemon squeezes.


Devil's Tail

1/2 oz. Myers's Original Dark Rum
1/2 oz. Absolut Vodka
1/4 oz. apricot brandy
1/2 oz. lime juice
3 dashes grenadine
1/2 cup of crushed ice
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.


Dyn-O-Mite Daiquiris

3 oz. Orange/Banana Liqueur
1/2 oz. Triple Sec 2 oz. rum
1 oz. Lemon/Lime juice
Blend with ice until smooth, garnish with fruit. You can also enjoy a Dyn-O-Mite Daiquiri by using any other Fruit Bursters Flavors.


Feelin' Randy

2 1/2 oz. Southern Comfort
1/2 oz. Rose's Lime Juice
Coca-Cola syrup
Place ingredients in a large rocks glass, packed with ice. Garnish with a squeezed lime.


Frozen Watermelon Rum Runner

3 oz. Watermelon Liqueur
2 oz. light/dark rum
1 oz. grenadine dash of sour mix
Blend with ice until smooth, garnish with fruit. Enjoy a Rum Runner with any other Fruit Bursters flavor.


Mad Iguana

Midori Melon Liquer
Bols Blue Curacao
Absolut Vodka
Montezuma Triple Sec
Rose's Lime Juice
Combine equal parts of all ingredients. Shake and strain into a chilled rocks glass and garnish with a sugared lime. The drink can also be served frozen or as a shooter.


Mad Martinis

All Fruit Bursters flavors make exciting Mad Martinis. First, coat a chilled martini glass with vermouth, then simply add 1/2 oz. of your favorite Fruit Bursters flavor to 2 oz. of chilled gin or vodka. Enjoy.

Melon Ball

1 oz. Melon Liqueur
1 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
Pour over ice in a highball glass and garnish with an orange, pineapple, or watermelon slice.


Road Runner

1 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Amaretto
1/2 oz. Coconut Cream
Mix in blender with 1/2 scoop of crushed ice for 15 seconds. Rim edge of a chilled champagne flute with a slice of orange. Dip rim in a sugar and nutmeg mixture. Pour cocktail into the prepared glass. Top with a dash of nutmeg.


Roman Punch

1/2 oz. Myers's Original Dark Rum
1/2 oz. Martell Cognac
1/8 oz. Sandeman Port
1 oz. raspberry syrup
1 oz. lemon juice
Place syrup and lemon juice in 12 oz. glass. Fill with crushed ice and add rum and Cognac. Stir. Top with port. Garnish with strawberry or lemon wheel.


Rum Sour

1 1/4 oz. Myers's Original Dark Rum
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp. bar sugar
Shake with ice. Strain into pre-chilled sour glass. Garnish with lemon slice and maraschino cherry.


Sangria

1/4 cup Sugar (or to taste)
1 cup Water
1 thinly sliced Orange
1 thinly sliced Lime
1 750-ml bottle Red or Rose Wine
6 oz. Sparkling Water
Other fruit as desired (i.e., bananas, strawberry) Dissolve sugar in water in large pitcher. Add fruit and wine and 12 or more ice cubes. Stir until cold. Add sparkling water. Serve in red-wine glasses, putting some fruit in each glass.


Scorpion

3/4 oz. Myers's Original Dark Rum
1/4 oz. Martell Cognac
1/4 oz. orgeat
1 1/2 oz. Tropicana Orange Juice
1 1/2 oz. lemon juice
1/2 cup of crushed ice
Blend ingredients with crushed ice in blender for 15 seconds. Pour into and old fashioned glass over ice cubes. Garnish with orange slice and mint sprig.


Snickers Bar

1/3 shot Frangelico
1/3 shot Buttershots Schnapps
1/3 shot creme de cacao (white)
Hot chocolate
Add liqueurs to steaming hot chocolate. Top with whipped cream and a sprinking of crushed peanuts.


Sunburn

2 oz. Hot Shot Tropical Fruit Liqueur
2 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Pour over ice in a highball glass. Fill with club soda. Add a dash of grenadine for color.


Taste of the Tropics

1 oz. Blue Maui Schnapps
1 oz. Bacardi Silver Rum
1 oz. orange juice
1 oz. pineapple juice
Splash Midori
Splash Sprite or 7Up
Serve in a pint glass after shaking or flash blending. Garnish with a fresh lemon wedge and a cherry.


Tiramisu

1 oz. Tia Maria
1 oz. white creme de cacao
1/2 oz. Myers's Rum
1/2 oz. Baileys Irish Cream
Vanilla ice cream or half & half
Splash chocolate syrup
Combine ingredients in order listed with ice and blend until smooth. Pour into a 20-oz. dessert glass and garnish with a small spoon of whipped cream and powdered chocolate.

Nuclear Lemonade

1/4 oz. Gordon's Citrus Vodka
1/4 oz. George Dickel #12
1/4 oz. Yukon Jack
Splash Bacardi 151
2 oz. orange juice
2 oz. pineapple juice
1 1/2 oz. sour mix
Combine ingredients in shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into tall, ice-filled glass. Garnish with orange and lemon rounds

Watermelon

Equal Parts:
Vodka
Strawberry Liqueur
Sweet and Sour Mix
Orange Juice
Serve over ice in a Collins glass

Zabaglione With Strawberries

2 cups quartered strawberries
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Moscato d'Oro
Pinch of salt
Divide the strawberries into 2 wine glasses. Fill a saucepan 1/3 full with water and bring to a gentle boil. In a stainless steel bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar. Add the wine and salt. Set the bowl into the saucepan of boiling water. Make sure it fits snugly without touching the water. Whisk the wine mixture vigorously until thick, for 2-3 minutes. Remove the bowl from the heat and spoon the zabaglione over the berries and serve.

Your own personal clothing expert

Fashion still have you feeling a little unsure or perplexed? Disappointed with the gear your wife, girlfriend or mom bought you on their last trip to the outlet mall? Look no further I found the holy grail of shopping sites for men! This is it, no one will every call into question your fashion sense again. Now you have your own personal clothing expert to recommend, find and deliver all of your clothing. You never need to leave your home. The best part is there is no membership fee!

20 Desks That Put Your Ikea Setup To Shame

V1 Desk - For $2,600 the flagship edition gets you integrated 5.1 sound and 10 different places to put your mug of coffee.










Mini Desk - At $4,400 this desk costs about the same as the original mini.









Han Solo Carbonite Desk - You can almost imagine Vader perched behind that desk struggling to solve a Rubix cube.









B25 Wing Desk - Get your work done on a slice of WW2 aviation history.









Fish In Your Desk - Aquariums are proven to reduce stress so why not have one in the middle of your desk?










Excersise Desk - Overweight from eating too many Cheetos whilst surfing the net? Now you can burn off those extra calories and still watch YouTube with this treadmill-desk contraption.









Plane Desk - Hide from your boss in this upturned Douglas DC-6 cowling.











The Quad-Core, 1-kW, Liquid-Cooled Desk - Don’t let your beastly looking water cooled tower take up precious desk space. Now you can integrate your super cooled pc with this awesome desk.









Aura Uber Desk - This is the Rolls Royce of all desks.

It even comes with interrelated air circulation so your room won’t stink after your 48 hour WoW session.









Steve Jobs Desk - If you love Steve Jobs – you need to own this desk.









Concerto Desk - Create masterpieces on this grand piano style desk.










Cracked Desk - Be careful you Mac Book Air does not fall in between the cracks!










Star Trek Desk - Ok so its not strictly a desk but wouldn’t it be cool to use it as one?










Neothrone Desk -With an integrated vibration chair this baby would be perfect when playing Wolfenstein.









Clock Work Desk - This steam punk-style desk would be the envy of your colleagues in their cubes.











Touch Screen Desk - I swear school would have been so fun if we had these babies!











Lego Desk - $2,000 for the cost of the bricks alone, this desk would command respect from everyone in the office.










Stefans Desk - Costing around $25,000 this desk is awe inspiring.











Black Tactical Desk - Now you can make status changes to Facebook from the IRAQ front line with this tactical desk which even has its own power supply.










Ferrari Desk - This desk does not come cheap! It has an RRP of $10,000 with the the option of a carbon fiber frame for a measly $2,000 extra.

But for this money you do get an actual dash vent and rear deck badge from a Ferrari F40.

Fosters 40 'Signature Super Yacht: You Could Own This!

Designed by renowned architect Norman Foster, built by prize-winning boat-maker Rodriquez Cantieri Navali in Italy and exclusive to YachtPlus (a fractional ownership program), the 40 Signature Series is both an unparalleled vessel and comes with a cost well below ownership. The benefits of the design and the program are many — from eliminating the hassle of maintainance and management (YachtPlus employs a staff of six) to a layout that offers 30% more indoor and outdoor space than any other yacht, it's a smart approach to luxury.
















The impressive four-tiered design stems from Norman Foster's consideration of "such issues as quality and quantity of space, outdoor terraces, light and views" and allows for both the staff acomodations as well as room for 10 guests. Features like forward-looking views from all four decks, two balconies in the master suite and spacious rooms and saloons that take into account the needs of children and families offer far more appeal than the more sleek-looking counterparts out there.

















Not that the overall profile of the 132-foot yacht is anything to complain about. The grand staircase uniting the four levels offers a stunning design element, as do the floor-to-ceiling windows which lend an unusual appearance for a boat. See more images of exteriors and interiors, as well as design illustrations, after the jump.



















Weekly rates start at about €80,000 or $116,000 U.S. but the eight shares for the first boat have already been snatched up. Contact YachtPlus to inquire about future boats in the fleet.

Green County Choppers?

OCC's unveils custom chopper for Seimen's Following Orange County Choppers' frequent use of alt-fuels (see E85 bike and natural gas bike) comes something a wee bit different from what we're used to seeing from the New York-based custom motorcycle crew: a fully electric chopper. Commissioned by Siemens USA, the zero-emissions motorcycle is powered by a 27-horsepower electric motor from Advanced DC and can go an estimated 60 miles after a five-hour charge. Top speed is listed at 100 miles per hour, likely making this one of the fastest bikes ever to roll out of the OCC showroom. Naturally, you'll get to watch the build take place on an episode of American Chopper that's current scheduled to air on TLC on Thursday, October 22 at 9PM. OCC says it has no plans to mass produce an electric chopper, but Senior says it's would consider it if adequate demand were there. In any case, you'll get the chance to own this example after Siemens take it on a worldwide tour in 2010, after which it will be auctioned off with the benefits going to "a charitable cause that will help benefit the environment."