blog.bookmach.com » Automobiles http://blog.bookmach.com life is a series of tubes Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:31:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Did I Make It? http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/12/did-i-make-it/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/12/did-i-make-it/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:16:22 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/?p=885

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This church looks more like a casino, but proof of it’s hallowed nature is in the official video description:

It a Disciple Now Weekend and youth pastor, David Few rides a motorcycle into the auditorium to deliver something to the stage. All is fine until the bike gets out from under him as he exits.

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]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/water-rocket/feed/ 0 0-60 in 1 Second http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/11/0-60-in-1-second/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/11/0-60-in-1-second/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:37:49 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/11/13/0-60-in-1-second/ Electric vehicles have far more torque than internal combustion engines can produce, leading to insane acceleration times as demonstrated by the “Killacycle”. An apt name… considering that it uses 990 Lithium cells to power the 350 horsepower motor.

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]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/11/steam-power/feed/ 0 Captain Oblivious Fills Up http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/10/captain-oblivious-fills-up/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/10/captain-oblivious-fills-up/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:16:17 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/10/25/captain-oblivious-fills-up/ It takes this guy a minute to appreciate the ramifications of a nearby crash.

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Of course nowadays, you can just buy the toy.

More info can be found here.

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