Aspire Higher...

This post gives new meaning to my title: "Aspire to Something Higher"... We are Aspiring higher. The new Freedom Tower is going to be the tallest tower in America. You can check out the article here. According to the article The Tower will be symbolic of the Declaration of Independence and will be 1,776 feet tall; taller than the Empire State Building. It is hoped to be done by the year 2010.

"The tower is planned as a symbol of New York's revitalization after the September 11 attacks in 2001, which claimed more than 2,700 lives at the World Trade Center."

I know this post has a different theme than my other ones. I saw the article about the tower and thought I would make a post about it...

Sweet Car Update 7 - (Chrysler Atlantic)

Can you say "Goborien"? How would you describe this car? I couldn't find any good pictures of it! All of the pictures look like junk! Anyway! About the car... The Chrysler Atlantic Concept Car. I kind of couldn't decide whither to put this into a "Sweet Car Update" or a "Ugly Car Update"... So I just decided to do one of the two. (Ha! It was a fifty-fifty chance anyway! That was really kind of dumb to say that: "I just decided to put it in one of the two." because I would have to put it in one of them anyway! Unless I made a "Can't Decide Car Update" which would be silly! Ha, ha!... That's not very funny. Enough digressing!...) About the car:

"It rides on 21 wheels in front and 22 in the back, Power is provided by a 4.0 liter straight eight which consists of two 2.0 liter Neon 4 cylinder blocks arranged nose-to-tail. While its styling is an obvious blend of old and new, its list of features is cutting edge. Brakes are four-wheel discs with ABS. The transmission is automatic with Auto-Stick. Neon lighting is used for brake lights, CHMSL, and interior dome lighting."

Not very impressive eh? Well... I just got it for the looks. Actually I think it looks like a Souped-up Cruella-da-ville car... I have calender with a really awesome picture of it and that is why I decided to make a post about it in this blog.

Be sure to check out a website about it here! Feel free to reply via comment!

Good looks, bad name.

It seems that ultra small desktops are becoming the cool thing. Take the Dell XPS M2010 for example, here we have a itty-bitty desktop that is almost a laptop, I say almost because it well, isn't a laptop, I mean, look at the picture! Here are the top specs on this slick "desktop":

• Intel Core Duo Processor T2600 (2.16GHz/667MHz FSB/2MB Cache)
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Windows Vista Capable)
• Up to 4GB of Dual Channel DDR2 memory
• 20.1" Widescreen WSXGA+ display
  
• 256MB ATI Mobility RADEON X1800 Graphics Card
• Integrated 1.3 mega pixel web cam and array microphone
• 8 speakers and subwoofer (Don't ask me how they manage to get that many into a itty-bitty thing like that!)
• Up to 240GB of storage across two hard drives
• 8x DVD/CD Burner (DVD+/-RW)

I/O ports include:

• IEEE 1394 integrated port (1394 cable and software sold separately)
• 4 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) compliant 4-pin connectors
• ExpressCard Slot
• RJ45 Ethernet port
• RJ11 Modem port
• Video: Digital Video Interface (DVI)
• S-Video: 7-pin mini-DIN connector
• Component Video, S/PDIF Digital & Analog 7.1/5.1 Audio out
• 13-in-2 removable memory card reader

That's pretty good, don't you think? You can see it here. (Note: The link is to the Dell website for this computer and it is very flash-oriented so beware!) It also has the abilty to "fold-up" and can be carried aroud like a laptop with a handle! (For more information, see link) So, what do you think about it? Feel free to reply via comment!

Here is my opinion of it (In short words): Nice look, slick, portable, cool... but... (Why is there always a "but"? Why is there never just a nice review? Why? Huh?...) IT is a Dell. I don't especially trust them. Don't ask me why! I just... don't. I have to give them the credit for the looks though. Oh yea! One more thing! The price on this thing starts, mind you, starts, at $3500. I'll leave that up to you to decide if that's expensive or not... Stay tuned.