Friday, February 29, 2008
CHILDREN AND OTHER ROAD HAZARDS
Yes, I did get got for driving 85 mph on a 70 mph freeway on the high desert highway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. I was guilty. The several SUVs and two Mercedes that had swiftly passed me just a minute or two before I was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol, had nothing to do with it. It was just my tough luck that his radar got me, rather than them.
So I spent a day last week in online traffic school, where I didn't learn a whole lot that I didn't already know. One thing, however, became quite clear. The single major road hazard, the one thing that is most distracting, dangerous, even deadly, is children. Nary a screen went by that didn't include some sort of caution about kids. They're noisy and disruptive in the car and unpredictable, quirky, quick and at times suicidal on the streets.
Sure, booze seems to be implicated in more traffic accidents than any other single factor, but near as I could tell from traffic school, children are running a close second.
I always knew they were trying to kill us. Gang way for the new generation. Biology is merciless and it is now evidently using technology to do its dirty work.
This is a matter of some immediate concern as I am once more about to hit the road. This morning I am off to Arizona, en route to Denver for Left Coast Crime. I'll stop for a night in Phoenix where my cousin Robert and I intend to find some minor trouble to get into. (It's the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance at The Rhythm Room. That could be fun.) Then down to Tucson to take in some spring training baseball with my father. (I'm trying to decide if I should take my mitt, but I never can find anyone to play catch, much less real baseball, with these days.) Then it's a drive through New Mexico, fueled by as many meals involving green chilies as I can squeeze into it.
Then, finally, Denver. I'll be there for four days, which is three days longer than I've spent there before. I enjoyed Left Coast Crime in Seattle last year, we'll see how it shakes out this year. I'm on a panel on Friday about sex and violence, so that can't be too bad.
And finally, speaking of sex and violence, I sure as hell want this stupid primary season to be over. When is someone going to wise up and pass a law restricting presidential campaigns to no more than four months, or something like that? The stupidity just keeps growing. Even if you start out sort of kind of liking a candidate, by the time they've finished - or even just got halfway through - pandering to voters and special interests, you've learned to loathe them. No wonder it's always a matter of voting for the lesser of two evils. The whole process tears down anything or anybody who goes into it with good, honest, intelligent intentions. (Although I must admit to cynical doubts that anyone ever does go into politics with "good, honest, intelligent intentions.")
Oh yeah, one more thing, I forgot:
MyPOD
I have gone modern. The other day, looking over the cabinet from which spilled my collection of CDs, I decided I was tired of them. Tired of trying to find ones that had been put back into the wrong case whenever a certain friend comes over and plays music, tired of shuffling through them to find what I want, tired of messing around with them, of the space they took up. So I bought a big (in capacity) small (in size) external hard drive and downloaded all 638 of them onto it. I then boxed them up, took them to Amoeba on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and sold them for a mere fraction of what they had cost me over the years, but still, more than enough for my purposes. With that money I bought a new 160 GB IPod Classic and a Bose stereo thingy to plug it into and an adapter for my car and still had money left over and still have all my music - which I downloaded into the IPod from the hard drive. Only now, rather than spilling out of a cabinet in my house, my entire CD collection fits in my pocket. I'm taking it with me to Denver. I wonder how long I can impose my collection of Cambodian cassette tapes (recorded onto CDs) on my cousin during the drive?
So I spent a day last week in online traffic school, where I didn't learn a whole lot that I didn't already know. One thing, however, became quite clear. The single major road hazard, the one thing that is most distracting, dangerous, even deadly, is children. Nary a screen went by that didn't include some sort of caution about kids. They're noisy and disruptive in the car and unpredictable, quirky, quick and at times suicidal on the streets.
Sure, booze seems to be implicated in more traffic accidents than any other single factor, but near as I could tell from traffic school, children are running a close second.
I always knew they were trying to kill us. Gang way for the new generation. Biology is merciless and it is now evidently using technology to do its dirty work.
This is a matter of some immediate concern as I am once more about to hit the road. This morning I am off to Arizona, en route to Denver for Left Coast Crime. I'll stop for a night in Phoenix where my cousin Robert and I intend to find some minor trouble to get into. (It's the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance at The Rhythm Room. That could be fun.) Then down to Tucson to take in some spring training baseball with my father. (I'm trying to decide if I should take my mitt, but I never can find anyone to play catch, much less real baseball, with these days.) Then it's a drive through New Mexico, fueled by as many meals involving green chilies as I can squeeze into it.
Then, finally, Denver. I'll be there for four days, which is three days longer than I've spent there before. I enjoyed Left Coast Crime in Seattle last year, we'll see how it shakes out this year. I'm on a panel on Friday about sex and violence, so that can't be too bad.
And finally, speaking of sex and violence, I sure as hell want this stupid primary season to be over. When is someone going to wise up and pass a law restricting presidential campaigns to no more than four months, or something like that? The stupidity just keeps growing. Even if you start out sort of kind of liking a candidate, by the time they've finished - or even just got halfway through - pandering to voters and special interests, you've learned to loathe them. No wonder it's always a matter of voting for the lesser of two evils. The whole process tears down anything or anybody who goes into it with good, honest, intelligent intentions. (Although I must admit to cynical doubts that anyone ever does go into politics with "good, honest, intelligent intentions.")
Oh yeah, one more thing, I forgot:
MyPOD
I have gone modern. The other day, looking over the cabinet from which spilled my collection of CDs, I decided I was tired of them. Tired of trying to find ones that had been put back into the wrong case whenever a certain friend comes over and plays music, tired of shuffling through them to find what I want, tired of messing around with them, of the space they took up. So I bought a big (in capacity) small (in size) external hard drive and downloaded all 638 of them onto it. I then boxed them up, took them to Amoeba on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and sold them for a mere fraction of what they had cost me over the years, but still, more than enough for my purposes. With that money I bought a new 160 GB IPod Classic and a Bose stereo thingy to plug it into and an adapter for my car and still had money left over and still have all my music - which I downloaded into the IPod from the hard drive. Only now, rather than spilling out of a cabinet in my house, my entire CD collection fits in my pocket. I'm taking it with me to Denver. I wonder how long I can impose my collection of Cambodian cassette tapes (recorded onto CDs) on my cousin during the drive?
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Hantu di dalam batang pohon
This is one more photoshop ghost photos. i really do nt believe with foreign ghost. as same as this photos, this is imposible for the ghost to life in a tree and in the image above there some one inside the tree. and one more bad things is about the boy is about the dress he wear. this is a laying foreign people, west ghost or american ghost is always laying.
Kawasaki Ninja ZX 250
Ninja ZX 250 99% Pasti Hadir
Jika tidak ada aral melintang hampir dipastikan bahwa Kawasaki Ninja ZX 250 akan hadir di tanah air. Bahkan santer beredar berita bahwa konsumen sudah bisa inden di dealer resmi Kawasaki di Indonesia (butuh konfirmasi*) Disamping itu menurut beberapa sumber dari importir umum harga Kawasaki Ninja ZX 250 ini kurang lebih berkisar antara 34-36 juta rupiah dengan spesifikasi dan kualitas produksi yang sama persis dengan standard motor Kawasaki untuk pasar Jepang dan Eropa.
Harganya 35 juta rupiah ? hmm …
Diprediksi harga Kawasaki Ninja ZX 250 adalah antara 34-36 juta rupiah. Tidak jauh dari prediksi INDOBIKERS yaitu 32 juta rupiah. Mudah mudahan harga tersebut akan menurun bila Ninja ZX 250 sudah di produksi di Indonesia dalam kata lain bukan CBU. Mungkin yang paling terancam adalah Honda CBR 150 dan Kawasaki ZX 150. Disamping harganya sama namun kualitas dan performa ZX 250 jauh diatas kedua motor tersebut. Apalagi harga motor tersebut tidak jauh berbeda. Jika Kawasaki mampu menghadirkan Ninja ZX 250 pada tahun depan bisa dipastikan Kawasaki Indonesia merupakan ATPM tanpa saingan di segmen motor sport kelas menengah.
Produk Terbaru : Honda Varadero 125 … Masuk !
kepasar Eropa maksudnya 
Sejenak melupakan AHM dan kembali ke Honda Jepang
Sementara ini kita lupakan sejenak gonjang ganjing mengenai Astra Honda Motor. Kita menuju timur jauh untuk melihat produk Honda yang sesungguhnya. Produk honda yang satu ini ditujukan untuk pasar Eropa dan juga Jepang. Motor ini bisa dibilang sangat wah, baik dari segi performa maupun fitur yang ditawarkan. Yang pasti motor seperti ini cocok buat orang indonesia 
Honda Varadero 125, Adik kandung dari Varadero 1000
Mungkin di Indonesia terbilang jarang bagi para bikers, saia sendiri belum pernah melihat Honda Varadero di jakarta. Sekilas Honda Varadero adalah SUV nya motor. Yaitu motor yang bisa digunakan sebagai kendaraan komuter tetapi mampu juga dipakai untuk melahap perjalanan jarak jauh maupun medan yang lumayan berat. Seperti juga Yamaha YZF 125R yang merupakan miniatur dari Yamaha R6. Honda Varadero 125 merupakan adik kandung dari Honda Varadero 1000, sebuah motor all round kelas berat yang bisa dibilang mendekati sempurna.
Biar cuma 125cc tetapi bermesin V-Twin lho !
Ini hebatnya Honda, mereka tetap jor-joran terhadap produk kelas ringanya. Ternyata kesamaan Honda Varadero 125 terhadap abangnya yang berkapasitas 1000 cc tidak sebatas pada penampilan luarnya. Konvigurasi mesin V-twin juga terdapat pada Varadero 125cc ini. Sehingga meski hanya 125cc motor ini mampu menghasilkan tenaga sebesar 16hp pada 9.000 rpm, torsinya pun terbilang lumayan hebat yaitu 10nm pada 8.000 rpm. Hal ini tidak lepas dari “jasa” sistem injeksi Honda yaitu PGM-FI electronic injection. Dengan bobot lumayan berat yaitu 152kg Varadero mampu melaju secara konstan pada kecepatan 117km/jam dengan kecepatan maksimum 140 km/jam. Untuk urusan konsumsi bisa diacungi jempol karena dalam penggunaan harian motor ini hanya membutuhkan 1 liter untuk menepuh jarak 23 km. Walau demikian tangki Varadero 125 tetap mampu menampung sebanyak 16,8 liter bensin.
Fitur dan Deskripsi Varadero 125
Varadero 125 hanya 15% lebih kecil dibandingkan Varadero 1000cc. Memiliki mesin berkonvigurasi V-Twin dengan tenga maximum 16hp dan torsi 10nm. Top speednya diklaim 140km/jam dengan didukung suspensi belakang unitrak dan rem cakram hidraulis depan-belakang. Dashboardnya dilengkapi on board computer. Starter elektrik plus kenalpot berkonvidurasi 2-1-2 menjadi fitur standar.
Produk Terbaru : Honda Varadero 125 … Masuk !
kepasar Eropa maksudnya
Sejenak melupakan AHM dan kembali ke Honda Jepang
Sementara ini kita lupakan sejenak gonjang ganjing mengenai Astra Honda Motor. Kita menuju timur jauh untuk melihat produk Honda yang sesungguhnya. Produk honda yang satu ini ditujukan untuk pasar Eropa dan juga Jepang. Motor ini bisa dibilang sangat wah, baik dari segi performa maupun fitur yang ditawarkan. Yang pasti motor seperti ini cocok buat orang indonesia
Honda Varadero 125, Adik kandung dari Varadero 1000
Mungkin di Indonesia terbilang jarang bagi para bikers, saia sendiri belum pernah melihat Honda Varadero di jakarta. Sekilas Honda Varadero adalah SUV nya motor. Yaitu motor yang bisa digunakan sebagai kendaraan komuter tetapi mampu juga dipakai untuk melahap perjalanan jarak jauh maupun medan yang lumayan berat. Seperti juga Yamaha YZF 125R yang merupakan miniatur dari Yamaha R6. Honda Varadero 125 merupakan adik kandung dari Honda Varadero 1000, sebuah motor all round kelas berat yang bisa dibilang mendekati sempurna.
Biar cuma 125cc tetapi bermesin V-Twin lho !
Ini hebatnya Honda, mereka tetap jor-joran terhadap produk kelas ringanya. Ternyata kesamaan Honda Varadero 125 terhadap abangnya yang berkapasitas 1000 cc tidak sebatas pada penampilan luarnya. Konvigurasi mesin V-twin juga terdapat pada Varadero 125cc ini. Sehingga meski hanya 125cc motor ini mampu menghasilkan tenaga sebesar 16hp pada 9.000 rpm, torsinya pun terbilang lumayan hebat yaitu 10nm pada 8.000 rpm. Hal ini tidak lepas dari “jasa” sistem injeksi Honda yaitu PGM-FI electronic injection. Dengan bobot lumayan berat yaitu 152kg Varadero mampu melaju secara konstan pada kecepatan 117km/jam dengan kecepatan maksimum 140 km/jam. Untuk urusan konsumsi bisa diacungi jempol karena dalam penggunaan harian motor ini hanya membutuhkan 1 liter untuk menepuh jarak 23 km. Walau demikian tangki Varadero 125 tetap mampu menampung sebanyak 16,8 liter bensin.
Fitur dan Deskripsi Varadero 125
Varadero 125 hanya 15% lebih kecil dibandingkan Varadero 1000cc. Memiliki mesin berkonvigurasi V-Twin dengan tenga maximum 16hp dan torsi 10nm. Top speednya diklaim 140km/jam dengan didukung suspensi belakang unitrak dan rem cakram hidraulis depan-belakang. Dashboardnya dilengkapi on board computer. Starter elektrik plus kenalpot berkonvidurasi 2-1-2 menjadi fitur standar.
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