Consumer Reports has been a seemingly closed resource on the web, leaving us non-subscribers to the print magazine shut out of the any deep consumer information. Bigger net toobs and quite literally dump trucks of information, as given way to the “Car Crash test” website. One can input in their late model vehicle into the web-page and see how it fares in impact tests.

Take that, will it blend you’re not the only one artfully destroying objects on the internet. Let’s see you race into a NHTSA wall.

See your car in a crash test [link]

See crazy stuff blended [link]

after a bit of down time, we here at publicjourinal dot com are back
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sorry for the silence…

I have the day off today, Good Friday, and I’m taking the time to pamper myself. This isn’t an ordinary day off, this is one where Snuff has to work and I’ve got the whole house to myself. Unlike on the weekends where I have to endure menial tasks, I’m taking my time today to make breakfast the way I like it without having to consider anyone else’s predilections of a complete meal or an appropriate place to have it.

I didn’t think eating in the living room was so liberating. Heat cranked way up, me donning just a bathrobe, and a coffee flavored sugar slurry in my coffee cup. Thank you Jesus for giving me the day off and letting me drop crumbs carelessly into my bare crotch, oh and that whole dying for the sins of the world thing too.

The primate brain reacts by releasing endorphins whenever it encounters anything novel. Since 1998, those clever Europeans get together and strut their stuff for the yearly Europrix. Every year I become inspired, jealous, and admittedly confused at times with the entries.

I’d like to share the best bits.

Cabbot Boots: cybernetic boots that mimic a footpath to get you where you need to go. [video]

Office Of Tomorrow: wickedly cool tools to help creative people collaborate and design