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How To Make a Mercedes SLR McLaren Look Slow

The Mercedes SLR McLaren is a supercar by every measure of the word. With a 626 HP supercharged V8, the SLR can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, and do the quarter-mile in 11.6 seconds at 125 mph. So how do you make a car like this look slow? Very simple, really. You put it up against […]

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21,000 AGLOCO Sign Ups

I just did a check of my AGLOCO account and noticed that I have passed the 21,000 sign up mark. As I write this, my network stands at 21,067 people and surf hours for the month have more than double from the last update. You Rank In The Top 0.00% It looks like AGLOCO needs to add another zero to […]

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John Chow dot Com Cracks Technorati Top 50

It took a while but this blog has finally broke into the Technorati Top 50. Currently, I’m ranked number 50 with an authority of 5,332. However, Technorati still refuses to put me in their official Top 100 blog list. Apparently, I’m not the only top 100 blog not included in the official list. For example, Performancing.com, which is ranked number […]

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Why I Allow Comments On My Blog

After going seven days without comments, Kumiko has made an updated on what it’s like to have a blog that doesn’t allow comments. After laying out her findings, Kumiko contends that Cash Quests is better off without comments. While I respect that decision and reasoning, you won’t see me turning off comments on John Chow dot Com anytime soon. Here’s […]

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I Am The Big Bad Blog

According to Bloggrrl, I am the big bad blog in the three little blogs, a cautionary tale about three little blogs that collectively decided it was time to leave the free blog hosting barn of blogspot.com and move out into the real world with their own domains. Then they met the big bad blog. He did not bother to knock […]

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Cars

2008 Porsche 911 GT2 – Most Powerful Porsche Ever

I guess Porsche couldn’t keep the lid on the new 2008 911 GT2 any longer after the official brochure was leaked to the press last Thursday. Since the information was now out in the open, the German automaker decided to post the first official images of the most powerful 911 in the company’s history. The specs are enough to make […]

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The Winner of The World’s Thinnest Mouse

Congrats to Jon Lee for winning the word’s thinnest mouse. Actually, maybe I should say I feel sorry for him because while it ranks as the thinnest mouse in the world, it also ranks as the most uncomfortable mouse in the world. At least he’ll look cool. I should be really evil and not send Jon the instructional pamphlet. That’ll […]

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