Editor’s Note: We are going to acknowledge right off the bat that this post is based on Gizmodo’s fantastic piece, “6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever” Once upon a time, the automobile was born. Wheat-chewing farmers and cigar-chomping industrialists regarded the new machine with wonder and avarice, respectively. Baseball-loving boys and gradually-liberated girls […]
Archive | March, 2014
Saving Grace Dog of the Month: Jimmy Olsen
In what we could have sworn would be the second installment, but turns out to be the inaugural, let us welcome you to our Dog of the Month partnership with Saving Grace NC. We’ve written about Saving Grace before for the work they do in rescuing animals—primarily dogs—and preparing them for new homes. Because many […]
Seriously? Another Reboot of the Blog? Yes, Actually
You’ll notice a few things about the new design: Space – Do you remember how cramped the old blog was? Reading an article there was like navigating a game of Tetris. Focus – A blog has one purpose: to be read. You don’t need pop-up chat windows, dozens of links, scads of unrelated images and […]
The Astonishing 700-Mile Range of the Camry Hybrid LE
What’s the range of your car? Multiplying the capacity of your gas tank by your highest miles per gallon estimate is a good place to start, and if you happen to own a Camry, that number might be a lot higher than you realize. In fact, of the Camry’s nine trim lines, four have a […]
These Self-Smacking Wipers Knock Ice Off Your Windshield
Great clouds almighty: is winter over yet? Snow, sleet, freezing rain, hail—come on now! It’s been a season of much precipitation and through it Raleigh has received a hard lesson: we’re not quite as equipped for winter as we thought we were. As we drove through neighborhoods frozen by winter weather, however, we did notice […]